Avira anti-virus labels itself as spyware
Auto-immune confusion Avira anti-virus detected components of its own application as potentially malign on Wednesday following a dodgy signature update.…
Avira Anti-Virus Detects Itself
ddfall writes "After a recent update, Avira's anti-virus software reports its own AESCRIPT.DLL file as a trojan or spyware. From the article: 'The dodgy AntiVir virus definition file was quickly pulled and replaced with a new version – 7.11.16.146 – that resolves the problem, as explained in an official post on Avira's support forum.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Norton Anti-Virus Wrongly Flags Facebook As Phishing Site
Symantec issued an update to its Norton anti-virus software that mistakenly flagged Facebook as a phishing website.
Cryptoboffin: Secure boot a boon for spooks' spyware
State-sponsored trojans will be harder to get rid of A leading computer scientist has warned that the latest so-called Trusted Computing proposals may restrict the market for anti-virus and security software.…
Double Anti-Spy Professional 2.1.2.3
Strumento che permette di eliminare dal sistema eventuali spyware che hanno infettato il PC Double Anti-Spy Professional è un software di protezione in grado di analizzare il computer personale per rilevare ed eliminare eventuali spyware presenti. Grazie al doppio motore di scansione la protezione risulta efficiente e l'analisi... Autore: Antonio Lombardi Tipo risorsa: software per Windows ...