Vista Smoker Pro 1.1
Vista Smoker Pro allows you to change various settings in the Windows Registry.
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26.2.2007 Allchin says to use anti-virus with Vista after all
Ever since Microsoft Vista chief Jim Allchin talked about his son not using anti-virus in a recent teleconference with journalists, the world has been abuzz with claims Vista wont need AV software. Now Jim Allchin has clarified his statements on the official Windows Vista Blog.
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12.11.2006 Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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17.9.2007 Best 64-bit Windows Vista Anti-Virus
Windows Vista comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Unlike Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, which is the last server operating system from the Redmond company, the 32-bit client platform will live long after Windows Vista.
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2.8.2007 Vista Start Menu 2.1 PRO
Vista Start Menu has been in development as an attractive and efficient alternative to the Start Menu in Windows XP and Windows Vista for one year.
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28.1.2007 DTweak Pro v2.3.1 for Windows Vista
Thanks to odeeee for this download. DTweak is a complex tweaker for Windows Vista, and with this release it is more than a tweaker.
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22.5.2007 Your Uninstaller! VISTA Pro 2006 v5.0.0.313
Your Uninstaller! uninstaller software is the industry's leading uninstaller software. It's the world's 1st smart Drag&Uninstall uninstaller software under the Windows platform, it's "Windows XP Optimized" and also works on other Windows versions including Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME/98/95/2003. Thanks to odeeee and marct for this download.
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30.6.2007 Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Watch out for e-mails with a new virus disguised as a test version of Microsoft's current Web browser.
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31.3.2007 Super Bowl Virus Spreads
The game's over and patches are available, but many sites are infected with malicious code.
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8.2.2007 Google Adds Virus Scanning to Gmail
Google on Wednesday silently added a new feature to its Gmail service: virus scanning. The company will now check all incoming and outgoing e-mail attachments to keep users' inboxes safe. By scanning outbound attachments, Google can also keep viruses from proliferating by way of Gmail.
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1.12.2005 New virus threatens Linux and Windows PCs
Hackers have released code for a cross-platform virus that could infect Linux and Windows computers.
The virus, which has been given the names Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a, was reported at the end of last week by security firm Kaspersky Lab. Researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that can run on Windows, as well as other operating systems that have been largely ignored by hackers.
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10.4.2006 Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a set of malware from the WildList database.
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6.2.2007 Bizarre Virus Threatens to Kill File-Sharers
A strange virus which taunts file-sharers and threatens to report them to the police and even kill them, is being distributed on the Winny network.
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2.3.2007 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.463a1000d
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool.
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22.4.2007 CDBurnerXP Pro 4.0.013.220
CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution. With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
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23.9.2007 CDBurnerXP Pro 4.0.024.439
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free.
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12.3.2008 Free Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Internet Security RC1
Kaspersky is making headway with the development of its latest iteration of antivirus products. Both Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security have reached Release Candidate stage, which means that the RTM is on the horizon.
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31.3.2008 Microsofts XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
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2.7.2008 Tweak-XP Pro v4.0.8 Download
The original tuning and optimization software for Windows XP. Tweak hundreds of hidden features of Windows XP, optimize your machine and customize it to your needs.
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13.12.2006 Internet Explorer 7 Pro v0.9.10
IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras, that make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable.
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11.2.2007 Apple Launches 8 Core Mac Pro
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The worlds first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
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5.4.2007 Hackman Suite Pro v9.01
Thanks to odeeee for this download. Hackman Suite is a multi-module all purpose debugging tool. It includes a hex editor, a disassembler, a template editor, a hex calculator and other everyday useful tools to assist programmers and code testers with the most common tasks.
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14.6.2007 Free Avira AntiVir Rescue System CD to Clean Unremovable Virus
Previously Ive written about Kaspersky offering free Rescue Disk to clean virus without booting in to Windows.
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28.6.2008 Download Steganos Internet An 8.0.1onym Pro 2006
Map of the world showing your camouflage location. Live! You can track how your proxy server changes.
