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Anti-Virus Effect on Computer’s Performance Comparison
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 December 2009 06:24 Written by DarkKnightH20 Friday, 1 January 2010 12:00
Having anti-malware scanners is very important. However, it may not be worth it if the scanner itself make your computer ridiculously slow…The following virus scanners were tested to see which gave the lowest impact on system performance:
Avast! Free 5.0, AVG Anti-Virus 9.0, AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0, BitDefender Antivirus 2010, eScan Antivirus 10, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010, G Data Antivirus 2010, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, Kingsoft Antivirus 9 Plus, McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010, Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, Normal Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.30, Sophos Anti-Virus 9.0.1, Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2010, and TrustPort Antivirus 2010.
The top five virus scanners that least impacted systems were: AVIRA, Kingsoft, F-Secure, Sophos, and Kaspersky. For a list of all the results, as well as a bunch of information on the testing, check out this PDF.
Tags: Antivirus, comparison, computer, Security, Software | Posted under Security | 2 Comments
Free 3 Months of Avira Premium Antivirus
Last Updated on Sunday, 2 January 2011 10:03 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 18 October 2009 04:17
It’s very simple! Use this web proxy and…Sign up Here. The proxy is required because this offer is for a select region. The page is open for registration though. If you get an error message about your region, then make sure to disable cookies and so forth via the proxy. When you complete registration, a key will be available for download. Download the key AND Avira Premium Antivirus. Links for both will be given through the URL sent to your email address — so use a VALID email address. The download page for Avira Premium can also be reached Here. I have no clue how long these keys will be available so act fast.
Edit: This method is dead. Check for new ones at Free 3 Month Avira Premium Security Trial page.
Adobe Zero-Day Exploit
Last Updated on Sunday, 29 November 2009 09:53 Written by DarkKnightH20 Sunday, 11 October 2009 02:15
I’m a little late posting this, but the informaton is still important. Users should patch their system(s) as soon as they can.
Windows Vista/7/2008 SMB 2.0 Negotiate Protocol Request Remote B.S.O.D.
Last Updated on Friday, 11 September 2009 12:30 Written by DarkKnightH20 Friday, 11 September 2009 12:30
Watch out for worms peoplez. A remote exploit is out for Vista and Windows 7 that can cause a blue screen of death (bsod) and likely more. Additional information can be read here. Though the page doesn’t state it, Windows 2008 with SP2 is also effected. Check out the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the vulnerability, as well as a workaround to protect yourself–
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Microsoft Live Messenger Urgent Update
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 September 2009 11:18 Written by DarkKnightH20 Saturday, 5 September 2009 11:18
Looks like Microsoft Live Messenger has a severe security issue that must be addressed via update ASAP. The vulnerability itself is in Microsoft’s Active Template Library (ATL), which is being used by Live Messenger, as well as other programs.
Microsoft’s Live Messenger appears to be among the programs affected by the critical ATL security holes. Holes Microsoft recently closed with emergency patches for the Visual Studio development environment libraries and later blocked in Internet Explorer.
To eliminate this security risk, it’s recommended that users of versions 8.1, 8.5 and 14.0 switch to current, bug-free versions. The update announcement says updating will initially be optional, but will become mandatory for 8.1 and 8.5 in mid September, and for version 14 from the end of October. As the Windows Live Messenger Team explains in a blog entry eventually it will no longer be possible to log into Messenger using the older versions.
The security problem is triggered by Microsoft Visual Studio auxiliary libraries for creating ActiveX controls. Programs using these libraries are vulnerable. One can only hope that, in addition to Microsoft, other software vendors will follow the example of Adobe and Cisco and check their products as soon as possible.
The original article can be viewed here. Be safe. Update!
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