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Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents
5:39AM John Herrman | Well, this is int-er-est-ing: Early testers have come across what looks like a new antivirus function within Snow Leopard. Or to put it another way, Macs don’t need antivirus! Wait. More »
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Laptop Lojack Vulnerability Exposed, Affects 60% Of New Notebooks
9:45AM Adrian Covert | A pair of computer security researchers have discovered a BIOS vulnerability caused by the Computrace Laptop Lojack software, serving as a rootkit to potentially let malware nest and thrive in an estimated 60% of newish laptops. More »
Deals
9:15AM Nick Broughall | The Internets can be dangerous, which is why Three has partnered with anti-virus software company AVG to offer a free 12 month subscription to all of its mobile broadband customers. More »
Three Offering Free AVG Subscription To Mobile Broadband Customers
9:15AM Nick Broughall | The Internets can be dangerous, which is why Three has partnered with anti-virus software company AVG to offer a free 12 month subscription to all of its mobile broadband customers. More »
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Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
10:00AM Adrian Covert | Cnet says that hundreds of critical hospital devices across the U.S. have been infected by the Conficker worm. The number of hospitals affected wasn’t disclosed, but the problem isn’t thought to be widespread. More »
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Lifehacker Lists Top User-Submitted Malware Removers
5:15AM Jack Loftus | This list of malware removal software arrived too late to save Adam Frucci, but perhaps it can help you. Fun fact: This list of five tools was submitted to Lifehacker by Users Like You. [Lifehacker] More »
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Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
10:57AM Jason Chen | The first Mac botnet is already launching DDoS attacks against some website, which penetrated Macs via tainted copies of iWork ‘09 and Photoshop CS4. Just like what we told you about in January. Be careful when you pirate stuff. [ZDNet via NYT] More »
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Conficker Worm Claims High Profile Victim: University of Utah
1:01AM Jack Loftus | More than 700 med school computers at the University of Utah have fallen victim to the infamous Conficker worm. Gizmodo, we swear, had absolutely nothing to do with it. [AP via CNET] More »
Computers
New PC Badges Help Us With our Conficker Decision
2:05AM Jason Chen | Thanks, Italo, for mocking up these new PC badges. It’ll really help us decide which model to buy with our $US1500. More »
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The Conficker Virus Scams You $US50 To Remove It
7:37AM Erica Ho | Kaspersky Labs discovered that Conficker is charging users $US49.95 in order to “remove” the virus from your system. Is it part of a larger business model where the makers intend to profit? More »
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