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A survey by AVG Technologies claims that 69% of children first learn to use a computer before common activities like tying a shoe. The survey, conducted in late 2010, surveyed more than 2200 mothers with internet access and who had children at ages 2 to 5 years. With the changing scenario of early childhood education in comparison to 30 years ago, [...]

In which continent a user is less likely to be the victim of a malicious attack? According to the research laboratory of AVG free antivirus maker, is South America, with Brazil being in 98th position (one in 155 chance of being infected). Countries in the question, the navigations are the safest place in Sierra Leone (one in 696), Nigeria (one in 442) [...]

The research laboratory of AVG Technologies identified a botnet composed of more than 1.2 million computers. Controlled by criminals, the machines were infected in an attack of Eleonore Explore Toolkit – software that enables contamination control and desktops and notebooks. During the past two months, the team’s Virus Lab AVG observed [...]

The social network Facebook receives more and more applications, but some of them cannot be safe. It was what verified the research chief of safety of softwares from AVG Technologies, Roger Thompson, when he discovered that one of the applications was a false antivirus. The discovery was made when Thompson noticed that a Russian website, known by accommodating [...]