tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84246922011-12-13T19:55:54.986-08:00Antivirus software blog-I dislike computer viruses - what I dislike more is antivirus software that you pay for and they dont even remove the viruses ,spyware,rootkits,botnets,Trojans and adwareAnti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-32648097784643927432008-04-10T06:55:00.000-07:002008-04-10T07:03:46.388-07:00<h3>Kraken is the most dangerous botnet ever</h3><br /><p>Per Gary,the <a href="http://diskrecovery.blogspot.com/2008/04/kraken-mother-of-all-botnets-strikes.html">Kraken botnet is the mother of all botnets</a></p><br /><h3>Kraken 's success again emphasizes that antivirus software makers need to move away from the binary evaluation model of finding malware</h3><br /><p>The <b>Kraken botnet</b> is virtually undetectable by antivirus software, because antivirus software makers such as McAfee and Norton antivirus rely on binary code evaluation to detect and damage control malware</P><br /><P>By altering its binary repeatedly, the <i>Kraken botnet</i> has been able to evade common antivirus programs</p><br /><h3> To detect malicious botnets such as Kraken, antivirus software makers need to move to an alternate model of damage control and virus detection</h3><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-3264809778464392743?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-14400656976021695212007-02-25T19:24:00.000-08:002007-02-25T19:47:31.493-08:00<h4>Image spam-what is image spam</h4><br /><p>Image spam typically refers to email spam where the "text" in the email is actually image spam, where the email consist of a single link to the image, which consists of a spam message</p><br /><h4>Image spam makes keyword based spam prevention techniques obsolete</h4><br /><p>Image spams consist of no keywords, in fact,email spams consist of no text except a typical link to a spam image</p><br /><p>Image spam is undetectable by standard email spam detection techniques, since email spam detection techniques rely typically on keywords in the email, and image spam have almost no keywords to analyze</p><br /><h4>Image spam leaves antivirus and anti-spam software useless</h4><br /><p>Due to the inherent features of image spam, antivirus and anti-spam software are rendered useless by image spam and antivirus software companies such as Symantec are almost clueless about detecting image spam</p><br /><h4>Ways to combat image spam</h4><br /><p>Some ways for antivirus software companies to combat image spam</p><br /><ul><br /><li>Image spam combat using CAPTCHA technologies.This anti image spam technique needs to utilized by email vendors and antispam software vendors.Captcha can combat email spam since CAPTCHA uses the funny wavy characters to distinguish between legitimate human sent email and robot based email image spam </li><br /><li>Image spam combat using behavioral anti-spam techniques-Antivirus anti-spam software companies need to use more behavioral anti-spam techniques to combat image spam to study the typical characteristics of email spam. This behavioral characteristics of email spam are then used to combat at least the typical email scams</li><br /></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-1440065697602169521?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1170963733819081892007-02-08T11:42:00.000-08:002007-02-12T17:48:09.643-08:00<H4>Botnets could have infected 25% of world's computers on the internet</h4> <p>Botnets are the latest computer virus scourge to hit the internet. The botnet threat has been highlighted by even Vint Cerf, known as the Father of the Internet.</p> <p>Botnets could take control of a quarter of the world's computers on the internet and launch a concerted malicious attack on a corporate or Government website. This botnet threat is incredibly serious and we are almost on the verge of an imminent botnet driven attack&nbsp;</p> <h4>Botnets such as Spam Thru make the detection and removal of botnets incredibly difficult</h4> <p>Botnets such as Spam Thru are capable of protecting themselves and prevent removal from the host computer.This botnet "intelligence" is the other scary component of this latest internet vulnerability- heuristic based antivirus software are just unable to detect or remove botnets from host computers</p> <h4>Botnets -What can we do to protect data centers from botnets</h4> <p>In the absence of good antivirus software to protect data centers from botnets, the only recourse seems to be to hope and pray that botnets are not targeted at your data center :-)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-117096373381908189?