The Best Antivirus in 2008
A new year... A new beginning... And the inevitable security solution smackdown. In this context, AV-Test has thrown together in the same arena no less than 24 antivirus products from the heavyweights of the security market.
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29.1.2008 XP Antivirus Still Available!
A new rogue antispyware application was spotted a few days ago on the web and it may really trick you in case you’re not ready for it. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT download it!
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27.3.2008 Gmail antivirus official
How does anti-virus scanning work?
Each time you send and receive attachments, Gmail automatically scans them for viruses.
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4.12.2005 Vista: Antispyware, Yes. Antivirus, No
Why are Microsoft watchers surprised that Microsoft has no plans to integrate antivirus software into Windows? Redmond sees bigger dollar signs in antivirus services.
Microsoft officials have been saying for quite some time that Windows Vista will ship with antispyware software built into the operating system. But for more than a year, Microsoft's top dogs have been quite clear that Microsoft has no intentions to bundle antivirus software into the product.
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31.1.2006 Allchin Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus
During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of Windows Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that the system's new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Vista without antivirus software installed.
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10.11.2006 Kaspersky – The Best Antivirus for Windows Vista
Windows Vista represents the latest operating system released by the software giant Microsoft that was meant to revolutionize the work on our systems and other computer activities.
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12.2.2007 ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.91.2
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge.
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23.8.2007 The Best Windows Antivirus – 2008 Editions
The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2.
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13.3.2008 New AntiVirus from Microsoft - Morro revealed
Ever since Microsoft discontinued its "OneCare" Anti-Virus suite, gossip has been flying that Microsoft would be releasing a free Anti-VirusAnti-Spyware tool codenamed "Morro".
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16.6.2009 Best Free Antivirus and Antispyware for Windows 7
Now that Windows 7 has been released for all the consumers worldwide, I thought this was the right time to list down our top recommended antivirus plus antispyware solutions which are compatible with this latest version of Windows.
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1.11.2009 Microsoft's antivirus package makes a splash
Helped by low pricing, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare landed the No. 2 spot in sales at American stores in its debut month, according to The NPD Group.
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13.8.2006 Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails
Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.
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12.3.2007 Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails
Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.
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12.3.2007 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.414 RC1
ESET NOD32 Antivirus offers superior, comprehensive protection, the fastest scanning throughput, and the least performance impact of any solution.
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21.9.2007 Antivirus protection worse than a year ago
The effectiveness of antivirus software has fallen off, and more and more pests can now slip past these barriers. This is the sobering conclusion the german computer magazine c't comes to in issue 1/08 with a test on 17 antivirus solutions.
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23.12.2007 Download Norton AntiVirus 2010 Beta
Symantec has recently released its latest Norton AntiVirus 2010 beta which claimed to be the faster and providing most proactive protection against viruses, Trojans and worms that they have ever offered.
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14.7.2009 Microsoft's OneCare antivirus software to go live Thursday
OneCare includes software for antivirus, PC tuning, and backup
Microsoft Corp. will complete its entry into the desktop security market next week with the general release of its Windows Live OneCare antivirus software.
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29.5.2006 Microsoft concedes: OneCare antivirus software 'not stellar'
Microsoft Corporation yesterday acknowledged poor test results of its OneCare antivirus software, but promised it would do better by paying more attention to malware actually in the wild. Earlier this month, AV Comparatives, a non-profit site that tests the most popular antivirus products, found OneCare detected 82.4% of nearly half a million pieces of malware.
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18.3.2007 Microsoft Preps Business Antivirus, Antispyware Product
Long-awaited Forefront Client Security software is ready for launch next month, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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25.4.2007 Microsoft's OneCare improves antivirus test ranking
But top-dog NOD32 detects nearly 5 times more new threats than 14th-place OneCare..
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6.6.2007 Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8.1.0.331
AntiVir Personal Edition is a software that helps you protect and monitor your PC.
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8.10.2008 Download Windows 7 Antivirus from AVG, Kaspersky and Symantec
Just as it was the case with Windows Vista, the mitigations introduced by Microsoft alone in Windows 7 are not sufficient to bulletproof the operating system on their own.
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15.1.2009 Rising AntiVirus 2008 Free Edition English Download
Rising AntiVirus is a anti-virus security software from a Beijing, China based company of the same name, and is one of the most popular anti-virus solutions in China. Since April 2008, Rising has giving away.
