AVG just announced that their ANTIVIRUSfree software app will make the jump from phones to tablets on the Android platform. ANTIVIRUSfree for Android provides security for users phones and now tablets. The company claims to have over 9 million users of it’s free offering (they claim 110 million customers overall). The app can scan apps, more »

I’ve been a fan of AVG for several years now. It’s done a great job protecting my computer and I’ve always highly recommended it. Recently I was prompted to upgrade to AVG 2011 and did so. This new release promises increased social networking protection by automatically scanning all links posted to sites like Facebook and more »

Researchers from AVG took a look inside a mini-Zeus botnet called Mumba and found it was storing 60GB of stolen information. This information included bank account numbers, credit card numbers, log on credentials for social networking sites, even emails. blockquote>“Detected by AVG security products, the “Mumba” botnet was found to be using four different variations more »

Late Sunday night my husband was working on his blog when he decided to check out one of his trackbacks. Bad idea. He was immediately redirected to a fake anti-virus site and even though he knows not to click on anything and shut the browser down via Task Manager, somehow the program, called Vista Internet more »

Malware is absolutely everywhere these days. Even if you do all the right things like not clicking on links or opening attachments in emails, avoiding bittorents, porn sites and illegal download sites like Limewire (which is full of malware!), not clicking on pop up or banner ads, and being careful about what apps and notifications more »

The Malwarebytes Corporation, makers of the excellent anti-malware software of the same name, have discovered that a Chinese rival has been stealing from its database of malware samples and flagging a specific keygen code for the Malwarebytes software using the exact same naming scheme. When Malwarebytes confronted the vendor, IObit, about the theft, the company more »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.” The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook? Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web services. Since they are somewhat underpowered, you need applications that use system resources efficiently so they don’t slow down your machine.

One of the popular applications being pirated today is Norton AntiVirus. I guess it makes sense that if you’re grabbing all kinds of files from who knows where, you want to make sure your system stays healthy. It looks like everyone knows the importance of having anti-virus protection on your computer. Norton AntiVirus from Symantec is a popular choice, but can prove costly if you pay the annual $35.00-$80.00 subscription fee. Let’s UnPirate Norton AntiVirus.

You’d think that with all the viruses, malware, spyware and what not on Windows, Microsoft would offer some sort of protection. Well, actually it does, currently the service costs $49.95 per year and is called Microsoft Live OneCare. It’s one of the many things Microsoft has that’s easy to forget about. That’s not a bad thing, though, as it will be leaving on June 30, 2009.

To replace OneCare, Microsoft is working on “Morro.” Morro is the project-name for its new, free virus protection program. According to the Reuters article, Morro is being designed to work on “smaller, less powerful computers.” That probably means it is being made to work with netbooks. Continued after the break.

Many users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8 were stuck with Windows systems that didn’t operate after the AVG security scanner software mistakenly identified a necessary Windows component as a Trojan virus.

The file user32.dll was tagged incorrectly as a banking Trojan after a signature update on Sunday. The AVG scanner then advised users to delete the “harmful file.” So, of course…many listened. And when they did, they were stuck with a system that either would not boot or else was knocked into a continuous reboot cycle. Continued after the break.