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Symantec Releases Free Android Security Solution

Security giant Symantec has released a free security solution for Android that features anti-malware and anti-theft technologies.Called Norton Mobile Security Lite, the new offering automatically scans all files and app updates for malware and allows users to remotely lock their devices by sending text messages to th...

11 August 2011
11:00 GMT

Free Microsoft Security Essentials Is Most Used Antivirus Worldwide

Microsoft Security Essentials is the most popular security solution worldwide according to a report by OPSWAT covering the second quarter of 2011, March 23 to May 15, 2011.Microsoft’s free antivirus offered to users of genuine Windows operating systems including Windows 7 RTM and SP1, has been found to run on ...

11 June 2011
05:00 GMT

BitDefender Launches Free Web Antivirus

Romanian antivirus vendor BitDefender has opened public beta testing for a free security solution designed specifically to protect users when browsing the Web.Called TrafficLight, the product is capable of scanning Web traffic in real time and blocking malicious code and other threats.It also taps BitDefender's ...

24 March 2011
05:59 GMT

avast! 6.0 Brings Advanced Protection to the Free AV World

Czech security vendor AVAST Software has just released version 6.0 of its anti-malware product line, bringing some innovative features to the world of free antivirus solutions.With over 120 million active users avast! Free Antivirus is one of the most popular non-commercial anti-malware programs around.In fact, AVAST...

23 February 2011
13:50 GMT

Sophos Enters the Consumer Market with Free Mac Anti-Virus

UK-based security vendor Sophos has launched a full-featured free anti-malware solution for the Mac operating system, tailored to the needs of home consumers.The new Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition leverages the company's business-grade threat intelligence to protect Mac computers from all types of threat...

2 November 2010
08:24 GMT

New Panda Cloud Antivirus Version Released

Panda Security has released version 1.3 of its Cloud Antivirus product, which adds several new features and contains many improvements and bug fixes.The company was intent on making Panda Cloud Antivirus Free even more appealing to users, so the annoying pop-ups advertising the Pro edition were removed from the new v...

27 October 2010
12:55 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials Free for Small Businesses Starting Next Month

Beginning next month, Microsoft plans to offer its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti-malware solution for free to small businesses with up to ten computers.Microsoft released MSE one year ago as an answer to what the company said was a very concerning number of unprotected computers.The product was generally ...

23 September 2010
03:35 GMT

Panda Cloud Antivirus Adds Behavioral Protection

Panda Security has just launched version 1.1 of its Cloud Antivirus product, which comes with new behavioral-based protection layers, as well as other features. In addition to the free version, an enhanced PRO edition of the security solution is also available for purchase. The first beta of Panda Cloud Antivirus wa...

3 June 2010
09:11 GMT

New Free Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 Downloads in More Markets

Microsoft has made an important step when it comes down to the internationalizing of its latest free security solution designed to protect Windows clients. The Redmond company is now not only offering Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 on a plethora of new markets worldwide, but also started offering new localized ver...

16 December 2009
13:00 GMT

Symantec Rant Against Microsoft Security Essentials Backfires

A Symantec blog post that belittles Microsoft's new free security offering, called Microsoft Security Essentials, was not received too well by users. Meanwhile, other security experts had a more moderate or even favorable opinion of the product.In case you haven't heard yet, a few days ago, the Redmond-base...

2 October 2009
06:06 GMT

The Insides of Panda Cloud Antivirus

Not long ago Panda released its Panda Cloud Antivirus product, thus marking a shift in the paradigm of malware detection and removal. Even if in beta, it quickly gained popularity among users thanks to its connection to Collective Intelligence, a huge database of malware signature files. Based on the concept of cloud...

16 May 2009
06:25 GMT

Malware-Wallopping Panda

Antivirus developers are constantly in fierce competition, but these days more than ever. That's because of the numerous zero-day threats that have to be dealt with as well as the arch-enemy threat that couldn't be erased completely, and which goes by the names of Conficker, Kido or Downadup. Developing new...

30 April 2009
10:26 GMT


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