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How to Disable or Turn Off Avira Splash Screen on Startup

November 13th, 2009

Avira AntiVir is agood anti-virus program, except that it has several built-in anti-consumer behaviors which go against the wish of end-users who want clean and fast-loading user interface. One of which specially targeted to free Avira AntiVir Personal users are continuous pop-up advertisement nag screen.

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Remove or Disable Avira Free AntiVir “Upgrade to Premium” Popup Ad Notifier Nag Screen (avnotify)

November 13th, 2009

Avira AntiVir Personal is a free version of Avira anti-virus product which provides basic anti-virus and anti-spyware protection against dangerous viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, spyware and costly dialers. Avira AntiVir Personal is good and free, except that it always pops up and displays annoying nag advertisement screen which persuades users to upgrade to paid premium edition of Avira product.

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McAfee VirusScan Plus with SiteAdvisor 3-User 1 Year Subscription License Free Download

November 12th, 2009

McAfee VirusScan Plus with SiteAdvisor provides essential and proactive PC protection with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall and website safety ratings, which help users avoid unsafe websites. McAfee VirusScan Plus with SiteAdvisor prevents malicious attacks and users able to surf, search, and download files online with confidence.

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a-squared Anti-Malware Free 1 Year License Account Full Version Download

November 11th, 2009

a-squared Anti-Malware provides Comprehensive PC protection against trojans, viruses, spyware, adware, worms, bots, backdoors, keyloggers, rootkits, tracking cookies, and dialers. a-squared Anti-Malware is one of the best anti-virus and anti-spyware product solution in the market, which despite its name, can scan, detect and clean both viruses and malware (malware is termed as malicious software).

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Download RunAlyzer To Manually Trace Suspicious Spyware

November 9th, 2009

You computer seems to take a bit longer than usual to start up and your gut feeling signals to you that it might be hijacked by spyware or malicious programs. If your knowledge of Registry setting is technically sound, the free autostart & configuration manager, RunAlyzer, could probably help you to trace, locate and remove the suspicious programs manually.

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HideIP VPN (HideIPVPN) Free US and UK VPN Lifetime Account Giveaway

November 2nd, 2009

HideIpVPNHideIPVPN is a VPN (virtual private network) service that allows a node or endpoint (typically user’s computer) to create a logical connection or virtual circuit (tunnel) link to remote host, so that all traffic to Internet is routed through HideIPVPN’s servers in US or UK.

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Bredolab Botnet Attack Via Fake Facebook Password Reset Notice

October 29th, 2009

Facebook users are warned to be extra cautious when receiving a notification e-mail from the Facebook team informing the recipients that their password has been changed and requesting them to check their new password in an attached document. The attached document is a zip file containing a malicious .exe file and is detected as Trojan Bredolab by security expert, Symantec. This variant of Bredolab connects to a Russian domain and the infected machine is most likely to become part of a Bredolab botnet. The infected computer will be controlled by attackers. It can automatically download and install a variety of other threats. The attackers also can steal users’ information, send out spam emails, etc from the affected PC
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 Vulnerability Scanner for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

October 28th, 2009

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a free security and vulnerability assessment (VA) scan tool for IT professionals, administrators and security auditors to improve security management process and assess or determine security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance.

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