Ever wondered how data is checked when it is transferred from A to B? When you download a file online, wondered how the downloaded file is checked to see if it was downloaded properly? Here’s how.
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One way data is checked is by checking the bits in a byte, if you have a fair knowledge of [...]
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Recently the popular social network MySpace was ‘malwared’ again. The malware coding was embedded in the music star Alicia Keys’ MySpace profile page. Once the victim visits Keys’ page, the malware requests the user to download to ‘watch the video’. The program then installs malware into the victim’s computer.
The link redirects to a well known [...]
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Company – McAfee
Brief Summary – A popular reputed anti-virus software which has deteriorated in recent times due to its inefficiency.
General Ratings
Interface – 5/5
Ease of use – 4/5
Memory Usage – 1/5
Popularity – 5/5
Price(~$30.00) – 4/5
No. of bugs – 5/5
Application specific ratings
Full Scan duration(120 – 300 minutes) – 2/5
Memory usage while scanning – 1/5
Virus detection [...]
Popularity: 19% [?]
Company - Lavasoft
Brief summary – One of the best, most popular anti spyware solutions available today.
General Ratings:
Interface – 4/5
Ease of use – 5/5
Memory Usage – 5/5
Popularity – 5/5
Price of Pro version (~$50.00) – 4/5
No. of bugs – 5/5
Software specific ratings:
Full scan duration (5 – 15 minutes) – 5/5
Memory usage during scan – 3/5
Updates – [...]
Popularity: 7% [?]
Company - Kaspersky Labs
Brief Summary – Has developed steadily and could now be called the best Anti Virus software with the highest detection rate.
General Ratings:
Interface – 5/5
Ease of use – 5/5
Memory Usage – 4/5
Popularity – 4/5
Price(~$40.00) – 4/5
No. of bugs – 5/5
Application specific ratings:
Full Scan duration(90 – 180 minutes) – 3/5
Memory usage while scanning – [...]
Popularity: 14% [?]
Fed up of using your flash because you can’t open it by double clicking on it?! Getting that annoying error message or the ‘open with’ dialog asking you to select a program to open a drive?! Worry no more!
This is caused when a virus assigns the virus itself to run as auto run of your [...]
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Taking on a similar look of skype with its installer named ‘65404-SkypeDefenderSetup.exe’, once installed a user would see a similar convincing enough interface of Skype with minor differences like for the ‘sign in’ button. If in case the login credentials are entered it is sent to another server along with stored passwords from Internet Explorer’s [...]
Popularity: 6% [?]