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1170746777637128712007-02-05T23:15:00.000-08:002007-02-05T23:26:17.910-08:00<h4>Spam Thru Botnet- the biggest threat to cyberspace security</h4><br /><p>The Spam Thru botnet is rumored to be the most powerful botnet launched on the internet. The Spam Thru botnet <br /><br /><h4>Spam Thru Botnet has its own virus protection</h4><br /><p>The Spam Thru Botnet is so advanced that it has its own virus protection system.The Spam Thru Botnet uses this virus protection system to ensure that the Spam Thru Botnet remains the dominant botnet on vulnerable computers and other botnets on the same computers are made ineffective</p><br /><h4>The Spam Thru Botnet tested the vulnerability of cyberspace in end 2006</h4><br /><p>According to Mark Sunner of MessageLabs, Spam Thru tested the vulnerability of cyberspace systems and its own ability to hijack computers at the end of 2006 by launching a small version of a future Spam Thru Botnet attack . This Spam Thru Botnet attack caused a massive exponential surge in cyberspace traffic<p><br /><h4>The Spam Thru botnet is dangerous and points to a disturbing phase of world cyberspace vulnerabilities to virus attacks using the Botnet route</h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-117074677763712871?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1169983962183513112007-01-28T03:23:00.000-08:002007-01-28T03:32:51.670-08:00<H4>Symantec antivirus software users turn zombies</h4><br /><p>A vulnerability in Symantec antivirus software has successfully turned PCs hosting older versions of Symantec antivirus software into zombie computers that can be remotely controlled by malware exponents</p><br /><h4>If you have Symantec antivirus software, your credit card details could be at risk</h4><br /><p>Symantec antivirus software has been penetrated successfully by this zombie virus and your most personal information including your credit cards could be at risk if you have installed Symantec antivirus software</p><br /><h4>Symantec antivirus corporate users at high risk from zombie virus</h4><br /><p>Corporate users of Symantec antivirus software are at an incredible risk since Symantec antivirus is the preferred software among business network systems. If you are a CIO or CEO reading this article on the zombie attack on Symantec antivirus, you had better immediately upgrade your Symantec antivirus software on your corporate networks or better still, if you are smart enough, replace Symantec antivirus software altogether by a different vendor</p><br /><h4>Symantec Inc still in state of denial about zombie attack on Symantec antivirus installed computers</h4><br /><p>Sure,Symantec Inc probably finds it embarrassing that the antivirus software it created is used not to protect computers from viruses but to spread viruses and steal customer information.But, a so-called responsible corporate antivirus vendor like Symantec should definitely not be in a state of denial,it should logically accept that its older antivirus software is vulnerable to zombie viruses and try to make more money thru upgradation :-) </P><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116998396218351311?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1169018069016040992007-01-16T22:58:00.000-08:002007-01-16T23:14:33.960-08:00<h4>Antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones)</h4><br /><br /><p>We are reviewing antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones) A lot of people have written to me asking for my opinion of F-Secure antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones) - I have decided to research on the products available in the market for mobile phone (cell phone) security.</p><br /><br /><P> A recent news article suggests that Nokia is planning to tie up with Symantec for a pre-installed Symantec mobile antivirus solution</p><br /><br /><h4> The quality of Symantec's mobile antivirus solution for mobile phones (cell phones) </h4><br /><p>Now, we dont really have a high opinion of Symantec's other antivirus offerings- but it will be interesting to review Symantec's antivirus solution for mobile phones (cell phones)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116901806901604099?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1168934543087633412007-01-15T23:51:00.000-08:002007-01-16T17:52:11.763-08:00<h4>A popular antivirus or antispyware scan spam that is used by antivirus vendors worldwide</h4><br /><p>A popular antivirus software scan that is doing the rounds has a simple technique</p><br /><ul><br /><li>The antivirus software offers a free antivirus software scan (sometimes, its a free antispyware scan) that is supposed to detect viruses and spyware on your computer for free.<br /></li><br /><br /><li>The antivirus software free scan software is then downloaded onto you computer. <br /></li><br /><li>The antivirus software infects your computers with viruses and spyware during the installation of the software<br /></li><br /><li>The antivirus software scan then detects these viruses and spyware and displays them prominently (the same viruses and computer spyware that were installed by the antivirus software scan in the first place!)<br /></li><br /><li>The next step, is to ask you to buy the antivirus software or antispyware software for just 29.99$<br /></li></ul><br />Since the antivirus software or antispyware software cleans up the computer viruses on your computers, the customers are also very happy with the antivirus software product and give the antivirus software glowing testimonials.