Tag: TREND-MICRO

It's already been a big week for Windows antivirus, with the rollout of Immunet's new cloud based product and the first beta release of Avast! 5.0. Trend Micro also has an update for us -- a new version of their popular web-based scanner, Housecall. Housecall v7 adds several new features and enhancements, including improved scanning speed and scanning history and restore functionality. On my ...

Phishing [Wikipedia] is nothing new. The bad guys have been spamming our inboxes for a long, long time hoping we'll click on some bogus link and provide them with important personal info like usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers. Attacks like this rarely limit themselves to one avenue. So where do the bad guys go to find victims when they're not busy spamming? Why, the world's number ...

The security minded folks at Trend Micro have released a new tool that provides real-time protection from internet threats. The Web Protection Add-On monitors any HTTP request made by any program on your computer, so it's not simply an add-on for one web browser. Rather, it will scan every URL you visit and every file you download. If the program finds malware, it will provide a pop up warning ...