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Microsoft to Offer Free Antivirus Protection

Microsoft is gearing up to offer Windows users a free real-time antivirus protection. Code name Morro, the antivirus product will be a hosted service. Morro works by routing all users Internet traffic to a ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (39) | comments 31 weblog

Energizer Duo battery charger hides a Trojan

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Energizer Duo USB battery charger has been hiding a backdoor Trojan in its software that affects computers using Windows. According to Symantec the Trojan has probably been there since ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (23) | comments 10

Hackers strike at MasterCard to support WikiLeaks

(AP) -- Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 12

Indian hacker lords have Symantec antivirus code

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Indian hacker group called The Lords of Dharmaraja has laid claim to Symantec’s antivirus software code. Symantec, confirming the theft in an e-mail posted Friday, said the chunk of ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 07, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study

Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 20

Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation

(AP) -- A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 38

Hackers pick Google's pocket with Mac virus

A virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google's pocket by hijacking advertising "clicks," tallying as much as $10,000 daily, according to Internet security firm Symantec.

Technology / Software

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Stuxnet virus could target many industries

(AP) -- A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran's nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Second computer worm 'hits Iran'

Iran has been hit with new malicious software as part of cyber attacks against the country, a military officer told Mehr news agency on Monday without specifying the target.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 43

Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP

(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hacker thieves targeted Anonymous allies: Symantec

Anonymous on Monday gave mixed reactions to a US computer security firm's report that backers of the notorious hacker group were suckered into downloading software that steals online banking information.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Security companies on alert as scam e-mails plunge

E-mail spam has plunged by more than half since Christmas Day when the world's largest criminal spamming operation inexplicably shut down.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Gawker hack underscores flaws with passwords

The fallout from a hacking attack on Gawker Media Inc. a week ago underscores a basic security risk of living more of our lives online: Using the same username and password for multiple sites is convenient, but costly.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Don't fret about Conficker: Here's what to do

(AP) -- The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whether everyday PC users will even ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Symantec

Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix with a National Science Foundation grant. Symantec was originally focused on artificial intelligence-related projects, including a database program. Hendrix hired several Stanford University natural language processing researchers as the company's first employees. In 1984 Symantec was acquired by another, even smaller computer software startup company, C&E Software, founded by Dennis Coleman and Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr., and headed by Eubanks. The merged company retained the name Symantec, and Eubanks became its chief executive officer. Its first product, Q&A, was released in 1985. Q&A provided database management and bundled a word processor. In August of 1990, Symantec purchased Peter Norton Computing a developer of various applications for DOS. Symantec's consumer antivirus and data management utilities are still marketed under Peter Norton's name.

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