News in brief (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
HUNTINGTON — Computer Central LLC, a new computer retail and repair center, opened on May 2 and is located at 5269 Irwin Road, Suite B. The center currently offers free computer diagnostics, custom built systems, operating system reinstall, virus and spyware removal, data backup and recovery, laptop repair and more.source
The BBC and Phorm – opting in or out? (p2pnet.net)
p2pnet news view Freedom | Advertising:- “The news that BT, Carphone Warehouse and Virgin Media are to sell their customers private browsing data to a firm called Phorm is attracting a lot of attention on the internet,” said Eclectica in March, particularly since Phorm, “before it renamed itself, was the notorious spyware firm 121Media. The [...]
Protect yourself from spyware on your phone (The Daily Record)
What the cell is going on? Imagine if every phone call you make on your cell phone was being listened to by someone you know. What if every text was being read and everywhere you went was tracked by someone following your phone’s GPS signal.source
AVG Anti-Virus Free Review (NotebookReview.com)
Up until this point we have reviewed only paid computer security solutions, but today we are trying something new: AVG Anti-Virus Free , which is as the name implies, free. AVG Anti-Virus Free has 80 million users worldwide and promises protection from viruses and spyware. How does it stack up against popular paid solutions like [...]
Aberdeen Market Alert Highlights Advantage of Shavlik Technologies’ New Endpoint Security Initiative (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ST. PAUL, Minn.—-Shavlik Technologies, LLC, the market leader in simplifying and automating critical IT operations, today reported that the company’s integration of antivirus and antispyware technology from Sunbelt Software into Shavlik NetChk® Protect has been featured in a Market Alert published by Aberdeen Group.source