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Microsoft releases two free programs designed to help users keep PCs free of viruses and spyware.
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Over the past month, a new type of malicious software has emerged, using a decades-old technique to hide itself from antivirus software.
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Security-minded users can find out faster if their applications need to be patched with a free tool.
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Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files.
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Majority of Home Computers Infected with Spyware  Donât ever let anybody tell you otherwise, the Internet is not a safe place to take your computer systems without adequate protection. It wasnât too long ago that anti-virus and firewall software could provide your systems with more than enough security to safely cruise ...
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Also: High security built right into $100 laptop's OS. Read these stories and more from around the Web at News.com Extra.
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The Mountain View company unveiled the free technology Thursday that allows users to simultaneously scan the Web and their computer hard drives for documents, e-mail, instant messages and the sites they&#39;ve visited in the past.
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New variant offers holiday greetings before infecting your PC with a virus.
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BO test bit whiffy Security firm Comodo, best known for its digital certificate business, has released a free diagnostic tool designed to identify buffer overflows in desktop security products. Our try-out, however, suggests that Comodo's BO Tester is principally designed to help poach users than provide a detailed breakdown of bugs.â¦
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The survey says 67 percent of computers lack current anti-virus software and 20 percent are already infected with virus. The survey also says 80 percent of home computers are infected with spyware/Adware AND
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Question: In a recent column you said that 95 percent of all viruses and spyware are aimed at Internet Explorer, so I decided to do away with IE.
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Some Macintosh users have encountered a security program whose function and Web site have the tell-tale signs of a scam.Visitors to the Web site selling the program, called MacSweeper, are offered a free security scan of their computers. The scan, which only works on Macs, highlights supposed security problems with the computers. It offers to remove the problems with the purchase of a $39.99 lifetime subscription.But the awkward English on the program&#39;s Web site, and the way the program operates, have raised doubts over its legitimacy, users and security researchers say.&quot;The imbibed set of features locates all the junk and useless data on your computer and deletes them to reclaim the wasted space,&quot; according to the pitch on MacSweeper&#39;s home page.Security company F-Secure wrote on Tuesday that the program, called MacSweeper, may be the first rogue application for Macs.Windows machines have been more frequently targeted by similar software, sometimes labeled &quot;scareware&quot; since users are warned their computers will be in danger unless they purchase the software. Among the more notorious scareware for PCs is Winfixer, also known by the aliases ErrorSafe, WinAntiVirus, and DriveCleaner.The MacSweeper Web page is hosted on a server in Kiev, Ukraine, said Patrik Runald, security response manager for F-Secure, who is based in Malaysia. Information on the site about MacSweeper&#39;s company, Kiwi Software, has been plagiarized from Symantec&#39;s Web page, Runald said.&quot;They just ripped that information straight off there,&quot; Runald said.The same text is also used on Cleanator.com, which sells a Windows-compatible version of the same kind of program, Runald said. Another security vendor, Sophos, classifies Cleanator as a &quot;potentially unwanted program.&quot;Once MacSweeper is running on a Mac it will often pick odd items, such as language files, and label them as being a privacy risk, Runald said.In at least one instance an F-Secure researcher visited the MacSweeper site and clicked a button labeled &quot;Free scan.&quot; The scan highlighted Mac-related problems, even though the researcher was using a PC.MacSweeper doesn&#39;t use any tricks to get onto a machine other than trying to persuade users to download it, Runald said. Nonetheless, F-Secure typically contacts Finland&#39;s Computer Emergency Response Team when it finds scams such as MacSweeper, Runald said.A user on one of Apple&#39;s discussion boards wrote that their Safari browser kept redirecting to the MacSweeper site, a sign that malicious scripts may be involved.&quot;If I click on anything it&#39;ll try downloading the software,&quot; the person wrote. &quot;How do i get rid of this? It&#39;s really annoying. I don&#39;t want it, and I&#39;d wish it would leave me alone.&quot;
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Antivirus software company McAfee Inc. said on Monday that a new version of its VirusScan Enterprise software contains so-called "intrusion prevention" features that can protect computers from attacks such as buffer overflows, which are often used by viruses, worms and malicious hackers to compromise vulnerable Microsoft Corp. Windows machines.
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By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK - Microsoft gives away a security firewall with its latest operating system. Many high-speed Internet service providers offer free anti-virus protection for subscribers. And several Web sites distribute free toolbars to warn of Web scams.
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(Source: Computerworld) Antivirus software alone isnt enough to prevent todays speedy, sophisticated virus attacks. Security managers should consider multitiered approaches that include behavior scanning, appliances that check e-mail for worms, and estricting user access to dangerous Web sites. Download this Executive Bulletin (a $49.95 value) for free, compliments of MessageLabs, to learn more.
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SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X.