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MalwareBytes Chameleon:   one year later (blog) Chameleon is a tool that fights back against the malware that tries to block MBAM from doing its job.  http://blog.malwarebytes.org/news/2012/12/chameleon-one-year-later/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2794220 Microsoft Security Advisory (2794220) Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution applies to IE 6, 7, and 8.   [IE 9 and 10 are NOT impacted by this.] As if frequently the case, Microsoft suggests us

AVAST’s collaboration with Facebook is a seamless experience for Facebook users. Whenever someone clicks a link within Facebook, Facebook checks the URL in the AVAST cloud, in real time. If the URL is infected, the user sees a message warning of the potential threat.https://blog.avast.com/2012/10/16

Java 7 update 9 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7u9-downloads-1859586.html Release notes:  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u9-relnotes-1863279.html Note:   Apparently "update 8" was skipped [or never released]. ============================

Google says that the latest beta version of its popular Chrome browser incorporates a new security feature to warn users that they are trying to download malicious software from a website.... earlier versions of their browser only warned of drive-by malware attacks.... The latest Chrome beta versi

The two most recent releases, Vista and Windows 7, now qualify for a full 10 years of support. Support end date for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are as follows: Windows XP   4/8/2014 Windows Vista   4/11/2017 Windows 7   1/14/2020     Full

Opera v11.62 - March 27, 2012 for a list of changes, see http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1162/  update via the internal updater, or download directly from http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ 

To users of Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008: If you have Automatic Updates turned on, and you’re not using IE9, Windows Update will automatically upgrade you in February 2012.  Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft's latest web browser with even more security features, but you can opt-

"after a [legitimate well-known registry cleaner] purchase and [being] prompted to phone a 1- 800 number for help with [its] installation... [I found myself talking to their] technician [who] was intent on showing me that my computer was compromised with malware. He was not even slightly intere

Major Geeks is now mirroring what they purport to be the "final" version of Firefox 13: http://majorgeeks.com/Mozilla_Firefox_13.0_Final_d7524.html   However, the official/Mozilla site is still showing FF 12 as being the latest version. Unless you wish to "experiment", I suggest we wait unt

EDIT:   This vulnerability has just been patched... see comment lower in this thread. Before getting to the advisory (see below dotted line), some initial thoughts: 1) the vulnerability, per the advisory, is in avast Internet Security... i.e., the full/paid version.   I don't know t

Included among yesterday's Microsoft Updates --- that is, provided you went for the optional updates --- Microsoft has rolled-out an "important, non-security update" through Windows Update [for versions prior to Windows 7], changing the behaviour of Autorun when you plug a USB stick into your compu

CCleaner v4.09.4471(19 Dec 2013) - Added Google Chrome v32 cleaning and startup management. - Added individual cookie cleaning from Cookies screen. - Improved Internet Explorer 11 DOMStore cleaning. - Added Shutdown after cleaning option. - Improved Live Monitoring notifications (CCleaner Prof

MajorGeeks is reporting a new version of MSE, 4.4.304.0: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_security_essentials_for_windows.html  I have no further information at this time.   Hopefully, I [or others] will be able to confirm this later... EDIT:   That's ind

SpywareBlaster database update 6/28/2013 20 new items (IE/ActiveX) for a total of 16139 items in database. after updating (via internal updater), be sure to enable all protection. Note:   SpywareBlaster now protects in Chrome and other browsers... so it's possible that the database/ch

"There are a ton of browser extensions that promise to protect your privacy, which leads to some natural questions: Which is the best? Do they all do the same thing? What should I really download? In this guide, we're going to look at the most popular browser extensions that promise to protect your

Statistics:   love them or hate them; take it for whatever you think they're worth...  I'm sure someone will argue fault/bias in the testing/methodology, or perhaps even question the Lab's independence.   I'm just presenting what they've published. In a recent test by NSS Labs:

Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.175 (No documentation/changelog yet) Direct downloads (no bundled junk) for Windows 7 and earlier: Internet Explorer - http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_active_x.exe   [There is no update for plugin v

Firefox 33.1 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33.1/releasenotes/ What’s New New Forget Button added -quickly wipes out your recent browsing history without affecting the rest of your information New Enhanced Tiles New Privacy tour introduced New Adding DuckDuckGo as a search opti

      Updates 1/30/18 - MVPS HOSTS     https://mvpshostsnews.blogspot.com/2018/01/mvps-hosts-file-update-january-30-2018.html The MVPS HOSTS file w