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  Antivirus merger: Avast offers $1.3 billion for AVG

  Antivirus vendor Avast Software has agreed to buy rival AVG Technologies for US$1.3 billion in cash.

  Peter Sayer | 07 Jul | Read more

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  Security Watch: ZTE chooses AVG for mobile protection

  AVG Technologies has announced a new global partnership with telecommunications equipment, networks and mobile devices company, ZTE, to become a provider of mobile security across its range of devices.

  Anthony Caruana | 11 Jun | Read more

• Android malware fakes phone shutdown to steal data

  Next time you turn off your Android phone, you might want take the battery out just to be certain.

  Jeremy Kirk | 20 Feb | Read more

• Antivirus products riddled with security flaws, researcher says

  It's generally accepted that antivirus programs provide a necessary protection layer, but organizations should audit such products before deploying them on their systems because many of them contain serious vulnerabilities, a researcher warned.

  Lucian Constantin | 31 Jul | Read more

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  DDoS Attacks Still a Significant Threat

  It's an attack vector that's been around ever since the Internet became a valuable business tool. Distributed Denial of Service, of DDoS, attacks are still one of the most prevalent threats facing businesses today.

  Anthony Caruana | 11 Mar | Read more

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  Help Grandma with her Facebook settings using AVG's new privacy tools

  You're completely mastered your social networks' privacy settings. Facebook? Check. Twitter? Locked down. Google+? Deleted. (Just kidding! Sort of.) But then Facebook removes a setting and Instagram adds messaging, disrupting the delicate ecosystem of privacy protections you've worked so hard to create. Security firm AVG says they have the cure with PrivacyFix, free software that lets you manage privacy settings across all your social networks from a centralized dashboard.

  Caitlin McGarry | 27 Jan | Read more

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  Network Solutions investigating DNS hijack

  Network Solutions is investigating an attack by a pro-Palestinian hacking group that redirected websites belonging to several companies.

  Jeremy Kirk | 09 Oct | Read more

• Timely malware: How spammers turn a profit from our misfortune

  AVG research reveals hackers becoming increasingly sophisticated at capitalising on tragedies to lure in victims

  PC Advisor staff | 30 May | Read more

• AVG releases free 'TuneUp' application for Android devices

  Security vendor AVG has released an application for Android that lets users adjust power settings and manage applications to conserve battery power.

  Jeremy Kirk | 17 Apr | Read more

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  Malware now being developed by pre-teens: AVG

  Kids may be getting into laptops, tablets and smartphones earlier than ever before, but this also extends to the development of malicious code for those devices, according to AVG’s Q4 2012 Community Powered Threat Report, which found evidence of pre-teens writing malware.

  Patrick Budmar | 11 Feb | Read more

• AVG finds 11 year-old creating malware to steal game passwords

  Security firm AVG thinks it has spotted a disturbing new threat in its latest threat report – children with enough programming skills to code and distribute their own malware.

  John E Dunn | 09 Feb | Read more

• Attacks on Cloud infrastructure, threats to privacy to continue in 2013: AVG

  Traditional security threats targeting businesses and consumers are not going away anytime soon, though attacks on virtualised Cloud infrastructure may come to the forefront in 2013.

  Patrick Budmar | 21 Jan | Read more

• A third of Australian young adults are “Facebook friends” with their boss: AVG

  Approximately one third of working Aussie 18-25 year olds are "Facebook friends" with their boss.

  Patrick Budmar | 31 Oct | Read more

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  Products of the Week

  Our round-up of newly released security products in Australia

  Abigail Swabey | 11 Sep | Read more

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  AVG 2012: your local pub bouncer made digital

  As AVG Ambassador Tony Anscombe explained the rational behind some of the new features in AVG Internet Security 2012, released today, I couldn't help but think of the bouncer at one of my favourite local pubs.

  Stilgherrian | 01 Sep | Read more