Archive for March, 2007
Google adds privacy protection
Google modifies its data retention so that it would make harder the specific computers used in searches to be identified.
Google,s servers log information every time someone searches the web and keeps data such as the keywords used,Internet Protocol Address and information web cookies.
As the new policy of Google,announced on wednesday,the last eight bits from the ip address and cookie data […]
Trend Micro acquired HijackThis
Trend Micro,one of the most well known antivirus and security software companies,has recently acquired HijackThis,a very useful and popular software tool,used for threat analytics and malware removal.
The company plans to announce the acquisition only on march 19-th,but a new version of HijackThis 2.00 beta,is already available for download on their site.So what was supposed to remain a secret […]
Microsoft shows possible IE7 phishing hole
Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cybercrooks to launch phishing scams, the company said Wednesday.
An attacker can use an error message displayed by the latest Microsoft browser to send Web surfers to malicious Web sites that will display with the address of a trusted site, such as a […]
Norton 360 ALL In One Internet Security,success or failure?
Symantec,s latest security suite was made especially for pc owners that don,t want to interact too much with their security software.This is a good news for novice and less experienced software users,but the most experienced ones will certainly be dissapointed because of this reason.
This hands-off security suite is competing with McAfee Total Protection and Microsoft […]
McAfee is guarding on the Internet threats
McAfee,s SiteAdvisor Tool is a free and very useful tool especially designed for protecting home computer users that are using the Internet.
The tool shows the risky sites and categorizes them on three parts:green-which means they are safe;yellow-sites require caution,because although they pass all the tests,they contain an annoying quantity of pop-ups;red-the sites contain spyware,adware and […]
Verizon Service Combats Web Threats
Verizon Business is a company based in Basking Ridge, N.J.,and is a unit of Verizon Communications. The company launched its Managed Web Content Service yesterday, offering large businesses abilities.They offer a way to detect Web-based threats such as spyware and phishing before they affect computer networks. In addition, Verizon is offering to monitor Internet use […]
