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Antivirus and Security Short News of May 16, 2012

75% Of Phone-Based Malware Now Targets Android Forbes According to data released Monday by the Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure, 37 of the 49 variants of malicious software targeting smartphones in the last quarter were aimed at Android devices, compared with … Continue reading

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Antivirus and Security Short News of May 15, 2012

How to Make Android Faster, More Productive and More Secure Than iPhone PCWorld Android, on the other hand, may be less secure due to its openness, but it’s welcoming to third-party security tools. There’s no excuse not to have anti-virus … Continue reading

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Antivirus and Security Short News of May 9, 2012

Bitdefender Total Security 2013 Beta (64-bit) PC Advisor You get everything you’d expect in a security suite, of course: on-demand and real-time antivirus protection, a spam filter, firewall, privacy tools, browsing protection, online backup, file encryption and more. But that’s … Continue reading

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Antivirus and Security Short News of May 5, 2012

Norton 360 Everywhere PC Magazine In addition to antivirus protection, Norton Mobile Security 2.0 ($29.95 direct) lets users locate, lock, or wipe a stolen phone by sending a coded text message. Its SIM card lock feature prevents a thief from … Continue reading

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Antivirus and Security Short News of April 28, 2012

Facebook offers its 900 million users free anti-virus protection Sun-Sentinel By Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel Facebook’s new AntiVirus Marketplace is the social network’s solution for protecting its nearly 1 billion users from malware, spam, and other viruses. An agreement with … Continue reading

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