<br /><br /><h4>This antivirus or antispyware software scan spam is almost perfect- Its high time authorities cracked down on this mother of all spams!<br /></h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116893454308763341?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1168503172113434562007-01-11T00:01:00.000-08:002007-01-11T00:12:55.130-08:00<H3>Can we uninstall the antivirus software on our corporate machines after Microsoft Vista?<br /></H3><br /><br /><P>Uninstalling antivirus software that is expensive and requires expensive bandwidth for regular updates is the dream of every corporate information security manager.<P> <br /><br /><P><br />It may be time to uninstall your antivirus software since third party antivirus software is often also the cause of opening your corporate networks to external exploits and hacker attacks - One vulnerability in your corporate antivirus software such as Symantec and McAfee antivirus software can expose your entire corporate network to external hacker attacks from around the world.<br /></P><br /><br /><H3><br />It is definitely high time you uninstalled your antivirus software if Microsoft Vista truly achieves its promise of a great security, firewall and antivirus protection solution</H3><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116850317211343456?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1168323312813950852007-01-08T21:57:00.000-08:002007-01-09T23:01:24.656-08:00<h4>Avoid Google desktop downloads in corporate networks</h4><br /><p>In my last post on <a href="http://antivirusjoe.blogspot.com/2007/01/google-desktop-is-huge-security-risk.html">Google Desktop security</a>,I had mentioned that corporates should go on a security witchhunt against recognized brandnames such as Google and instead focus on small antivirus and antispyware players.</p><br /><br /><h4>My views on Google Desktop security were absolutely wrong :-)</h4><br /><br /><p>I was wrong about the security implications of Google Desktop in a corporate network. <br />I would of course blame the holiday season for my niceness towards Google Desktop security hazards - The other reason for my good words for Google Desktop security could be the nice friends from Google whom I met last week :-)<br /></p><br /><br /><h4>Google Desktop security - you gotta watch out </h4><br /><p>I had a meeting with a Fortune 50 corporate security honcho this week, and he convinced me that Google Desktop was one of the biggest security risks to hit the market,simply because of the popularity of Google Desktop downloads. Again,why should a so-called desktop application have to communicate with home base so often? Imagine your entire corporate network being compromised by an external competitor- thats the security risk that Google desktop entails<br /></p><br /><br /><h4>In summary, watch out for the security risks in allowing Google Desktop to be downloaded in your company.<br /></h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116832331281395085?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1167901066970088112007-01-04T00:44:00.000-08:002007-01-04T00:57:47.296-08:00Google Desktop has been identified as a security risk to corporates by many recent corporate audits. The security audits suggest that Google Desktop is an enormous security risk since Google Desktop is one of the most popular downloads in corporates today.<br /><br />I believe that labelling Google Desktops as a security risk is a flawed conclusion. Not doubt, Google Desktop opens up the corporate network to a host of vulnerabilities but at least the software comes from Google engineers who hopefully will not be very interested in a malicious intent<br /><br />In comparison to Google Desktops, corporate users around the world download a host of dangerous software - many even written for malicious attacks on corporates.<br /><br />Do you agree that people are more paranoid about security risks from big business rather than small hackers who can be even more malicious.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116790106697008811?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1167587441779936442006-12-31T08:32:00.000-08:002006-12-31T09:50:42.016-08:00Are there alternatives to McAfee,Norton and Symantec antivirus software?<br /><br />We are all familiar with the heuristic antivirus software products peddled by these mega antivirus vendors. We are familiar with the massive virus signature databases these antivirus software makers maintain.<br /><br />And we know that this kind of antivirus software does not work!<br /><br />What the world needs is behavioral and intention based antivirus software. In the beginning of 2007, we will present a review of all behavioral and intention based antivirus software in the market.<br /><br />So, wish you all a great new year -hopefully to a world where there are no viruses or spyware..<br />Imagine if you can..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116758744177993644?