Malicious software, like viruses or trojans, can damage a system in a way that it becomes impossible to boot into the operating system that was infected by the software. The Kaspersky Rescue Disk is a standalone bootable CD that can be used to scan the system for malicious software without having to boot into the [...]

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Firefox 3 is making use of built in virus scanners to scan downloads automatically after they have been fully downloaded to the system. This feature is only available on Windows and if an anti-virus application is installed on the user’s system. While this feature might be a good way to avoid downloading malicious files it [...]

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Avira AntiVir Personal 8 was released today and I thought it would be nice to write about this new release since AntiVir is one of the most popular free antivirus applications available. The most important question is of course about the new features in this new release of AntiVir. The homepage of the developer Avira [...]

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I have the feeling that this offer wont last long so you better hurry up. A free registration at the Chinese Kaspersky forum will reward the user with a Kaspersky Anti-Virus key that is valid for one year. The only catch, if you can speak of a catch, is that the website is in Chinese and that users have to navigate and register an account on that website.

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It seems like Grisoft, the developers of AVG Anti-Virus, are giving away a copy of AVG 7.5 Professional for free in a promotion that ends January 17th. The retail price for this product is $29.95 for a one year subscription. There is no word on the page with the offer for how long it will be possible to update the software to the latest professional version.

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