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“Making sense of antivirus options” plus 2 more

“Making sense of antivirus options” plus 2 more

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Making sense of antivirus options

Posted: 06 May 2010 05:19 AM PDT

John Torro, Times Correspondent
In Print: Monday, May 3, 2010

I am running Trend Micro Anti-Virus and Webroot Spyware. Since they require a paid subscription annually, I am considering installing the free Microsoft Security Essentials or using Bright House's antivirus and malware protection, also free. Do you recommend one over the other?

Microsoft will always be here, has the resources necessary to keep its product up to date and it will always be compatible with new versions of the operating system, as well as updates along the way. Throw in that it is free, has been getting excellent reviews and takes minimal processing power away from your PC, and I think the answer is a no-brainer. That along with the built-in Windows firewall is all you need to run a safe and efficient PC.

My PC has a virus called Desktop security 2010 agent. It is trying to steal information and trying to get me to buy the rest of its antivirus program. It will not let me delete it and says I am not the administrator and cannot delete it.

I just addressed a similar issue in this column a few weeks ago. Instead of repeating the lengthy response here, go to www.tampabay.com/writers/article501557.ece and click on the Solutions link for Friday, April 9. Once you get straightened out, make sure you install a good antivirus to help prevent future infections.

I have a Seagate external drive, and if it is turned on when I start my computer, it will not boot. I get an "Error loading Operating System" message. Can this be corrected so that I can leave Seagate on all the time?

It sounds as if the boot order in your BIOS is set to check your external drive first. This is easily changed. You'll need to enter your PC's BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) by rebooting and pressing one of your Function keys. F2, F10 or the Del key are common choices.

While rebooting it should display which key to use to enter the BIOS setup. I recommend setting the first boot device as CDROM, then the internal hard drive and then the external drive.

Send questions to personaltech@sptimes.com or Personal Tech, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. Questions are answered only in this column.


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China off list of top-10 spammer countries

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:15 AM PDT

China contributed to slightly more than 2 percent of the world's spam in the first quarter of 2010, and finally dropped out of the list of the top-10 spam-sending countries to 15th place, according to the latest report released by Sophos.

UK-based Sophos, the world's third largest antivirus supplier, said that in the first quarter, the United States ranked first on the list, relaying more than 13 percent of global spam, followed by India at 7.3 percent, Brazil at 6.8 percent, the Republic of Korea at 4.8 percent and Vietnam at 3.4 percent.

"The amount of spam relayed through Chinese servers has been falling steadily over the past 12 months," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.

ICSA Labs's weekly spam reports and Symantec's monthly spam reports have also proved that the amount of spam from China has significantly dropped since July 2009.

By People's Daily Online

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Symantec reports profit in fiscal 4Q

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:48 PM PDT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Symantec Corp., maker of the Norton antivirus software — reported net income of $184 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier, when it wrote down the value of its assets.

Shares of Symantec, whose performance beat Wall Street estimates, rose 70 cents, or 4.3 percent, to $16.95 after hours Wednesday. They had finished regular trading up 3 cents at $16.25.

For the quarter that ended April 2, Symantec's net income totaled $184 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a loss of $264 million, or 32 cents per share, a year earlier. Symantec reported a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $413 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.

Excluding one-time items, it earned 40 cents per share — 3 cents more than analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected on average.

Its revenue rose 4 percent to $1.53 billion. Analysts expected $1.52 billion.

Symantec said its content, subscription and maintenance revenue, which makes up the bulk of its revenue, rose nearly 8 percent to $1.28 billion.

For the full year, Symantec earned $714 million, or 87 cents per share, compared with a loss of $6.79 billion, or $8.17 per share, in fiscal 2009. The company reported $7.4 billion in goodwill impairment charges for all of fiscal 2009.

Revenue fell 3 percent to $5.99 billion from $6.15 billion the prior year.

For the current quarter ending July 2, Symantec predicted it will earn 16 or 17 cents per share, or 35 or 36 cents per share on an adjusted basis. The company expects revenue of $1.48 billion to $1.50 billion.

Analysts are looking for adjusted net income of 36 cents per share on $1.49 billion in revenue.

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