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| LabTech Chooses AVG Antivirus for Global Channel Partners Posted: 21 Sep 2010 12:05 AM PDT AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVG Technologies, makers of the world's most popular free anti-virus software, announced today that LabTech Software will now offer their channel partners worldwide a fully integrated antivirus solution from the AVG product offering. The agreement is part of AVG's Global Strategic Alliances (GSA) group 2010 partner program which is focused on development, licensing initiatives and strategic partnerships in the SaaS/MSP/ISP markets.
Under this offering, LabTech will leverage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to provide its channel partners worldwide with the latest AVG Antivirus Business Edition and AVG Internet Security Business Edition. AVG's leading anti-virus detection and performance coupled with its ease of use will enable managed service providers (MSP) to better mitigate and address security threats. "LabTech's technology experience with remote monitoring, management, and automation matched with AVG's industry expertise with anti-virus solutions underscores the need for a fully integrated approach when it comes to security solutions," said Rocco Donnino, SVP Global Strategic Alliances for AVG Technologies. "This alliance is a great extension of our current global security solution footprint and will help us to deliver more innovative security technology to support the security needs and services of the SaaS, MSP and ISP markets." "With MSP offerings becoming more and more common, anti-virus protection and management has become a must-have product in an MSPs service set," said Matt Nachtrab, CEO for LabTech Software. "This bundled SAAS offering makes an MSP's service offering stickier to their client base because the MSP owns the antivirus and makes it more difficult for them to switch to another provider." For more information on the complete range of AVG security products for businesses, including File Server and Email Server editions, please visit http://www.avg.com/business-security. For more information about LabTech software please visit http://www.labtechsoft.com/ Keep in touch with AVG About AVG Technologies AVG is a global security software maker protecting nearly 100 million consumers and small businesses in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free, downloadable software allows novice users to have basic anti-virus protection and then easily upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense when they are ready. AVG has nearly 6,000 resellers, partners and distributors globally including Amazon.com, CNET, Cisco, Ingram Micro, Play.com, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo! Source: http://www.avg.com/press-releases-news Follow LabTech www.LabTechSoftware.com/Twitter www.LabTechSoftware.com/Facebook About LabTech Software LabTech is the only Managed Service tool for remote monitoring, management, and automation developed by a managed service provider (MSP) for MSPs. Because Labtech's affordable, agent-based solution so closely emulates how technicians operate in the field that the same support can now be provided remotely and with automation. Because LabTech understands how to manage a growing MSP business, they make it easier to procure their software and allow partners to add agents as they grow. For more information please visit www.LabTechSoftware.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| F-Secure Internet Security 2011 Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT
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High-level antivirus researchers at Finnish security company F-Secure dug deep to crack the secrets of last year's Conficker worm and this year's Stuxnet worm. Their whitepapers and blog posts reveal the intricacies of how these threats propagate and wreak their havoc. Too geeky for you? No problem! The company's security suite, F-Secure Internet Security 2011 ($59.99 direct for 3 licenses) can keep you safe from these and other threats without requiring a degree in worm-ology. Like F-Secure Anti-Virus 2011 ($39.99 direct for three licenses, As noted in my review of F-Secure Anti-Virus 2011, I ran into trouble installing F-Secure on some malware-infested systems. One system crashed on installation but recovered thereafter. Another required several days of back-and-forth with tech support including the use of F-Secure's Rescue CD and standalone Easy Clean tool. I got it working in the end, but it wasn't easy. Speedy Antivirus Cleanup In contrast to the overall simplicity of the user interface, the malware cleanup process is a bit convoluted. At the end of a scan F-Secure reports the viruses, spyware, riskware, and suspicious items it found. If you just click Next, the suite ignores lower-risk items. If you choose to review all four categories and make your own choice of disposition, you'll have to wait at the end of each section while it removes those threats. I'd like to see this process streamlined. On many test systems I couldn't start a full scan right away because the real-time protection launched a mini-scan to remove active malware. One rootkit threat survived ten mini-scan and reboot cycles as well as a full scan. That's not good! F-Secure turned in a good score for malware removal overall, less good against scareware and rootkits. It detected all the rootkit samples but didn't remove them effectively. See my review of F-Secure's antivirus for detailed scores. For a full explanation of how I test malware removal, see How We Test Anti-malware
Added Protection Layers Preventing access to malware-hosting sites is a great feature, but threats don't always arrive through expected channels. I always test each product's ability to block already-downloaded samples. F-Secure's suite eliminated two thirds of my samples on sight—exactly the same ones as F-Secure's antivirus. The suite and antivirus diverged a bit in their handling of the threats that survived this initial culling, however. The standalone antivirus detected malware in many of the samples partway through their installation. It then launched a lengthy mini-scan and reboot to clean up traces of the found threat. Users might find the suite's behavior less tedious. In several cases, its DeepGuard feature blocked the malware installation earlier in the process, obviating the need for a mini-scan. But wait—the antivirus includes DeepGuard too, so why would there be any difference? My F-Secure contacts explained that DeepGuard makes use of all available information including the firewall and browser protection components present only in the suite. They also noted that as its cloud-based detection capability grows it catches more threats. DeepGuard's contribution to malware protection turned out to be a mixed blessing. The test did go faster without so many mini-scan and reboot sessions, but the suite allowed one threat to get a foothold where the antivirus alone did not–the same rootkit that resisted removal. The suite's scores are barely different from those of the standalone antivirus. For a full explanation of how I test malware blocking, see How We Test Anti-malware
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), F-Secure Internet Security 2011's appearance has changed little since last year. From its Status page, you can view all the security components and make simple on/off configuration changes. On the Tasks page, you can launch a scan or manage exclusions. Graphs of recent security activity appear on the Statistics page. The standalone antivirus and full suite look so similar that the company distinguished them with color codes–green for antivirus, blue for suite.
) also blocked 75 percent of the threats. 
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) blocked 84 percent, but F-Secure came close.| You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News Search Results for antivirus To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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