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Security coverage from Techdows: malware removal and antivirus guides, safe download practices, privacy settings, and news on threats that affect Windows users. Clear, practical steps to help keep your PC and accounts protected.

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Avast Free Antivirus 8.0.1497 compatible with Win 8.1

Finally Avast 8 Is Fully Compatible with Windows 8.1

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Free Antivirus 8.0.1497 compatible with Win 8.1

Avast now works without any issues in Windows 8.1. If Avast 8 has not worked for you in Windows 8.1 Preview, don’t worry! it works now without any issues or incompatibility warnings as Avast’s latest program update 8.0.1497 makes the […]

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Avira Browser Safety

Avira Browser Safety Beta Announced, Replaces SearchFree Toolbar

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira Browser Safety

Avira to offer their future products without toolbars. Avira has announced new Browser Safety feature, which to replace SearchFree Toolbar, offered by them in their products and at the same time it will offer the same features existed in traditional […]

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Avira notifier or popup ad

Avira decides to Stop Popup Ads for their Free AV

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira notifier or popup ad

Security company Avira seems going in right way these days, recently they’ve announced Browser Safety feature which to be offered in place of Avira SearchFree Toolbar, that’s one happy news for Avira Free AV users, here is another one- Avira […]

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Download AVG Antivirus Free 2014 [Offline Installer]

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

AVG has released its 2014 line of Products: AVG Internet Security 2014, AVG Antivirus 2014 and AVG Antivirus Free 2014. At the time of writing this article, AVG website isn’t ready with their new products, instead AVG 2014 has been […]

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Download McAfee Stinger 12

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

McAfee Labs has released 12 version for their Stinger tool and is available for download. Initial version for Stinger 11 was released back in March this year, McAfee Labs Stinger 12 released now detects more newer viruses, you can find […]

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Download Norton Internet Security 21 and Norton Antivirus 21 Free 30-day Trial Versions [Offline Installer]

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Norton 2014 products, Norton Internet Security 21 and Norton Antivirus 21 have been released. As Beta testing is over, Symantec has released their 2014 line of products- Norton Internet Security 21, Norton Antivirus 21- with version number as 21. These […]

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Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.4 detects Simda trojan

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.4 Detects and Removes Banking Trojan Simda

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.4 detects Simda trojan

Microsoft has recently released its Malicious Software Removal Tool version 5.4 for September  2013, with the ability to detect and remove Simda Trojan. “Simda is a multi-component malware family that includes trojan, backdoor, password-stealing, downloader and file-infector variants. It is […]

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Avira Rescue System

Use Avira Rescue System to Scan and Repair Infected Non-bootable Windows PCs

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira Rescue System

Avira has launched Rescue System for Windows PCs, available in ISO and exe format, you, even non-Avira users can download and burn this ISO to CD as well as to USB drive to clean and repair non-bootable systems, that are […]

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Facebook now HTTPS secure browsing

Facebook Turns On HTTPS by Default for all Users

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Facebook now HTTPS secure browsing

Your browser now communicates with Facebook using a secure connection by default. Two years back Facebook has introduced option for users to connect to their site using secure connection, now they’ve enabled HTTPS by default for all users. With this, […]

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Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 released with Trusted Applications Mode

KAV 2014 and KIS 2014 New Features Explained

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 released with Trusted Applications Mode

2014 Products for Kaspersky, Kaspersky Antivirus 2014 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 have been released for home users with improved protection technologies and new features. Both KAV 2014 and KIS 2014 offer new features such as ZETA Shield antivirus technology, […]

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Norton Power Eraser

Norton Power Eraser 4 Beta Adds User Profiles Scanning and Java Vulnerability Detection

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Norton Power Eraser

Symantec has released Beta for version 4.0 of  Norton Power Eraser and is available for download for testing and feedback purposes. Norton Power Eraser 4 Beta has added scanning of user Profiles feature, Java Vulnerability detection, UI has got some […]

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Avast Free Antivirus 2014 Beta UI

Avast 2014 Beta Introduces New UI, DeepScreen Technology, Hardened Mode and Do-Not-Track Features

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Avast Free Antivirus 2014 Beta UI

First Beta for next major version of Avast 2014 has been released and available to download for testing purposes. Avast 2014 Beta brings new UI, DeepScreen technology, hardened mode and other new features (like DNT)  and improvements to the table. […]

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