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1166526929402777862006-12-19T03:09:00.000-08:002006-12-19T03:15:31.533-08:00AVG antivirus- Aha, the promise of a free antivirus software. We wish the AVG antivirus software was GPL, in addition to offering a free download.<br /><br />But,hey,one cannot wish for the moon, when nothing is life is free-least of all,a good antivirus software<br /><br />Unfortunately, AVG antivirus is not anything to write home about. AVG antivirus just about makes the grade when it comes to antivirus software- the AVG antivirus software is buggy and not really great. The only good point about AVG antivirus and its a cynical point - AVG antivirus's competitors such as Symantec and McAfee antivirus are not any better.<br /><br />On a homorous note, if you feel <strong>safer</strong> having to pay for bad antivirus software- buy Symantec or McAfee antivirus- If you are <strong>comfortable</strong> with a free antivirus software that is equally bad, download AVG antivirus software.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116652692940277786?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1166098165636115602006-12-14T04:09:00.000-08:002006-12-14T04:09:25.906-08:00<a href="http://diskrecovery.blogspot.com/2006/12/kasperskys-antivirus-software-has.html">Kaspersky's antivirus software has rootkits-Highly disappointed!</a><br /><br />I believe Symantec has also inserted a rootkit in its antivirus software and actually called it a 'bug'! :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116609816563611560?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1166097991228562162006-12-14T04:06:00.000-08:002006-12-14T04:06:33.146-08:00<a href="http://diskrecovery.blogspot.com/2006/12/kasperskys-antivirus-software-has.html">Kaspersky's antivirus software has rootkits-Highly disappointed!</a><br /><br />In this rootkits article,Kaspersky antivirus software apparently has rootkits in its antivirus software. This is scary, even antivirus software companies are joining the likes of companies such as Sony is deliberately inserting rootkits in client machines.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116609799122856216?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1165837829980122602006-12-11T03:50:00.000-08:002006-12-11T03:50:32.853-08:00<a href="http://diskrecovery.blogspot.com/2006/12/do-antivirus-software-companies-create.html">A BC/DR disk storage consultant!So boring? Of course not!: Do antivirus software companies create viruses?</a><br /><br />I would really agree with this hypothesis that antivirus software companies probably create the computer viruses in the first place.. It makes perfect economic sense for antivirus software companies to create viruses in the first place<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116583782998012260?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1162691710350497702006-11-04T17:50:00.000-08:002006-11-04T17:55:16.183-08:00Download free Windows Defender today.<br /><br />Well,we have no choice really. Microsoft should know best what the bugs in their systems are- which let spyware, antivirus and rootkits into your PC desktop every day. The good news is that Microsoft has released its own free antispyware product- Windows Defender. <br /><br />Microsoft offering antispyware products for free? Sounds incredible-but its true, at least for now. The criticisms of the security vulnerability of Microsoft products have obviously woken up the behemoth and Microsoft is forced to offer Windows Defender free for Microsoft XP and Windows 2003 server.<br /><br />I will be conducting benchmarking tests on Windows Defender antispyware over the next two days and will let you know the results.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-116269171035049770?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1159882403938173652006-10-03T06:19:00.000-07:002006-10-03T06:33:23.963-07:00<ul><li>Many intention based antivirus software providers are claiming that intention based antivirus software is superior to heuristic based antivirus software such as McAfee and Norton antivirus.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>I recently installed an intention based antivirus software names QuickHeal- I was quite impressed by the performance of the antivirus software. I did some simple benchmarking tests on the antivirus software and am quite impressed by the antivirus algorithms.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>How do intention based antivirus systems work? Intention based antivirus software works by checking system parameter changes and file system changes to monitor any system malicious activity</li></ul><p>In summary, I would really recommend intention based antivirus software. Due to the inherent features of intention based antivirus software,there is no need to buy expensive subscription based antivirus database updates and antivirus software updates</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-115988240393817365?