- Mon Jan 25 8:00 AM PST 2010 StopBadware goes nonprofit with funding from Google, others
Four-year-old anti-malware effort leaves Harvard's Berkman Center to become standalone nonprofit.
- Wed Dec 2 7:21 AM PST 2009 McAfee uncovers riskiest domains
The African nation of Cameroon (.cm) is deemed the most dangerous, and the popular .com domain comes in second place.
- Fri Oct 2 8:02 AM PDT 2009 Security Essentials fares well in AV-Test trial
Microsoft's new, free software gets generally good marks for virus and malware detection in a preliminary review. It could do better at cleanup, though.
- Wed Sep 2 9:00 AM PDT 2009 Remove viruses from an infected PC, and keep them from coming back
Clearing malware out of a system is only half the battle; you also have to prevent reinfection.
- Wed Jul 1 6:35 AM PDT 2009 Botnets lead the way for spam
Spam made up more than 90 percent of all e-mail last month, with networks of zombie PCs producing the vast majority of such messages, MessageLabs says.
- Thu May 21 4:01 PM PDT 2009 Root out hidden infections with HijackThis
Learn your way around the effective freeware system diagnostic app, Trend Micro HijackThis, which gives you tools to help fight off hidden intruders.
- Mon May 11 8:00 AM PDT 2009 9 tips for avoiding suspicious Web sites
Nine tips to help you spot--and avoid--scandalous, spoofed, and spyware-prone Web sites.
- Tue Mar 17 2:26 PM PDT 2009 Avira builds better free security in AntiVir 9
AntiVir 9 doesn't appear to have changed much--but that's only because the interface sports the slightest of what's new. One-click infection removal, rolled-in anti-spyware, and other strong security enhancements top the feature list.
- Mon Feb 2 3:59 PM PST 2009 StopBadware.org, the place to appeal a Google malware warning
Weekend snafu shines light on StopBadware.org, which offers Web site owners help when their sites are flagged as harmful by Google.
- Tue Jan 20 5:15 PM PST 2009 The worst downloads of 2008
With all of the great software available on Download.com, it's easy to overlook the crap. Have no fear, for I've collected the worst of the past year in one laughable collection.
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