By attacking a loophole in Microsoft's Outlook e-mail program it has rewritten laws of virus prevention and punched a big hole in PC users security systems that others can drive through.
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And for San Francisco-based mobile security firm Lookout, it may also be the year when the idea of going up against PC-focused security giants like McAfee and Symantec no longer seemed quite so insane.
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Now many, many new network installations are using Power-Over-Ethernet so you can run a phone, you can run a PC, a security camera all over these blue wires.
Alvin Estevez is president, co-founder, and managing director of Enigma Software Group USA, a developer of PC and Internet security systems, including the SpyHunter anti-malware software diagnosis and removal utility.
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Alvin Estevez is the cofounder, president, and managing director of the Enigma Software Group, which develops PC and Internet security systems, including the SpyHunter anti-malware software diagnosis and removal utility.
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Users simply designate one of their PCs as their "Cloud PC, " enabling them to use the available hard drive space on their own PC, giving them security and full control over their storage needs.
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Building on Fujitsu's long heritage of creating tablet PCs for professional and business users, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 Slate PC is a keyboard-less tablet PC that builds in security from the ground up, so that it meets the most stringent IT security requirements of governments and businesses.
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HackerWhacker will scan your PC's ports for security vulnerabilities.
But phones aren't the only common non-PC device that faces a real security threat.
Loke Essers, McAfee Focuses on Privacy in Mobile Security Software Package for Android (PC World Aug. 20, 2012).
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Instead, users should use anti-virus and other security software to clean up their PC and deal with the virus.
The flaw was spotted by Luxembourg-based security expert Eric Romang, when his PC was infected by Poison Ivy last week.
In between there were regular interim fixes in the OS, particularly in its security, that would take over your PC for up to half an hour.
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These types of security and management solutions existed for the PC but now we need to create them to support the next generation of mobile and cloud computing.
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Featuring the latest AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), the ThinkCentre M78 gives business professionals a reliable PC with powerful performance, a high level of security and energy efficiency.
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But, he said, consumers and PC users should not feel stifled by all the potential security problems.
"With these post-PC devices, manufacturers are taking on the responsibility for security for the entire device, " he says.
Many Internet security experts consider the first virus attack on the PC to have occurred in 1986.
Security firm Sophos has declared 2012 the year where PC malware has been pushed from the limelight and replaced by Android and Mac malware.
Each PC has its own programs, files, data back-up and security.
Security Watch's Larry Seltzer cautions in a statement to PC Mag, the impact of this breach -- just email addresses -- is probably somewhat exaggerated.
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Here at Chipzilla's Computex keynote, we just got a demo of a new security feature that causes an alarm to go off on your PC if a stranger attempts to move it.
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Both those longstanding channels are losing their pop, however, as PC sales get cannibalized by the rise of sophisticated smartphones. which rarely include security software.
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At the core of these enterprise storage systems are disk drives much like the one in your PC, but surrounded with considerable extra hardware and software to give them the security and easy management that big companies demand.
And concerning Google TV, which runs on a version of Android, Google prevented users from installing security software to protect themselves from harmful content or malware, per PC World.
Microsoft made such a call earlier this year, after researchers at Core Security informed the company that they had found a vulnerability in the Microsoft Virtual PC software.
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As PC sales stumbled, Dell acquired companies in higher-margin industries like data-storage, security and networking.
While PC shipments continue to fizzle, mobile is one of the shining stars besides the cloud, cyber security and others.
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Second, the technology isn't yet integrated with Intel's other security features, such as identity protection or its "poison pill" that prevents the PC from even booting.
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