Review: PC Tools Spyware Doctor With Antivirus 6 (Personal Computer World)
Released just before Symantec agreed to acquire PC Tools , the latest version of Spyware Doctor aims to protect you and up to three of your PCs from spyware and virus attacks. original article
Malware Nets Major U.S. Air Carriers (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today the detection of a new round of spam campaigns targeting individuals purporting to deliver e-Tickets and invoices for a so-called “Buy Airplane Ticket Online” service. original article
Hidden Dangers: Crimeware-as-a-Service (CaaS) (SYS-CON Media)
As the malware threat landscape continues to evolve, hackers are continuously changing techniques to counteract detection technologies being developed by vendors. By using sophisticated methods to evade current antivirus technologies, hackers are relentless in their pursuit of damaging IT systems and oftentimes gaining access to sensitive information. read more original article
Symantec launches Norton Internet Security 2009 (PC Advisor)
‘Faster, more secure and less intrusive than NIS 2008′ Symantec today launched Norton Internet Security 2009, and Norton AntiVirus 2009. The company claims that the updated internet security suite and antimalware software offer enhanced protection with a vastly reduced system overhead and much quicker scan speeds. Symantec is also offering free phone tech support for [...]
Microsoft Security Center recommends you…
… this is part of a fake message used by a new rogue antivirus in a screensaver where users are warned that their system is infected and they need to update it with a fake Antivirus. PandaLabs has detected it as Adware/RogueAntivirus2010.Besides, some weeks ago PandaLabs detected a previous version of this program called Adware/RogueAntivirus2009.Taking [...]