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| | | Security Watch September 22, 2010 | | | | |
| Welcome to the PCMag.com Security Watch Newsletter. Every week we bring you an overview of the current viruses, worms, and other threats, and the information you need to combat them. This week you'll find reviews of F-Secure Internet Security 2011 and PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2011, tips to protect your business network, the world's strangest security devices, and news regarding Google Apps' enhanced security, the safety of Apple's closed walls, and CheckPoint's scare tactics. For more on these threats, vulnerabilities and other issues, visit the Watch.
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REVIEW: F-Secure Internet Security 2011
There are a seemingly infinite number of security suites available, so why should you consider F-Secure Internet Security 2011? It has a simple, attractive user interface, speedy virus scan, small impact on performance, and blocks phishing and malware sites. The downside? Malware balked installation on one test system, and it has lengthy mini-scans and unnecessary restarts. Overall, it's good, not great, PC protection.
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REVIEW: PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2011
PC Tools' latest antivirus application has a lot going for it. Featuring new built-in tools for removing resistant malware, good rootkit protection, and a Browser Defender toolbar that identifies dangerous sites, Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2011 is rock solid protection--provided that its installation isn't derailed by malware.
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SMB SECURITY: 8 Tips To Protect Your Business Network
Cybercrime has been labeled a "silent global epidemic", so it's of utmost importance that your business dons sufficient armor to withstand security threats. From screen scrapers to scareware, there's an abundance of threats poised to compromise your business network, but these eight security tips will help your business brace for the attacks.
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The World's Strangest Security Devices
Where there's sensitive data, there's a need to protect it. For almost half a century, computer users have relied on text-based passwords as the primary means to secure data. This time-honored tradition has worked rather well, but that hasn't stopped engineers from inventing alternative, unorthodox methods to secure our data. Here are come of the wackiest.
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SECURITY BLOG: Google Apps Two-Factor Authentication Not A Game Changer
It's a great idea and should raise the bar for security at the low-end of the business market, but it won't make a difference in the consumer space, where the real authentication problem lives.
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SECURITY BLOG: Are Users Safer in Apple's Jail?
Some say that iPad sales are cannibalizing laptop and netbook sales. Others say that consumers are likely safer with simpler devices like that. But would Ben Franklin have used an iPad?
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SECURITY BLOG: CheckPoint Gets Aggressive With Its ZoneAlarm Users
Alerts from their free firewall use scareware techniques to get users to upgrade to the full paying suite.
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