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Avast Warns Cracked Games May Contain Crypto-Malware
It’s an admittedly difficult subject to broach because if you were to ask most PC gamers if they’d ever pirated a title, they’d probably officially state, possibly with puppy dog eyes, that they’ve never once engaged in such heinous behaviour. However, let us presume for just one moment that you…
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Avast To End Windows XP/Vista Support In January
Avast To End Windows XP/Vista Support In January For many, Avast has proven to be one of the most effective and reliable free anti-virus programs on the market. Having used them in the past, I have been impressed with their relatively straightforward interface and the solid level of protection it…
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Avast Shares Details on Last Year’s CCleaner Hack
CCleaner suffered a major breach last year. Now, I don’t know if you ever used CCleaner or not, but remember when we told you about the software’s major breach last year? Avast, who purchased the software’s maker, Piriform, showed some restraint at the time. However, it looks like more information regarding…
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Avast in Preparation for UK’s Largest Technology Stock Market Flotation
Avast Preparing for Stock Market Flotation – Represents the UK’s Potentially Largest Ever IPO Avast is a highly popular program and is found on many home and business computers. Providing excellent anti-virus protection it is often peoples first choice for anti-virus. The fact that the product is available for free…
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Piriform Has Been Hacked and Recent CCleaner Versions Compromised
Piriform is the victim of a large-scale attack. In one of the most recent and serious hacks, CCleaner creator Piriform has been compromised. Piriform was purchased some while ago by Avast for about $1.3 billion USD, but it appears that the hackers managed to bypass its security measures. As a…
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Avast Anti-Virus Acquires CCleaner Maker Piriform
Security software product maker Avast is announcing their acquisition of London-based Piriform. The latter is known for their CCleaner performance optimization software, a utility with 130 million-strong user base. Moreover, this also includes over 15 million Android users. Only a few months ago, Avast completed acquisition of rival AVG in…
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The Evolving Threat of Ransomware and How it Works
With Ransomware on the increase, we look to help explain what Ransomware is and what you can do to avoid becoming its next victim in a significantly growing volume of those affected. Whilst some can be a mild irritant as we reported in an article last week, the vast majority of…
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1 in 5 UK Businesses Have Been Attacked by Hackers
A recent survey has revealed that at least 1 in 5 UK businesses have been attacked or the victim of hackers/cyber crime. The research conducted also found that out of 1,200 companies, 42% of ‘big’ businesses fell victim to cybercrime, with smaller companies just 18% and of those affected, over…
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Possible Fix Found For Windows 10 Error With Taskbar and Cortana.
The release of Windows 10 has been rather odd in many respects, yes it’s an improvement over the much maligned previous OS in terms of user interface, but privacy concerns coupled with a monitoring tool that allows parents to effectively spy on their children’s browsing habits by default has led…
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Kaspersky Faked Malware to Harm Rivals
Moscow-based computer security company Kaspersky Labs has been faking malware for the past decade to harm its rivals, two former employees have revealed. According to the allegations, Kaspersky’s duplicitous campaign was designed to trick Microsoft, AVG, Avast, and other anti-virus providers into quarantining or deleting important system files on users’…
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Three Android Apps Pulled From Google Play Over Adware Concern
Three Android app have been deleted from the Google Play store after being flagged as adware by security outfit Avast. One of the apps, a card game called Durak, had over 5 million downloads before it was removed. The other two apps flagged as malicious were Iwolt IQ Test and…
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Selling Your Google Android Smartphone? Might Want to Double Check All Data is Wiped
Consumers reselling their Google Android smartphones need to focus on overwriting data because simply deleting files isn’t enough anymore, AVAST Software recently discovered. The security company was able to easily retrieve personal data from smartphones it purchased online, including 40,000 personal images, emails, and text messages. In a small number…
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Avast Releases Free Tool to Remove Simplocker Ransomware From Hijacked Phones
Security company Avast has announced the release of the avast! Ransomware Removal, a new tool designed to help compromised Google Android users decrypt files on devices hijacked by Simplocker. If you’re not familiar, Simplocker is a nasty ransomware, and even though it was coded in a way that allowed security experts…
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Microsoft Is Leading PC Anti-Virus Vendor According To Report
New research figures by software and IT solutions company OPSWAT suggest that Microsoft dominates the desktop and laptop anti-virus markets with its free Microsoft Security Essentials offering. Microsoft has an impressive 25.4% of the market with all its products combined, though this is mainly comprised of MSE and Windows Defender. Microsoft…
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Bitdefender Is Best Windows 8 Internet Security, AVG is Best Free Security
According to the well respected, comprehensive and independent test of internet security packages, done by AV Test, Bitdefender has come out on top as the best overall internet security package. Bitdefender received 17 out of 18 points, followed closely by BullGuard with 16.5 points and Kaspersky with 16. The test…
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