Early this week I had gotten an email from AVG’s PR company asking is WinExtra would be interested in doing a review of the new AVG Internet Security 2012 software package, which at the time seemed like it might be a good idea. I should say that I have used AVG products in the past but moved on after they become a little on the bloated side but I figured…

Download.com at CNET has all the juicy details but anyone who has used Avast in the past will notice right away the user interface overhaul that the security program has been given. The old MP3 player looking interface that prior versions sported was one of the things about Avast that I never liked so it is good to seen that they have gotten serious about creating a usable UI this…

Now just to be clear here – I am not a Sunbelt Software customer but I have been in the past and I think very highly of their software. That said if you are in the market for a great anti-virus and anti-spyware security package then these guys have got a great Black Friday special for you to grab a hold of. On November 27, 2009 get over to their…

In a recent study security vendor Trusteer found 10,000 PCs are infected with a trojan that goes by the name of Zeus or Zbot. In of itself this wouldn’t seem like all that much of a news flash to anyone but when you consider that the majority of those machines had an installed, and up to date, antivirus program. Of that 10,000 31% of the machines didn’t have an antivirus…