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There has been an abundance of facial hair at Lavasoft this past month, as our first ever Movember made its mark.
All throughout November, our Mo Bros have been growing their moustaches (some with better results than others) and raising about 4,000 SEK for cancer research. All funds raised at Lavasoft will be donated to cancerfonden.se
Thank you all for contributing to this great cause.
Have you made any recent purchases to be delivered by the postal service? With the holiday season upon us, chances are good that you have. If so, there's a common spam scam that may try to catch you off guard in order to infect your system with malware. Here's an example of a subject line and e-mail message to be on the lookout for this holiday shopping season, and beyond -
Subject: [NO-REPLY] UPS Tracking Number 21263130
Since it's Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season, we'd like to take a few minutes to give all of you online shoppers some important security news you should know as you scour the Web for the best deals today.
...they snatch their "presents" from gullible computer users!
As the holidays are quickly approaching, many people around the world plan to do some serious shopping for Christmas presents. Unfortunately, this time of year also means a peak in cyber crime activity. In shopping malls - and other crowded places - thieves are lurking around, waiting to get their hands on people's well deserved earnings. One mistake, one lost moment, and your wallet may be gone forever.
It's time for the second stage of the Beta process - Beta 2 is now available. With our first incremental Beta release, the focus was primarily on the scanning process. We're now ready to shift the focus to the real-time protection feature, including process protection, and the tray app. To download Beta 2, please log in to the Beta Center.
As the volume of malware increases, the more signatures we add into Ad-Aware's Detection Database. Naturally, with the huge increase in bad stuff out there, the size of definition files will increase in line with the amount of malware detections we add.
Spotted among the first impressions of the Ad-Aware Beta in our dedicated Beta Forum:
"Very nice!"
"...I really like how it tells more about a detected object after a scan."
"I love the new interface?"
"Wonderful-Far more aesthetically pleasing than prior versions-Was surprisingly fast.."
These days, most of us are familiar with the term "phishing." But that doesn't mean it's always easy to tell when a scam lands in your inbox.
Research shows that, while the methods used have not drastically changed, phishing scams are growing increasingly sophisticated.
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