Bitdefender Safego The New Social Network Protection
July 24, 2011 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
Posts on your wall, comments from friends, status updates. These are the tools that help you build your online social interactions. But don’t forget that your online social life relies on a crucial ingredient: your friends’ trust in you. So why let infected links, spam or deftly crafted scams step in and spoil your fun? After all, we’ve all had enough of the “see who viewed your profile” tricks and of its countless siblings.
Using in-the-cloud scanning, Bitdefender Safego protects your social network account from all sorts of e-trouble: scams, spam, malware and private data exposure. But, most importantly, Safego keeps your online friends safe and …close.
To install the app Click Here
How to Control Internet Usage to Improve Company Output – By GFI
March 16, 2011 by admin
Filed under Security News
There’s a time for work and a time for play – unfortunately few live up to this saying. Besides wasting time on non work-related activity in the actual place of work, employees also procrastinate on the web. The Internet has proven to be an indispensable tool for businesses and blocking employee access to it could only prove to be counterproductive; yet, organizations need to take the right measures to control Internet usage so as to improve worker productivity while reducing security risks which could adversely affect the company output.
It is possible to control Internet usage without affecting employee morale. The following are some points on how this can be achieved:
- Block offensive sites – such as adult sites, sites with racist or other discriminatory content, etc. Objectionable and offensive sites can create a hostile or threatening working environment. It is therefore very important for such sources to be blocked, as allowing access to them could not only result in employees leaving the organization (which also means more time and costs to recruit replacements), but it can also result in potential lawsuits. Making use of good web filtering software which can block access to such sites is clearly essential.
- Monitor other time-wasting sites – While a 2010 study by Burson-Marsteller showed that “79 percent of the largest 100 companies in the Fortune Global 500 index are using at least one of the most popular social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or corporate blogs”, demonstrating that direct correlation between top financial performance and deep social media engagement can work to the company’s advantage, businesses need to monitor the use of such sites to prevent cyberslacking.
5 Benefits of Automating Patch Management
November 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
You need a patch management solution for proper patch management. But what are the benefits of automating patch management for these companies?
1. Security
Security is the most obvious reason as to why companies would want to have an automated patch management solution in place. One of the main reasons why software vendors release new patches is to fix security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious software or people intending to damage the IT systems or network.
Applying security patches in a timely fashion highly reduces the risk of having a security breach and all the related problems that come with it, like data theft, data loss, reputations issues or even legal penalties.
How to protect yourself from Facebook Places
September 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
After earlier roll-outs in the USA and Japan, Facebook has now opened up its location-sharing service in the UK.
In a breakfast briefing in London, Facebook explained that the new service would make it easier for users to share where they were.
But hang on a minute – I don’t want to share where I am. And I don’t want other people to be able to share my location either.
I came back late last night after a few days away on a business trip, to find that my next door neighbour had been burgled. So I want to have total control over when (and if) my location is shared and who gets told my location.
Handy Backup Server – reliable backup solution for enterprise network
May 17, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
How to backup server and the whole corporative network?
The award-winning server backup software by Novosoft LLC Handy Backup Server is designed specially for centralized backup of enterprise networks. The program consists of a server part and client workstations. This software works well on windows server backup (including Windows 2008, 2003, 2000 Server), performing client server backup scheme.
To protect your business from loss of critical data and to set you free from routine actions like manual backup and sync, Handy Backup Server has the following features:
- Centralized backup. This can help you to organize the best backup management. All backup operations in the network can be performed by one person from the central server. Your employees may even be not aware that their work is backed up!
- Database backup. Handy Backup Server has a wide range of functions for database backup. The utility is able to run backup of most popular ODBC-compatible databases: MS SQL Server backup, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, InterBase backup and other.
- Exchange server backup. Microsoft Exchange mail server is used by most companies today, which means that a lot of important data is stored in Exchange Server. Handy Backup Server will allow you to easily back up, synchronize and restore email, calendars and other data.
