SUPERAntiSpyware is available as a free and professional edition. Both editions are downloadable directly from the developer website. Lets take a quick look at the differences between SUPERAntiSpyware Professional and SUPERAntiSpyware Free. Both editions support the detection and removal of all sorts of malicious programs including malware, trojans, worms or keyloggers. Users can add files [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

It sometimes pays of to occasionally scan a computer system with another virus scanner. We all know that no security software in the world can protect against every known threat. Even if the software catches 99,9% of all malicious files it still means that every 1,000th file slips through. Using another security software to scan [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The public became aware of the Stuxnet worm back in July, largely because it was linked to several 0-day vulnerabilities of the Windows operating system. Researchers who analyzed the worm discovered what appeared to be its core purpose: To target industrial computer networks running Siemens WinCC software. But the nature of the vulnerability made all [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Most security software companies, like Kaspersky, Symantec or Bitdefender, release new products ever year. The updated programs often come with additional security modules, better detection, engines, resource usage and other features that make them more powerful than last year’s version. If you are running last year’s version, say Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, you are bound [...]

Categories: Security, Software

One of the first tasks after the installation of an operating system is the installation of security software to protect the computer from viruses and other forms of attack. Windows users can select programs from a huge available selection. They can install all-in-one solutions, often called security suites that combine antivirus, firewall and other security [...]

Categories: Open Source, Security, Software, Windows

Secunia has released a beta of the upcoming Secunia Personal Software Inspector 2, a software update scanner that scans the computer system for insecure programs. The beta version comes with improvements over the last stable release of the security scanner, namely the ability to automatically update insecure or unpatched programs, a new user interface and [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

AV Test have now released the results of their 2010 best anti-virus for Windows 7.  The tests put each anti-virus package through a rigorous set of tests to determine not only how good they are at detecting and removing malware and viruses, but also how usable the software is…

Categories: Security

Stuxnet is family of new threats that have emerged in mid July 2010, with the majority of infected computer systems in Iran, Indonesia, India and the US. The rootkit is distributed by direct attacks, email, infected executables and the recently discovered lnk shortcut security vulnerability in Windows. Stuxnet uses the aforementioned .lnk technique to install [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

A recently discovered vulnerability in the processing of lnk files in the Windows operating system may be used by attackers to executed malicious code on the target system. Windows users can take a look at our previous coverage of the security issue for additional details. The nature of the vulnerability makes it possible to exploit [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows