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To enhance the security for users on upcoming Firefox 23 version Mozilla has tuned on a preference-security.mixed_content.block_active_content- as a result of this mixed content will be blocked by default. In the past, we’ve already covered that Mozilla has offered two
Opera 12.15 final version with Presto engine has been released and available for download. Perhaps you may have to wait little longer for the release Opera powered by Blink, fork of Webkit which Chromium is working on. Opera 12.15 could
Avast has made third public beta for their upcoming program update 8.0.1486 available for download for testing and feedback. This beta brings screen readers support, ability to turn off Software updater and with other improvements. What’s new in Avast 8.0.1486
Version 11 for McAfee Stinger has been released and available for download from McAfee website. Till now Stinger available as 32-bit version only, but the latest version 11 has added support for 64-bit systems too. And this standalone tool from
Avast 8 comes out of beta and first release candidate has been released. Till now three betas have been released and beta 3 has fixed Windows Security Center not recognizing issue and other bugs. Avast confirms this Release Candidate 1
Surprise!, Avast has integrated Adblock Plus functionality into Ad Blocker and offered it as optional feature with their version 8’s second beta, who’d have thought of this. Adblock Plus is popular ad blocking add-on available for Opera, Firefox and Chrome
Security vendor Bitdefender has released free Rootkit Remover tool which detects and removes known rootkits by using Bitdefender’s award winning malware removal technology. Unlike to other Rootkit Removal tools Bitdefender’s Rootkit Remover tool can be launched directly from Windows without
To run Avast Browser Cleanup your PC doesn’t need to have Avast Antivirus installed, Avast is generously offering this tool for PC users as standalone program also. Avast 8 to come with Browser Cleanup tool which helps users in removing
ESET has released command line tool to get rid of rogue malware applications, the tool ESET Rogue Applications Remover is free of charge. Rogue applications are those which mislead you to pay money by showing false information regarding security or
Versions 2.1.1 for Panda Cloud Antivirus has been released which has been guaranteed with Windows 8 compatible logo from Microsoft. This version improves anti-exploit protection that was added in version 2.1 back in December and also enhances heuristic technologies that Panda
11.6 version of Adobe Flash Player and 3.6 version of AIR have been released and available for download from Adobe website. Flash Player 11.6 update resolves multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution, this update is recommended security update.
Adobe has released Reader 11.0.2 for Windows and Mac which has fixed critical vulnerabilities found in previous versions (11.0.1) of Reader. You’re recommended to upgrade to this version immediately. If you’ve configured automatic updates for Reader you’ll notified or you