Tag: AVG FREE

You know how most anti-virus/anti-spyware software can take up to an hour to run, bogging down your computer in the process? Turns out there's a faster (if slightly less thorough) way to give your computer a quick checkup. Panda NanoScan is a browser-based program that scans for viruses, trojans and spyware. Since the database sits on Panda's servers, there are definitions for you to download. You ...

Google released a study last week (pdf alert) suggesting that 1 in 10 web pages could contain viruses that can be forcefully downloaded to your computer. The report says that an average of 8,000 new web sites with malware were developed each week during the month of April. The take home point here is that we're not just talking about shady websites that you wouldn't trust with your credit card ...