You visited ‘Simply Security’ (and thanks for that) but you may be confused about this “TM Internally” headline. Perhaps, you were on Facebook or Twitter in Trend Micro land and you clicked on this #trendtern hashtag for curiosity sake. Either way, welcome to the new program from Trend Micro that is actually benefiting the students…

By Vic Hargrave Computer worms are a form of malware that have the capability to rapidly infect many computers on a network by sending copies of themselves from one system to another over network connections. The Melissa worm in 1999, Sobig worms in 2003 and MyDoom worm in 2004 all propagated through email in the…

By Tony Larks, Vice President, Global Consumer Marketing, Trend Micro There’s no doubt that buying the right threat protection system can be a mind boggling task for the modern consumer. That’s why a consumer guide can be a very helpful aid, especially in an area such as information security, where the choice is bewildering and…

  By Tony Larks,  Vice President, Global Consumer Marketing, Trend Micro With an estimated valuation of $100 billion and a loyal membership of nearly 900 million subscribers worldwide, Facebook has also been forced to grow up fast. Back in 2004, when Zuckerberg was conjuring up the social network in his Harvard dorm room, the threat landscape…

By: Jennifer Burns Well, it’s official. I’m on a list or something. I received this spam email yesterday from FedEx. It claimed “the parcel was sent your home address” (sic). “The tracking number are attached”… Uh, what? Oh silly scammers. So, “FedEx” apparently has a parcel for me and if I download these two files,…

You know that you need security protection for your computer, but you may not know what to look for in Internet security software. What makes one type of Internet security different or better than another? Threats to your computer and data have changed over the years. As computers and networks have become more sophisticated, so…