Google, Facebook Are Uneasy Allies On New Taskforce
June 16, 2012As in Marvel’s The Avengers, there are some uneasy relationships between the members of a new task force to fight shady advertising practices on the web.
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As in Marvel’s The Avengers, there are some uneasy relationships between the members of a new task force to fight shady advertising practices on the web.
Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.
A new report found growth in computer security threats almost across the board, in a shifting trend that surprised the authors.
Google is embarking on a quest to notify the owners of 500,000 infected computers that, unless they take action, their internet will be shut off on July 19th.
The hackers who disseminated the Flashback trojan, which shook the confidence of Apple users who had grown accustomed to not dealing with malware, were making a quick buck at Google‘s.