McAfee 2011 Releases Total Protection with $20 Discount

McAfee, Inc. announces the new McAfee® Total Protection 2011 at a discount of $20.
With thousands of new virus threats created every day, depends on traditional security updates isn't good anymore. McAfee Active Protection™ technology instantly analyzes and blocks new virus threats in no time so there's virtually no gap in your protection.
McAfee® Total Protection 2011work with minimal interruptions with fast and effective virus, malware, and spyware scanning. Provides schedule security scans when you're not using your PC, automatic scans and updates occur when your system is idle. McAfee® Total Protection won't slow you system performance.
The Home Screen gives you all the information you need at a instant. And you're never more than one click away from it, which removes popup windows and makes for easy navigation. Simplified alerts and scan results make it easier than ever to protect your PC.

Symantec launches beta of Norton 360 5.0

Symantec opened the public beta of Norton 360 5.0, the latest version of the company's end-to-end security suite. This beta builds upon the updated versions of Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security, and improves the usability and performance in the backup and tune-up features exclusive to Norton 360, revamps the online backup user experience, and integrates with Norton's free online tools.

New Features
The revamped UI in Norton 360 puts all of the different tools: Antivirus protection, online backup, Identity protection, Norton Safe Web, Norton Online Family, automatic PC tune-up and the global threat protection map are all displayed on the main screen, and settings/security controls for each are organized underneath.
Norton 360 5.0 now includes resource management for third-party apps on your PC. Norton 360 can immediately alert you, if a particular piece of software you have installed is using a lot of system resources. If alerts aren't your thing, you can check out resource logs to compare third party app behavior.
As with any security package, performance remains a paramount issue. Symantec says it is working to improve backup and restore performance, reduce system impact, and increase valuable communication with users in Norton 360. PC Tuneups, one of the most popular features of 360 are also faster, the company told us.
Additionally, the Bootable Recovery Tool Wizard, Norton's malware removal tool to get inoperable systems up and running again, can now be booted from USB or CD/DVD.

How To Remove The Conficker Virus Removal Guide

UK’s daily The Register has been reporting (here) that 3 out of 10 computers running Windows are facing ConfickerWorm attacks. According to Wikipedia, it uses flaws in Windows software and Dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to co-opt machines and link them into a virtual computer that can be commanded remotely by its authors.

Conficker vhas since spread rapidly into what is now believed to be the largest computer worm infection since the 2003 SQL Slammer, with more than seven million government, business and home computers in over 200 countries now under its control.

The worm has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use of many advanced malware techniques.

Two variants of Conficker affected computers connected to the global networks. During early November 2008, Conficker was launched and propagated via Internet exploiting a vulnerability in a network service (MS08-067) on various Windows versions: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 including Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.

In response to this, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch on October 23, 2008 to close this vulnerability in Windows 7 (public beta). Despite all these, a large number of Windows PCs estimated to be around at 30% continued to remain unpatched as late as January 2009.

The second variant of the Confiker worm was discovered on December 2008. It added the ability to propagate over LANs through removable media and network shares allowing the worm to propagate quickly and by January 2009, the estimated number of infected computers ranged from almost 9 million to 15 million.

According to Antivirus software vendor Panda Security, 2 million computers analyzed through ActiveScan reports around 115,000 (6%) were infected with Conficker .The worm continues to change in its propagation activity and update strategy of recent variants. This how-to focuses on removing the Conficker Worm as well as the relation between Conflicker and fake Antivirus protection software.

Source:- techmagnews.com

How to Remove Antimalware Doctor Virus ?

End Infected Processes

Step 1

Press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Delete."

Step 2

Click on the "Task Manager."

Step 3

Click on the "Processes" tab.

Step 4

Right click on "Antimalware Doctor.exe," and select "End Process."

Delete Infected Registry Values

Step 1

Click on the "Start" menu.

Step 2

Click on "Run."

Step 3

Type "regedit" (without the quotation marks) and click "OK." The Registry Editor will open.

Step 4

Locate the following registry values in the left pane of the Registry Editor and delete them. To delete a registry value, right click on it and select "Delete."

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antimalware Doctor Inc\Antimalware Doctor"
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antimalware Doctor"
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Antimalware Doctor.exe"

Delete Infected Files

Step 1

Click on the "Start" menu.

Step 2

Click on "Search Files and Folders."

Step 3

Search for and delete the following files. To delete a file, right click on it and select "Delete."

"enemies-names.txt"
"Antimalware Doctor.exe"