SSDownloader: Download Automatically Latest Popular Antivirus, Antimalware, and Firewall Apps

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SSDownloader is an open source application which makes downloading current versions of popular antivirus, anti-malware, firewall, and other system utility software a snap. It is basically a special download manager built to download the latest version of security suites or system utilities directly from the manufacturer’s website.

This app offers some advantages of its own, like a user don’t have to check the manufacturer or developer website to download the latest version of his favorite security or utility app. It also protects users from downloading rogue security softwares as it gets all the apps from the respective developer/manufacturer’s site. Also, since there are many popular security software available for Windows, some of which are free and others are paid versions. So, lots of people don’t know which anti-virus and anti-spyware software they should use in their systems. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security, Utilities, Windows

How To Disable Facebook Places and Protect Your Privacy

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Facebook has just announced Places, the long-awaited feature that brings location-based functionality to Facebook. Facebook Places lets you and your friends check in to locations. If you’d prefer to keep your location private, or at least stop your friends from posting it, here’s how to do it.

If you want to have more control over who can see your location and want to protect your privacy online, you can quickly change Facebook Places settings through your privacy settings. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet, Security, Tips and Tricks

Ubuntu 10.04.1 Lucid Lynx Update Released

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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), is a LTS (Long Term Support) release and will be receiving performance, bug and security fixes until April 2013. The very first major “maintenance” update to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is out now and is available for download. With the release of first update 10.04.1, the second version of the update Ubuntu 10.04.2 is scheduled to be released in January 2011. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Linux, News and Updates, Security

Norman Security Suite 8 Free License Valid for 4 Years [DnBNOR Edition]

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Norman Security Suite 8 DnBNOR edition is a special edition of the latest version of Norman Security Suite, offered free by the company. This special edition does not need any license key to install and activate the program, and will protect your computer for 4 years, which is really long!

Norman Security Suite 8 DnBNOR Special Edition does have some limitations. Features like Intrusion Guard, Privacy Tools and AntiSpam are disabled from this special edition, but users will have the standard Antivirus, Anti-spyware, Norman Personal Firewall and Parental Control features for free which is valid for 4 years. The offer page can be found here.

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Filed Under: News and Updates, Security, Windows, Windows 7

Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5 [Software Review]

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My Technology Guide readers knows it very well how important computer security is for them. So, we will not stress any more over the importance of having a security suite installed on your computer. New technologies like behavioral detection and heuristics, have emerged to further strengthen the standard protection layers offered by a security suite. One such security suite that we took for a review here is Emsisoft Anti-Malware.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware is a stand-alone antivirus, anti-malware product and uses two scan engines (the Emsisoft Anti-Malware, and the Ikarus Anti-Virus engine) to increase protection and to increase the malware and virus detection. The three guards present in Emsisoft Anti-Malware protects your computer against new infections: File Guard, Behavior Blocker and Surf Protection. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security, Software Review, Windows

Opera 10.60 Final Released, Recommended Upgrade

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Opera web browser fans should rejoice as Opera has released Opera 10.60, “faster than the fastest browser” recently. Opera 10.60 is based on the new version of Presto 2.6.30 rendering engine. It now includes support for several new HTML5 features, such as GeoLocation, Web Workers and Offline applications. It has also notably improved Javascript and DOM performance. The latest version also have thousands of bugs fixed since 10.54. Opera 10.60 is the first web browser that supports for the high quality video format WebM. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, News and Updates, Opera, Security

Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 Support Ends July 2010

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Microsoft has recently issued a reminder that it will stop providing support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 on July 13, 2010. Public support for these products ends after this date and Microsoft will no longer offer any assisted support or security updates. Microsoft also announced that on the same day, Windows 2000 Server will move out of Extended Support while Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 will move from Mainstream Support to Extended Support, which will end on July 14, 2015. Microsoft normally provides Mainstream Support, followed by Extended Support, and then finishes with the product by just providing Self-Help Online Support. [Read more...]

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AVG LinkScanner now Available for Mac [Freeware]

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AVG Technologies has unveiled AVG LinkScanner for the Mac operating system. AVG LinkScanner for Mac is the first free AVG product designed for Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard and supports Internet browsers Safari 3.x, Safari 4.x, Safari 5.x and Mozilla Firefox 3.x and higher.

According to AVG research, 99 percent of all malicious threats are delivered through the web and cannot be stopped with traditional antivirus software. These threats can come and go within hours and can live on familiar, big-name sites and even on third-party applications on popular social networking sites, without users even noticing. And with the growing popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and others, the bad guys are using these sites as their main vehicle for spreading malware. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apple, Browsers, Firefox, Plugins, Safari, Security