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Microsoft Security Essentials Upgraded…

by malwarekilla on March 10, 2010

However…nobody seams to know what exactly what was upgraded.  Microsoft does not provide a changelog (according to the mods on their forum and ours) which really sucks imo.  The only thing I see is that it now has the date of the last scan…whoohoo…boring…anybody else out there know of any other changes/upgrades? Tags: security essentials, [...]

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New Features in Avira’s AntiVir 10 (so far)

by malwarekilla on February 23, 2010

Hey guys, check out the new features in Avira’s AntiVir 10 beta.  It’s looking pretty good so far, I hope they keep the RAM utilization to where it is right now: Avira AntiVir ProActiv Starting with Version 10, we integrated the new behavior-based detection technology. Read more details under “Avira AntiVir ProActiv”. Improved User Interface [...]

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IOBit 360 Accused of Stealing Malwarebytes Database

by malwarekilla on November 4, 2009

LOL…busted. I just read a great article over at CNET about IOBit stealing millions of signatures from the Malwarebytes database. I didn’t realize IOBit was a Chinese company, so this doesn’t really help their case considering Chinese companies are known to steal any technology at will (something I know personally about). I hope Malwarebytes pursues [...]

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Malware Is Killing Twitters Growth Potential

by malwarekilla on November 3, 2009

26% of all tweets actually contain shortened URL’s that lead to malicious URL’s and/or downloads.  With a number like that it’s bound to start giving twitter a bad name…come to think of it…it’s working.  I’ll often advise my clients to avoid accessing twitter via a PC since you just can’t trust those URL’s or who [...]

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[phpbay]anti-virus, 2, “”, “”[/phpbay] As far as I can tell you should NOT use Combofix on Windows Vista and Windows 7.  I’ve been doing some pretty extensive testing with Combofix in VMware and my VM’s were corrupted about 50% of the time (unbootable).   I’ve really only used Combofix on Windows XP 32-bit to get rid [...]

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Panda’s Cloud Antivirus #1…according to PC World

by malwarekilla on October 13, 2009

I just stopped by the Panda Cloud AV blog to see what those guys were up to and the first post caught my attention. Apparently Panda’s Cloud AV (currently beta 4) has really been improved (as compared when I tested beta 2) because according to PC World it’s scoring pretty dam high… 1. Panda: 99.4% [...]

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FYI – Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Upgrade

by malwarekilla on September 21, 2009

I got this one from Microsoft today Dear Beta User, Thank you for participating in the Microsoft® Security Essentials Beta. Your participation has been instrumental to ensuring the best possible product release quality. The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks. If you are running the [...]

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Apple Snow Leopard Integrating Some Anti-Malware

by malwarekilla on August 27, 2009

Looks like Apple is finally admitting the fact that mac malware is becoming a problem.   Here’s a good read. Tags: anti malware, snow leopard, Apple Snow

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