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1. AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test Feb-May 2021

   By aum, June 16, 2021
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   • Added by aum
   • June 16, 2021

2. AV-Comparatives welcome UK guidelines on auto-renewal by antivirus vendors

   By aum, October 28, 2021
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   • 866 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 28, 2021

3. AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST show how Defender, McAfee, Norton, AVG hog your Windows 11, 10 PCs

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,041 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • December 10, 2023

4. AV-Comparatives: Microsoft Defender improves offline virus detection on Windows by a lot

   By alf9872000, May 15, 2023
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   • 674 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • May 15, 2023

5. AV-Comparatives: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Bitdefender some of the best for web threats

   By Karlston, May 14, 2023
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   • 804 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2023

6. AV-Comparatives' latest test finds Microsoft Defender hogs your system real bad

   By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • 1 comment
   • 1,144 views
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   • Comment by CaptainK
   • November 5, 2022

7. AV-TEST confirms Windows Defender is amongst the very finest antiviruses you get in 2021

   By aum, November 25, 2021
   • 1 comment
   • 978 views
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   • Comment by sirri
   • November 26, 2021

8. AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender is a serious system hog vs Avast/AVG, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes

   By Karlston, May 9, 2023
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   • 935 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 9, 2023

9. AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Norton, can hog Windows PCs

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • av-test
   • 2 comments
   • 1,530 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • September 25, 2023

10. Avaddon ransomware shuts down and releases decryption keys

    By Karlston, June 11, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,302 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 11, 2021

11. Avaddon ransomware's exit sheds light on victim landscape

    By Karlston, June 16, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 978 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 16, 2021

12. Avast acquires I don't care about Cookies browser extension

    By Karlston, September 15, 2022
    • 1 comment
    • 792 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • September 21, 2022

13. Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

    By Karlston, February 23, 2024   

    • avast
    • data slurping
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    • 1,008 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 23, 2024

14. Avast launches Ransomware Shield to fight growing threats to businesses

    By aum, August 24, 2022
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    • 579 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 24, 2022

15. Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor

    By alf9872000, January 16, 2023
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    • 791 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 16, 2023

16. Avast releases free decryptor for Hades ransomware variants

    By alf9872000, October 5, 2022
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    • 594 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 5, 2022

17. Avira is adding a crypto miner to its products as well

    By Karlston, January 10, 2022   

    • avira
    • cryptominer
    • 1 comment
    • 1,217 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • January 14, 2022

18. AVrecon malware infects 70,000 Linux routers to build botnet

    By Karlston, July 14, 2023   

    • malware
    • routers
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      • malware
      • routers
      • botnet
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    • 1,214 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 14, 2023

19. Azov Ransomware is a wiper, destroying data 666 bytes at a time

    By alf9872000, November 8, 2022
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    • 637 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 8, 2022

20. Azure Service Tags Vulnerability: Microsoft Warns of Potential Abuse by Hackers

    By aum, June 10, 2024
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    • Added by aum
    • June 10, 2024

21. Babuk code used by 9 ransomware gangs to encrypt VMWare ESXi servers

    By alf9872000, May 12, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 12, 2023

22. Back Software engineer loses ₹1 cr in Bitcoin scam by woman he met on dating app

    By aum, September 11, 2023
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    • 774 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 11, 2023

23. Back where it started: “Do Not Track” removed from Firefox after 13 years

    By Karlston, December 12, 2024   

    • mozilla firefox
    • do not track
    • 0 comments
    • 897 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2024

24. Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

    By Karlston, March 30, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
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    • 1,091 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 30, 2024

25. Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

    By alf9872000, June 25, 2024
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    • 534 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • June 25, 2024