Walmart Black friday deals $99 xbox $298 laptop turkeys $5 Saturday Nov 7 in-store only http://ping.fm/ozuy0

Walmart has got their Black Friday Compaq laptops going for $298 on Nov 7 http://ping.fm/wmAEE

I’m ready for black Friday deals. Already got a deal here a 32″ tv for$318 at walmart http://ping.fm/sEcJd

Beware of facebook password reset email cuz it looks to be another virus http://ping.fm/Jp93c

Beware of an email scam that looks like it’s from Microsoft offering a free AV scan on your system for the Conficker worm; it will actually infect your machine with the Antivirus 2010 Pro virus. http://ping.fm/3CnHH

While on Facebook, If you get prompted to upgrade your Flash Player, don’t do it!, Could very well be a virus. http://ping.fm/KrG96 Best way to upgrade is to go to the Adobe site directly anyway

Lady calls cops for her pot being stolen. Did she not know she was gonna be arrested? http://ping.fm/9ldtk

Check out my writeup on the new psp go. http://ping.fm/ByI7e

In the past, I have recommended AVG Antivirus (The Free version) for most users that I run into in the community. Add the combination of Malware bytes malware removal tool, and you’ve got a fairly decent arsenal to protect yourself against bad files. But recently, with the dramatic increase of malware and virus behavior on the Interwebs, you might need a second opinion from time to time. I recently ran an online scan from NOD32 to look at a machine that I just did a thorough cleaning on. After this scan, I found 2 more viruses that I missed with AVG and Malware bytes.

I know that it is common to have one tool not find a threat whereas another tool will. But what makes this so appealing is that the NOD32 program does cost $39.99 per year, but you can use the online scan for free. The scanner does download some software to your machine, and if it does find a virus, it will quarantine it and “Hold” it basically. If you do decide to remove that software, then the virus will be released back into your system.

NOD 32 onlinescan

Toptenreviews gave NOD 32 a #4 out of 20 antivirus products recently.

Another worthy review is from Terry’s Computer Tips on NOD 32

Check out this review from Antivirusware also

I guess what I like about the product is that it is much easier on my system than the hog that AVG has become. Give it a try.

Fake anti-virus (AV) software is spreading at such a pace that it could grow past all other types of malicious software. It seems to be everywhere right now. Sophos Software is now seeing 15 fake AV sites a day now up from 5 a day last year. Panda is saying that Fake Antivirus will account for over 30 milion pc infections a month.

Technically, rogue AV is often hard to detect because the software is essentially a confidence trick. The rogue program convinces the user that they are infected with malware when they are not, and the user agrees to install the software to remove the non-existent threat. The user willingly hands over anywhere between $29 and $79, without the bogus software having to do anything that would cause an anti-virus program to intervene. If you do give them money, they still do not do anything about it, which doesn’t even qualify for extortion.

The bad thing is that the programs look legit often using that same interface and basic code that the real programs use. So, if you all of sudden see a hard drive scan that finds you have 139 viruses on your machine, just kill the program anyway you can. If you have questions, just contact me.