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Bitdefender Free antivirus to be retired soon

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:26:10 +0000

Software Behemoth, Bitdefender recently announced that they will be retiring the free edition of its antivirus tool from 31st December 2021. The Free Antivirus edition by Bitdefender was, for many, the first choice of virus protection, given what is offered free of charge. But soon enough, users of this software will have to look elsewhere […]

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Most Antivirus vendors to support Windows 7 for at least two more years

AshishMohta@TWC — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:04:53 +0000

One of the major concerns that all Windows 7 users are planning to hold even after End of Support was support from their existing Antivirus. The good news is that most Antivirus vendors will support Windows 7 for at least two more years. We already knew Microsoft planned to roll out updates Microsoft Security Essentials for […]

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Fxmsp group allegedly hacked antivirus vendors

MahitHuilgol@TWC — Wed, 15 May 2019 04:25:50 +0000

Last week a report that spoke about Fxmsp hacker group claiming access to the source code of three anti-virus companies surfaced – TrendMicro, Symantec, and McAfee. The authorities had kept the victim’s names under wraps due to the sensitive nature of the issue. Meanwhile, Antivirus companies have refuted the allegations and said that they could […]

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AVGater exploit can abuse the Anti-Virus Quarantine to infect your system

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:19:16 +0000

You trust your antivirus software to protect your PC from malicious attacks but what if the Anti-Virus Quarantine feature is itself compromised. A recent finding shows that malware quarantine feature of several antivirus products was abused by local attackers to gain administrative privileges on PCs. The loophole, dubbed as AVGater, was detected by Florian Bogner, […]

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Windows adapting AV ecosystem to better protect Windows 10 users

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 04:22:10 +0000

Last month, Microsoft had announced that they are partnering with AV vendors to adapt the AV ecosystem that will provide better protection to the Windows 10 users. Now, Microsoft has evolved the Windows approach to AV after considering partner feedback. Rob Lefferts (Partner Director, Windows Enterprise and Security), mentions in his blog that Microsoft has […]

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Webroot Antivirus flags Windows system files as malware

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:39:09 +0000

It’s a rare sight to witness antivirus products flagging genuine websites as phishing websites and authentic files as malware, as has been the case with Webroot Antivirus. The program that claims to provide real-time protection for PC’s and Mac’s mistakenly started marking Windows system files as malware, triggering a widespread outrage around the world. Moreover, […]

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Avast Software to acquire AVG for $1.3B

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:08:57 +0000

Avast Software, the antivirus giant with a user-base of 230 million users has announced its plan to acquire its rival AVG for $1.3 billion. The initial process of this acquisition has already started and it will be an all-cash deal. The merger of the two security software development companies is certainly going to be a […]

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Avast Free Antivirus 2016 now includes Avast Passwords

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:29:10 +0000

Avast Free Antivirus 2016 is here and has come with a lot of new features. It offers the usual anti-malware and antivirus protection, and along with it, it also offers several other features. Some of these features include unwanted toolbar removal, one-click system checks and SafeZone Browser. Besides these, Avast Free Antivirus now detects 12 […]

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Panda AntiVirus update likely to brick Windows Systems on restart

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:21:35 +0000

“Do not restart your PC if you are using Panda Antivirus”. This is the advice that you should follow immediately. Panda AntiVirus is one of its kind first antivirus based on cloud computing. It does not use much of user’s PC resources and is only partly installed on the system. It keeps its core files on […]

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The AntiVirus is dead, says Symantec

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:09:28 +0000

Symantec, the company, who has been in the Antivirus business for the last quarter of the century, has said that the AntiVirus is dead and that the future prospects of Antivirus business look bleak and it does not look a money making avenue for the company. AntiVirus is dead! Brian Dye, Symantec’s senior vice president for […]

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Fix for crashing Antivirus software on Windows 8.1/7 released

AnandKhanse@TWC — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:20:42 +0000

If you have been noticing that at times your antivirus software has been crashing on Windows, you might to download and apply this hotfix. Microsoft has just released a hotfix to fix crashing Antivirus software on Windows. Antivirus software crashing If you are running a computer that has Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows […]

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Avira Free Antivirus gets Cloud Protection, Intelligent Repair System

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:48:22 +0000

Yesterday, Avira made an important announcement that it is adding two important features to its Free Antivirus Programs, that is Cloud Protection, Intelligent Repair System and Browser Safety. It is to be noted that both these features were only available to its premium security accounts, however, but now even those who have installed Avira Free […]

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