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26
Oct

How To Remove Malware with Ultimate Boot CD for Win. Part 2

Watch me remove ANY and EVERY piece of malware using Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

What is MalWare’ summary in 60 seconds of video. www.FreeSystemScan.com for more. Video briefly describes potential problems, identifying MalWare with check and preventative action. MalWare is a broad term to encompass the array of computer viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and other related pests.

26
Oct

GDATA Antivirus 2009 Review Part 5

Werd Up G….It’s the GDATA review!!!

25
Oct

Kaspersky AntiVirus 2009 Review – Part 5

part 5
Video Rating: 5 / 5

22
Oct

How To Remove Any Malware Infection. A Step-By-Step How To. Part 1

Here is how I remove any malware infection. This is a step-by-step tutorial. Please visit remove-malware.com for notes on this tutorial. Please note that video 1 and 2 may be a bit repedative since they were recorded at different times.

22
Oct

Kaspersky AntiVirus 2009 Review – Part 4

Part 4
Video Rating: 5 / 5

An Anti-Virus program (HeroWare) has set out to eliminate its latest target, the RedMen Virus. Video I made with Flash, enjoy. See exclusive animations and pictures here: dylanartt.deviantart.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

17
Oct

Bit Defender 2009 Antivirus Review Part 1

Does Bit Defender really “protect your every bit”? Find Out! Part 1 of 4
Video Rating: 4 / 5

This video is brought to you by: www.pcmichiana.com Avast! Home Edition is one of the most popular free antiviruses on the market today. Many people debate whether it is better than Avira or AVG Free (less about AVG Free these days). The important thing to take from this part of the Faster 7 series is that Avast is a powerful free antivirus that will protect your computer adequately. With all of the freeware versions of software out, there is no reason to purchase an antivirus when you are using it for personal (rather than commercial) use. Install Avast! Home Edition on Windows 7 1. Download Avast! Home Edition through the following link: pcmichiana.com 2. Click ‘Run’ to run the installer. 3. Make sure to agree to the terms of service. 4. That’s it! Installing Avast is just like installing any other piece of antivirus or regular software you have installed before. This software will protect you from viruses, but we will be going over a different piece of software in the upcoming videos which will show you how to remove spyware and adware from your machine. Stay tuned!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

16
Oct

Converting a PSD to HTML — Part 1 of 3

Visit tinyurl.com and learn to convert a design from Photoshop into a complete HTML/CSS website. This PSD to HTML video tutorial start the conversion process of a Photoshop mockup of a website, into a real live HTML and CSS based website. This is the first part of a three-part PSD to HTML series. Following along through the full tutorial you will learn some great coding techniques and PSD to HTML and CSS tricks.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

12
Oct

Spyware ? Understanding and Addressing The Risks – Part Two

Mitigating the Risk

The main technologies available to mitigate against the risks associated with “Spyware” within the enterprise environment are discussed below.

Mitigation techniques are two-tiered or two-part – at the gateway and at the desktop level.

Desktop Protection

At the desktop or client there are notably three technologies available to mitigate against the risks posed by “Spyware”. These are personal firewalls, dedicated anti-spyware programs, and traditional desktop anti-virus (AV) tools.

AV

In some respects forms of “Spyware” strongly resemble viruses. They are uniquely identifiable, can be detected by scanning the client machine and are sometimes packaged as a set of files that can be removed to clean up the infected system. However many forms of “Spyware” do not reside on disk as persistent files – such as hostile ActiveX and Java applets. The motives, delivery mechanisms and often the removal of “Spyware” is different however from the protocols followed for viruses and worms.

 

“Spyware” is also different in that there is no one definition agreed on what constitutes “Spyware”. Some programs that might be classed as “Spyware” – such as Microsoft’s Windows Update Notifications – are useful, disclose their tracking capabilities, do not disrupt desktop operation impacting user productivity, and are distributed by responsible companies. “Spyware” therefore needs to be classified and identified by the actions it performs and the level of risk – complicating detection and removal, as the users must be given a choice over what is permitted.

AV vendors – notably Trend Micro, McAfee and Symantec – already have software that is very good at scanning files before they execute. The software also has mature enterprise management suites and the vendors have support teams in place to handle enterprise customers’ needs. However the AV vendors have been slow at adding anti-spyware capabilities to their products. The AV vendors however will catch up  – Trend Micro acquired private start-up InterMute in May of this year, the first acquisition the company has ever made. In 2004 CA acquired PestPatrol and added PestPatrol to the eTrust suite.

Independent reviews and tests show repeatedly that AV tools are not as good at catching “Spyware” as dedicated anti-spyware programs. Whilst AV tools may detect 99% of viruses this number falls considerably to perhaps 70% – when considering “Spyware” programs.

Using the next releases of desktop AV tools to protect desktops against “Spyware” is extremely attractive to enterprises. There is no need to deploy yet another software agent on every machine within the desktop population, there is no need to monitor yet another ‘console’. AV already incorporates the management features that enterprises require – such as ‘headless operation’ and centralised reporting. Enterprises achieve greater consistency with standardisation on a smaller number of vendors, leading ultimately to cost efficiencies.

Dedicated Anti-Spyware Programs

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There is an ever-increasing list of dedicated anti-spyware programs available from vendors including Webroot (who have just secured 8million in venture capital funding), LavaSoft and PC Tools. Ad-Aware from LavaSoft is the most popular product with some 128 million downloads to date. Other notable products include SpyBot Search and Destroy, CounterSpy and Spyware Eliminator. Microsoft has also entered the market with Windows Antispyware – available as a beta for download from their web site – following their acquisition of Giant Company Software.

