Antivirus

Norton Releases Free iAntivirus App For Macs

On demand scanning, speed and Facebook protection offered by security app

12 years ago

Kaspersky Calls For Cyber-Weapons Convention

Cyber-weapons are cheap, democracy is dying, and social media is dangerous – the dark prophecy of Eugene Kaspersky

12 years ago

Eugene Kaspersky: Free AV Vendors Are Cheats

Kaspersky CEO says free antivirus firms are taking the fruits of others' hard work without asking

13 years ago

Check Point Enters Freemium AV Game

Check Point hopes its freemium model will give it a boost in the consumer space

13 years ago

Kaspersky: Apple Allowing iOS AV Would Open Door to Malware

Eugene Kaspersky admits that if Apple let AV software on iOS, it would also open the door to more malicious…

13 years ago

Facebook Reveals Free Antivirus Marketplace

Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists

13 years ago

Kelihos II Crippled by Kaspersky and Co

The crooks running the second version of the Kelihos botnet abandon ship after their operation is sinkholed

13 years ago

Avast Kills Free Phone Support After Upselling Upset

Avast gets embarrassed by iYogi's dodgy upselling tactics.

13 years ago

Rogue Antivirus Campaign Targets WordPress

Bloggers hve been hit by an attack on Wordpress that tricks users into downloading fake AV software

13 years ago

Facebook Reveals Names of the Koobface Gang

Social network giant Facebook has released identities of those it believes to be behind the Koobface malware

13 years ago

Symantec Denies Hackers Have Norton Source Code

Lords of Dharamaraja claim to have stolen source code provided for the Indian military

13 years ago

Fake AntiVirus Mimics Real AV Products: Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab says it is increasingly difficult to tell fake antivirus products from real antivirus software

13 years ago

AVG Touts Reduced Footprint For Internet Security 2012

AVG has launched an updated security suite, said to be faster, lighter and smaller than previous versions

13 years ago

Attacks Usually Detected By ‘Gut Feel’, Expert Warns

The usual anti-virus, firewalls and IDS tools are being increasingly bypassed, a security expert warns

13 years ago

Black Hat Researcher Slams Sophos

Security apps should be open to scrutiny, said a Black Hat speaker, using Sophos Antivirus as an example

13 years ago

Why Big Vendors Can’t Completely Rule Security

Despite the best efforts to dominate, the security giants reign over a fragmented market. Eric Doyle believes this will always…

13 years ago

Malware Threatens 60% Of Adobe Reader Users

Users who fail to update Adobe Reader are a sizeable and tempting malware target, says Avast

13 years ago

Avast Splices The Mainbrace With A New Release

Avast is based in Prague, a city of light and dark contrasts, which is a suitable backdrop for an anti-…

13 years ago

‘Indestructible’ Botnet Of 4.5m Discovered

Kaspersky Labs researchers have found a botnet of more than 4.5m computers that is almost 'indestructible'

13 years ago

Researcher Finds Russian Link To MacDefender Scam

A security expert claims to have found a Russian link to some of the recent Mac scareware software

13 years ago

Chinese AV Sellers Accused Of Bundling Malware

Chinese security vendors investigated for bundling malware with antivirus and charging users to remove it

14 years ago

Cold-Calling Cyber-Criminals Tout Fake Antivirus

Scammers are using call centres to push fake antivirus software, pretending to offer free services

14 years ago

VMware Outlines Hypervisor Security Plans

VMware is to move antivirus and antispam processing off of virtual machines and insert it directly into the hypervisor

14 years ago

Researchers See Rise In Malware Posing As Desktop Utilities

Fake anti-virus scareware has recently given way to malware variants pretending to be disk utilities such as defragmentation tools

14 years ago

Malware Infected Malware Challenges Antivirus Detection

Malware exists that infects other malware on a system making detection more complicated for antivirus software

14 years ago

AVG Targets SMBs With New Security Software

AVG has released two security packages aimed at protecting Internet-active small to medium businesses

14 years ago

FBI Cracks Rogue Antivirus Scam

The FBI claims to have shut down a rogue antivirus operation that sold more than 1 million fake products

14 years ago

Google Researchers Reveal Extent Of Fake AV

Researchers at Google have revealed that rogue AV is behind 60 percent of the malware on domains that include Google…

15 years ago