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With the exception of those who are competing in reality TV shows, who wants to be watched? Who wants to be seen in their most vulnerable and private moments? Who wants to be deprived of his privacy...

Pharming is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat that has been showing up on the Internet. It's a new way for criminals to try to get into your computer so they can steal your...

The Twelve Days of Spyware On the first day of Spyware, A Sender Forger sent to me A SoBig Virus in a Email. On the second day of Spyware, a Phisher sent to me A Nigerian Email Scam,...

If you are actively working online than there is a huge possibility that in some way Spyware will get installed in your computer. After all, it takes is only clicking the wrong site or by downloading...

Advertising is a necessary irritant in the world today. You can't drive down the street without coming across an ad, either a billboard suspended over a road or a large poster plastered down the side...

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Spyware is becoming more and more of a problem. When I visit a cusomters site and inspect the computers I always find some kind of spyware on the system. I know that many people have been unaware of spyware, but hopefully now that the word is spreading that people will be more aware of the problem and setup a good defense. I get a get calls or questions to the effect of "Why is my computer running so slow? I just bought the computer recently". Most of the time this is because of spyware. Spyware programs will load on boot up and take up your computer memory that will reduce your performance....

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Symantec acquires PC Tools (Geek.com)
Security vendor Symantec has announced the acquisition of software tools company PC Tools for undisclosed financial terms. PC Tools makes a large range of useful applications for your PC including Spyware Doctoer, Registry Mechanic, Internet Security, Antivirus Free Edition, Firewall Plus, Desktop Maestro, ThreatFire, File Recover, Spam Monitor, Privacy Guardian and Disk Suite. The company [...]
Business Software Alliance spent $360,000 in second quarter to lobby on paten...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Business Software Alliance, the main copyright-enforcement watchdog for the commercial software industry, spent $360,000 in the second quarter to lobby on patent reform, data security and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form.
BitDefender Debuts Total Security 2009 Suite (Enterprise Security Today)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Aug 18, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- BitDefender(R), a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced the launch of BitDefender Total Security 2009, which provides the ultimate proactive protection for PCs by combining advanced protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, spam and other e-threats, with minimal impact on ...
Seven online-security blunders to avoid (CNN.com)
By now most personal-computer users know not to post their Social Security numbers on the Internet or respond to Nigerian e-mails seeking help with suspicious bank-account transfers.
Symantec nabs PC Tools for added street cred (The Register)
G'day to added anti-spyware Security and storage giant Symantec has agreed to buy specialist Australian-based anti-spyware firm PC Tools. Terms of the deal were undisclosed in Monday's announcement.?
Fake email zip download from known contact infects user PCs (AME Info)
IronPort Systems, a Cisco business unit and a leading provider of enterprise spam, virus, and spyware protection, has announced that its Virus Outbreak Filters (VOFs) were able to detect and block a new 'Pandex'-variant Trojan Horse program 15 hours and 30 minutes before major anti-virus vendors.
Sunbelt Software Announces New Version of CounterSpy Enterprise (PRWeb via Ya...
Version 3.1 delivers comprehensive endpoint spyware protection with the same high performance and low system resources as Sunbelt's recently released VIPRE Enterprise product.
Money talks as PC Tools falls to Symantec (TechWorld)
Do you come from a land down under? Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The ever-acquisitive Symantec is to buy anti-malware vendor PC Tools, taking another prominent independent out of circulation.
IDF: Full Speed Ahead for Intel SSDs (Tom's Hardware)
Intel says its SSD drives offer unparalleled performance, although we're still skeptical about actual real world performance.
PC Tools relook son logo (ITRgames)
La rentr�e d�marre sur les chapeaux de roues pour le sp�cialiste de la s�curit� informatique PC Tools qui, non seulement pr�sente la version 2009 de ses produits, mais �galement son nouveau logo. En...

Internet users have a slim to none chance at avoiding spyware because of the countless threats possible. Also making spyware difficult to avoid is its ability to install itself in your computer from numerous angles which forces you to find protection for your computer in several ways, none of which will guarantee complete protection. Downloading freeware and clicking on pop up ads are the most common ways a computer becomes infected with spyware but even beyond that users are invaded unknowingly by spyware just by surfing through seemingly secure sites. Problems arise with more malicious...

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