Archive for the 'Spyware News' Category

WEBROOT ANNOUNCES TOP FOUR MALWARE SECURITY TIPS

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Webroot white paper addresses ‘How to Protect Business from Malware At the Endpoint and the Perimeter’ and reveals top four tips to secure businesses BRACKNELL, UK. April 15th 2008 — Webroot, a leading security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SME markets, has issued a white paper entitled ‘How to Protect Business from Malware at [...]

Adware Company Gets Assist From Business Groups In Legal Battle

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

ADWARE COMPANY ZANGO IS GETTING some help in federal court from a coalition of business groups in its legal battle against spyware removal company Kaspersky Lab. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Ninth Circuit, the National Business Coalition for E-Commerce and Privacy argues that the trial judge should not have dismissed Zango’s lawsuit against [...]

Computer chores

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

If you’ve already scoured your closet and emptied your garage, you may think your spring cleaning is over. Think again. The same way you would give your house a once over, so should you purge your computer. Spring cleaning will help your computer run more efficiently, can help protect you from viruses, and offers also [...]

Virus infections drop by 60 per cent

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The number of UK companies infected by malware has fallen by 60 per cent over the past two years, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform. But for two-thirds of the companies affected, malware caused their worst information security breach of the year. Spyware [...]

Not All Spyware Is Malicious But Must Be Removed

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Though not all Spyware is malicious they must be removed all the same. The reason being that they will ultimately expand the registry of the system and stall the programs and generally make the system unstable. Some people believe that you may not always need to remove spyware because Spyware is not always malicious. There [...]

Effects Of Spyware On The Computer

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Spyware has a lot of side effects of the registry. One of the greatest drawbacks is the slowing down of the system. This process will continue until the registry is cleaned with a registry cleaner. If you have browsed the Internet for a substantial number of hours it is guaranteed that you have downloaded some [...]

Eset Smart Security Home Edition security software

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Many companies are trying to combat the threats posed by viruses and spyware, but one you may not have encountered is Slovakian company Eset. Eset Smart Security combines the conventional virus database – where the company writes specific fixes for known viruses – with a more advanced analysis called Threatsense that protects against new virus [...]

AVG Releases Far-Reaching Protection with Internet Security 8.0

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Major upgrade protects home and SMB computer users against a broad spectrum of security threats including web exploits, malware, rootkits, system intrusion and spam ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27 — AVG Technologies, a leading provider of Internet Security software, today released AVG Internet Security 8.0, the latest version of its flagship suite for consumers and SMBs. [...]

Deleting Spyware Is Not Enough

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The registry of the computer is a mammoth file that stores all the information that is required by the registry. This central database of the system can slow the computer if it gets filled with irrelevant data and so needs to be cleaned from time to time. The system registry is a very large filing [...]

AVG Provides Enhanced Protection with Internet Security 8.0

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Internet Security provider, AVG Technologies unveiled its latest Internet threat protection solution – the AVG Internet Security 8.0 that aims at providing complete online protection to consumers and SMBs. The solution combines Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Rootkit, Anti-Spam, LinkScanner and Firewall system and promises users a protection mechanism in line with the company’s motto – “tough on [...]