Friday, December 1, 2006

Spyware downlaods - Commerce Dept. Extends VeriSign's '.com' Contract

VeriSign will run the key directories that keep track of ".com" domain names until at least 2012 as the U.S. Commerce Department approved a lucrative contract extension. The government's clearance Thursday was the final one needed for VeriSign to extend its hold over the most popular suffix on the Internet.
McAfee, Inc. today announced McAfee(R) VirusScan(R) Enterprise 8.5 and McAfee AntiSpyware(TM) Enterprise 8.5 support for Microsoft Windows Vista(TM), to provide customers with advanced, proactive protection from viruses, worms, spyware, adware, rootkits, hacker attacks and exploits. The updated products go beyond simply offering protection via a database of signatures, using advanced technology
SAN MATEO, Calif.----Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today announced Primary Response Air Cover, a standalone product for PCs that provides broad threat protection of online identity and sensitive data from wireless exploits such as sniffing, hijacking and malware, including viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware and adware.
McAfee's Avert Labs research group on Nov. 29 released its annual report on the Top 10 security threats likely to grow in severity during the coming year, highlighting expectations for continued professionalism among malware code writers and a range of attacks on emerging technology platforms in 2007.
Foreign governments attempting to gain inside information pose a real threat to UK businesses, and a different risk management approach must be adopted
EVERYTHING WENT just fine for weeks, and I often ran Windows 2000 inside my Linux system, thanks to Win4Lin, but weeks ago I learned there is one lethal weapon against OS virtualisation: AOL's client software.
Zango, formerly known as 180solutions, Inc., recently agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used unfair and deceptive methods to distribute adware. Founder and CEO Keith Smith stopped by InformationWeek to talk about his reformed company and to address charges that bad advertising practices continue at Zango despite the agreement with the FTC.
The sellers of the Spyware Slayer antispyware program have agreed to pay $300,000 in fines to settle charges that they violated Washington State spyware and consumer protection laws.
Deter identity thieves by safeguarding your information. Shred financial documents and paperwork with personal information before you discard them.