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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 rentrée démarre sur les chapeaux de roues pour le spécialiste de la sécurité informatique PC Tools qui, non seulement présente la version 2009 de ses produits, mais également son nouveau logo. En...