05/13/2009
Are Viruses Getting Worse?
As you might imagine, we get a lot of email. Most of it is from really nice people all around the world looking for help choosing the best antivirus software for a new computer or are looking to upgrade antivirus software to a newer version. Although it's asked a million... Read more
05/03/2009
Top 10 Worst PC Viruses
04/09/2009
Conficker / Downandup Active? Or...
Most everyone in Windows security is watching Conficker, not the least of which is Trend Micro, whose antivirus product we cover in our Trend Micro Antivirus Review. Let's start with a look at what Trend says: "Some interesting things (well at least in our perspective) found are: (Un)Trigger Date –... Read more
04/06/2009
Neeris: Conficker Copycat or Conficker Inspired?
The UK Register's "Channel Register" brings word of updates to the "Neeris" worm that was originally spotted back in Mat 2005. Apparently, either in cahoots with the Conficker folks or with them as inspiration, some modifications have been made, i.e. Neeris revisions, to modernize it and to add on some... Read more
04/01/2009
Dealing with Conficker Infections
ZDNet brings word of at least one very high-profile Conficker infestation: The British Parliment. At the very least, it has penetrated the entire Parliament IT system. Will the ministries be the next to turn up infected? The National Health Service hospital systems and Royal Navy Fleet have also been infected,... Read more
03/30/2009
Defeating & Removing Conficker
"What we've found is pretty cool: Conficker actually changes what Windows looks like on the network, and this change can be detected remotely, anonymously, and very, very quickly. You can literally ask a server if it's infected with Conficker, and it will tell you." So says security researcher Dan Kaminsky... Read more
03/22/2009
What's the Best Free Antivirus Software?
In the interest of full-disclosure, I'll begin by saying that everyone who's a part of pcAntivirusReviews.com are advocates of Open Source Software (OSS) and Free Software. Both individually and as a company, we have made significant financial and other contributions to various open source and free software projects. This very... Read more
03/21/2009
Conficker Worm April 1 Activation Date
What's in store for us on April 1st 2009 with the Conficker worm? There are a lot of educated guesses being floated, many of which are in this New York Times piece on the Conficker activation. As the piece points out, "It is possible to detect and remove Conficker using... Read more
Conficker Removal? First is Conficker activation...
What's in store for us on April 1st 2009 with the Conficker worm? If your computer has been infected with Conficker/Downandup, there's still time before the so-called Conficker activation date for you to remove Conficker. Why the urgency? According to the security researchers who've looked at the innards of the... Read more
03/13/2009
Conficker Removal Tool Released
Score one for the good guys today! Our friends at BitDefender, which we regard as among the best antivirus software available, have released the first tool aimed at removing the Conficker / Conflicker / Downandup virus. This worm, which we've covered quite a bit here, has been notoriously pesky... and... Read more