Avast AntiVirus Updated
Avast Antivirus, a free (for personal use, with registration) antivirus program has issued another program update which was downloaded to my PC today. It was upgraded from Avast! Antivirus 4.7.986 to 4.7.1001. This is the third program update by Avast in April. Prior to the three April updates the most recent update was in January. [...]
Avast AntiVirus Sound Tip
I’ve noticed that people are complaining that Avast announcing “Virus database has been updated” is an annoying feature. A compaint I whole heartily agree with. Here’s how to turn that off: Start Avast AntiVirus Select Settings from the menu Select “Sounds” from the settings dialog Click the “Settings” button (or just check “disable all sounds” [...]
Grisoft AVG Releases Free Anti-Rootkit
Grisoft is offerring a free anti-rootkit scanner. The scanner was easy to install and run despite not having any documentation. The program does promote their paid anti-virus software of course but it’s not obnoxious and there’s no disabled features in this version that points you to the full version.