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1158065435647977272006-09-12T05:40:00.000-07:002006-09-12T05:50:35.663-07:00The infamous Sony rootkit - Its been almost a year that the news of the infamous Sony rootkit surfaced. The after effects of the Sony rootkit controversy - Today,even McAfee and Symantec, the so-called leaders of the antivirus movement supposedly have their own rootkits installed on your computer!<br /><br />The good news about rootkits :- A lot of good rootkit detectors have entered the market- including products by industry leaders such as Microsoft and humble startups such as IceSword<br /><br />Read <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/howto-defeat-a-rootkit.htm">reviews of 7 leading rootkit detection and removal software</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-115806543564797727?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1145037885327767502006-04-14T11:02:00.000-07:002006-04-14T11:04:45.340-07:00A must-read article on <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/howto-defeat-a-rootkit.htm">how to defeat rootkits.</a> Includes reviews of more than 10 <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/howto-defeat-a-rootkit.htm">rootkit detection software for Linux and Windows</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-114503788532776750?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1140425060487404012006-02-20T00:42:00.000-08:002006-02-20T00:44:20.966-08:00Best free antivirus software : AVG antivirus<br />Best commercial antivirus software: McAfee<br />Best antivirus software for corporates : Norton<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-114042506048740401?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1140004107523435002006-02-15T03:45:00.000-08:002006-02-15T03:48:27.533-08:00Every toolbar that you download is capable of blocking popups. But which is the best popup blocker? Based on our research of the Microsoft toolbar,Google toolbar and the Yahoo toolbar,we have concluded that Yahoo has the best toolbar. Also Yahoo antispy is the best free spyware eliminator and adware blocker software<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-114000410752343500?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1139917190371529712006-02-14T03:37:00.000-08:002006-02-14T03:39:50.383-08:00Apparently,Nokia India has denied that a virus caused the crashing of many Nokia cell phones across the country.. However,many customers who had their cell phones .crashing had only to go to the Nokia or Hutch (cell phone operator) outlet and they could get their cell phones back in operating condition- minus the original cell phone data !<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-113991719037152971?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1139814237963778052006-02-12T23:02:00.000-08:002006-02-12T23:03:57.976-08:00I heard about more viruses in cell phones.. apparently in India, Nokia cell phones have crashed as a result of a virus that was circulated thru Gsm downloads.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-113981423796377805?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1137574151920411392006-01-18T00:48:00.000-08:002006-01-18T00:49:11.930-08:00Yeah,its true..viruses , spam and adware have started invading mobile phones. watch out especially while downloading music, ringtones or games thru GPRS<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-113757415192041139?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1135752763153403372005-12-27T22:49:00.000-08:002005-12-27T22:52:43.163-08:00The rootkit controversy involving Sony is definitely scary- Corporations now seem to think they can install any software on your PC as long as they have a 'Privacy Policy' that no one reads.. Corporations need to realise that they are unleashing a Frankenstein in the form of rootkits and this may haunt them in the future.<br /><br />In the absence of good antivirus software, Fortune 100 companies , at least, need to practice self-regulation to prevent runaway marketing and product initiatives that could also damage the corporate brand..<br /><br />Sony no longer stands for 'trust' for me..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-113575276315340337?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1134136650684538962005-12-09T05:54:00.000-08:002005-12-09T05:57:30.696-08:00If you were to choose one antivirus software for the Holiday season- you could probably play safe by buying McAfee anti virus software<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-113413665068453896?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1127995625765812992005-09-29T05:05:00.000-07:002005-09-29T05:07:05.770-07:00Dont you wish all antivirus software had great autoupdate features like Norton antivirus. Norton may be provide great anti virus features, but the auto update feature is great! (no sarcasm intended)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112799562576581299?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1126633682119675662005-09-13T10:47:00.000-07:002005-09-13T10:48:02.123-07:00I have heard some more good reports about Yahoo anti spy, this time from one of my clients. Looks like this is finally a good piece of anti spy software<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112663368211967566?