- Direct access out of the Internet Explorer. Easy to use thanks to the plug in.
- Password-protected list of favorites. Your favorite Web sites remain private.
- You can select the browser: Anonymous Web surfing works with all browsers: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla...
- NEW: Now with Steganos Update Wizard: stay automatically up-to-date!
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19.11.2005 8-Core Mac Pro and new displays slated for January
Sources indicated to MacScoop that Apple is readying the launch of renewed Mac Pro and Cinema Display line-ups in January.
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31.12.2006 ATI Radeon X1650 Pro vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GS
As much as we love testing and talking about the latest innovations in PC graphics, it's only a fraction of the gamers market that can truly enjoy these high-end products as soon as they come out of the oven because of its high prices.
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31.10.2006 Pirates Offered Windows XP Pro Retail at $100 Discount
Users running illegal copies of Windows XP are being offered discounted purchase prices.
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15.5.2006 Zonealarm Pro Firewall 2010 with Free License Key Giveaway
Lately we have seen many big software companies having good promotion offer and its best way to grab products for free when we cant afford to buy.
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10.10.2009 Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine nagware notifications
Microsoft is stepping up its war on software pirates by rolling out new Windows Genuine notification software for what it is calling its most pirated version of Windows: Windows XP Professional.
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26.8.2008 Microsoft Anti-Spyware Deleting Norton Anti-Virus
Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
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12.2.2006Microsoft Acknowledges Vista Anti-Virus Failed VB100 Test
A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to BetaNews this
afternoon that it has learned
its Windows Live OneCare
anti-virus package has failed
a test conducted by the
respected British laboratory
Virus Bulletin ,
disqualifying it from carrying
the "VB100" logo
denoting 100% detection of a
selected battery of common
"in the wild" viruses...
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07.02.2007Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
Top tier anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Trend Micro, and Sophos all failed to secure Windows Vista SP1 in recent independent tests.
Virus Bulletin, the independent security certification body, said 17 of 37 anti-virus products tested failed to reach the VB100 certification
standard. McAfee VirusScan, Trend Micro Internet Security and Sophos Anti-Virus overlooked threats known to be in circulation. Other vendors whose
products failed to make the grade included Alwil, BitDefender, Norman, PC Tools, and VirusBuster.
Some of the ignored threats -
largely polymorphic file infectors - have been in circulation for months. "It is disappointing to see so many products tripping up over threats that
are not even new - computer users should be getting a better service from their anti-virus vendors than this," Virus Bulletin technical consultant
John Hawes said.
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04.04.2008Kama Sutra Virus a Dud So Far
Reports indicate that damage
from the Kama Sutra virus
appears to be minimal thus
far, however at least one
security firm warned that the
real results from the worm may
not be known until later in
the weekend. The virus will
attempt to stop antivirus
software and delete files...
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03.02.2006First Mac OS X Virus? Apple
Says No
Loyalists on both sides of the
Mac versus Windows debate shot
into action Thursday following
news that the first virus had
been spotted for Apple's
operating system. The malware,
dubbed Leap.A, spreads through
iChat and infects local
applications. But Apple
downplayed the threat, saying
malicious software is
different from a virus...
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17.02.2006Facebook gets hit with a virus
Facebook has been hit with a virus that could spread to its 120 million users. The virus has been dubbed "knobface", which tries to gather
personal information from users computers such as credit card numbers. The virus dubbed "knobface" sends a message to all the friends of the
infected titled "You look just awesome in this new movie". Users who opened the messaged where asked to download a fake update for Adobe flash
player, which was actually the virus itself being downloaded and installed onto victims computers. If users attempted to use any of the major three
search engines such as Yahoo, Google, or Live search, users would be taken to contaminated sites.
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06.12.2008First StarOffice, OpenOffice
Virus Found
Security researchers may have
found the first known virus
for StarOffice and
OpenOffice.org. According to a
Kaspersky Lab researcher, the
exploit is known as a
"macro virus,"
previously only known to
infect Microsoft Office
applications...
