Security
NortonLifeLock and Avast tie-up falls under UK competition regulator's spotlight
CMA invites comments from 'interested parties' on what merger means to them
20 Jan 2022 11:03 | 7
Antivirus
Articles tagged with Antivirus
Security
Avira also mines imaginary internet money on customers' PCs
Who should your PC work for: you, or your antivirus vendor?
10 Jan 2022 18:36 | 45
Opinion
No defence for outdated defenders as consumer AV nears RIP
How sad would you be to see AV go? Us neither
10 Jan 2022 10:00 | 90
Updated
Remember Norton 360's bundled cryptominer? Irritated folk realise Ethereum crafter is tricky to delete
Disable anti-tamper features first and you'll be all right
05 Jan 2022 15:56 | 68
Security
UK competition watchdog unveils principles to make a kinder antivirus business
Treat customers fairly when it comes to auto-renewal. Or else
19 Oct 2021 15:45 | 13
Security
Norton dodges UK courts after telling Brit watchdog it will be nicer to consumers
Admits nothing but promises amendments to auto-renewal, refund policies
14 Jun 2021 14:56 | 33
Security
Brit watchdog shows some teeth over McAfee antivirus auto-renewals
Refund rights for customers
25 May 2021 15:46 | 32
Security
Difficult season: Antivirus-flinger Avast decides to 'wind down' Jumpshot
'Hundreds' of staffers in marketing analytics subsidiary to be hit
30 Jan 2020 15:38 | 20
Logowatch
Labs are for nerds, it's simply Kaspersky now – just hold still while we cyber-immunise you
Inoffensive, nondescript logo screams 'building a safer world'
05 Jun 2019 08:45 | 21
Security
Symantec boss Greg Clark exits biz amid dismal financials
Troubled security house keeps up trend of sudden resignations
10 May 2019 14:30 | 15
Interview
Enough about me, why do you hate Kaspersky so much? Revealed: Insp Clouseau-esque bid to smear critics as shills
Please speak clearly for the tape... I mean, my ears
17 Apr 2019 18:33 | 27
Bootnotes
Trend Micro antivirus fails to stop measles carrier rubbing against firm's Ottawa offices
Vaccination GOOD. Spread of easily preventable illness BAD
05 Apr 2019 10:08 | 114
Networks
Sticking with one mobile provider gets you... Oh. Price rises, big exit fees, and lovely, lovely lock-in
UK competition bods threaten action against 'loyalty penalty'
19 Dec 2018 11:31 | 45
Security
Sir, you've been using Kaspersky Lab antivirus. Please come with us, sir
US govt bans agencies from using Russian outfit's wares
15 Jun 2018 16:45 | 41
Security
Citation needed: Europe claims Kaspersky wares 'confirmed as malicious'
Motion passed to eject Russian software from bloc institutions
13 Jun 2018 17:45 | 87
Security
Kaspersky Lab's move from Russia to Switzerland fails to save it from Dutch oven
Netherlands turns up the heat as transparency plans unveiled
15 May 2018 13:08 | 40
Security
North Korea's antivirus software whitelisted mystery malware
'SiliVaccine' uses ancient, stolen, Trend Micro AV engine and bad home-brew crypto
02 May 2018 06:57 | 25
Security
Essex black hat behind Cryptex and reFUD gets two years behind bars
Goncalo Esteves sobbed as he was sentenced
15 Feb 2018 15:03 | 10
Security
Windows Defender will strap pushy scareware to its ass-kicker machine
Doomed: Junkware claiming it can rid PCs of viruses, clean up the Registry, etc
31 Jan 2018 21:48 | 53
Security
CPU bug patch saga: Antivirus tools caught with their hands in the Windows cookie jar
You're fondling our kernel wrong, grumbles Microsoft
09 Jan 2018 23:49 | 73
Security
UK government bans all Russian anti-virus software from Secret-rated systems
Starts talks with Kaspersky to 'prevent the transfer of UK data to the Russian state'
03 Dec 2017 22:29 | 98
On-Prem
Fake tech support 'scam' husband and wife banned FOR LIFE from computer repair world
Virus panic pair agrees to never again offer to 'fix' anyone's PC
30 Oct 2017 20:26 | 41
Security
Microsoft downplays alarm over Windows Defender 'flaw'
Says you'd hafta click through a *boatload* of warnings
28 Sep 2017 10:35 | 39
Security
Downloaded CCleaner lately? Oo, awks... it was stuffed with malware
OK, OK, well the 2.27 million victims were not Reg readers
18 Sep 2017 13:46 | 127
Security
Kaspersky axes antitrust complaints against Microsoft after Windows giant vows to play nice
Builtin antivirus will make room for rival products
10 Aug 2017 16:45 | 17
Security
Cybereason snags $100m from Softbank to mount distribution, tech offensive
'This deal is the coming of age of the offensive security model'
21 Jun 2017 17:59 | 3
Security
Kaspersky files antitrust suit against Microsoft
Windows Defender is the alleged offender
06 Jun 2017 15:55 | 55
Updated
Avast blocks the entire internet – again
Now that's cast-iron antivirus
11 May 2017 14:01 | 42
Updated
Everything's fine, says Cylance, as workers given the boot
Antivirus vendor
05 Apr 2017 11:03 | 30
Security
RIP: Antivirus veteran Raimund Genes, 54
Trend Micro CTO suffered fatal heart attack
28 Mar 2017 15:17 | 2
Opinion
Despite the spiel, we're still some decades from true anti-malware AI
Vendors stuff jargon into antivirus marketing mix
13 Feb 2017 10:17 | 35
Security
Former Mozilla dev joins chorus roasting antivirus, says 'It's poison!'
