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| Options Media Group Discusses Entry Into Cell/Smart Phone <b>Antivirus</b> Protection Market Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:02 AM PDT SOURCE: Options Media Group In Audio Interview CEO Discusses Growth Potential Related to Acquisition of Number One Worldwide Market Share Cell/Smart Phone Antivirus/Anti-Malware Technology BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire - April 6, 2010) - Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. ( "Protection of the valuable data stored in our cell and smart phones is becoming increasingly important, and we believe use of the PhoneGuard product, provided by NetQin, is the best way to protect this important asset," commented Scott Frohman, CEO of Options Media. "While North American mobile phone users are just now beginning to realize these risks, users in Asia and Europe have already installed millions of copies of this anti-virus software. The North American market is expected by most industry watchers to soon experience the same explosive market growth. In our audio interview, we discussed the trends in this market and our proposed license acquisition. We see exciting times ahead for Options Media as our product portfolio continues to expand in order to serve the growing needs of both the mobile social media market and the mobile marketing/e-commerce communities." The letter of intent, which was announced on April 1st, outlines Options Media's acquisition of the North American sublicense from NetQin Tech Co., the incontestable industry leader in mobile security and provider of services (including mobile anti-virus, anti-harassment, and privacy protection) to more than 30 million subscribers in more than 200 countries and regions. Under the terms of the agreement, Options Media will become the exclusive marketer within the United States and Canada of the PhoneGuard software suite designed to safeguard cellular phones, PDAs and smart phones from attacks by hackers and cyber criminals. Additionally, Options Media and PhoneGuard have reached a verbal agreement for Options Media to acquire a sublicense of PhoneGuard's U.S. and Canadian license from NetQin for a software solution which prevents drivers from texting while driving. As of today, 21 states in the U.S. have banned texting. PhoneGuard intends to launch this product in mid-April. About Options Media Holdings, Inc. Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. is focused on the growing mobile marketing and mobile social media markets. The Company provides an email services for on-demand email marketing to create, send and track professional and permission-based email marketing campaigns. Additionally, Options Media provides precision direct marketing solutions including email marketing, sms/mobile marketing, sms/keyword marketing, custom lead generation and creative services. Options Media provides clients with access to software, hardware, bandwidth and exclusive domains and IP addresses, as well as the ability to upload and manage subscribers, and review and upload campaigns and track results for a 360-degree full-service customer marketing solution. About PhoneGuard PhoneGuard is a new software suite specifically designed to safeguard cellular phones/PDAs or smart phones from the ever increasing risk of data theft by hackers and cyber criminals. In conjunction with Phone Guard Inc., and powered by NetQin, PhoneGuard is the new wave of protection technology in North America designed to guard users' personal information. PhoneGuard is headquartered at 6574 North State Road 7, Suite 278 in Coconut Creek, Florida. About NetQin Established in 2005, NetQin has provided services (including mobile anti-virus, anti-harassment, privacy protection) to more than 38 million subscribers in more than 200 countries and regions. NetQin already has a strong foothold in China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe. With more than 65% of the mobile security market in China, NetQin is the incontestable industry leader. Heavily invested in R&D, NetQin owns a broad product line covering the majority of smart phones globally. Their R&D team is composed of more than a 100 person staff, 80% of whom hold a master or doctoral degree. The entire R&D team is highly skilled and experienced in the field of mobile security. With its own intellectual property, NetQin holds over 10 new and unique breakthrough innovations in the field of mobile security. NetQin extensively partners and cooperates with many internationally recognized mobile phone brands and carriers. With NetQin's continued growth, it certainly makes it a worthy recipient of the 2009 China Frost & Sullivan Award for Mobile Security Market Leadership. Safe Harbor Statement This press release and the audio interview contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including anticipated explosive growth of the North American mobile anti-virus market, closing of the PhoneGuard transactions, continued expansion of the Options Media portfolio, the launching of the anti-texting product, and the significant revenue opportunity for Options Media. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "believes," "estimates," "expects" and similar references to future periods. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. We caution you therefore against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. They are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or assurances of future performance. