PC and Mac
My sought is is really good illustration for the long battle: PC vs Mac..
see the difference? 
Fake "Security Essentials 2010"
The fake "Security Essentials 2010" claims to unlock removal and cleaning functionality if the user will pay up. Actually filling out this information puts a user at risk of fraud (stolen credit card details) and of course, identity theft. The malware changes the users’ Desktop background, alerting that "YOUR SYSTEM IS INFECTED". "System has been stopped due to a serious malfunction. Spyware activation has been detected."
"It is recommended to use spyware removal tool to prevent data loss. Do not use the computer before all spyware removed."
New Mozilla releases
Firefox v.3.6, released January 21st, 2010
What is new in this release:
Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click.
Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse.
Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames.
Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time.
The ability for web developers to indicate that scripts should run asynchronously to speed up page load times.
Continued support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format.
Support for new CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events.
Support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications including the Drag & Drop API and the File API, which allow for more interactive web pages.
Also: Mozilla’s desktop email client: Thunderbird 3.0.1 update is now available.
- New in Thunderbird 3.0.1:
Several fixes to improve stability and security
Several fixes to the user interface and attachment handling.
Avast Antivirus 5.0 and Avast Internet Security
Great news from Alwill Software! They released the brand new version of Avast Internet Security and major update for their award winning Avast Professional Antivirus:
Three products (Free Antivirus, Pro Antivirus, and Internet Security) and a new website are being released today. Even though we have expanded our product portfolio, our philosophy of having and promoting a top-notch free antivirus is paramount. This philosophy has enabled us to achieve 100 million users and we are continuing it. As you read through our new website and launch information, you will see that not only is the new free product easier to use and more visually appealing than the old product, it provides even more security protection. And it is still free and free from annoying pop-ups and requests for money.
And one some more here is a big discount on this products already available.
You can save 20% from regular price on both Avast! 5 Pro and Avast5 IS using avast coupon website. Exact section for Avast 5 Family is : http://www.avastcoupon.com/avast5/
and some more information :
- Built an entirely new user interface. The old car stereo interface is gone replaced with a very modern and easy to use graphical interface.
- Eliminated the email registration process. The free product still lasts for a year but now it only takes seconds online to register the product. All a person has to now do is to click a “register” button—no forms to fill out and no email information to provide.
- Added a gaming mode—elements of this were there in 4.8 but now we have made this a central function. No need to buy someone else’s “gaming” product. All the capability is right here in the free product.
- Ensured protection is top-notch. This was also a hallmark of the 4.8 version. We have long believed that free products should provide just as much malware protection as paid products. So in addition to the signature-based AV protection that you would expect, you also get all the modern detection techniques. Central to this is protection against web threats. These are 85% of the threats our users see—and the free product provides protection against them. There are also heuristic detections, behavioral detections, and just about any type of protection you can think of.
- Continued our hands-off approach to asking for money. We don’t agree with how many free products try to monetize their free users. So with us, we don’t hide the free product (it is front and center on our home page); you will not see a daily pop-up asking you to upgrade; the product will not find problems and then ask for money to fix them; and we won’t scare you into upgrading. Now of course, there are sales messages. There is a message when you download the free product. There is a message when you register the free product. And at expiration time a year later, there is a message. But in all of this messaging, you are presented two choices: download/register the free product or upgrade to a premium product. The choice is yours.
- Today January 19th, the free product (and all products) is being released in English and French. Over the next 10 days we will be rolling out the product in Czech, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
source info: http://blog.avast.com