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01.06.2006Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus.
Those of you with a long memory will vividly recall the year 1994: Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain died, South Africa held its first
multi-racial elections, and Tony Blair became leader of the Labour party. Oh, and Microsoft's operating system was the quaint, pre-NT Windows for
Workgroups.
But it was a year that also saw the arrival of a boot sector computer virus known as Stoned.Angelina which moved the
original master boot record to cylinder 0, head 0, sector 9.
It would appear that this teenage virus has not yet been consigned
to the history books.
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17.09.2007McAfee Updates Anti-Virus for Mac OS
McAfee on Wednesday announced that its Virex anti-virus software would now support Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger." The program is aimed at the business community to help prevent the spread of Windows worms and viruses. Although there still is no known virus that can infect a Mac OS X system, it can still act as a "carrier."..
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24.08.2005Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 for Vista is now in Beta 1
Agnitum has released the first
beta version of the
Vista-compatible Outpost
Security Suite.
While
there's a lot to be done yet,
its time to start gathering
the first round of feedback
from users, so that we know
what we need to do to make OSS
2008 the best it can possibly
be. As always, we would really
appreciate your help, so if
youre a Vista user, follow the
link below to sign up for our
beta program. We look forward
to hearing what you think!
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23.07.2007Exclusive: Microsoft's new Anti-Virus, 'Morro', revealed
Ever since Microsoft discontinued its "OneCare" Anti-Virus suite, gossip has been flying that Microsoft would be releasing a free
Anti-Virus\Anti-Spyware tool codenamed "Morro". The software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is already being
tested by Microsoft employees and a trial version will be made available "soon". Microsoft has stated that Morro would be available by the end of
2009 at the latest. "Morro" is likely to be targeted to compete with the low end of anti-virus products from other providers, and it will not have
much of an impact on sales of full-blown security suites.
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16.06.2009First Trojan-SMS virus for S60 Smartphones
The first Trojan SMS
virus, designed for
smartphones running Series 60
OS, has been spotted by
Russian antivirus maker
“Kaspersky Labs”. The
virus is called
Trojan-SMS.Symb.OS.Viver.
Viver is not a
harmless concept study like
recent Podloso Linux virus for
iPod. If you get infected with
this one, it can cost you some
pretty money - after
installation on your phone,
Viver starts sending SMS
messages to the premium SMS
numbers, thus accruing charges
to your mobile account and
generating income for the
virus author.
While
quite a few similar viruses
were spotted for all JAVA
running mobile phones, Viver
is the first to be
specifically designed for S60
based smartphones...
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22.05.2007Critical bug found in
anti-virus software
[b]A critical software bug has
been discovered in several of
the most widely used
anti-virus programs. It could
be exploited to take control
of a computer or to steal
information, according to an
analysis produced by the
independent security analyst
who made the
discovery.[/b]
The
glitch affects 39 different
Symantec products - including
both home and enterprise
versions of its anti-virus
software. It resides within
the Symantec anti-virus
library, which is used by all
of the
packages.[img]images/news/icon
s/source.gif[/img] [b]News
source[/b]:
http://www.newscientist.com/ar
ticle.ns?id=dn8505]NewScientis
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22.12.2005Microsoft Acknowledges Anti-Virus Failed VB100 Test
A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to BetaNews this
afternoon that it has learned
its Windows Live OneCare
anti-virus package has failed
a test conducted by the
respected British laboratory
Virus Bulletin ,
disqualifying it from carrying
the "VB100" logo
denoting 100% detection of a
selected battery of common
"in the wild" viruses...
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07.02.2007Wikipedia Used to Spread Virus
The open nature of online
encyclopedia Wikipedia in
which anyone can submit and
edit articles is what has made
the service a staple of the
Internet. However, that same
openness was used on Friday to
hijack an entry and trick
users into downloading a
virus...
