Virus Bulletin award VB100 – Number 74!
In the June 2012 test by Virus Bulletin - ESET's solutions passed once again - making the 74th VB100 award for ESET. This test was made using ESET antivirus for Business v4 on a platform of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 - 37 products were tested, and all but 4...
It’s windows update Tuesday – huh?
Walking away from my computer for a while, and I come back to find out that my ESET antivirus has informed me that my "Operating System is not up to date" - oh really? So I open Windows Update - and that shows that my machine is fully up to date, that no updates are...
ESET uncovers AutoCAD worm
By Mark Sutton Security company ESET says that it has detected malware that has been stealing AutoCAD computer-aided design files. The ‘ACAD/Medre.A' worm appears to have been distributed disguised within AutoCAD files, and then attempted to steal AutoCAD files from...
You asked – we listened… improvements to the shopping cart…
Customer feedback is important to us - and with good feedback, we can make changes to the shopping cart and buying experience which benefits all of our customers. The changes we rolled out today came directly from you - our customers... we really hope that you are all...
Most flexible license pack for home users
ESET has launched the ESET Family Security Pack - which gives purchasers a 1 year, or 2 year protection license to run ANY home products on their systems. For families with a mixture of PC, Macintosh, Android devices - with desktop and laptops, the option will be...
Your Facebook account will be terminated – again
by Cameron Camp Security Researcher If the scary email or app notification–and subsequent webpage–is to be believed, you have only a few days to verify your Facebook account or you’ll be out of luck. But don’t worry, a few days later you will magically get a few more...
The LastPass LinkedIn Password Checker
by Randy Abrams - Security Consultant LastPass has put up a web page for users to check to see if their LinkedIn password was one of the ones whose has was leaked. As you know if you read my blog "Dumb, Dumb, and Dumber", I don't think it's a good idea to give someone...
Passwords and PINs: the worst choices
by David Harley Senior Research Fellow At a time when password breaches like the one at LinkedIn are once more making the news, there's plenty of good advice around about how to select a strong password as opposed to the sort of stereotyped...
LinkedIn security woes – and what to do about it
by Cameron Camp Security Researcher This morning when I logged into LinkedIn I was greeted with several front page references to the reported hacking of the site, and instructions for changing my password, which I did immediately. This is a good time to change all of...
You’ve Got (Nation State Hacked) Mail
by Cameron Camp Security Researcher We read in the New York Times that Google is rolling out a service that will attempt to alert users when it thinks their accounts might be subject to hacking by a government, hoping the user will take precautions after getting a...
LinkedIn gets hacked … coincidentally, phishing emails start arriving…
So today we reported that linkedIn was the subject of a hack that got an estimated 6.4 million password into the hands of some bad-actors - there was speculation in the article that these people maybe didn't have access to email addresses to go with these password......
6.46 million LinkedIn passwords leaked online
By Zack Whittaker Summary: More than 6.4 million LinkedIn passwords have leaked to the Web after an apparent hack. Though some login details are encrypted, users are advised to change their passwords immediately. A user on a Russian forum has claimed to have...
ESET Launches Next Generation Business Endpoint Solutions
ESET Launches Next Generation Business Endpoint Solutions: ESET Endpoint Antivirus and ESET Endpoint Security with Web Control The leader in proactive protection, ESET is celebrating 25 years of its technology this year and is proud to announce the launch of a new...
ESET Smart Security (Home) updated to v5.2.9
Today ESET updated their home security suite - ESET Smart Security for Home Users - to version 5.2.9 - this maintenance release is a FREE upgrade of your ESET protection as long as you have a new license, or renewal license. Details of the updates in the maintenance...
ESET antivirus v5.2.9 released – Home Edition
ESET has today updated their home edition of ESET antivirus to version 5.2.9 - this maintenance release is, as always - a FREE UPGRADE to any customer with an active license for ESET NOD32, ESET antivirus Home Edition - release notes below: Version 5.2.9 Enhancement:...
Phone Outage
Due to the Hewlett Gulch fire in Northern Colorado, our internet provider has announced an outage that is effecting our phone system in our main Colorado office. We are able to provide you email support at [email protected] and live chat at our website. All...
Windows Updates – a bumper crop
Today was a big day for Windows Updates - one of our XP machines got 20 critical update, there were 21 on a windows 7 machine with MS Office installed and 13 for a machine without MS Office. This is a larger than normal number of windows updates - and as critical...
update your Flash player – AGAIN….
Once a week (if I remember) - I try to check the following items to see if they are as up-to-date as they can be... Adobe Reader Java Adobe Flash Player These three pieces of software are the three top-most exploited programs on my PC (and yours) - that if left...