- Backup to FTP server. There’s no doubt that remote data storage is more secure than a local one. This program will help you to back up your data to FTP/SFTP server – either your own or the special backup server in a secure data center.
- Automatic backup. The flexible scheduler gives you an opportunity to run your backup tasks automatically with any suitable period of time.
- Windows service. Handy Backup Workstations run as windows service, providing the administrator access to back up all users’ data without them being logged in.
- Multi-threaded backup engine provides fast backups without interfering users’ activity.
- One-way and two-ways synchronization. You can easily synchronize folders and files between computers in the network.
- Encryption, compression, masks, filtering. These and many other additional functions will help you to achieve the perfect backup strategy without any difficulties.
About Novosoft
Novosoft LLC was established in 1992. During the years of successful work this company has gained a good reputation and recognition of users throughout the world. Today Novosoft LLC is a prominent developer of computer and server backup software for home users as well as for small and middle-sized enterprises. The key product of the company – Handy Backup – is present in three major editions meeting every user’s needs: Handy Backup Standard, Handy Backup Professional and Handy Backup Server. Depending on individual needs there are different customer solutions based on flexible plug-in system.
To learn more about Handy Backup Server functionality please visit the official website www.handybackup.net.
A free 30-days trial including all features is here: Download Handy Backup Server.
Free Zemana AntiLogger for EVERYONE By Softpedia.com (Today Only)
March 14, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
“Zero-Day” (aka “0-day”) is fast becoming the most feared buzzword in the computing world, and detection delays while suspected malicious files are analyzed and “fingerprints” are generated mean that new threats which can attack and compromise your computer even if you have the latest up-to-date anti-malware software installed might be running around the Internet undetected for hours, or even days.
Zemana AntiLogger is designed to protect your computer against such attacks. No matter which anti-malware program you’re currently using, you need the added protection of Zemana AntiLogger!
AntiLogger is dramatically different from traditional products that rely heavily on “fingerprints” created by lab analysts and researchers to detect malware. It doesn’t need “signature updates”. It understands how malware attacks your computer, and its unique technology detects malicious programs when they try to run on your PC and shuts them down BEFORE they can steal your identity or your confidential information.
- Bank online and perform other financial transactions safely and securely.
- Defeat malware programs that seek to capture your sensitive data before it’s encrypted.
- Actively monitor and shut down keyloggers, SSL banker trojans, spyware, and other malware.
- Defend against programs that other antivirus protection apps let through.
- Does not slow down your PC Windows Vista/ XP/ 7 compatible.
Giveaway Offer In Collaboration With Softpedia.com
Type: Free Giveaway Offer ($34.00 To Buy)
File Size: 6.00 MB (About 30 seconds on broadband connection)
Requirements: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32-Bit)
Version: 1.9.2.185
The Offer still running
New ClamAV for Windows Powered By ( immunet and sourcefire )
March 7, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
The new ClamAV for Windows is the result of a partnership between Immunet Corporation (http://www.immunet.com) and Sourcefire, Inc. (http://www.sourcefire.com). It is designed to provide the ClamAV community with a free Windows-specific Anti-Virus (AV) solution using an advanced Cloud-based protection mechanism. You can use ClamAV For Windows as a stand-alone, host-based AV solution, or in conjunction with your pre-installed AV solution to provide enhanced detection for the latest malware threats.
Say goodbye to the days of watching AV software drain your memory and processing speed. Immunet’s unique Cloud-based technologies allow the ClamAV application to leverage the power of the Cloud to drive the AV engine. When you use ClamAV for Windows, you save system resources for the tasks they really want to run, like games and business applications.
ClamAV for Windows utilizes advanced Cloud-based and community-based detection methods. Developed by Immunet, these detection methods leverage the computers of your friends, family and a worldwide global community to harness their collective knowledge for securing your PC. Every time someone in this collective community encounters a threat, everyone else in the community gains protection from that same threat in real time. You no longer have to rely on the isolated security of your current Anti-Virus vendor. You are able to protect your friends and family while being better protected yourself. This is exactly what we designed ClamAV for Windows to do. By providing a fast and light layer of virus detection, and linking everyone in a global community, we harness a security sum that is far greater than its individual parts, we call this Collective Immunity.
