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Mac-specific Trojan discovered, injects ads into webpages
Mar 21, 2013 4:33 pm
Trojan discovered on Mac devices that injects ads into webpages

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avast! antivirus releases version 8
Feb 28, 2013 11:31 pm
avast! antivirus releases the latest version of their award-winning antivirus software

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Avast! antivirus pushes out beta of version 8, looking towards end of February release
Feb 15, 2013 11:02 pm
avast! releases version 8 beta 3, looking towards end of February for final release

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John McAfee deported to the USA from Guatemala
Dec 13, 2012 1:07 am
John McAfee deported to the United States by Guatemalan officials

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Study says people believe Windows 8 to be safer, not big enough deal to upgrade
Oct 26, 2012 1:26 pm
Avast survey found that many people do believe Microsoft has improved Windows' security

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"miniFlame" virus has been discovered by Kaspersky Labs, designed for cyber espionage
Oct 15, 2012 5:27 pm
Kaspersky Labs discovers miniFlame, previously thought to be a Flame module

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FTC slaps a $160M fine onto Scareware creators who scared users into buying fake anti-virus software
Oct 2, 2012 11:30 pm
FTC slaps a fine onto scareware peddlers who scare users into spending money on fake antivirus

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Google acquires online virus scanner VirusTotal for undisclosed amount
Sep 7, 2012 8:33 pm
Google acquires long-time partner VirusTotal, an online file scanner, for an undisclosed amount

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Cybercrime costs customers nearly $110 billion in 2011
Sep 7, 2012 6:28 am
Symantec says that cybercrime in 2011 cost consumers $110 billion

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New malware out is targeting OS X, Linux and Windows at the same time
Jul 16, 2012 11:21 am
Windows, OS X and Linux are being targeted simultaneously from new malware

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Spam being sent from a botnet composed of Android devices
Jul 4, 2012 9:06 pm
Spam is now coming from a botnet that lives on Android devices in developing countries

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avast! anti-virus headquarters tour in Prague, Czech Republic
Jul 2, 2012 1:32 pm
avast! anti-virus invited TweakTown to come out and take a look. Check out what we learned!

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Apple changes their website, doesn't state OS X is "virus-proof" anymore
Jun 27, 2012 3:27 am
Apple's website used to state OS X didn't "get PC viruses", but has since changed it to "it's built

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Espionage virus sent blueprints to China
Jun 21, 2012 8:28 pm
A virus has been stealing blueprints from Peruvian companies

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Iran is the target of the U.S. and Israel-made Flame virus, according to sources
Jun 21, 2012 10:24 am
Flame, a virus like Stuxnet, targetting Iranian oil refineries, made by the U.S. and Israel

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Google to warn the 500,000+ users infected with DNS Changer malware
May 23, 2012 2:02 pm
Google to warn users if they are infected with the DNS Changer malware.

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Download of the Day: avast! Free Antivirus for Mac
May 16, 2012 11:29 am
avast! Free Antivirus for Mac now contains the same light, award-winning, certified, and highly accl

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Download of the Day: Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 10.1.211.3382
May 10, 2012 12:19 pm
Ad-Aware gives you comprehensive malware protection.

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avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is now available
Apr 30, 2012 4:34 pm
avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is now available for download.

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A new Mac OSX Trojan exploits Word, not Java
Apr 16, 2012 7:33 pm
A new Mac Trojan has shown up in the wild. Update MS Office software to be safe.

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Flashback Removal Tool hits the web, find out of your Mac is infected
Apr 12, 2012 2:09 am
F-Secure releases F-Secure Flashback Removal Tool, find out if your Mac is infected, and if so, fix

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Apple, Nokia and RIM supply backdoors for government intercept, according to hacked memo
Jan 10, 2012 12:39 am
Hacked memo leads us to believe Apple, Nokia and RIM supply backdoors for government spying




