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To help better protect consumers from Web-related threats, Check Point Software has announced the availability of ZoneAlarm ForceField, a software solution that protects a user’s browser.
“Browser security is a new product category,” said John Gable, director of product management and product marketing for ZoneAlarm Check Point. “Most attacks are through the web browser so traditional [...]
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in Lagos after he pleaded guilty to stealing information from a NASA employee, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The man met the victim on an online dating site, and attached a so-called spyware program, software that resides on a computer unbeknownst [...]
A federal judge has awarded MySpace $230 million in a case against a notorious spammer, reports The Associated Press. The complaint was filed against “Spam King” Sanford Wallace and partner Walter Rines, which hijacked MySpace profiles by obtaining passwords through phishing schemes. The pair failed to appear in court, compelling the judge to rule in [...]
AVG Internet Security has something of a mixed history, it offers all the standard tools you’d expect from such a suite, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall and anti-spam protection. However, these tools are a mix of in-house developed programs and bought in models. Therefore, one of the problems with previous versions has been a rather cranky [...]
Well, to begin with, I tried to get Microsoft Office Enterprise Edition from torrents site mininova.com. There was even a whole bunch of comments saying that it worked “great.” So when it finally finished downloading, I opened it, and got it installed. It really did work “great.” But then after a few times running it, [...]
The Programs of the Week are two free-standing spyware “watchdogs.” The only care they need is frequent updating. “Spyware Blaster” and “Spyware Guard” are both sentinels for your software. They are on constant surveillance of what is coming into your computer – similar to your firewall. Here you have to choose the one you want, [...]