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GRISOFT, developer of the AVG family of security software products, today released the second beta edition of AVG 8.O for Windows for public testing. AVG 8.0 offers a completely new multi-threaded scanning engine that combines anti-virus and anti-spyware while retaining the product's signature small footprint and scanning efficiency.

AntiSpyBoss, or AntiSpywareBoss, is a rogue anti-spyware application designed to scare you into purchasing AntiSpyBoss's full version with misleading warning messages that pop up on your Taskbar. AntiSpyBoss is usually downloaded and installed via ZLOB/MediaAccess Codec installer from an adult site. Once you're infected, the Zlob Trojan will display misleading warning messages. AntiSpyBoss warning messages claim that your computer is infected with dangerous parasites/virus/trojan in an attempt to trick you into purchasing AntiSpyBoss's commercial version. In addition, AntiSpyBoss may generate annoying popup advertisements that may cause unstable system performance.

clipped from www.internetnews.com A Particularly Nasty Week For Malware First up was the Microsoft alert, something the company rarely does outside of Patch Tuesday unless the threat is severe. It issued an alert late on Tuesday that older versions of Excel, from Excel 2000 to Excel 2003 with Service Pack 2, are affected by a vulnerability.

clipped from www.bestsecuritytips.com Keep your money safe by avoiding Identity Theft 2007 was quite a “fruitful” year in what regards identity theft. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that almost 10 million Americans fell victims to fraudsters. It seems that the main trouble was not as expected the actual financial loss the victims suffered but rather clearing their name after such a scam.

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BANGALORE, INDIA: This product from TrendMicro is an integrated gateway security solution for enterprises focused mainly on ftp and http traffic. Apart from anti-virus protection, it also includes protection from malicious applications, Trojans, spywares, and phishing.