We would like to announced that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now finally available on the Windows Update site and Microsoft Download Center site after a terrible recalled last month which contains a couple of bugs. However before you head over to Microsoft to get a copy of SP3, there’s a few things to note which were clearly notified in the SP3 Release Notes.
- Uninstall Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 Beta
- Microsoft Dynamic Retail Management System should not perform update until a hotfix is available
- Uninstall KB 937468 concerning Remote Desktop Client 6.1
- and a few more notifications..
AVG Anti-virus Free 8.0 was released on April 24,2008 and since then it was installed into our system. Compared to AVG Internet Security 8.0 which we reviewed about two months ago, AVG Free 8.0 only provides the anti-virus, anti-spyware and LinkScanner component minus six other major protection components like anti-rootkit and a firewall. You may think that “Hey, cool! LinkScanner in its free version!” but AVG decided to leave out the pro-active safe surfing module. This means that LinkScanner would not protect you from drive-by-download malwares like in its paid version.
Continue reading ‘AVG Anti-virus Free 8.0 Preview’
We recently upgraded our backend software but it seems that our theme template is causing our RSS system to be malfunction. Hopefully the developers will find a fix to it soon. We take this opportunity to apologize for any inconvenience cause. For the time being, please directly visit http://www.drsafemode.com to access our web updates.
The latest Firefox 2.0.0.14 internet browser is now available through update and on their official download section. This time it fixes only one security concern which is the MFSA 2008-20 - Crash in Javascript garbage collector (rated Critical). Mozilla believes that this particular crash might not be exploitable but since this type of crash have known to be exploitable in the past they decided to post it as a security issue. However Firefox 2.0.0.14 was mainly released to fix the stability issue.
About a year ago, Sunbelt Software famous for their Counter-Spy product developed a totally new anti-virus engine from scratch - now they have released it under the name VIPRE for public beta. It all began when they realized that they needed an even powerful anti-malware technology. VIPRE is said to employ very powerful heuristic detection engine in addition to Sunbelt’s kernel-level active protection and FirstScan technology.
Since it is still in its beta stages, we wouldn’t be having a very comprehensive review on Sunbelt VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Beta. Read on for views on this product.
Continue reading ‘Sunbelt VIPRE Anti-virus 3.1.2036 Beta Review’
