Mac Anti-Virus Tools

Yes, malware threats exist for Apple’s Mac OS X computers. Generally there’s far less risk than for PCs, but knowing how to stay protected remains important. CNET’s MacFixIt recently revisited this topic, in an article, “Popular antivirus tools for OS X tested, again,” citing a researchers’ testing of these top tools (in no particular order):… Continue reading Mac Anti-Virus Tools

PC Malware Protection – what’s the best security app?

Similar to 2013’s security software review (see Best PC Internet Security Product?), PC World’s “Security Showdown 2014” article reviewed the current 2014 versions of 10 popular security suite applications / programs: Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2014 McAfee Internet Security 2014 F-Secure Internet Security 2014 Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014 Eset… Continue reading PC Malware Protection – what’s the best security app?

Security Risk Outlook 2014

A recent PC World article “Threat forecast for 2014: Ransomware, scams, snoops” summarized security firm AVG’s outlook for 2014: AVG Technologies Australia security advisor, Michael McKinnon, said the emergence of ransomware such as Cryptlocker shows the increasing sophistication of modern malware, and should be a concern for individual users and business. Here’s an excerpt from… Continue reading Security Risk Outlook 2014

Firefox Web Browser Gets Another Update

A recent PC World article noted that once again a new version of Firefox was released last week. Mozilla last week released Firefox 26, which kicked off a limited form of click-to-play function and patched 15 security vulnerabilities, six of which were marked “critical.” I recommend Firefox to my clients. Firefox has some features which… Continue reading Firefox Web Browser Gets Another Update