Do you pay for AV on your personal computers?
Do you pay for Antivirus software on personal computers or just use one of the many free options? If you are paying for it what makes you says it's worth it?If you are using something that is free...
View ArticleShowing AV logs for other AV's besides AVG
Hey Guys! I was wondering if anybody has made a way for Spiceworks to view and show what OTHER Anti-virus scanners found and cleaned. Example, Norton AV, bitdefender endpoint. I've been searching and...
View ArticleRemotely Managed Mitigation Tool for External Users
We had an account compromised and malware was sent to hundreds of users, internal and external. While I investigate a mitigation solution, are there any suggestions for online mitigation services?I'm...
View ArticleAlureon / TDSS Virus
Hello everyone. I'm new here so not sure how this works but maybe someone here can help. For the past week I have been getting emails from Cox saying,"Dear Subscriber,Cox has identified that one or...
View ArticleBitdefender GravityZone vs Kaspersky Security Center Endpoint Solutions.
I am in the process of trying to decide between Bitdefender and Kaspersky for our endpoint protection solution. Both vendors are offering us a great end of quarter pricing and after considering...
View ArticleTrendMicro OfficeScan issue..
Hi GuysWe're evaluating TrendMicro OfficeScan, after removing one of the Domains/Groups it seemed to disassociated some of the PCs/Clients from the OfficeScan server, they are showing in the Umanaged...
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Changing Antivirus
I have been a Kaspersky customer for several years but I am tired of their offshore support. They start supporting you by sending links to outdated instructions. When that doesn't work someone will...
View ArticleGNU Bash CVE-2014-6271 attack blocked
Our server received this event log. Is it a risk to get there logs? The server is open to the internet but terminal services is blocked at the firewall level. [SID: 27907] OS Attack: GNU Bash...
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Live test of Word Macro against Cylance
A buddy of mine sent over a Word document he got this AM, an obvious malware attempt. I put it on a "real" computer, a Surface 3 I'm holding for deployment. Office 2016, and the April-ish build 1370 of...
View ArticleWhat is Defender ATP and why is it so underrated?
With all the new things Microsoft presented at Ignite, it seems that the Defender Advanced Threat Protection went almost unnoticed. We've gone through the features and the technology behind it, and it...
View ArticleWebroot Blocking Numlock
We are having another issue with Webroot randomly blocking my users from using their 10-key. I even have a screen shot of the Microsoft Action Center Problem found.Source: IDShieldNumLock Summary:...
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Wanted to share some information about a Malware/AdWare called "BeFrugal"
An end user came to my colleague with an issue..the symptoms were as follows...1. Internet Explorer was GONE, and even if you want to control panel to clean it up, all you saw were the very top options...
View ArticleFeature requests: Avast for Business (cloud)
Wanted to let the folks here know that we have an ongoing thread regarding feature requests for Avast for Business on our support...
View ArticleNeed for list of Windows executable file types
Saw this post quoting "a sudden surge in Windows Script Files (WSF) used to distribute ransomware" and it occurred to me that what is urgently needed is a list of all executable file types. The problem...
View ArticleKaspersky Anti Ransom Ware Tool for Business
Saw the ad's thought it was worth evaluating,It stopped my user spreadsheets with macros, filled up the drive with log files.Tried to uninstall it, install failed. It is now partially removed, I...
View ArticleAntivirus detecting exe as thret
Hi All,Im working as system administrator in one of the product oriented company, We have developed new product and when we keep that exe or install that application in a system which has antivirus, AV...
View ArticleNew Ransomware Alert: CryPY
Original ArticleA new ransomware known as ‘CryPy’ has been discovered in the wild with the capability of encrypting each file on a system with a unique key, Avast security expert Jakub Kroustek...
View ArticleHas Anyone Utilized VoodooShield?
VoodooShield is a computer lock that in the event of a risk will lock the PC and unlock it when it is not at risk. This technology uses Azure Machine Leaning as it learns new or unknown malware...
View ArticleHow can I create a dedicated virus scanning station?
I work at a law firm so we receive digital media/files (USB drives, CD's, portable HDD's) from multiple sources daily. What I would like to do is create a dedicated machine that I can use to scan all...
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