How Well Are You Protected By Your ISP?

(ContentDesk) September 2, 2005 -- Spyware, which includes keyloggers, browser hijackers and other ITD's (Internet Transmitted Diseases) can have a devastating effect on computers and virtually make them useless. Broadband ISPs are looking to help with the issue.
But how well do they actually protect you from the ITDs (Internet Transmitted Diseases)?
AOL teamed up with Aluria Software, makers of Spyware Eliminator, to provide its customers with spyware protection simply called "AOL Spyware Protection."EarthLink, the nations third largest ISP was the first to provide spyware protection late in 2003 when it began providing Spyware Blocker to their customers through their TotalAccess Software.
SBC Yahoo partnered with Pest Patrol and released its contender, Anti-Spy.
At initial release there was some controversy about Anti-Spy not detecting some spyware that it had a financial interest in.

Anti-Spy scans your computer for possibly unwanted software, and allows you to review, remove, or add to the white list any applications that findTime Warner offers free access to anti-virus and firewall protection as well as pop-up blockers provided by EZ Trust.
PC Pro Computer Services of San Antonio, Texas often finds when making service calls that these free ISP tools just aren't up to the job and depending solely on them to keep computers clean gives a false sense of security.
Malware is getting smarter and harder to defend against.
In many cases calling an experienced, professional computer technician like PC Pro Computer Services can not only save you time, but money in the long run.
PC Pro Computer Services provides residential and commercial computer services to the greater San Antonio, Texas area specializing in troubleshooting, repairs, upgrades, networking and more..

Malicious Advertising

Advertising is a necessary irritant in the world today. You can't drive down the street without coming across an ad, either a billboard suspended over a road or a large poster plastered down the side of a bus. If you walk into a shopping centre it doesn't matter where you look, you see an advertisement of some kind. Even the tables in the food court now have ads embedded in them, and on my last trip to Melbourne I noticed that they were starting to embed flat screen TVs into the tables to deliver the full commercial experience to your meal. If you jump on the Internet you have to contend with pop-ups and banner ads, with some advertising agents being ruthless enough to write malicious code that embeds the ad into your computer so that you still receive the pop-ups even when you're not at the original site.In the past, pop-ups and banner ads have been easy enough to avoid with the right software installed (incidentally, am I the only one who finds pop-up ads that advertise pop-up blockers...

Peer Software Releases Peer-ISR Server Edition, Providing Immediate “One Step” Disaster Recovery

Ronkonkoma, NY (ContentDesk) December 6, 2005 -- Peer Software, Inc., a global provider of enterprise-grade file and network management solutions for hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies,
announces the release of
Peer-ISR Server Edition, a disaster recovery solution that simplifies server uptime through a one-step recovery from server failure..
The software provides ongoing and transparent protection by creating live point in time snapshots of live server environments on an ad-hoc or scheduled basis.. Additionally, Peer-ISR Server Edition provides a data anchoring feature that allows you to keep server data locked down no matter which server environment snapshot you select to boot from.
Peer-ISR Server Edition reaffirms our commitment to setting new standards in enterprise-grade file synchronization, replication, and continuous backup, said Paul Marsala, President of Peer Software. Peer-ISR helps protect an enterprises...

CyberDefender Virus Alert: CyberDefender Reports a Category 7.4 Very High Risk Computer Virus in Real-time

(ContentDesk) August 6, 2006 - CyberDefender(tm) Corporation, the developer with the industry's most advanced early detection security, has identified the following very dangerous category 7.4 computer virus for August 4, 2006:

Announcing Agnitum Outpost Network Security 2.0: Tailor-Made Security for Small Businesses

San Jose, CA (ContentDesk) March 22, 2006 -- Agnitum Ltd, the leading European provider of software firewalls, today announced the availability of Outpost Network Security (ONS) 2.0, the successor to the companys original small business firewall, Outpost Office Firewall 1.0.Developed from the award-winning single-user Outpost Firewall Pro, ONS 2.0 protects against spyware, network intrusions, and theft of confidential data. Multilayered firewall protection incorporates powerful packet- and application- based filtering, stealth technology, baseline intrusion protection, mail attachment quarantine, privacy protection, and enhanced usability, ONS delivers effective, manageable security for small businesses and branch offices with limited information security resources."Our customers asked us to deliver managed spyware protection as a part of our network security offering. Fulfilling customer requirements is at the core of our mission, so we naturally moved ahead with a combined client...