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From Antivirus To Antibiotics, McAfee Searches For A Last Cure Yevgeny Kaspersky, head of mega-antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs, probably has a lot of enemies in Russia – a country where cybercrime rakes in the rubles. So it’s not entirely surprisingly that Yevgeny’s son has been kidnapped and held for ransom.
Turns out Samsung wasn’t installing keyloggers on their laptops after all. VIPRE, the antivirus software used by a NetworkWorld contributor, assumes any folder with the name SL carries the Starlogger software. VIPRE developer GFI has their official statement here. [NetworkWorld]
Honestly, I’m surprised this bill is trying to be passed in the more liberal South Korea. It’s not looking good for the country’s citizens, who’d have to install the anti-virus software… or face the law’s might.
Okay Mac users, hands up if you run antivirus software. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? While Mac users have been “immune” to virus problems for a long time, the reason isn’t so much that they’re impervious, but that it hasn’t been worth the effort for criminals to try and rip off Mac users. But that’s all changing.
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If you don’t quite understand the threat that cyber criminals pose to your online banking, let Norton explain: Your bank account is like an adorable little unicorn, and the hackers are like Dolph Lundgren with a flamethrower. See? Simple.
The news of Intel’s very expensive McAfee purchase raises one obvious question: Why is security software worth over $US7 billion to a chip maker? Intel has been short on specifics, but it’s becoming clear that virus-killing silicon is the future.
Maybe it’s not so much a surprise that you hate your antivirus software’s notifications sometimes. But did you know that it hates you right back?