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1126413536924801902005-09-10T21:37:00.000-07:002005-09-10T21:38:56.930-07:00I have been fairly impressed by Yahoo's anti spy program , available as part of the yahoo toolbar. It is quite good at detecting spyware that was missed by even Spybot and Adaware!<br /><br />Hooray for Yahoo anti spy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112641353692480190?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1125219160233109182005-08-28T01:42:00.000-07:002005-08-28T01:52:40.240-07:00Have you been infected Messenger service adware or spyware..<br /><br />This is how the Messenger service adware or spyware works<br /><br /><ul><li>Your XP suddenly starts throwing up popup messages</li><li>The messages warn of corrupt registry entries and corrupy hard disks </li><li>The messages warn you that your PC is infected by spyware.</li><li>The Title of the message is usually 'Messenger service' which seems to suggest it is an official Microsoft message.</li></ul><p>Well, you have then been infected by the Messenger Service adware or spyware</p><p>How do you get rid of the Messenger service adware or spyware</p><p>Step 1. Go to Start,Control Panel.</p><p>Step 2. Select Administrative Tools,Services</p><p>Step 3. Select Messenger,right click and select disable or stop</p><p>Congrats! You have got rid of your Messenger service adware or spyware</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112521916023310918?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1120384839352962392005-07-03T02:57:00.000-07:002005-07-03T03:00:39.360-07:00Did you guys ever buy a <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/computer-security-shield.htm">windows antivirus security </a>shield? Well,you do get an antivirus Windows security shield along with any antivirus software, but have you ever thought of getting a computer security shield that was actually good and not just of advertisement value to the antivirus software maker?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112038483935296239?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1120232704200063372005-07-01T08:37:00.000-07:002005-07-01T08:45:04.206-07:00Antivirus Joe (that s me :)) has decided to dump all the free antivirus software on his system and purchase some commercial antivirus software.. He is frustrated by the inability of free antivirus software to provide spyware protection.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-112023270420006337?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1119674248001554402005-06-24T21:34:00.000-07:002005-06-24T21:37:28.006-07:00An extremely funny <a href="http://diskrecovery.blogspot.com">anti virus software joke</a>. The antivirus software joke just exposes the gullibility of computer users who trust antivirus software companies<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111967424800155440?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1118544269027232382005-06-11T19:39:00.000-07:002005-06-11T19:44:29.030-07:00If only antivirus software can keep off spyware! Nothing really the 5-step spyware removal process. The <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/anti-spyware-reviews.htm">5 step spyware removal process </a>is not foolproof,but does a better job at removing spyware than commercial spyware removal programs<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111854426902723238?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1117818972791237202005-06-03T10:10:00.000-07:002005-06-03T10:16:12.796-07:00Would I choose McAfee antivirus software? Actually I would - compared to other commercial antivirus software , McAfee antivirus 2003 and versions beyond are definitely superior to the alternatives.<br /><br />While thats not saying that <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-mcafee-antivirus-software.htm">McAfee antivirus software </a>is totally ideal.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111781897279123720?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1117589987732681922005-05-31T18:35:00.000-07:002005-05-31T18:39:47.736-07:00Dear antivirus software campaigner- The Kassbot virus now rampant is another example of a virus caused by not doing your Windows updates. Windows updates are the first and foremost methods of virus protection and will serve you more than any antivirus software<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111758998773268192?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1116093347719743592005-05-14T10:52:00.000-07:002005-05-14T10:55:47.723-07:00Before even looking for<a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-antivirus-software.htm"> antivirus software</a>, run a windows update on your windows pc. You will get a list of critical updates for your computer- installing the critical updates on your PC will do better to get rid of potential viruses than any <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-antivirus-software.htm">antivirus software</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111609334771974359?