Symantec Corp recently announced the new Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for MAC users. This anti-virus solution is targeted at MAC users who are running the Boot Camp or Microsoft visualization software so that they can have Norton AntiVirus installed on both the MAC OS and the Windows OS. This comes at a price of $69.90 which includes the Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac and the Norton AntiVirus 2008 for Windows.
Early this month, Symantec Corp also announced the released for Norton 360 version 2.0 with newly added patent pending Browser Protection technology to protect users against drive-by-downloads. The Norton 360 is an all-in-one security solution which also includes anti-spyware, anti-phising, firewall, e-mail scanning and etc.
According to the Microsoft Security Response Center team, Microsoft is planning to release the March 2008 update tomorrow(11 March 2008) but the date is subject to change anytime. Affected softwares are Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Web Component. The release will include:
- Four Critical patches for Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Software Malicious Removal Tool
- Two non-security high-priority updates on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- Three non-security high-priority updates for Windows on Windows Update (WU) and WSUS
For more information, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin.
We had some time today to do a review on Haute Secure which is kinda still in its beta stages. But anyway, Haute Secure looks promising as the team is formed by security experts previously working at Microsoft and at the United States Department of Defence. Pretty cool huh?
Towards the end of 2007, we have seen many websites being compromised by malicious codes with either the intention to load a spyware or to commit a cyber crime. This type of attack pattern is given by the term “drive-by-downloads” in which a malware is automatically downloaded and executed without the knowledge of the user. Let’s see whether Haute Secure does work its charm.
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ALWIL Software yesterday announced their 50,000,000th user registration for their multi-award winning Avast! Anti-virus. To celebrate this event, ALWIL Software is currently offering a 25% discount on all their product, this includes the Avast! 4 Anti-Virus Professional edition. This great offer will last till 31st March 2008.
Eduard Kucera, joint-founder and CEO of ALWIL Software said “We are not resting or complacent in our approach to malware protection - in the soon to be released version 4.8 of avast! Antivirus, we have added anti-spyware capability, certified by West Coast Labs Checkmark certification process and anti-rootkit protection, as well as very strong self-protection of the product itself.”
Also stated in their press release that users can expect the release of Avast! Anti-virus version 5 in the third-quarter of 2008.
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