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Malwarebytes 3.2 Beta available with Memory Improvements and Bug fixes

July 30, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A new beta version of Malwarebytes 3.2 is available for testing. This beta improves memory usage (this has been mostly discussed topic after the … [Read more…]

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Latest Avast 2017 removes Status Monitoring

June 27, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Status monitoring which was available in Avast and accessible through Settings –which allows to disable individual shields — has been removed in Avast 17.5.2302. … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome

PSA: Redirected to chrome-updates.win phishing site? Remove VPN Extensions

June 26, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Whenever you open a New tab page in Chrome if you’ve been redirected to https://chrome-updates.win/s.html page, without further thinking uninstall or remove the VPN extensions … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
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Malwarebytes 3.1 Free version adds Automatic Monthly Scheduled Scan

May 15, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Malwarebytes 3 version available till now has only allowed Malwarebytes Premium and trial users to automate scans schedule by clicking ‘schedule scan’ tab in … [Read more…]

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Freeware

KeyScrambler now protects against Keystroke Profiling

April 25, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The anti-keylogging software, KeyScrambler, has received an update recently, KeyScrambler 3.11 has been released. The update has not only added support for Windows 10 Creators … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
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Malwarebytes 3.0.6 final fixes memory leaks and reduces CPU Usage

January 26, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Top issues reported by users regarding Malwarebytes 3.0.5 (previously known as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware) have been addressed as the company has released Malwarebytes 3.0.6 after … [Read more…]

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Latest Avast beta gets behavior shield

January 21, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast has already released AVG Free Antivirus 2017, but it is still beta testing the antivirus product. To the latest, Avast has released a … [Read more…]

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Freeware

Avast releases AVG Free Antivirus 2017

January 11, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast has acquired AVG few months back, today the company released 2017 editions of  AVG Antivirus Free, AVG Internet Security and AVG TuneUp. As … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
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New AVG beta based on Avast engine is here

December 11, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Two months back. Avast has acquired AVG, today they’ve released new AVG antivirus product in beta version by incorporating their engine and some technologies present … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Firefox

Firefox 50.0.2 to Patch JavaScript Exploit found in Tor browser

November 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Zero-day vulnerability has found in the Firefox browser, a JavaScript exploit — which consists of one CSS and one HTML file — has been discovered … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
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Malwarebytes 3.0 beta launched

November 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Today, Malwarebytes Corporation has released a beta of their next generation product, Malwarebytes 3.0, a combination of Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit, Anti-Ransomware, Website Protection and Remediation technologies. … [Read more…]

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Security

Vivaldi: Content from unauthenticated sources has been blocked

November 7, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Vivaldi browser now allows to load insecure content at the users request. Like to Chrome’s ‘This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated … [Read more…]

Posted in: Security, Vivaldi
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