A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah. Well, here's a quote from the original ...

Many techs will agree: antivirus programs can be a hassle. Mostly, the issues tend to stem from slower performance and similar issues that result from using an antivirus program. Still, it’s a bit of ...

Called AVG LinkScanner, the software checks web addresses as they are entered via a user's Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsing client, and poll's AVG's servers on the site/page risk rating. The ...

Amsterdam, October 12, 2009 " The popular practice of embedding shortened URL into Twitter tweets, Digg posts and other social networking communications is being threatened by hackers who use the ...