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Spyware Doctor With Antivirus: First Look

Shortly after we completed our current antivirus roundup, PC Tools released Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, three-PC...

Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability

Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at...

Facebook worm spreads with a lurid lure

Some Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a...

How Zscaler Tackles Emerging Web Threats with High Speed, Real-Time Content Inspection in the Cloud WHITE PAPER

Cloud computing is changing the way security is deployed for desktop and mobile users. With the ability to conduct bi-directional, real-time...

'Godfather of Spam' sentenced to four years in prison

One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock...

Panda Antivirus Pro 2010: A Fair Performer

Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 ($50 for a one-year, three-PC license) ranks fifth in our current roundup of 11 stand-alone antivirus apps. It was buoyed by...

BitDefender Antivirus 2010

BitDefender Antivirus ($30 for a one-year, three-PC license) holds its own at dealing with malware, but its interface isn't especially user-friendly....

Is an energywasting data center draining your bottom line? WHITE PAPER

New technology options and power distribution strategies can dramatically reduce the cost and carbon footprint of your data center. This white paper...

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010

Kaspersky's third-place ranking in our roundup of stand-alone antivirus programs reflects its ability both to impress and to disappoint. It pairs...

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2010

Symantec's Norton AntiVirus ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license) offers some terrific extra features and a polished user interface. But subpar...

Top Protection: G Data AntiVirus 2010

Most security programs use a single antivirus engine, but the German-made G Data ($25 for a one-year, single-PC license, as of 11/20/09) uses two...

Outdated Browsers and Zscaler: An Overview WHITE PAPER

Outdated Web browsers pose significant security risks from lack of vendor patches and no public notification of vulnerabilities, to the absence of...

Advanced Antivirus

Today's vast threatscape of duplicitous Trojan horses, invisible exploits, and slithering worms make antivirus protection a must. But that doesn't...

Alwil Avast Professional Edition

Though Alwil Avast Professional Edition ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license, as of 11/23/09) has a speedy scan rate, that wasn't enough to offset...

McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010

McAfee VirusScan Plus ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license, as of 11/19/09) does well with traditional, signature-based malware detection, but it...

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