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7.7.2008 OneCare places 16th in antivirus test, 13th in spyware
Virus Bulletin this month released the results of a major comparative of the latest security products, covering a range of metrics.
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6.9.2008 Microsoft announces free antivirus, limited public beta
Microsoft has officially announced its new Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus app and plans to put it into a limited beta next week, on June 23.
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19.6.2009 OneCare Death to Make Room for Free Morro Antivirus for Windows 7
A future core antimalware solution will replace Windows Live OneCare, which, considering the price of a one year subscription, has already qualified for an alternative to free security software, come mid-2009.
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25.11.2008 Rising Antivirus Free Edition 2009 v21.22.30
Rising Antivirus Free Edition protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits and other malicious programs.
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4.2.2009 Vista SP1 with Antivirus Installed on Multiple CPU Systems Eats All Resources
Microsoft has warned customers of a problem affecting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, where the two operating systems in combination with some antivirus software, and running on machines with multiple processors, can eat all the system resources available to them.
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10.8.2009 Norton Removal Tool 2010 to Uninstall Norton Antivirus 2010
In past we have covered how to uninstall & remove Norton internet security & Norton Personal firewall.
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11.9.2009Microsoft Builds Own Antivirus
Engine
While customers may have to
wait until next year for the
Client Protection tool,
Microsoft on Thursday also
announced the availability of
Antigen, an antivirus program
for messaging and
collaboration servers that
will be bolstered by
Microsoft's own antivirus
scan engine...
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06.10.2005Apple Recommends Antivirus Software
Apple has issued a technical note about Mac antivirus software, and, for the first time, suggests that Macs need such software. The note says: "Apple
encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the
whole virus writing process more difficult." The note then goes on to mention three antivirus programs, with Intego VirusBarrier X5 listed first. It
is worth noting this, since Apple, especially in its recent "Get a Mac" ads, has always publicly tried to ignore the threat of malware to Macs, as
well as other security issues.
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30.11.2008Vista, Antivirus: What If Allchin's Right?
PERSPECTIVE Many were
quick to condemn a suggestion
by Jim Allchin last week that
an operating system could be
capable of evolving beyond the
need for antivirus software -
at least in specific
situations. But what if
Allchin's right?..
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14.11.2006Sophos: 'Don't rely on
antivirus software'
Security vendor Sophos
has warned companies not to
rely on antivirus software to
protect their IT
infrastructure and
systems.
S
peaking at the Information
Systems Security Association
conference in London on
Thursday, Vanjer Svajcer,
senior virus researcher for
Sophos, said companies should
also look to alternative
technologies and procedures to
ensure their IT assets are
secure.
Svajcer
said: "I always say, 'Do not
rely on antivirus software'.
In 99 per cent of cases you
cannot. The problem is we have
to see a virus before we can
detect it. If antivirus is in
place, it may not detect [a
virus] because it may be very
targeted for you."..
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09.09.2005Allchin Backs Off Antivirus Remarks
Outgoing Microsoft
co-president Jim Allchin
posted a blog entry Friday
apologizing for the confusion
surrounding comments he made
to reporters Wednesday about
being so confident in Windows
Vista's security that his
seven-year-old son's PC had
no antivirus software
installed...
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11.11.2006Critical Flaw Affects Symantec
AntiVirus
A flaw within Symantec
AntiVirus could open users'
computers to the execution of
arbitrary code when a
specially crafted RAR file is
scanned, independent security
researcher Alex Wheeler said
in an advisory on his Web site
Tuesday...
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21.12.2005Serious Flaw Hits Symantec
AntiVirus
Security research firm eEye
warned Thursday that a
high-risk code execution flaw
exists within Symantec's
Norton AntiVirus 10.x.
According to an advisory
posted on eEye's Web site,
the flaw does not require any
user interaction to be
exploited...
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26.05.2006Symantec AntiVirus Engine
Vulnerable
Symantec has issued an
advisory on a security
vulnerability discovered
within the web-based
Administrative Interface of
its AntiVirus Scan Engine. The
flaw could lead to a buffer
overflow that enables a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary
code and access a system...
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06.10.2005Microsoft Releases Business
Antivirus
Microsoft on Tuesday took the
wraps off its Antigen lineup
of of security products for
e-mail, which include
antivirus and anti-spam
protection that the Redmond
company acquired from Sybari
Software in 2005. Four
offerings will initially make
up the Microsoft Antigen
brand...
