By Pallab De on December 23, 2009
How much of a resource hog is our favourite antivirus? How well does it perform in real-world conditions? Does it have a good enough detection rate? Find out.
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By Pallab De on November 8, 2009
Modern antiviruses are expected to do much more than simply detecting threats. A good antivirus should also be able to clean all malwares present in a system and undo the harmful changes caused by the malware. Find out how effective your antivirus software really is in cleaning virus infections.
Posted in Security | Tagged antivirus, avira, kaspersky, malware, norton, Security
By Pallab De on September 30, 2009
f you are frustrated with the shabby and incompetent uninstallers offered by various antivirus and internet security software vendors then you will love AppRemover. It is a freeware utility which can uninstall antivirus applications as well as clean up a failed uninstall.
Posted in Security, Software | Tagged antivirus, appremover, internet security, review, Security, Software, uninstall
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By Pallab De on September 29, 2009
Find out which is the best antivirus software – both free and paid, based upon detection rates.
Posted in Featured Post, Security | Tagged antivirus, avira, free antivirus, kaspersky, malware, norton, Security
By Pallab De on July 16, 2009
Internet Security Suites are notorious for slowing down systems. Find out which internet security suites are the biggest culprits and learn which internet security suite is the fastest and the lightest.
Posted in Featured Post, Security | Tagged antivirus, internet security, malware, Security
By Pallab De on June 17, 2009
I have reviewed various antivirus software on this blog on several occasions. You can find the most recent antivirus shootout over here. While these articles should help you to get your primary defense against malwares in shape, dealing with virus is just one aspect of computer security. Firewall’s are crucial sofware that prevent intrusion and [...]
Posted in Security | Tagged antimalware, antivirus, firewall, Security, Software
By Pallab De on May 30, 2009
Kaspersky – a leading manufacturer of security products, is well on its way to releasing Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2010. The initial beta testing phase for KIS 2010 and KAV 2010 is over. General avaibility hasn’t been announced yet. Kaspersky may go ahead and release this build to the public or [...]
Posted in Security, Software | Tagged antimalware, antivirus, kaspersky, review, Security
By Pallab De on March 27, 2009
It’s been quite some time since I took a look at how popular antivirus softwares are doing. Earlier this week Av-comparatives.org released the results of their on-demand comparatives. More than a dozen antivirus softwares were tested using about more than 1.2 million malware samples. Most of the traditional performers maintained their good showing, but [...]
Posted in Security | Tagged antivirus, malware, Security
By Pallab De on March 20, 2009
Antivirus softwares aren’t always able to undo all the changes made by a malware. After an infection you often end up with a messed up system, even after successfully eliminating the malware(virus) from your system. Some common headaches associated with an malware infection are :
Task Manager, Process Manager, Registry Editor, Group Policy [...]
Posted in Security, Software | Tagged antivirus, Security, Software, virus, windows
By Pallab De on March 12, 2009
Kido worm also known as Downadup, Downup and Conficker is continuing to spread more rapidly than ever, even though its already several months since it was first spotted. More than 9 million PC’s have been infected and Panda Security reporting infection rates of 6% in two million computers scanned via their website. China (the probable [...]
Posted in Security | Tagged antivirus, conficker, downadup, kido, Security, windows, worm
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