Tag: avg
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A look at the VB2016 sponsors
Today, we are exactly one month away from the start of VB2016 , the 26th Virus Bulletin International Conference, which is to take place 5-7 October in Denver, Colorado. We thought this was a good moment to highlight the sponsors of the conference. We are excited to be sponsored by such a broad range of…
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A look at the VB2016 sponsors
Today, we are exactly one month away from the start of VB2016 , the 26th Virus Bulletin International Conference, which is to take place 5-7 October in Denver, Colorado. We thought this was a good moment to highlight the sponsors of the conference. We are excited to be sponsored by such a broad range of…
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Avast acquires AVG for $1.3bn
There was interesting news in the anti-virus world yesterday, as Avast announced the acquisition of its competitor AVG . Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and both are best known for their free home anti-virus products. Indeed, it is not uncommon for people to confuse the two companies. Writing on his company’s blog,…
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Avast acquires AVG for $1.3bn
There was interesting news in the anti-virus world yesterday, as Avast announced the acquisition of its competitor AVG . Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and both are best known for their free home anti-virus products. Indeed, it is not uncommon for people to confuse the two companies. Writing on his company’s blog,…
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AVG to acquire DroidSecurity
Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices. Czech security firm AVG has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity , a specialist in cloud-based protection of smartphones, tablets and other devices running on Google ‘s Android operating system. DroidSecurity ‘s mobile security app, antivirus free , consistently ranks in the top 50 most…
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Sophos joins free home AV crowd with Mac release
Business-focused firm takes first step into home-user arena. Sophos has announced the release of a home-user edition of its Mac anti-malware solution, which is being given away free to anyone who wants to use it. Unprotected users of Apple ‘s Macintosh range of computers (reckoned by many to constitute the majority of users at the…
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Microsoft steps into free AV market
Security Essentials release creates expected storm of words. Microsoft ‘s release of its free Security Essentials product this week sparked the expected barrage of views and opinions from all angles, from those hailing the release as the end of the AV industry to those slating the free product as inadequate and pointless. The new release…
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AVG acquires Sana Security
Behavioural experts added to growing portfolio. AVG has announced the acquisition of behaviour-blocking firm Sana Security , adding another level to its fast-expanding security solution empire. California-based Sana ‘s technologies focus on monitoring the behaviour of software for anomalous or dangerous activity, providing a means of blocking zero-day malicious attacks beyond signature and heuristic scanning.…
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LinkScanner could be behind surge in web traffic
Traffic analysts worry as AVG implements web scanning technology. AVG ‘s LinkScanner technology, added to its portfolio after the acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs last December, has made its way into the company’s massively popular desktop products, thought to be in use on as many as 70 million systems worldwide. With 20 million of those…
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All in the name
Grisoft becomes AVG. Last month, Czech firm Grisoft , developer of widely used anti-malware product AVG , changed its corporate name to AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Having operated under the Grisoft name for nearly 17 years the company will now go under the same name as its popular product. Similar moves have been made in…