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ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses
Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, avast!, or AVG Free.
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Free vs. fee: Free, paid antivirus programs
Depending on whom you ask, paying for antivirus software is either a good investment or a total ripoff. In reality, neither viewpoint is accurate. You can find plenty of good reasons to choose a paid antivirus product, and plenty of good reasons to go with a freebie.
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What Are the Most Overrated Security Technologies?
The security community has grown to depend on some basic technologies in the fight against cyber thieves, such as antivirus software and firewalls. But are practitioners clinging to tools that outlived their usefulness long ago? Were those tools ever really useful to begin with?
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Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
It's become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there's something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.
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Experts only: time to ditch the antivirus?
To the average IT security practitioner, the idea of disabling antivirus on new machines might seem blasphemous. After all, <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/342820">weren't we all told in IT Security 101 that everyone needs AV</a> to keep the malware and data thieves at bay?