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Kaspersky explains why their software was grabbing up to 95% of your CPU
computing / software / Windows

Kaspersky explains why their software was grabbing up to 95% of our CPUs resources

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 - by PG

It seems that we weren’t along in looking on in horror as we saw our Kaspersky Internet Suite 2013 hog almost the entire output of our CPU earlier this week.

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Apple / computing

Apple lags ’10 years’ behind Microsoft on security claims Kaspersky

Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 - by Pete Railton

With Apple users feeling a little less smug about the security of their machines after the recent Flashback/Flashfake malware outbreak, Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky has even more bad news. The …

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Apple: stop misleading users and be honest about OSX and viruses
Apple

Apple: stop misleading users and be honest about OSX and viruses

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

With well over half a million Macs reportedly infected with the Flashback Trojan, the myth of Apple’s invincibility to viruses is well and truly smashed.

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mobiles

The growing risk of mobile phone malware explained in a hefty graphic

Friday, Aug 12, 2011Friday, Aug 12, 2011 - by mike s

As smartphones explode in popularity, ne’er do wells, virtual footpads and mobile garrotters continue to try and find ways to pickpocket your phone and purloin your precious data.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Kaspersky Mobile Security 9 Android app packs eye watering price tag

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Eugene Kaspersky was recently frothing excitedly about Android’s prospects (he thinks they’re going to bag an 80% market share) so it’s no surprise to see his company manoeuvring for a …

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Apple / computing / software / Windows

Apple’s Mac OS X: “less secure than Windows”

Sunday, Feb 7, 2010Thursday, Jun 10, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

With a set of results sure set to send Apple fanboys howling at the Moon in disbelief, a recent study claims that Macs are far more insecure than Windows PCs, …

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software / Windows

Avast anti-virus update causes havoc with streams of false positives

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by Michael H. - 2 Comments.

Many users of Avast anti-virus software appear to have had problems with their computers on December 2 and 3, not because of undetected viruses, but because an update to the …

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