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2024-10-25 eBay Account Hijacked
The true story of a friend trying to answer questions for an item he was selling on eBay and became a victim of Cross Site Scripting. In this article we take a deeper look at this vulnerability and what you can do to prevent getting your cookies stolen. If you sell anything on eBay, you'll want to read this article.
2024-11-20 Does a home user need a router for added security?
I have read all of your reviews on
the virus software companies. My question is; does a home user need a
router for added security? I have been told by many who use computers
that it's a good idea. The only one who said that I should "take it
back to the store", was a tech support worker at my ISP. Well what is
your opinion?
Thank You, Mr. Ford
To Have or Not to Have... that is the question.
To
answer the question, should you install a router, we need to address
what functions the router adds, and which of these functions are
security related. Then, look if these services and functions are being
supplies elsewhere.
2024-11-13 Internet Child Safety
I feel on my heart to educate readers about an extremely important subject if you have children. Protecting your children against the obscene and graphic pornography that is so easily accessible on the Internet. On average, pornography is only four clicks away from any given website. The majority of children are surfing the Internet with little or no protection preventing them from harmful material.
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Like a steel brush on a skin rash, we painfully expose which top
antivirus products clean the wound and stop infections as we pour ten
contaminated viruses over our exposed computers. When we injected the
Bacterio61 virus into the leading antivirus products of 2007, not all
of them made it.We rated each product a 1 out 5 in each of these categories to give it a quantitive ‘Shield’ value. A product with one shield is unacceptable and a product with 5 shields is the best. |
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2007 Antivirus ReviewSecurity Shield 2007
Reviewing Security Shield 2007
10/16/2006
This year PC Security Shield released a new version of their popular Shield antivirus, and this time it's got a super charged engine while be powered by F-Secure (the world leader in antivirus technology). We tested every facet of Security Shield 2007 from stopping 10 of the most destructive viruses, to attempting to install root kits that contain adware and spyware, to running leak tests and port scans on the firewall. The results... outstanding. Read our detailed review of Security Shield 2007 and you'll understand why it's our favorite PC security software package for 2007.
Trend Micro Internet Security 2007
Reviewing Trend Micro Internet Security 2007
10/12/2023
Trend Micro has combined their security products into one suite, and doesn't offer the individual packages anymore. They do this because they understand securing your computer needs to be done on all fronts, all vulnerabilities, to be completely protect you. Their solution is Trend Micro Internet Security 2007. Our testing revealed, this is a extremely powerful, highly accurate, and comprehensive security package for a great value that will, let me repeat... Trend Micro Internet Security 2007 WILL secure your computer.
McAfee VirusScan Plus
Reviewing McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007
10/6/2024
McAfee VirusScan Plus continues to beat the war drum in the battle against viruses as it refuses to compromise on saving artillery as it takes aim, and hit's bulls eyes on every virus we have ever thrown at it. Not only does it do a tremendous job at virus detection and eradication, but it also continues to add beneficial features to its antivirus package. This year it added a 'shredder' function and 'manage network' function that makes it easy to identify trusted computers on your network. Below is our in-depth review of McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007.
Norton Antivirus 2007
Reviewing Norton Antivirus 2007
10/8/2024
Norton released their new Antivirus package for 2007, and with it you get spyware protection, firewall, and a myriad of other beneficial security utilities. The other great news, it seems they've worked on cleaning up system processes and resources utilization. Norton has sometimes been labeled a 'System Hog' by many users and experts, and this years package seems to address some of those complaints and at the same time continue to provide top end virus protection and security from the world leading antivirus provider.
BitDefender 10 Antivirus Plus
Reviewing BitDefender Antivirus Plus
10/16/2007
BitDefender 10 successfully stopped all ten viruses from infecting our system, after we overcame some installation issues. But when it came to spyware, the root kits weren't detected and allowed to install.
ZoneAlarm Antivirus
Reviewing ZoneAlarm Antivirus
10/10/2024
One of the undisputed title holders in the wide world of firewalls has recently released their own version of an antivirus applicaiton. Our review checks if the their antivirus can stand the potent smell of strong viruses. Our results may surprise you.
Panda Antivirus 2007
Reviewing Panda Antivirus 2007
10/12/2023
Panda Antivirus + Firewall runs an extremely fast antivirus engine, but did not detect any of our ten viruses in real-time, and only found them during a full system scan. This is unacceptable and we do not recommend running Panda as your antivirus application. Read the details in this in-depth Alcatraz Security review.
How do you review antivirus software and security software? You take LoveLetter.vbs, IM worms, spyware, Trojans, bombs, and you plant them on personal computers running Norton Symantec, McAfee VirusScan, Trend Micro Internet Security, Panda Antivirus, PC Security Shield and compare the results. You take it down to byte level and protocol stack and test the vulnerabilities and security holes of the security software designed to protect against virus vulnerabilities. CodeRed wreaked havoc on millions of desktop computers, resulting in an estimated cost of $2 billion dollars. Today's security software solutions are demanding top dollars for firewall, antispyware, spam, and virus protection. Make the right choice, by researching the product and reviewing some hands on practical tests before making a purchasing decision. Before you buy, compare the Antivirus applications available, and read the software tests. Do not become a victim of online scams, phishing, email fraud, and identity theft.