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Offline DavidR

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2400 on: November 05, 2010, 04:13:47 AM »
Microsoft tempts antitrust lawyers with expanded antivirus offering

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-tempts-antitrust-lawyers-with-expanded-antivirus-offering/2552

Yes, this has cropped up in another topic in the forums, where the Action Center isn't detecting avast when it is running and the user has got MSE offered on the Optional update.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2401 on: November 05, 2010, 11:04:32 AM »
I came across this interesting Firefox addon which is similar to Ghostery

TrackerScan

http://www.privacychoice.org/trackerwatcher/download

Not quite sure if this is already mentioned
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2402 on: November 09, 2010, 06:20:35 PM »
ROCKMELT Browser started Beta Testing

This is another Chromium based browser focusing on Social Networking

http://www.rockmelt.com/

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2403 on: November 11, 2010, 03:37:54 PM »
Scriptish

Greasmonkey Alternative for Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/231203/

Only meant for Firefox 4, I guess

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2404 on: November 11, 2010, 06:59:54 PM »
Gone but not for very long.

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« Reply #2405 on: November 11, 2010, 07:17:13 PM »
LOL Limewire Pirate Edition--- that's funny

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2406 on: November 11, 2010, 11:37:55 PM »
News from Malwarebytes

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The Malwarebytes team is excited to announce the public beta release of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50. This version features many security, performance, stability and functionality improvements, and is without a doubt our best release yet. By releasing a public beta, we are asking for your help to try this version in your own environments and send us your feedback. Barring any significant issues, we expect the beta program to last approximately three weeks, and be followed by the public release of 1.50.

NEW FEATURES:

We are very excited about these major improvements in Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50. This version represents a complete overhaul of much of our functionality. Among the highlights are:

1. Dramatically improved scan speed: up to 5 times faster.
2. Dramatically improved stability of both the scanner and protection module (free and pro version, respectively).
3. More responsive: program loads up to 3 times faster, and protection module has lower impact on system resources (pro version only).
4. New internal detection algorithms enable detection of more real-world malware.

5. You can now add files and folders to the ignore list manually.
6. Ability to schedule and unschedule scans and updates from the command line (pro version only).
7. Notifications of blocked malicious websites now include additional details such as type, port, and process on Windows Vista and higher.
8. Dramatically improved flash scan (pro version only) -- determine whether a more in-depth scan is needed, in less than 10 seconds on many machines.
9. One-touch easy-to-use option to keep protection up-to-date automatically (pro version only).
10. "Warn if database is outdated by:" option now warns if the database is far out-of-date (7 days by default), including for protection (pro version only).



WHERE TO GET IT:

We hope we have whetted your appetite enough to try this build today! The beta version is available at the link below. It is fully-functional, and you may install it either fresh, or on top of an existing Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 installation. Individual feedback should be posted in the beta-test forum link below.

Corporate customers, due to your potentially sensitive information, please provide your feedback via email to your corporate support contact.

Please note that the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50 beta currently supports the English language only.
As with all beta software, we caution that it may contain bugs, although we have tested it extensively in-house.

Beta: http://message.cleverbridge.com/t?ctl=77B4:ED832187C74C8073F8F335EC68AE2CA8&
Feedback: http://message.cleverbridge.com/t?ctl=77B5:ED832187C74C8073F8F335EC68AE2CA8&

Thanks in advance for participating in our beta program!



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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2409 on: November 18, 2010, 02:28:30 PM »
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Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-vs-mcafee-how-free-antivirus-outperformed-paid/2614

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Only 17 of 43 antivirus products detected this as a threat. The full results page showed the identification, if any, for each product on the list. Microsoft, Symantec, Avast, and F-Secure were among the engines that flagged the file. But the majority didn’t.

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2410 on: November 18, 2010, 02:46:21 PM »
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Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-vs-mcafee-how-free-antivirus-outperformed-paid/2614

Interesting quote
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Only 17 of 43 antivirus products detected this as a threat. The full results page showed the identification, if any, for each product on the list. Microsoft, Symantec, Avast, and F-Secure were among the engines that flagged the file. But the majority didn’t.
Are we reading the same article ???
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To its credit, Sunbelt successfully identified this threat. On the list of companies that missed it? Symantec, Avast, and TrendMicro.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2411 on: November 18, 2010, 03:05:05 PM »
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Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-vs-mcafee-how-free-antivirus-outperformed-paid/2614

Interesting quote
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Only 17 of 43 antivirus products detected this as a threat. The full results page showed the identification, if any, for each product on the list. Microsoft, Symantec, Avast, and F-Secure were among the engines that flagged the file. But the majority didn’t.
Are we reading the same article ???

Why don't you ask Ed Bott what he meant by that comment ???

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2412 on: November 18, 2010, 03:22:26 PM »
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Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-vs-mcafee-how-free-antivirus-outperformed-paid/2614

Interesting quote
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Only 17 of 43 antivirus products detected this as a threat. The full results page showed the identification, if any, for each product on the list. Microsoft, Symantec, Avast, and F-Secure were among the engines that flagged the file. But the majority didn’t.
Are we reading the same article ???

Why don't you ask Ed Bott what he meant by that comment ???

I did.  ;D
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2413 on: November 19, 2010, 08:57:18 AM »
Free Antivirus for Windows 7 from Microsoft and Symantec

In addition to letting customers download Microsoft Security Essentials free of charge, the Redmond company has partnered with Symantec in order to offer a new free security offering, this time geared at small businesses.


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free-Antivirus-for-Windows-7-from-Microsoft-and-Symantec-167346.shtml

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #2414 on: November 19, 2010, 06:02:04 PM »
VirusTotal Google Chrome browser extension a.k.a. VTchromizer:

We have just coded a Google Chrome browser extension to interact with VirusTotal. The extension adds an option to the context menu to analyze links with VirusTotal's URL analysis engine.
 
Unlike the VTzilla Firefox extension, it does not embed an additional "Scan with VirusTotal" option in the browser's file download dialog (mainly because Chrome's API does not allow to do so). Having said this, it does include a top menu bar popup that enables quick VirusTotal searches and direct submission of the page being viewed to VirusTotal.

You may find more information (including the download links) about both VTchromizer and VTzilla here: VirusTotal browser extensions

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