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• Parlay Your Photos Into Holiday Cards and Calendars Use image-editing software and Websites to turn your digital photos into handcrafted greeting cards and other holiday gifts.
• Viruses, Malware Creeping into Online Games Maker of online gaming protection software reveals why virus attacks on video games is a problem that has increased over 600 percent in the past year.
• Kaspersky Unveils Antivirus for Mac It is wrong to think that a Mac operating system is safe from malware.
• Mac Trojan May be a Hoax Symantec says creating a spoof Trojan to promote a game is risky.
• Report: Malware Makers Are Organized, Sophisticated Cybercriminals are organized like corporations, and follow regular software release cycles, says principal group program manager for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.
• Nasty Halloween Trick: Fake Antivirus Sites Beware of Haloween-themed sites that offer antivirus software and instead plant bots.
• Microsoft Cleans up Bugs After Biggest Patch Release After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
• The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009 A laptop that recharges wirelessly, a CPU that leaves the competition in the dust, and a top pick that's changing the face of computing--these are just three of the items in our PC World Top 100 list of the best products of the year.
• Phishing Gang Dominates Online Devilment A single hacking group accounts for a quarter of all phishing attacks in the first half of 2009, a security study finds.
• Security Software Protects Mobile and Remote Mac, Windows Users DeepNines Technologies Tuesday is unveiling a desktop security agent that works in tandem with its content-filtering and anti-malware gateway to protect mobile users.
• Fake Antivirus Attacks, Demands Ransom It's worse than a virus -- this pest tricks users into licensing software to fight nonexistent malware, Panda warns.
• Brace Yourself: Microsoft Readies Record-Setting Patch Tuesday A monster update will address vulnerabilities in every version of Windows plus IE, Office, and other standard apps.
• Independent Tester: Security Essentials 'Very Good' Microsoft's free Security Essentials antivirus software identified 98% of over half a million malware samples.
• Microsoft Security Essentials: Never Pay For Anti-Virus Again The death of Microsoft OneCare has given us a great, free anti-virus/malware protection option.
• New Microsoft Antivirus Tool Arrives Today In the works for some time, Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-malware software will be available for download today, the vendor confirmed.
• Microsoft Security Essentials Launches Tuesday Microsoft will officially enter the free antivirus market tomorrow when Microsoft Security Essentials becomes publicly available.
• 13 Hot Products from DEMO Here's a baker's dozen of newcomers showcased at the recent conference, offering to help you store data, videoconference, and even find true love.
• Hackers Paid to Hijack Macs A network of Russian malware authors and spammers paid hackers 43 cents for every Mac they infected with a bot.
• Security Software Sales Expected to Climb The market for security software will grow 8% in 2009, Gartner analysts predict.
• Protect Your Privacy on Facebook and Twitter Here's how to safeguard your identity and your personal data in the age of the social Web.
• Disaster! How to Retrieve a Deleted File What you've accidentally erased isn't necessarily gone forever.
• Microsoft's 'Malvertising' Battle: A Tough Fight to Win Microsoft's hoping to find the people who've disguised malware as advertising and hold them accountable. The battle, however, may be a tough one to win.
• FBI Investigating Laptops Sent to US Governors UPDATE: The FBI is trying to figure out who sent five unsolicited laptops to the governor of West Virginia.
• Jessica Biel Could Give You a (PC) Virus McAfee finds that searching for the actress's name is likely to lead you to spyware, adware, malware, and more.
• Can You Trust Free Antivirus Software? Lots of companies offer software that’s supposed to stop worms, viruses, and other malware for free. We tested nine such security programs to find the ones you can really depend on.