Immunet placed ClamAV into their Cloud infrastructure alongside their Ethos detection engine, and several other detection technologies. By combining all these technologies, and utilizing the power of community-based detection, we feel we have the most effective Anti-Virus technology on the market. And it only gets better with every user that installs and utilizes our technology.
Download New ClamAV :
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7
- A working Internet connection
Optional Requirements
- A Facebook account
- A Twitter account
Check your password — is it strong?
March 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under Protection Tools
Your online accounts, computer files, and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them.
Test the strength of your passwords: Click Here
Powered by Microsoft
(McAfee) Operation Aurora Overview (Video)
January 19, 2010 by admin
Filed under Security Channel
Find out what operation aurora is, what’s at risk, and how to protect your organization.
Panda’s Cloud Antivirus leaves beta behind
November 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Security News
First introduced in beta in April, Panda Cloud Antivirus graduates to a stable, public release and signifies a major security vendor taking aim at the freeware competition–instead of the other way around. Cloud Antivirus was notable on its beta release for being one of the few security options available to users that contained most of its protections in the cloud. This allowed it to protect users while consuming significantly fewer resources than many competing programs.
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 is notable as a free security solution for two reasons: Panda is a reputable security vendor, and the program achieves its goal of freeing up system resources. In a press release, Panda Security CEO Juan Santana described Cloud Antivirus as a game-changer. It’s not clear quite yet that that’s the case, but at the very least the program looks to fill a niche created by resource-conscious netbooks.
As light on resources as advertised, Cloud Antivirus offers strong reputation-based protection for those who want their security program out of sight and out of mind. A third-party efficacy evaluation wasn’t available at the time of writing, but in empirical testing the program only used 9 MB of RAM while idle, and only 56 MB of RAM when scanning. Many other security programs will run scans at 150 MB of RAM or more.
Despite keeping most of its database in the cloud, Panda Security’s Senior Research Advisor, Pedro Bustamante, noted during an interview in October that Cloud Antivirus isn’t disabled just because the host computer is disconnected from the Internet. “Panda has an offline mode that uses a small cached copy of Collective Intelligence on your local drive, it’s only the most recent threats on a real time wild list.” Collective Intelligence is the name that Panda gave its cloud system when it was introduced in 2007.
When you open Cloud Antivirus, the main window lets you know whether you’re safe or not with a big red or green icon. Cloud Antivirus works as other antivirus solutions do, offering a Quick Scan and a Custom scan for specific folder, files, and drives, but its ancillary features are exceptionally light. The Quick Scan took 13 minutes on my Windows 7 Lenovo T400 laptop.
Dragging an active Cloud Antivirus window, in Windows 7 at least, will turn it translucent.
(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)
You can opt out of contributing anonymous data to the cloud, but that also opts you out of automatic threat management. There’s a network connection proxy option should you need it, and a reporting feature that will show you what kind of threats have been detected and removed from your computer. You can filter the report by All, Last 24 hours, Last Week, or Last Month, and there’s a Recycle Bin pane from which you can recover a false positive, should you need it. Unfortunately, the Recycle Bin is hidden behind an obnoxious “flipping” screen that cheesily rotates when you need to access it.
If you’re familiar with the minimalist Microsoft Security Essentials, Cloud Antivirus is even simpler. I did notice some odd interface rendering around the minimize and close buttons in Windows XP, but not in Windows 7. There are other more serious concerns about the program. Most notably, it lacks a scheduler, and it removes user input from update functions. Scans are also limited: you can tell the program what to scan, but not what to look for, so forget about toggling heuristics or rootkits. Then again, the point of this kind of security is that it’s all wrapped into one.
Keeping in mind its limited feature set, and that we don’t have efficacy numbers at the time of reviewing, Panda Cloud Antivirus makes good security choice for those willing to take the plunge.
by Seth Rosenblatt from Cnet
