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Zombie Android devices & Malicious Angry Birds – AVG Community Threat Report

The latest community threat report released by AVG Technologies reveals and Android Bootkit that turns smartphones into “Zombies”, a malicious Trojan inside an unofficial Angry Birds app and PC users are still being tricked into clicking by sex and scandal. This week I spoke with AVG AU/NZ security advisor Michael McKinnon about these threats and some tips on prevention.  You[Read More…]

Olympic Hero Messages with Telstra

With the 2012 London Olympics underway Telstra has fired up its famous Hero Message service to send support to our athletes competing in the games. The first Hero Messages were sent to athletes competing in 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the service has been used to send over 1 million messages since, but unlike in 1988 you can now send your[Read More…]

Are you addicted to Twitter?

Here’s some interesting stats about how Australians use Twitter (from http://datafication.com.au/) Tweets from Australia represent 2.8percent of the world’s daily tweets… That’s Tweets 5000 per minute…80 per second. 54% of those Tweets are coming from females, who prefer to Tweet on a Friday (while Males favour Wednesday for Tweets). Do you have a problem with Internet Addiction? (Or know someone who[Read More…]

Email, Social Networks and more all in one with MultiMi

If you use a webmail service like Gmail or Hotmail and connect to multiple social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, AVG has just released a free application that brings them all together. It’s called MultiMi and while it’s not the only application of its type available, the inclusion of AVG’s linkscanner technology means that you can stay clear[Read More…]

Windows 8 a cheap $15 upgrade for some

Microsoft recently announced that the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, will be launched on October 26 this year, but what does this mean for Windows 7 users? Well if you bought a new PC running Windows 7 any time on or after June 2 this year then you’ll have the option to buy a downloadable upgrade[Read More…]