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If you’re a user in the Avast community forum, make sure to change the same password if used on other websites because it has been hacked. Usernames, email addresses and passwords (even though hashed) were compromised. Avast forum is now […]
Remember Avira SearchFree Toolbar which was powered by Ask?, After receiving bad feedback on it from users Avira has decided to release their 2014 products without that toolbar, in that process, they broke the partnership with Ask and working on […]
Avira is getting things right recently, they’ve removed the Notified ad and integrated Protection cloud into Free antivirus and they’re going to release future products without searchfree toolbar, instead protection for browsers will be offered through a plugin called Avira […]
Don’t want to be annoyed by Performance Alerts shown by Norton Antivirus?, you can easily deactivate them. Remember AVG advisor notifications? -For instance, all of a sudden a notification pops up saying Firefox is using more memory, AVG recommends to […]
Can’t install or run Malwarebytes on an infected system, then Chameleon file will let you do that. We’ve already covered what is Malwarebytes Chameleon technology and how it helps to run MABM on a system that was affected with malware. […]
Security folks at Kaspersky lab has released a new smart social security app for Facebook, Friend or Foe in beta allows “users to assess just how “valuable” their friends are, and even shows what others think of them. The app […]
Panda Cloud Antivirus new version released with metro UI, new features and improvements. Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.9 is out of beta and Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0 has been released for Windows and available for download with modern look and features. […]
Though Quarterly security update of Adobe Reader has targeted at fixing critical vulnerabilities and offering improvements, significant news is Adobe Reader 11.0.07 version no longer works in Windows XP (and Office 2003 as well), welcoming news is support for Windows […]
Norton Power Eraser, an aggressive tool from Symantec that detects and removes scamware or crimeware – which alerts you to download security software or warns you with the pop-ups that your system is not secure – has received an update, […]
Avast software has released Avast 2014 R3 (9.0.2016) stable version and is available for download from its site. This version has improved its tools such as Remote Assistance, Software Updater, Browser Cleanup and GrimeFighter. But, be watchful during the setup, […]
Anti-Exploit from Malwarebytes which is yet in Beta has got an update, it has been re-architected to run as a Windows service and work in multi-user environments. The new architecture doesn’t allow non-admin users from stopping protection, managing exclusions and […]
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) 2.0 stable version has been released and available for download in Free and Premium versions with support for Windows XP and above. User can install this on top of v1.75 in his computer. Malwarebytes Corporation has introduced […]