Whilst dedicated anti-spyware programs are more effective today at detecting and removing Spyware than AV products this will change over the forthcoming quarters. Most of the dedicated anti-spyware offerings are available as free downloads aimed at consumers / individual users and not at large enterprises. Site licensing is rarely available for example. Some of the emerging vendors, including FBA Software and Tenebril, have enterprise offerings on their roadmaps. However these companies are small, lack corporate / financial stability in some cases, and typically do not have the support teams and infrastructure in place to handle large enterprise customers.

Orthus are of the view that many standalone dedicated anti-spyware programs will cease to exist in the relatively near future and the dedicated anti-spyware market will not be significant in years to come as established vendors offer integrated AV/anti-spyware/personal firewall products.

Personal Firewalls

Just as AV tools now include some “Spyware” protection so many of the personal firewalls available offer a level of protection as well. These include McAfee, Check Point (following the acquisition of Zone Labs in early 2004 and the subsequent release of the Integrity product) and Internet Security Systems (ISS) with the release of Proventia Desktop in March 2005. Sygate is following a similar path to Check Point and ISS.

Personal firewalls are recommended for particularly mobile clients that are regularly taken outside of the corporate perimeter and used to access corporate systems from DSL connections in the home and public WLAN hotspots, where typically direct Internet access is also allowed. They are also recommended for fixed desktop and mobile clients in smaller locations where there is little or no gateway level protection in place and where again direct Internet access is available from those locations.

Gateway Protection

Desktop protection is only half of the story when it comes to “Spyware” protection. Gateway level protection is also available.

Blue Coat offer a range of proxy appliances that, in conjunction with popular URL filtering solutions, offer a strong defence against “Spyware”. “Spyware” often secretly installs via “drive-by” installers, which install “Spyware” in the background without any user interaction. Blue Coat combats this with anti-spyware policy controls that inspect, filter and block web content associated with “Spyware” installation software. This preventive approach is critical when “Spyware” originates from an unknown web site – not yet categorised within URL filtering solutions – and when there is no known signature available to detect the malicious program.

Gateway protection incorporating a strong URL filtering solution is particularly good in preventing programs on infected systems from sending information back to “Spyware” sites, mitigating against the productivity impact of Adware but also the more serious privacy and data leakage concerns associated with more malicious code. URL filtering solutions also offer some protection from infection in the first place by preventing users from visiting known infected sites.

Gateway solutions typically incorporate logging and reporting features that can be used to identify infected systems thus facilitating a targeted “Spyware” clean-up periodically. This capability is also useful to target mobile clients (notebook PCs) that are not protected with Personal Firewalls that become infected whilst outside the corporate perimeter.

Recommendations

In light of the above Orthus suggest that enterprises take the following approach to mitigating the risks posed by “Spyware” today :

deploy gateway “Spyware” protection to prevent back-channel communication by infected systems augemented with a leading URL filtering solution. use granular reporting capabilities from gateway solutions to identify infected systems and choose a dedicated anti-spyware tool to clean-up infected systems on a case-by-case / ad hoc basis. do not deploy dedicated anti-spyware programs across the desktop population – instead wait for AV vendors to add strong anti-spyware capabilities in future releases. force remote office branch office based systems to access the Internet via the corporate gateway (where gateway anti-spyware protection exists). for remote and mobile clients, in addition to AV, install a recognised personal firewall to increase protection.

educate staff making them aware of the risks of “Spyware”, how systems are typically infected and how to close pop

Sean Bennett is Commercial Director at Orthus limited (http://www.orthus.com). Orthus is a leading provider of information risk professional services, helping orgnisations globally to measure, minimise and manage the information risks they face. Orthus provide end to end services for clients to comprehensivly address risk in their environments including Insider Threats, addressing issues including data leakage, sabotage and fraud; External Threats (http://www.orthus.com/dr_overview.htm) including wireless security, penetration testing, virtualisation security, vulnerability management and Secure Software Development Life-Cycle; Supply Chain Threats including securing cloud services and data processed by third parties; and Legal and Regulatory challenges including Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).

Spybot S&D (“Search & Destroy”) detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Watch this video and learn how to protect your computer. Spyware (also known as adware) silently tracks your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. That’s BS Watch this video and learn how to protect your computer. Also, you can watch more videos just like this one at MyTrainingCenter.com … Hope to see you there!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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03
Oct

How to Create a Basic Website Design Template Using PHP, CSS, and XHTML Part 1 of 3

For the entire web design course go to: www.johnmorrisonline.com Learn how to create a basic static page website design template using php, css, and xhtml. Using website templates like the one you’ll learn to make here helps cut down on the rewriting of code and saves you a ton of time. This is a basic template we’ll use to build more advanced website designs and templates.

A fed up website designer negotiates a website with flash and all sorts of internet features with a typically clueless, broke client.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

29
Sep

Comodo 4 Internet Security Review and Tests Part 1

Can Comodo Internet Security 4 really keep your PC virus free? Find out as I pit Comodo Internet Security 4 against 10 pieces of malware (viruses). Stay tuned for part 2 which will demo the latest version of Defense+ and the Comodo Sandbox…
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Testing out McAfee 2011
Video Rating: 4 / 5