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As Browser hijacking and Malware threats become more sophisticated, the leading online subscription-based IT technical support service for home users and small businesses has updated their services to stay one step ahead. Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) October 10, 2012 YooCare recently announced that they have made updates to their YooSecurity services to address Google Redirect Virus and Live Security Platinum fake antivirus removal. YooCare is the leading online subscription-based IT...

CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Software(TM) today released its VIPRE(® )Report for September 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In September, GFI threat researchers documented a number of cybercrime campaigns directed at users of various social networking sites including direct message spam on Twitter(®) and a phony Pinterest application. Users of Android(TM) smartphones and tablets also encountered mobile...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online No doubt we’ve all seen the warnings – “your computer is infected with viruses, Click Here.” The wise advice is to close the pop up window or leave the website offering the advice and look to reliable virus solutions. But many consumers have been duped into believing their computers were infected, and paid a bogus so-called tech support service to clean their machine. But instead of waiting for consumers to call the scam...

John Neumann for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An intriguing new virus from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been identified as the cause of a deadly outbreak of acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the summer of 2009. Described this week in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens the new microbe has been named Bas-Congo virus (BASV) after the province in the southwest corner of the Congo where the three people lived. The virus...

The Company has Also Seen a 300 Percent Increase in YooSecurity Malware and Virus Removal Services in the First Half of 2012 Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) September 21, 2012 YooCare, an online PC service repair company, is now serving an impressive 3,200 users per week. In general, 2012 has been very busy for the company; in the first half of the year, YooCare online PC repair services also experienced a 300 percent increase in its YooSecurity malware and virus removal services. Since the...

Tokyo, Sept 12, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it will launch Crystal Veil(R) alpha (classified as miscellaneous goods), a drug-free topical nasal gel that utilizes positively charged ions to help block viruses from entering the body through the nose, on Tuesday, September 18. Crystal Veil alpha is a positively-charged gel that helps prevent virus particles, which are even smaller than pollen, from entering through the nose. It is the...

CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Software(TM) today released its VIPRE(® )Report for August 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In August, GFI threat researchers examined the privacy of users downloading mobile apps released by both the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney U.S. presidential campaigns. Researchers also uncovered a variety of new attacks targeted at Android(TM) device owners including phony antivirus...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Austin, Texas based Jumpshot is trying to achieve the impossible: bringing the ease of owning a Mac to the PC. It’s an old debate, one that’s been rendered moot in recent months, what with a couple bouts of malware and Java vulnerabilities. For years, Macs have not only been known as the safer choice (no viruses!) but also as the choice of those who want a simple computer, a computer that “Just Works.” And perhaps...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Mobile phones and tablet computers are increasingly becoming targets of thieves and cybercriminals using viruses or other types of malware, security experts revealed in a series of reports released last week. According to BBC News reports published Friday, mobile security development firm Lookout revealed that the percentage of mobile-platform malware programs designed to steal money increased from 29% to 62% over the past nine...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online At the beginning of this week, the world’s largest oil company had announced all of their systems were back online following a cyber attack which occurred several days prior. Now, a second energy company has found a virus in their computer network, further raising concern about cyber security, especially in the energy sector. According to Reuters, RasGas, the world’s second largest liquified natural gas exporter, has been...