According to a new case study published by the Internet Security Awareness Training (ISAT) firm KnowBe4, Bradenton-based lawyer Kimberly Graus found out the hard way that data security breaches can happen to any business, anywhere, at any time when hackers bypassed her antivirus software and initiated $35,000 in wire transfers from a trust fund she [...]
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has urged Australians to buy antivirus for their loved ones for Christmas to give them the gift of protection from net nasties. In a joint release with the Australian Bankers Association, the AFP said that given the number of computers in Australia, antivirus was a present which probably wouldn’t go [...]
AVG Internet Security 2011 is aimed at those looking for a do-it-all piece of software, offering antivirus, anti-spyware, a rootkit detector and killer, firewall, link scanner, online shield, email scanner, identity protection, spam killer and more. A one-year subscription for a single computer sells for £37.99, a two-year subscription for £60 and there are also [...]
Besides its Norton local security applications Symantec offers many Web-based products and services, among them online backup and parental control. A new interactive panel in its main window makes Norton Internet Security 2011 ($69.99 direct for three licenses) a manager for these online services, so you don’t have to launch a browser just to check [...]
As with last year’s Ad-Aware Pro installation takes a while, and there’s a confusing moment when it asks permission to reboot and then instead launches a lengthy update process. Don’t try to help it along by manually rebooting—just leave it alone and it’ll reboot by itself after the update.