Kill your antivirus, maybe keep Windows Defender
27 Jan 2017 05:01 | 122
Security
P0wnographer finds remote code exec bug in McAfee enterprise
This one ticks all the boxes: Runs as
root ✔ Claims security ✔ Unpopular product with few updates ✔13 Dec 2016 02:45 | 11
Security
Trend Micro AV nukes innocent Sharepoint code, admins despair
Servers fall over after JavaScript file trashed by mistake
08 Dec 2016 19:14 | 19
Security
Oh no, software has bugs, we need antivirus. Oh no, bug-squasher has bugs, we need ...
Secunia report on treadmill of security software pain
29 Nov 2016 13:27 | 11
Kiwicon
Antivirus tools are a useless box-ticking exercise says Google security chap
Advocates whitelists and other tools that 'genuinely help' security
17 Nov 2016 01:55 | 122
Exclusive
VESK coughs up £18k in ransomware attack
Biz took the precaution to pay up as a belt and braces approach
29 Sep 2016 15:02 | 11
OSes
Sophos Windows users face black screens after false positive snafu
Black is the new BSOD
05 Sep 2016 11:06 | 49
Security
Windows 10 Anniversary Update crashing under Avast antivirus update
Intel Skylake drivers + Avast = kernel panic, BSOD
09 Aug 2016 05:26 | 78
Security
Carbon Black snaps up cloud-dwelling threat-sniffing 'next-gen AV'
Will confer new name on Confer
19 Jul 2016 17:05 |
Channel
Avast woos AVG shareholders with $1.3bn buyout offer
Merger is to corner market rather than snaffle rival's tech
07 Jul 2016 10:56 | 16
Software
Malware scan stalled misconfigured med software, mid-procedure
RTFM. No, really, read it
09 May 2016 23:56 | 31
Channel
McAfee gaffe a quick AV kill for enterprising staff
Anti-virus engine easily disable.
07 Mar 2016 01:15 | 33
Security
Google probes AVG Chrome widget after 9m users exposed by bugs
Web TuneUp extension blocked from automatically installing with antivirus package
29 Dec 2015 22:59 | 38
Channel
Predictable: How AV flaw hit Microsoft's Windows defences
An ecosystem issue explained
11 Dec 2015 11:14 | 48
Channel
Sophos, Fortinet settle patent lawsuit, allegations of staff poaching
No admission of malfeasance either way
09 Dec 2015 16:54 | 1
Security
AVG defends plans to flog user data as privacy row continues
Industry weighs in, reckons freemium's cool – but consumers won't be happy
14 Oct 2015 17:29 | 39
Security
Avast antivirus hole patched after public Project Zero slap
Man-in-the-middle diddle leads to remote execution fiddle
06 Oct 2015 07:32 | 4
Security
Russian antivirus vendor fire bombed for research blogs
Offices more damaged by water than flame
30 Sep 2015 04:56 | 19
Security
AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October
Your secrets sold to advertisers
21 Sep 2015 22:17 | 120
Security
Viral virus bunfight: Dr Web tested rivals like Kaspersky Lab
But they didn't deliberately try and trip up rivals with false positives
02 Sep 2015 12:19 | 6
Comment
I've seen Kaspersky slap his staff with a walrus penis – and even I doubt the false-positive claims
Even his rivals fear this is a smear
15 Aug 2015 01:46 | 44
Security
Kaspersky Lab denies tricking AV rivals into nuking harmless files
Russian biz allegedly tried to hoodwink competitors with legit Windows executables
14 Aug 2015 19:22 | 16
Security
It's not just antivirus downloads that have export control screening
Yet blocking common tech is 'crazy' says infosec bod
13 Aug 2015 10:06 | 30
Exclusive
Want to download free AV software? Don't have a Muslim name
Reg reader struggles to gain Sophos protection thanks to export laws
07 Aug 2015 09:33 | 99
Security
Norton for Windows 10 is NOT a box-borking beta, insists Symantec
Beta? More like Betamax with a snagged tape, howl customers
20 Jul 2015 12:54 | 21
Security
Malwarebytes slurps startup, hopes to belch out Mac malware zapper
Aims to charm fanbois with adware removal tool
15 Jul 2015 14:29 | 3
Channel
F*cking DLL! Avast false positive trashes Windows code libraries
Avast there indeed, matey, wail admins as rogue guard dog savages their jugular
07 May 2015 11:26 | 18
Security
CHEATER! Test labs out AV vendor for using rival's engine
'They made me do it!' Qihoo cries
01 May 2015 02:55 | 2
Security
Energy utilities targeted by Office-spawned recon attack tool
Yet another reason Excel is evil, and yet another reason to get up to date on patches
02 Apr 2015 05:28 | 9
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