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The European Union won’t stand in the way of Intel’s proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security firm McAfee, though the chip maker did have to promise it wouldn’t engage in any shenanigans, InformationWeek reports. Specifically, Intel had to promis…
According to security software maker Trend Micro, Apple’s iPhone trumps Google’s open-source Android platform when it comes to viruses.
“Android is open-source, which means the hacker can also understand the underlying architecture and source code,” St…
According to security firm BitDefender, malware aimed at social networks like Facebook pose the biggest threat for mobile platforms and is as widely spread as malware that targets PCs.
“When data security researchers focus on finding malware specifical…
Kudos to reader Jeremy Gilbert for writing in to let us know that Microsoft recently released version 2.0 of its free Security Essentials antivirus program. It was actually made available last week, but slipped beneath our radar since Microsoft dropped…
AVG, makers of AVG Free, the popular free antivirus program (as well as offering a selection of paid security software), announced on Wednesday that it scooped up Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity, a cloud-based mobile security startup.
“The potential that …
Starting November 1st, Microsoft began making its free Security Essentials antivirus software available to Windows users through its Microsoft Update service, a move which has sparked outrage among at least two AV vendors.
“This will end up in action t…
Panda Security on Wednesday announced the launch of Panda Cloud Antivirus version 1.3 with a new security safeguard against malicious websites.
Both Free and Pro editions now come with a URL and Web filtering feature to block suspicious and malicious s…
Antivirus vendors went on the offensive when Microsoft announced it was dropping its Windows Live OneCare in favor of offering a free security suite, Microsoft Security Essentials. One year later and with 31 million installations now under its belt, Mi…