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Australian broadband users are getting more out of their Internet connections although prices have remained static, a report from the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has found.

The death knell has sounded for the Tcard project, with Minister for Transport John Watkins announcing the end of the troubled scheme -- but there is still hope the e-ticketing show will go on, according to the Minister.

Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimise the use of patent law to attack OSS.

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BetterInternet is an irritating adware application. Once installed, BetterInternet may slow down your system severely and cause its instability due to its malicious activities that include constant connection to the Internet, generation of numerous popup advertisements and transmission of logs by FTP or email. It can also leak your personal and financial data without your consent and knowledge. BetterInternet can be highly difficult to remove manually for it can self-mutate to avoid detection. BetterInternet should be regarded with great caution and removed from your system immediately.

WinSecureDisc is a rogue disc encryption program that is usually downloaded and installed onto your computer by a Trojan via browser security holes. This malicious parasite is promoted to be an extraordinary 'file locker' in hopes to lure gullible computer users out of their money. Once executed, WinSecure will generate exaggerated notifications of fake errors that can be fixed only by the non-existent full version of WinSecureDisc. What is more, this parasite may attempt to download additional malware onto your system and can be extremely difficult to remove manually since it can mutate to avoid detection. Due to its malicious activities, WinSecureDisc should not be trusted and should be removed from your system immediately.

SysCleaner is one of the recent rogue anti-spyware applications and is notorious for damaging files on your machine. Once installed, SysCleaner will generate false notifications of non-existent threats and irritating pop-ups even if you have a popup blocker on your computer. Such actions will consume your machine"s processing power and thus will slow down your system or even cause its instability. SysCleaner has also the ability to hide or even block the files it scans. In addition, it may open up a security-free conduit for supplementary malware to infiltrate your computer. SysCleaner is a fraud therefore it is strongly advised to remove this malware without any hesitation.

clipped from www.raymond.cc Comprehensive List and Review of FREE Online AntiVirus Scanners Before you fork over $40 or so for a commercial product, why not check out one of the excellent free anti-virus utilities that is listed below? All you need is a web browser and internet connection. The free online virus scanners listed below will either clean and/or scan your computer for viruses. The big difference between a desktop version of antivirus with online version of antivirus is desktop antivirus provides real time virus scanning and online antivirus provides on demand scans. Unless the antivirus has a very smart heuristic scanning method, new viruses can still infect a computer.

'Myware' that tracks everything we do can be enormously helpful, but it can also be used to spy on us. The big challenge will be to figure out how to get the life-improving benefits without destroying privacy, says columnist Cory Doctorow.