http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/ PC Pro labs en-gb Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:47:43 +0100 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:47:43 +0100 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 site.editor@pcpro.co.uk webmaster@pcpro.co.uk http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/160/security-suites/products.html Back at the beginning of the decade, a stream of high-profile attacks, including Melissa, ILoveYou, SirCam, Nimda, Klez, Slammer, SoBig, MyDoom, Blaster and Sasser, each took a turn at wreaking absolute havoc across the world's PCs. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/155/antivirus-software/products.html This year, the computer virus celebrates its 25th birthday - at least, by one measure. The idea of a self-propagating program is probably as old as computing itself, and proto-viruses such as Creeper and Rabbit date back to the early 1970s. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/136/internet-security-suites/products.html The Internet is arguably the greatest invention of the 20th century, but it's brought with it a huge number of problems. The first six months of 2005 threw up a colossal 1,862 new vulnerabilities, and if you don't guard your PC against this constantly evolving threat you can be sure a hacker, virus writer or malware author will be lurking on the other side of your broadband connection to take advantage. Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/133/anti-spyware/products.html Spyware is rapidly becoming the curse of the country. Often through no fault of their own, thousands of Britons are infected each day, and choosing anti-spyware to get rid of the problem is fraught with its own difficulties: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/114/personal-firewalls/products.html Firewalls have become a necessity. This is thanks in part to the always-on nature of the 21st century Internet, but the need for a firewall doesn't just apply to broadband users. Although they're a more attractive target, thanks to the sheer amount of bandwidth that can be appropriated, dial-up users aren't immune either. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/100/corporate-anti-virus-software/products.html Hardly a week goes by now without a virus causing mayhem, making anti-virus measures an essential part of a data-protection plan. The new breeds of viruses are a far cry from the boot sector and file infector varieties of a few years ago, as these mass-mailers are capable of causing untold damage and destruction. Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0000