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Stories about: malware protection

AVAST Launches Beta Version of Free Mac Antivirus Product AVAST Software, the company behind one of the most popular Windows antivirus solutions, has just launched a beta version of its upcoming free antivirus product for Mac OS X.avast! Free Antivirus for Windows has over 160 million registered users and almost 130 active ones; that's unique installations that ha... 1 June 2011 12:32 GMT Apple's Mac Anti-Scareware Update Is Insufficient Apple has released a security update for Mac OS X 10.6 which removes and blocks the recent scareware programs that have plagued its customers.Known as Security Update 2011-003, it updates the platform's XProtect component with definitions for the known fake antivirus variants, including Mac Defender, Mac Guard a... 1 June 2011 05:25 GMT Men Tend to Reuse Passwords More than Women According to a survey conducted by antivirus vendor PC Tools, 25 percent of Web users do not fully understand threats that spread through zero-day vulnerabilities in popular software. Meanwhile, women are more savvy than men when it comes to reusing passwords, despite the fact that the latter are better informed abou... 4 September 2009 07:02 GMT