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January 19, 2013  4:17 PM

Who really needs anti-virus software?



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Security, Security best practice

Every list of best security practices contains an admonition to run anti-virus and/or anti-malware software. I have certainly been one to push such things over the years and have tested and recommended most of the popular contenders. But I got tired of the performance problems, the updates, the...

January 31, 2011  9:49 PM

Your Security Suite Says You’re Clean, But You Still Have Issues?



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Security

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December 29, 2010  7:56 PM

Make an Anti Virus Bootable USB Thumb Drive



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-virus, BLTDVS Toolkit, Bootable Anti Virus USB, Offline virus scanner, USB thumb drive

UPDATE! The BLTDVS Toolkit in its original form as referred to in the linked article below is now obsolete. The current state of the art has yielded self-contained USB installer tools for most of the popular anti virus rescue CDs. I have updated this article...


November 29, 2010  11:45 PM

Anti-virus Protection: It Isn’t Enough Anymore



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-virus, Endpoint protection, Vulnerabilities, Zero-day vulnerability

If your business is still relying solely on an anti-virus program to protect you from all the bad stuff out there, then it's vulnerable on several fronts. AV software is designed for one thing and one thing only: to protect systems from threats that are already known or those that are as yet...


November 28, 2010  5:59 PM

One-Third of All Malware Created in First 10 Months of 2010



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Malware, Panda Security

On Wednesday, PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, reported that one-third of all malware in existence was created in the first 10 months of 2010. The average number of malware threats created every day, including new malware and variants of existing families, has risen from...


September 4, 2010  2:12 PM

Security Online vs. Security in the Real World



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, cyber security, Encryption, Firewalls, Intrusion detection, Intrusion prevention, physical security

Security online is analogous...


August 20, 2010  1:15 AM

Intel to Acquire McAfee



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-virus, IBM, McAfee, Opinion, Security

I thought you may be interested in the reaction from Juan Santana, CEO of Panda Security, on Intel’s unexpected $7.68 billion...


June 7, 2010  2:00 AM

Panda Cloud Antivirus Extended



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-virus, Cloud Computing, microsoft security essentials, Panda Security

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November 10, 2009  2:25 PM

Panda Cloud Antivirus Emerges From Beta



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Cloud Computing, Panda Security, Security

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October 7, 2009  1:59 AM

Microsoft Security Essentials is a Game Changer



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, Security

Microsoft’s Security Essentials (MSE), released last week amidst

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