IObit Malware Fighter 2.0 now available
May 16, 2013 – 20:27 | No Comment
IObit Malware Fighter 2.0 now available

IObit has announced the public availability of IObit Malware Fighter 2.0, the next generation of its popular anti-malware tool.
The most obvious change this time is the move to a Windows 8-style interface: large tiles, stark …

Avast! 8.0.1488 adds SecureLine VPN protection, improves stability and performance
May 3, 2013 – 07:48 | No Comment
Avast! 8.0.1488 adds SecureLine VPN protection, improves stability and performance

AVAST Software has released avast! Free Antivirus 8.0.1488 and avast! Internet Security 8.0.1488 for PCs running Windows XP or later. Version 8.0.1488 is the first notable update since version 8 was released at the end …

Detect security issues and signs of malware with Malware Scene Investigator
May 1, 2013 – 12:41 | No Comment
Detect security issues and signs of malware with Malware Scene Investigator

Your PC is behaving strangely. You think it might have been infected by something, but your regular antivirus tool hasn’t raised an alert. And so you decide to try and investigate the problem yourself.
Figuring out …

Panda Global Protection 2014 Beta now available
May 1, 2013 – 07:19 | No Comment
Panda Global Protection 2014 Beta now available

Panda Security has announced the availability of the first public beta for their do-everything home user suite, Panda Global Protection 2014.
The package includes an antivirus engine, firewall, identity protection, spam filter, parental controls, virtual keyboard, …

G Data 2014 range now available
April 18, 2013 – 17:21 | No Comment
G Data 2014 range now available

G Data has announced the availability of its new consumer product line, including G Data Antivirus 2014, G Data InternetSecurity 2014, and the high end G Data TotalProtection 2014.
And the company is particularly highlighting its …

PC Hunter: an amazing low-level system information tool
April 5, 2013 – 09:51 | No Comment
PC Hunter: an amazing low-level system information tool

Task Manager, Regedit and Explorer are fine for basic Windows troubleshooting, but if your system is having real problems – or you’re trying to manually remove a virus, say – then stronger medicine will be …

Review: avast! Internet Security 8
March 31, 2013 – 17:25 | No Comment
Review: avast! Internet Security 8

Avast! 8 is the latest generation of avast!’s security range, and as usual it’s available in several different packages, from the basic avast! Free 8 to the do-everything Premier build.
If you just want solid, standard …

Metascan Client is a cloud-based multi-engine virus scanner
March 20, 2013 – 16:49 | No Comment
Metascan Client is a cloud-based multi-engine virus scanner

OPSWAT has announced the availability of Metascan Client, a lightweight on-demand virus scanner.
The program is extremely basic – there’s no real-time protection or scheduled scanning, and it can’t remove whatever it finds – but could …

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 and Internet Security 2014 betas now available
March 12, 2013 – 14:25 | No Comment
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 and Internet Security 2014 betas now available

Kaspersky Lab has announced the public availability of Technical Previews for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2014.
These are very early releases and some way from being complete, so there’s little information on new …

Norton AntiVirus 2013, Norton Internet Security 2013 and Norton 360 2013 get v20.3 maintenance releases
March 4, 2013 – 12:28 | No Comment
Norton AntiVirus 2013, Norton Internet Security 2013 and Norton 360 2013 get v20.3 maintenance releases

Norton has refreshed its entire 2013 security range with the release of Norton Antivirus 2013 v20.3, Norton Internet Security 2013 v20.3 and Norton 360 v20.3. The update should be applied automatically to all existing Norton …

Bitdefender Total Security 2014 beta now available
March 1, 2013 – 16:35 | No Comment
Bitdefender Total Security 2014 beta now available

Bitdefender has released the first public beta of Bitdefender Total Security 2014, its high-end security suite.
And while the new edition doesn’t offer any revolutionary changes, there are enough additions and enhancements to make it interesting.