A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah. Well, here's a quote from the original ...

Hackers take advantage of weaknesses in your operating system, your browser, or other software. A malicious Web site can exploit all these weaknesses, invading your computer the moment you visit the ...

I have a firewall on my network, and my IP address is a non-routable Class C address that's handed out by my DHCP server. The Windows Firewall is also turned on. I use an e-mail filter on my POP3 ...

Windows only: AVG LinkScanner is a free browser plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer that automatically scans your search results and flags links pointing to potentially dangerous content. Just ...

'AVG LinkScanner for Mac takes the first step to ensure customers are safe and won't end up losing their money, identities and precious digital memories. In addition, this new product has been ...

Note: This review addresses v8.5 of the software. These days, one of the greatest threats to your PC is that of so-called poisoned Web pages, which contain malicious downloads, or that may do damage ...

A company that provides antivirus offerings for PC users is bringing a free link checker to the Mac. AVG Technologies plans to unveil a Mac version of AVG LinkScanner, a free download that scans ...

Called AVG LinkScanner, the software checks web addresses as they are entered via a user's Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsing client, and poll's AVG's servers on the site/page risk rating. The ...

LinkScanner works even though online criminals are targeting sites for very short periods of time, sometimes minutes, sometimes a few hours, and then disappearing, because it scans in real time, ...

Security company AVG is upgrading a component of its antivirus software so as not to place an undue traffic load on the Web sites it scans. The company has already released a patch for LinkScanner, ...

AVG Technologies, developers of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, today unveiled AVG LinkScanner® for the Mac operating system. AVG LinkScanner® for Mac is the first free AVG product ...

As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets to share his knowledge about the latest online threats and to offer advice on ...