Archive for the 'Antivirus' Category

Scare Tactics?

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Many news magazines have stated some astronomical figures with regard to the number of PCs that are/have been infected with malware. However, ZD-Net's Ed Bott serious questions the accuracy of these "findings", as well as the motivation of those news magazines. What do you think?

Debunking yet another bogus malware study

Most malware comes from legit sites, says researcher

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

The majority of Web sites serving up attack code are legitimate domains that have been hacked by criminals, a security researcher said in a report released today.

Most malware comes from legit sites, says researcher

It's time to get rid of Norton and McAfee Antivirus

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Huge antivirus programs such as Norton and McAfee can bring a computer, and its owner to its knees. Here's why you should consider getting rid of them and switching to a more lightweight, free antivirus program (that's right, free). (more…)