Jul
21
Businesses need to be protected on all fronts. Symantec Endpoint Protection and Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security are two of the premier products in the business security field. Compare these two software titles and find out which one is best for your company.
Apr
20
Hackers and viruses and spam, oh my! In the modern digital world, internet security is an absolute necessity for any business. Unfortunately, not every business is capable of keeping an information technology department on staff to continually deal with the constant maintenance and administration that many internet security systems require. The Trend Micro antivirus and …
Dec
15
What is a keylogger? It logs keystrokes in a secret file with the intent of capturing all letters and words typed on the keyboard. Some corporations use these to oversee employee operations and ensure no one is breaking company policies. However, more and more computer hackers are using keyloggers to capture passwords to bank accounts and other sensitive information. Part one of our series on keyloggers will give you tips on prevention.
Dec
02
This week, Trend Micro announced their agreement to acquire Mobile Armor, Inc. Mobile Armor offers full-disk, file/folder, and removable media encryption for endpoints.
Mar
31
Norton Internet Security 2010 took top spot in PCWorld’s internet security suites test. In comprehensive testing conducted by German security lab, AV-Test, PCWorld “looked not only at traditional signature-based detection but also at how well the suites cleaned infections, removed rookits, and detected malware based on behavioral analysis.” In the 13 products that were tested, …
Jan
08
Trend Micro detected TROJ_PIDIEF.WIA, a trojan that arrives as a mass email attachment. This trojan may also be downloaded by visiting malicious Web sites. According to Trend Micro’s malware blog, it “uses the heap spray technique to execute shellcode in its stream.” This, in turn, infects your system with the malicious backdoor file, BKDR_POISON.UC, and …
Jan
04
Did you know that over 20 threats emerge every minute? Actually, there is a new one every 2.5 seconds. Most of these threats are from the web. According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive, the average adult Internet user spends an average of 13 hours a week online — a trend that has been …
Sep
15
Despite a stream of updates and patches from Microsoft and the best efforts of security companies, the Conficker/Downadup worm has proven itself to be the most resilient and adaptable security threat to date. Perhaps it should be reclassified as a cyber cockroach. The worm first appeared in November 2008, and has since propagated itself throughout …
Mar
31
On Sunday, 60 minutes joined the multitude of websites and blogs that are reporting on the Conficker worm that is supposedly set to deliver its malware payload on April 1st. The CBS 60 minutes report is mostly background information on computer viruses for the uninformed masses, but it does bring up a few good points. …
Mar
04
The researchers at Trend Micro issued a warning yesterday regarding new malware embedded in links and banners pointing to warez and crack websites promoting illegal software downloads. In the past, most viruses on these types of illegal download sites were found in the downloaded programs themselves. Now, malware is present in links, ads, and search …
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