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include unanticipated drafting issues arising in connection with closing on a definitive agreement, the willingness of U.S. and Canadian consumers to use the new technologies, the willingness of wireless carriers and major re-sellers to enter into agreements with respect to these technologies and potential competition. Further information on Options Media's risk factors is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. 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| McAfee <b>AntiVirus</b> Plus 2010 Review Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:16 AM PDT By: Charles P. Jefferies McAfee is back for 2010 with a revised version of its AntiVirus Plus product, claiming improved performance and faster scan times. Is this just marketing hype or is this product the real deal? We find out. Product Overview McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 is a $39.99 basic protection suite for home users. It is designed to guard against all types of malware including viruses, spyware, adware, and rootkits. The product also includes a two-way personal firewall, which is not a feature typically found in basic protection suites at this price point. The company claims the 2010 version is up to 10 times faster than the McAfee AntiVirus 2009. Our review will test all of these claims. Download & Installation The installation process begins with downloading a download manager from McAfee's site, which handles the download of the actual program files. The files totaled over 90MB, which is somewhat large. Once the files are downloaded the installation process can begin. We chose the recommended install since that is what most people will want to do. The install takes about five minutes and no restart is required. Overall the installation is smooth though not as slick in this regard as Norton 2010. Program Interface
The Features section at the bottom of the window categorizes different functions of the program. For example, clicking on the Virus and Spyware Protection section as shown above reveals controls to scan your PC. We have a small nitpick here: the use of links to launch actions is not intuitive mainly because there are two links listed for each item; Scan Your PC is a link as well as Learn More after the description. The former actually launches the scan while the latter navigates to a web page. It is not immediately obvious what to click to start a scan. Links fit the visual style of the program well but the headings (Scan Your PC) should have been made more obvious through formatting. In Use and Effectiveness McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 stayed out of the way in the background. Updates were performed automatically without our intervention. We did not notice any apparent performance decrease, such as increased log on time or lag when opening programs. To test the effectiveness of McAfee I used several virus files from Eicar.org, an IT security website. Please see the test description for extensive information on the tests. AntiVirus Plus immediately quarantined the first two files upon download (they never even appeared in the download location) however it let the second two compressed files through. It found and removed them only after I performed a manual scan. Overall McAfee AntiVirus 2010 is on par with competitors in proactivity but behind Norton and Kaspersky 2010, which went the extra step and did not even let the files download. Performance Impact We evaluate the performance impact and system resource usage of using anti-virus software in three ways: 1. Overall system performance measured before and after installation using PCMark 2. Memory footprint 3. Time it took to perform a full system scan Our test system is an HP Pavilion dv5t. Overall System Performance Impact Measured with PCMark05
The PCMark benchmarks as measured before (left) and after (right) the McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 install are shown above. A 7 percent difference is more than we are used to seeing, however such a difference will in all likelihood not be noticeable to end users. Our test system "felt" no different after the McAfee install. Memory Footprint The Windows Task Manager reports McAfee's five processes use about 50MB of memory. This is an insignificant amount of memory and easy for modern computers to handle. In our testing most competitors use about 25-35MB of memory, however most do not have a personal firewall component like McAfee AntiVirus Plus (which slightly increases resource usage). Time it took to perform a full system scan
Conclusion McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 is an above average basic protection suite for home users. The new interface is greatly improved over the 2009 version. Performance impact was minimal and McAfee scanned our test system in a reasonable amount of time. One stand out feature is the inclusion of a personal firewall; most competitors do not offer such a feature at this price bracket. While McAfee does not differentiate itself as well as Norton or Kaspersky, overall we find McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2010 to be a solid and well-rounded product worthy of consideration. Pros:
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| 10 obscure <b>antivirus</b> tools worth a look Posted: 07 Apr 2010 02:36 AM PDT Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Previous Post: News to know: Net Neutrality, iPad, Bebo, Foursquare 10 obscure antivirus tools worth a lookPosted in:
You know about the big players in the AV field — but a number of lesser-known tools may serve your needs as well (or even better). TechRepublic's Jack Wallen runs through some of your choices. For more blogs like this, see TechRepublic's 10 Things blog.
