We ran a post in the beginning of this month (read: Avira Antivir Update Hangs)that mentioned a growing problem that users of Avira Antivir were experiencing. The problem these users were experiencing was a permanent update failure during the virus definition update of the antivirus software. Some users were able to fix these difficulties by [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 20th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Take advantage of md5 checksums for download validity
I’m fairly confident that you have, at one time or another, run across an md5checksum file as you have perused the internet. Whether it was a download file or even an application upgrade, those md5 files are there for a reason. But just what is the reason?
When someone puts a file up on a server [...]
Facebook Login Phishing And Account Hacking Warnings
According to several reports on websites like Computerworld a new phishing scam is currently in the wild that is trying to get the Facebook login data of Facebook users. Pandalabs, who uncovered the phishing scam, did not release lots of details about the attack other than it mimicked the Facebook login page and displayed an [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 17th, 2009
- Comments: 7
Let Password Gorilla store all of your passwords
If you’re like me (and I know you are) you have an endless assortment of passwords stored in your head. And, again, if you’re like me your age is defying your memory such that your brain isn’t always so quick to recall that endless stream of random characters you have for passwords (and you know [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Updater
Microsoft’s new and free security software Microsoft Security Essentials received some raving reviews since its first release as a beta version. The final version of the antivirus software program was released alongside Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7. Microsoft Security Essentials is using Windows Update to update the virus definition files which can be problematic [...]
Microsoft Security Updates November 2009
Microsoft has released six security bulletins today as part of their monthly Tuesday patch day which fix a total of 15 different security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows. The maximum severity rating for the bulletins contain three critical and three important patches for vulnerabilities that can allow remote code execution and denial of [...]
Panda Cloud Antivirus Released Still Free
Panda Cloud Antivirus has been released today after months of being available as a beta version. The antivirus software, which has been offered as a public beta since April 2009, received more press coverage than conventional free antivirus software programs thanks to its cloud based approach. This approach moves some of the virus scanning away [...]
