• The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009

  
  A laptop that recharges wirelessly, a CPU that leaves the competition in the dust, and a top pick that's changing the face of computing--these are just three of the items in our PC World Top 100 list of the best products of the year.

• Microsoft Cleans up Bugs After Biggest Patch Release

  
  After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
• Nasty Halloween Trick: Fake Antivirus Sites
• Report: Malware Makers Are Organized, Sophisticated
• Phishing Gang Dominates Online Devilment
• Fake Antivirus Attacks, Demands Ransom
• Brace Yourself: Microsoft Readies Record-Setting Patch Tuesday
• Security Software Protects Mobile and Remote Mac, Windows Users
• Protect Your Privacy on Facebook and Twitter
• Microsoft Security Essentials: Never Pay For Anti-Virus Again

Antivirus and Security Reviews

• Clamwin Free Antivirus Software This open-source antivirus software fails to get the job done, with disappointing malware detection and no real-time scanning.
• AVG 8.5 Free Antivirus Software Though AVG 8.5 Free has a good, straightforward interface and useful blocking of Web-based attacks, its malware blocking is below average.
• Microsoft Security Essentials (Beta) Free Antivirus Software An effective but somewhat slow utility, Microsoft Security Essentials will be a solid contender when it comes out of beta around the end of 2009.
• Panda Cloud Antivirus (Beta) Free Software Panda Cloud Antivirus provides great protection in an easy-to-use application, but it's still too deep in development to recommend.
• Alwil Avast Antivirus Home Edition Free Antivirus Software Avast Antivirus Home Edition provides solid antimalware protection and a good set of features, but its outdated interface needs a makeover.

Antivirus and Security News

• Report: Malware Makers Are Organized, Sophisticated Cybercriminals are organized like corporations, and follow regular software release cycles, says principal group program manager for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.
• Nasty Halloween Trick: Fake Antivirus Sites Beware of Haloween-themed sites that offer antivirus software and instead plant bots.
• Microsoft Cleans up Bugs After Biggest Patch Release After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
• The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009 A laptop that recharges wirelessly, a CPU that leaves the competition in the dust, and a top pick that's changing the face of computing--these are just three of the items in our PC World Top 100 list of the best products of the year.
• Phishing Gang Dominates Online Devilment A single hacking group accounts for a quarter of all phishing attacks in the first half of 2009, a security study finds.

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Antivirus and Security How-Tos

• Protect Your Privacy on Facebook and Twitter Here's how to safeguard your identity and your personal data in the age of the social Web.
• Disaster! How to Retrieve a Deleted File What you've accidentally erased isn't necessarily gone forever.
• Is Your PC Bot-Infested? Here's How to Tell Botnets are big, bad, and widespread -- but if your system is infected, you can take several simple steps to clean it and stay safe.