06/02/2011
Apple's MacDefender Tool: Quickly Circumvented, Now Regains Upper Hand
The ongoing battle between the OSX anti-malware team and the MacDefender malware creators has taken some interesting turns this week.
Apparently about eight hours after the anti-MacDefender update (which I talked about it yesterday's blog on MacDefender removal) was released, the bad guys regained the upper hand. Read more
Apple Releases MacDefender Removal & Prevention Tools
Although it took longer than most Mac users would like, Apple finally released a security update designed to remove (and thwart installation of) MacDefender and its similarly named brethren. Here's how to get the update and what to look for... Read more
05/30/2011
Facebook "Baby Born Amazing Effect" is a Scam
A new scam is circulating Facebook that's tricking people into "Liking" a video. In doing so, the scammers are able to artificially inflate their Facebook "Like" count and possibly gain access to any information you've made publicly available in your profile. Here's how the scam works... Read more
05/29/2011
Just How Prevalent are Viruses?
One of the questions we're most often asked is, C'mon... do I really need antivirus software? Doesn't it just slow your PC down anyway? Our answer? "Yes, and no, not really1." It turns out the need may be even more acute than we believed, as One in every 20 Windows... Read more
05/25/2011
Mac Defender 2.0... Malware Creator Responds to Apple Update
Apple may've taken a lot longer than anyone would have liked to respond to the Mac Defender fake antivirus malware, but he/she/they haven't. In fact, on the heels of Apple's announcement, the Mac Defender creator has already fired another salvo back across Apple's bow. The latest? According to Intego, a... Read more
05/24/2011
Mac Malware Removal: No Help from Apple Support
Even though our focus (at least for now) is on Windows antivirus software and malware removal, we've had a few people contact us asking about the malware known as Mac Defender1 (previously discussed in our blog on Mac antivirus software). Here's the short version: it does not automatically install itself... Read more
05/23/2011
What about Mac Antivirus Software?
Oooh, the debate there is around this topic. I'm of the opinion that the time has come for those of us who run Macs--or those of us that run both Mac and Windows--to pull our collective head out of the sand and start looking at Mac antivirus software. In case... Read more
Antivirus Software Comparison Pages Revised
A quick post to begin the week: we just posted revised antivirus software head-to-head comparisons. Have a look here: Antivirus Software Comparison The consensus: they're easier to read and faster to get information from. Got questions or comments feel free to post, or as always, contact us via our email... Read more
05/20/2011
Is That Your Hard Drive Failing? Nope, It's Probably Malware
If you've never experienced a real-life hard drive failure consider yourself lucky. And warned. It's only a matter of time before yours goes south. In my case, being a geek both in my personal and business lives for many years now, I've had more hard drives fail than I can... Read more
05/18/2011
The Latest on the PSN Break-in and Service Restoration
There has been a whooooole lot that has gone on since the original news broke on the Sony Playstation Network data breach. Among other things, there's been Congressional testimony, which should give some indication as to the seriousness of what has happened. In these testimonies, the Consumerist reports in a... Read more