Given rapidly evolving dangers such as Conficker and silent threats that lurk on otherwise innocent Web sites, having traditional antivirus software on your desktop isn’t enough today. You need a suite of tools–antivirus, firewall, antispam, antiphishing–to combat the traditional threats, stop the new Web threats, and manage all the spam and phishing sites that clog up the Internet today.
Comodo Internet Security Pro 3.8 (one-year, one-user license at $40; no three-user license listed as of 5/21/09) is a newcomer to the consumer Internet security suite market. And based on our experience, the suite is clearly in its infancy. (Note: As this review was being prepared, Comodo released its Internet Security Pro 3.9 suite, addressing some of the performance issues we encountered in version 3.8, such as adding dynamic file inspection for the real-time virus scanner.)
Spam mails are very annoying, so we turn to spam filters to avoid ending up with an inbox flooded with them. Unfortunately one “anti-spam filter” we’ve encountered isn’t driving junk out, but letting them in.
We have received an email message claiming that it is from Webmail Support. It is posing as a security announcement and [...]
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As many as 13,000 Twitter users have been affected by a new “worm-like” phishing attack that feeds on some members’ desire to gain more followers. The said scam dupes users into forking over their account names and passwords using a Web site called “Twittercut.”
Twitter users may see the following tweet in their stream:
When they click [...]
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We might not be experts on how to express special feelings for someone, but we know sending them messages that lead to TV channel advertisements ain’t one of the ways to do them.
The message indicates that the recipient has a secret admirer and he/she has provided a profile for the recipient to view.
Below is a [...]
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