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06.11.2006Jobs Introduces Intel-Based
Mac Laptop, Desktop
New MacBook Pro, iMac using
Intel's Core Pro processor
unveiled at Macworld...
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11.01.2006OpenOffice.org: There's No
Virus
OpenOffice.org responded
Friday to claims in the media
that the first virus had been
discovered for the open source
productivity suite. The group
said that macro viruses are
possible in any program that
supports the feature...
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03.06.2006The secure Mac: myth or legend?
Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image? We look at the security concerns
affecting Mac users -- and whether there's cause for alarm.
US health authorities were chuffed recently to announce that canine
rabies -- a once common viral infection dangerous to dogs as well as humans -- had been eliminated from the country after not even a single case had
been reported since 2004.
A week later, Microsoft put its tail between its legs after it was revealed that its state-of-the-art
Windows Vista operating system had fallen prey to Stoned.Angelina, a boot-sector virus that was first seen in 1994 and last seen in the wild in 2001.
Nonetheless, up to 100,000 German Medion customers,
Virus Bulletin
reported, received new computers with the virus on their hard drives. Worse still, the virus went undetected by the bundled Bullguard antivirus
software, which had removed the virus definition from its product due to its perceived extinction.
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15.10.2007Movie to be based off of the 'I Love You' virus.
The movie entitled, "I Love You", based off of the well-known "Melissa Virus" is in post production and scheduled for release some time in 2009.
It stars Kristin Bauer, Dean Cain and Briana Evigan.
For those who need a refresher the "I Love You" virus was a worm released on May 4th
2000, that upon infection would mail itself to those on the contact list of the infected. It also made several malicious changes to the infected
computer. Its name was acquired from the fact that it was usually sent as an attachment in an email that had "I Love You" as a subject header.
The movie, according to Evigan, is about a Filipino boy who attempts to contact an American girl. His attempts are unsuccessful so his friends
suggest that he send out a computer virus. Unfortunately, there is not much information available at this point and time. It is also relatively
unclear is the inspiration of the "I Love You" virus is evident solely in the fact that the boy writes a virus, or whether this will be a movie
playing on the origin of the actual virus.
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13.11.2008Symantec and McAfee should have prepared better for Vista
IT security firm Sophos is
recommending that system
administrators ask their
security vendors if they are
capable of properly protecting
them on the forthcoming 64-bit
version of Vista, as arguments
continue regarding access to
Microsoft's operating system
code (kernel). Sophos has
reassured its customers that
Sophos Anti-Virus will offer
full protection against
malware threats on Vista, and
suggests that some security
vendors may not have given
sufficient thought to the new
operating system when
developing their products.
Anti-virus firms
Symantec and McAfee have
recently made high-profile
complaints that they are being
"locked out" of the Vista
operating system kernel by
Microsoft's PatchGuard
prevention system. They argue
that this is preventing them
from continuing to develop
pro-active protection against
new malware, sometimes
referred to as 'host
intrusion prevention' or
'HIPS'. They claim this
action is anti-competitive.
However, Sophos
argues that its approach to
HIPS technology has met with
no problems on both the
low-spec and high-spec
versions of Windows Vista. In
addition, Sophos claims that
Microsoft has so far provided
all the interfaces that Sophos
needs for providing this form
of protection.
"Symantec and McAfee may be
struggling with HIPS because
they haven't coded their
solutions with high-spec Vista
in mind," said Richard
Jacobs, CTO of Sophos.
"We've taken a different
approach, by focusing on
catching bad behaviour before
it has a chance to occur.
Additionally, we are building
our technology by making use
of supported Microsoft
interfaces rather than by
trying to subvert them.
That's why we're ready for
64-bit Vista, and others
aren't."
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24.10.2006Panda Looks to Speed Antivirus Scans
Panda has released NanoScan,
an online virus scanning
service that is able to
perform a full sweep of a
computer in less than one
minute. The speed is a vast
improvement over current virus
scanners, which take as much
as an hour or more to
complete...
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