1: BitDefenderBitDefender is one of my favorites on the list. Why? Because it has one of the best graphical virus tools available for the Linux operating system. Of course it doesn't offer just a Linux solution. BitDefender offers antivirus for both Linux and Windows, as well as for various server installations. In fact, BitDefender has solutions for mail servers, Samba servers, desktops, and much more.2: Avira AntivirAvira Antivir has, in many cases, found viruses where others have not. One of my favorite uses for this solution is to slap it on a Linux machine (the Linux version is command-line based, but does have a GUI if you prefer), attach an infected Windows drive externally, and run Avira on that drive. Much like BitDefender, Avira will find viruses many other solutions won't find. And because it is mostly command line, it is also quite a bit faster than other tools.3: ClamAVClamAV is mostly a mail server antivirus for Linux, but it does a bang-up job. If you're hosting a Linux-based mail server, you will want to include ClamAV on it; otherwise, you risk winding up spreading the love of viruses around the globe.4: AvastAvast is not as much a wallflower as the other tools, but it certainly has never been crowned Prom Queen. It's an outstanding tool that offers a lot of options many other tools over look. One of my favorite aspects of Avast is the built-in rootkit check. You can't go wrong when you know your antivirus is keeping you safe from rootkits.5: rkhunterrkhunter is not so much an antivirus tool as it is an anti-rootkit tool. If you've never come across a rootkit on a machine, consider yourself lucky. Very lucky. Rootkits are the Mac Daddy of viruses. And if your current antivirus solution doesn't protect you from rootkits, either add a rootkit protection tool on your system or uninstall and install one that does!6: Dr.Web CureIt!Dr.Web CureIt! is an interesting tool in that it requires no installation. It's a simple binary file that, when double-clicked, will execute and scan your machine. The only drawback is that to get the latest definitions, you have to re-download the tool and use the newest version. But how easy would this tool be to use as a portable virus scanner?7: ESET Smart SecurityESET Smart Security is from the makers of the NOD32 Antivirus tool that has been around for quite some time. ESET sets itself apart by being an antivirus and a firewall in one. But the firewall isn't just a standard firewall. It's a "learning firewall," in that it observes how its users use the network and, theoretically, adapts to that usage. ESET also protects you from removable data and from viruses that attempt to disable your antivirus protection.8: ZoneAlarmZoneAlarm is an antivirus tool that offers something others do not — DataLock. The DataLock portion of ZoneAlarm uses encryption on your hard drive so that it is readable only by those with the encryption key. DataLock also offers pre-boot authentication so that unauthorized users can't even boot your machine. Yes, these features can be added from the BIOS or from other tools, but with ZoneAlarm, you have antivirus, encryption, and boot authentication all in one.9: iAntiVirusiAntiVirus is for — you guessed it — Mac. Like Linux, nothing is immune (no matter how much the media and the PR say it is). And that beautiful new Mac you bought can use protection as well as that new quad-core Windows 7 machine. iAntiVirus is as inherently Mac as you will ever find in an antivirus tool. Not only is it user-friendly, it has that same Mac interface that everyone has grown to love (or hate). And what's best, iAntiVirus works like any other antivirus software you have ever used — only it does so on a Mac. So it must be better.10: Microsoft Security EssentialsMicrosoft Security Essentials has to be on this list. After all, it wouldn't be fair of me to highlight inherently Linux and Mac tools without offering the Windows equivalent. What is really surprising about this antivirus protection is that it is free AND produced by Microsoft. Those two don't usually go hand in hand. If you want free virus protection, and you want something that will seamlessly integrate with Windows, Security Essentials is your best bet.Recommendations?Those are just 10 of the less well known antivirus solutionsf. Of course, there are plenty more out there. Do you rely on a somewhat obscure tool for antivirus? If so, share it with your fellow TechRepublic readers. After all, the perfect antivirus solution is still out there, waiting to be found and enjoyed by PC users and admins across the globe.Check out 10 Things… the newsletterGet the key facts on a wide range of technologies, techniques, strategies, and skills with the help of the concise need-to-know lists featured in TechRepublic's 10 Things newsletter, delivered every Friday. Automatically sign up today. posted by Larry Dignan Previous Post: News to know: Net Neutrality, iPad, Bebo, Foursquare  Last 10 posts:
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