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07.06.2006CA Antivirus Causing Windows
2003 Crashes
An error in the virus
signature files for CA's
eTrust antivirus software
caused the program to
mistakenly delete a crucial
Windows 2003 file, which in
turn caused some systems to
crash and fail to reboot...
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05.09.2006Security Flaw in Kaspersky
Antivirus
A security researcher has
uncovered a critical security
flaw in Kaspersky Antivirus
that could allow an attacker
to take control of a
vulnerable system. The problem
lies in a component used to
open CAB files, which can be
exploited using a buffer
overflow...
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04.10.2005Antivirus Firms Take On Sony
DRM
With the recent discovery of
Sony's "rootkit" DRM
shipping on over 20 CDs and
the surrounding backlash from
consumers online and off,
antivirus vendors must now
answer a delicate question:
should Sony's software be
considered malware and
forcibly removed? Some say
yes...
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11.11.2005Allchin Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus
Outgoing Microsoft
co-president Jim Allchin,
while touting the new security
features of Windows Vista,
told a reporter yesterday that
the system's new lockdown
features are so capable and
thorough that he was
comfortable with his own
seven-year-old son using Vista
without antivirus software
installed...
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10.11.2006Neowin Review: Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009
Back when I got my first PC, there wasn't a need for Antivirus software, malware wasn't heard of, and Spam came in a can, and could arguably
be called a tasty treat. Now, you just about can't run a PC without some sort of Antivirus/spyware protection, especially if you're connected
to the internet (something we'd only be able to use if we were students at the local college). Back in late 1990, Symantec released their first
Antivirus software, called Norton Antivirus (from the original company name, and founder, Peter Norton). At the time, it was considered one of, if
not THE best AV software out there.
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05.02.2009Hackers pants antivirus database
A good cook can burn a dish, a good outfielder can drop a can o' corn, and a good antivirus company can apparently have a big gap in their database
defenses, as poster "unu" makes abundantly clear at HackersBlog at the moment...
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09.02.2009Security analysts closer to improved antivirus software test
Antivirus vendors are closer to agreeing on a new way to test their software after widespread agreement that older antivirus tests can be
misleading.
AV-Test.org, a German antivirus testing organization, is
meshing suggestions from vendors such as Symantec, Panda Software, and Trend Micro as well as its own for a new testing regime, said Maik Morgenstern,
who conducts product tests at AV-Test.org.
The new testing proposal -- also supported by vendors Kaspersky Lab and F-Secure, as
well as other testers such as Virus Bulletin -- will be presented next month at the Association of AntiVirus Asia Researchers 2007 conference in
Seoul.
Companies supporting AV-Test.org's paper will try to marshal support from other security vendors, said Mark Kennedy, an
antivirus engineer with Symantec.
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05.10.2007Norton AntiVirus 11 for Leopard Announced
Symantec has introduced Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac, featuring support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The software furnishes vulnerability protection
technology, which watches the web application layer. Norton AntiVirus automatically detects and removes viruses, scans and cleans downloaded files and
email attachments, and protects against software vulnerabilities.
To address the growth of multi-platform PC and Mac environments, Norton
AntiVirus 11 for Mac scans for both PC and Mac vulnerabilities, viruses and macro viruses.
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11.12.2007Free Antivirus Offered to
Vista Testers
With Windows Vista Beta 2
slated to become public
through a Customer Preview
Program in the coming weeks,
testers may find themselves
facing a major problem: many
antivirus suites don't yet
work with the new operating
system. Computer Associates is
aiming to remedy this issue by
offering free copies of eTrust
EZ for Vista...
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27.05.2006F-Secure Patches Critical
AntiVirus Flaw
Security firm F-Secure has
issued patches for critical
flaws in 18 of its antivirus
products that fix a
vulnerability in the scanning
of RAR and ZIP archives for
malicious code. Both Windows
and Linux based tools are
affected, and F-Secure
recommends installing the fix
immediately...
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20.01.2006Beta Test Sunbelt Messaging
Ninja
Sunbelt Software is seeking
beta testers for a new
antispam and antivirus
solution that integrates with
Microsoft Exchange. Called
Sunbelt Messaging Ninja, the
product uses a plug-in
architecture to offer
customized security polices,
and will initially include two
antivirus and antispam engines
as well as e-mail attachment
filtering...
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