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Can you trust your antivirus tool to protect you against governmental backdoors or “lawful interception” police Trojans?
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Webroot antivirus ditches malware signatures for cloud scans
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC’s files against a cloud database. SecureAnywhere represents a radical if unproven technological overhaul and has been on the cards since the company bought small UK security company Prevx…
Webroot antivirus ditches signatures for cloud scanning
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC’s files against a cloud database. SecureAnywhere represents a radical if unproven technological overhaul and has been on the cards since the company bought small UK security company Prevx…
Webroot antivirus ditches malware signatures for cloud scanning
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC’s files against a cloud database. SecureAnywhere represents a radical if unproven technological overhaul and has been on the cards since the company bought small UK security company Prevx…
Tech Q&A: Does anti-virus software work?
Q: Does anti-virus software protect my PC from hackers? A: Anti-virus software can protect your machine from certain tools that hackers have been known to use, like Trojan horse programs (designed to steal passwords) that you may get in an email attachment. A hacker trying to break directly into your…
Microsoft Antivirus Flags Google Chrome as Malware
An estimated 3,000 PC owners who use Google Chrome to surf the Internet were unable to access (or in some cases, locate) the browser thanks to an error in Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software that flagged Chrome as malware. On Friday afternoon, a post to the Microsoft Malware Protection…
Fake antivirus scareware scams show big summer decline
Good news from the security frontline. The phenomenon of rogue antivirus ‘scareware’ really does appear to be on the wane, at least according to figures from security company Enigma Software. The US-based company’s statistics culled from scans and customer support reports showed a dramatic 60 percent drop in new detections…
Which Antivirus Products Are Best, Worst at Detecting Malware?
Twice a year, independent antivirus testing lab AV-Comparatives.org releases a report comparing how well 15 to 20 antivirus products can detect malware in an on-demand scan. In the latest report, quite a few products improved their ratings, though a couple cloud-based tools failed to complete the test. AV-Comparatives also switched…