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1115473238040077802005-05-07T06:38:00.000-07:002005-05-07T06:40:38.046-07:00My ma is convinced that viruses are spawned by secret departments of anti virus companies- to deliberately keep the antivirus software market alive.<br /><br />I tried telling her that there are some free antivirus software available in the world today so at least some anti virus companies are dogooders<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111547323804007780?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1115032826536736142005-05-02T04:17:00.000-07:002005-05-02T04:20:26.536-07:00Often,we pay huge amounts of money for antivirus software and the simple fact is<br />'Antivirus software are absolutely no good at detecting and removing spyware and adware from your computer.<br /><br />Commercial antivirus software such as McAfee and free antivirus software such as Avg are equally bad at detecting and removing spyware from the personal computer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111503282653673614?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1113112742508486512005-04-09T22:53:00.000-07:002005-04-09T22:59:02.510-07:00Should you choose <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-avg-antivirus-software.htm">free AVG antivirus software </a>or the <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-mcafee-antivirus-software.htm">free McAfee antivirus trial</a>? What about Kaspersky antivirus software?<br /><br />I personally think that Avg antivirus software is the best- it may not remove all the viruses in the world- but <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-avg-antivirus-software.htm">Grisoft's Avg antivirus software </a>does a decent job of removing most viruses on the computer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-111311274250848651?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1109504078100040262005-02-27T03:31:00.000-08:002005-02-27T03:34:38.103-08:00Summary :There is no one perfect antispyware software in the world today. Antispyware software lag behind antivirus software by a few generations.<br />The best you can do is to rid yourself of the most common spyware by using the <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/anti-spyware-reviews.htm">5-point free spyware remover process </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-110950407810004026?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1104756536434211712005-01-03T04:34:00.000-08:002005-01-03T04:48:56.433-08:00The liveupdate feature attracts corporates to Symantec antivirus software- for personal users- McAfee is always a better bet! <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-norton-antivirus-software.htm">http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-norton-antivirus-software.htm</a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-110475653643421171?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1103337155474898252004-12-17T18:28:00.000-08:002004-12-17T18:32:35.473-08:00The best part of <a href="http://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-avg-antivirus-software.htm">Avg antivirus software (review)</a> is of that the free antivirus software is better than so many of these so-called antivirus commercial software which are just money spinners and creators of 'dreamware' <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-110333715547489825?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1101867635451263942004-11-30T18:15:00.000-08:002004-12-17T18:40:38.483-08:00I just happened to try out <a href="http://data-recovery-reviews.com/reviews-panda-antivirus-software.htm">Panda antivirus software</a>- and am happy to report that it seems quite cool and less expensive than our so-called 'industry leaders' <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-110186763545126394?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1096527915710428902004-09-30T00:05:00.000-07:002004-09-30T00:05:15.710-07:00<a href="http://antivirusjoe.blogspot.com/">I know all about antivirus software!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-109652791571042890?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424692.post-1095832694765667892004-09-21T22:55:00.000-07:002004-09-21T23:06:06.526-07:00Hi <br /> <br />I am 'antivirus Joe'. I dislike Trojans,spywares and viruses. <br /> <br />I dislike paying for antivirus software <br /> <br />I dislike paying for antivirus software that doesnt remove all viruses <br /> <br />I dislike paying for antivirus software that doesnt remove all spyware <br /> <br />I dislike paying for antivirus software that doesnt remove all adware <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8424692-109583269476566789?l=antivirusjoe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anti Virus Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977987937978636651noreply@blogger.com2