anti-virus

John McAfee Prison Death Appeal Rejected By Spanish Court

Appeal to reopen investigation into prison death of anti virus pioneer John McAfee is rejected by court in Spain

8 months ago

CMA Competition Probe Into Music Streaming Market

British competition watchdog announces investigation into music streaming market, and issues recommendations for anti-virus industry

3 years ago

Microsoft Admits Disabling Windows 10 Anti-Virus

Redmond did temporarily switch off third party anti-virus products for Windows 10, the firm admits

7 years ago

Webroot Antivirus Mistakenly Flags Windows Files As Malicious

False positive hell. Webroot AV mistakenly identifies Windows files as malicious, damages computers

7 years ago

Avast Adds Fresh Security Tech Into AVG 2017 Suite

AVG 2017 not has access to Avast's CyberCapture tool for real-time threat detection

7 years ago

Symantec CEO Resigns After Shock Revenue Warning

Boss of troubled security firm steps down after earnings warning

8 years ago

Panda Antivirus Bricks PCs After Faulty Update

Face-palm time. Panda Antivirus accidentally labels itself malware and damages an undisclosed number of PCs

9 years ago

The Top 5 Facebook Scams People Keep Falling For

Scammers use 850,000 tricks to con millions of Facebook users

10 years ago

Avast Closes Forum As Security Company Hacked

Avast says customers will need to change their passwords following forum attack

10 years ago

Why Anti-Virus Is Not Dead (Again)

If even anti-virus detractors like FireEye use the technology, it must be very much alive. Tom Brewster takes its temperature

10 years ago

Symantec And Security Starlets Say Anti-Virus Is Dead

Is anti-virus finally dying? Sort of, say Symantec and its rivals

10 years ago

Don’t Blame Antivirus Software, Warns NSS Labs

Criticism of antivirus software for the malware it misses is unjustified says NSS Labs in a new report

10 years ago

Ex-Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Becomes AVG Chief

Kovacs joins the security industry but choice of AV company may baffle some

11 years ago

Kaspersky: Sorry If We Broke Your Internet

Anti-virus update kills Internet access for users of many Kaspersky products

11 years ago

John McAfee Returns To The US

After three weeks in the jungle and a week in prison, McAfee goes to Miami

11 years ago

John McAfee Escapes Belize And Seeks Guatemalan Help

McAfee promises to reveal all during a press conference in Guatemala City on Thursday

11 years ago

UPDATED: Has John McAfee Been Apprehended? Nope, His ‘Double’ Was

Rumours emerge McAfee was arrested crossing the border, but doubts remain about his whereabouts

11 years ago

John McAfee Still On The Run, Says He Fears For His Life

Prime minister of Belize urges the multi-millionaire to “man up” and turn himself in

12 years ago

Sophos Struggles To Wake From False Positive Nightmare

Sophos releases more help for users after a literally self-defeating false positive gaffe

12 years ago

McAfee Update Sends PCs Cuckoo

A McGaffe prevents businesses and consumers from accessing the Internet

12 years ago

Facebook Reveals Free Antivirus Marketplace

Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists

12 years ago

Infosec: One In Five Macs Is Infected With Windows Malware

One in thirty-six Macs harbours OS X-specific malware while one in five features at least one Windows virus or Trojan

12 years ago

Avast CEO: We’re Still Working On Making Freemium Services Work

We chat with Avast's CEO about what happened with iYogi and how to ensure partners don't cause embarrassment.

12 years ago

Avast Kills Free Phone Support After Upselling Upset

Avast gets embarrassed by iYogi's dodgy upselling tactics.

12 years ago

Fake AntiVirus Mimics Real AV Products: Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab says it is increasingly difficult to tell fake antivirus products from real antivirus software

12 years ago

Intel McAfee Launches DeepSafe Chip-Level Security

Intel McAfee's hardware-based security allows companies to integrate protection at the processor level

13 years ago

Survey Reveals Extent of Internet Phone Scam

A new survey has revealed the true impact from the phone fraudsters who warn users their PCs are at risk

13 years ago

Apple Delivers MacDefender Removal Tool

Apple has released a security upgrade for Mac OS X that includes a malware removal tool

13 years ago

Kaspersky Hack Redirected Users To Fake AV Site

Kaspersky Lab admits that people attempting to buy its security products were redirected to a scareware site

14 years ago

AVG Targets SMBs With New Security Software

AVG has released two security packages aimed at protecting Internet-active small to medium businesses

14 years ago