296 articles
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.
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
Mozilla has decided to give more control to the user by forcing click to play plugins enabled by default even for all versions of all plugins (those including the current ones) except for current version of Flash. Till now Mozilla
The ComboFix tool from BleepingComputer.com which supposed to remove viruses and other threats has been badly infected with Sality virus. Bleeping Computer acknowledged this and asking affected users who used their tool recently to scan with virus scanner and lists
ESET has released version 6 for their Antivirus and Smart Security products with Social Media Scanner included with other new features, both are available for download from their website -where ESET NOD32 Antivirus v6 includes optional anti-theft and ESET Smart
Mozilla started protecting the hidden preference “keyword.URL” of Firefox browser which generally is targeted by third-party programs to change awesome bar search provider with theirs with/without user consent, not any more! as upcoming Firefox version warns if a program or