Kaspersky Lab recently announced the release of ‘Kaspersky Virus Scanner for Mac’, a light version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac, specially designed to protect Mac users against all types of malware. The security application is now available to buy at Mac App Store for $9.99 only! Requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

Kaspersky Antivirus Scanner is designed to protect Mac systems from malware. It scans to detect and remove both Mac and non-Mac viruses using an updated malware database that ensures protection against latest threats. When not scanning for viruses, it will use no Mac CPU processing power ensuring maximum performance for your daily tasks. It’s very simple to use and lets you scan when it’s convenient for you. Offers 3 scanning modes – Full scan, Quick scan and Virus scan. KVS for Mac also includes Security Assistant – the service allows analyzing and neutralizing detected threats.

KVS Security Features:

• Protection against viruses, Trojan programs, worms, bots and botnets.
• Protection against spyware, adware, etc. using threat signatures.
• Heuristic analysis allows detecting suspicious objects and objects which are infected by unknown or new modifications of known threats.
• Application’s databases and modules are automatically updated.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac and Kaspersky Virus Scanner for Mac appear same as both their interfaces are similar but KVS includes only the most significant features in comparison to Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac. Check their comparison below:

Kaspersky Virus Scanner for Mac does not requires activation. Just purchase it from the Mac App store, you will see its icon in dock stating the downloading and installation process. Once it is installed, launch the application by clicking on its icon from dock.

Download Kaspersky Virus Scanner [Mac App Store]

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Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) is a set of portable security tools that help Windows users identify and remove malware and unsafe processes from their infected computers. CCE is a free, lightweight, portable application which requires no installation and can be run directly from removable media like a flash drive.

Major features include:

• KillSwitch – an advanced system monitoring tool that allows users to identify, monitor and stop any unsafe processes that are running on their system.

• Malware scanner – Fully customizable scanner capable of unearthing and removing viruses, rootkits, hidden files and malicious registry keys hidden deep in your system.

You can either perform a Full scan or choose Custom scan if you want to scan only a particular file/folder/drive to check your system for potential threats like malwares, viruses and spywares. The tool updates automatically with the latest virus definitions.

KillSwitch provides you with yet another powerful layer of protection for Windows computers. KillSwitch can show ALL running processes – exposing even those that were invisible or very deeply hidden. It allows you to identify which of those running processes are unsafe and to shut them all down with a single click.

Users can configure CCE by clicking the Tools -> ‘Options’ link at the top right. From there, you will be able to manage various functions such as scanning suspicious MBR entries, automatic virus updates setting, CAMAS (Comodo Automated Malware Analysis System) connection timeout, languages, create a restore point, and more.

Note: Comodo Cleaning Essentials is an effective tool to manually scan your system and disinfect it from threats. It does not provides any real-time protection and therefore is not meant to be used as a main antivirus solution.

Supports: Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP (Both 32-bit & 64-bit version)

Download Comodo Cleaning Essentials   [User Guide – PDF]

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It’s been a long time since I shared any nice security software promotion, here is one from Panda China which can provide everyone a 1 year Free license code of Panda Internet Security 2011 worth $60.99. Best part is that, you can use this promo license to activate English version of Panda Internet Security 2011 unlike Kaspersky ones.

Follow the steps below carefully to get Free 1 year license activation key of Panda Internet Security 2011 -

1. Visit the promotion page.

2. Now click the red link as shown in below image. A new box will appear where you need to input a valid email address and then click the blue button.

You’ll receive an email with the 16-digit Panda coupon code. (Check in Spam section).

3. Now go back to promo webpage and enter the valid details as shown in below image.

4. Click the Orange button to submit the form and instantly a new webpage will open containing your 1 year license serial of Panda Internet Security 2011.

5. Download Panda Internet Security 2011, install and activate it using the free license.

Enjoy Free security for 1 year.

via [TechGravy]

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Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 is a useful tool designed to scan and clean a severely infected computer without booting into Windows. It comes really handy when anti-virus applications or malware removal utilities fails to disinfect the x86 and x64 computers.

To use it, you need to download the ISO file, burn the ISO image to a CD, insert it into the infected system’s CD-ROM drive, enter the PCs BIOS, set it to boot from CD and reboot the computer. On loading, update the rescue disk databases, select the hard drives/partitions that you want to scan and click ‘Start scan’.

You can also Run Kaspersky Rescue Disk from a USB Flash Drive, by using Rescue2usb to create a bootable Kaspersky USB Rescue Disk.

Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 allows performing the following actions:

Configure objects scan settings:

• change security level
• change actions to be performed on detected objects
• create a scan scope
• change types of objects to be scanned
• limit scan time
• configure scan of compound files
• change a scan method
• set default settings

Configure databases update settings

Configure additional settings

Create a report on scan and update tasks

View statistics about applican’s functioning

>>  Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10

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Here are 3 Best Multi-Engine Free Online Virus and Malware scanners, which scans individual files located on your computer. This way you can verify suspicious files like those download from Internet with several anti-virus programs, before running them. All this can be done without downloading or installing anything on your PC.

1) VirusTotal

VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.

• Free, independent service
• Use of multiple 39 antivirus engines
• Real-time automatic updates of virus signatures
• Detailed results from each antivirus engine
• Real time global statistics
• Multilanguage support

It also offers a handy tool for Windows, Virus Total Uploader which enables you to directly send files from your system using the explorer context menu.

2) VirSCAN.org

VirSCAN.org is a Free online scan service, which checks uploaded files for malware, using 36 antivirus engines. On uploading desired files, you can see the result of scanning and how dangerous and harmful/harmless for your computer those files are.

• You can UPLOAD any files, but there is 20Mb limit per file.
• Supports Rar/Zip decompression, but it must be less than 20 files.
• Scans compressed files with password ‘infected’ or ‘virus’.
• Supports many languages.

3) NoVirusThanks

NoVirusThanks.org is quite an old service, which lets user scan suspicious files and help them prevent a virus infection. On submitting the file (20 MB max) their system will analyze your file with 24 AntiVirus Engines and will report back the analysis result. Users can also scan a website URL or a remote file with the option ‘Scan Web Address’.

Note – The above services do not replace antivirus software on your computer. They only scan your files on demand and are not able to protect your computer from any viruses or malware. Also, their results do not guarantee the harmlessness of a file.

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ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Mac is built on ThreatSense, the industry’s most accurate proactive technology for detecting viruses and other malware, delivering proactive protection against zero-day threats and attacks.

Features:

• advanced scanning settings (comparable ESET NOD32 Antivirus v4 for Windows)
• detection of threats for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and other operating systems
• informative graphs, statistics and logs
• removable media scanning
• proxy support
• scheduler for automating scans
• support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel CPUs
• ThreatSense.NET sample submission

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Mac OS X Desktop runs on Mac OS X 10.5.x and 10.6.x  both 32-bit and 64-bit (AMD64/EMT64) architectures are supported.

Note – This Beta release is intended for experienced Mac OS X users and should not be installed on computers that perform critical tasks.

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Like Kaspersky, AVG & Avira AntiVir, Norton has now decided to offer Rescue tools which allows users to fix and clean the most severely infected Windows PCs.

Norton Bootable Recovery Tool – allows Norton users to boot a PC into a safe state when a system is so deeply infected that it won’t work properly or even boot up. The Norton Bootable Recovery Tool wizard automatically creates a bootable CD/DVD device or USB bootable device in a quick and easy way. It provides option to update the latest definitions on USB key. You can also create an ISO file and save it on PC.

Using NBRT, you can create a customized Rescue Boot Disc which boots in Safe mode, starts cleaning up your infected system, and gets back your PC to health quickly.

To create a rescue CD/USB, just Download ‘NBRT-Retail-Downloader’ file and run it. It will then download a file ‘NBRTWizard.exe’ (166 MB in size) which you need to install on Windows. Using, Norton Bootable Recovery Tool wizard, create a desired bootable device, boot your PC from it, and then scan to remove malicious threats easily.

NBRT requires a beta key which you can easily get by registering for the NAV 2011 or NIS 2011 beta. Register here

System Requirements: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or 3, Vista, or Windows 7

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We’ve already covered posts on Rescue disks offered by Kaspersky and Avira AntiVir. AVG has also introduced a free AVG Rescue CD which is a powerful toolkit for the rescue & repair of infected machines.

AVG Rescue CD is a free portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used to recover your computer when the system cannot boot or loaded normally, such as after an extensive or deep-rooted virus infection.

AVG Rescue CD enables you to fully remove infections from an otherwise inoperable PC and render the system bootable again. It provides essential utilities for system administrators and other IT professionals and includes the following features:

• Comprehensive administration toolkit
• System recovery from virus and spyware infections
• Suitable for recovering MS Windows and Linux operating systems (FAT32 and NTFS file systems)
• Ability to perform a clean boot from CD or USB stick
• Free support and service for paid license holders of any AVG product
• FAQ and Free Forum self-help support for AVG Free users

The rescue CD is available in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash drive which you can use to Clean Virus without Booting in Windows.

• Download Rescue CD (for CD creation)
• Download Rescue CD (for USB stick)

Rescue CD User Guide

Source: Techno360

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