SecureAPlus Antivirus Releases Themes with Its First Update in 2017

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As part of its initial update for the year, the Themes feature introduces an alternate look to SecureAPlus and opens up the opportunity for new and unique designs from its users. 24 January, Singapore – In the first month of the new year and a few days leading up to the Lunar New Year, SecureAge Technology releases an update to SecureAPlus with general fixes and a new Customized Themes feature. Since its major user interface revamp in 2016, SecureAPlus has been incorporating a striking combination of colors to both set itself apart and to help users be able to identify … Read More

Maintenance of SecureAge Technology Servers

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The SecureAge Technology servers will be temporarily shutdown for maintenance on the following date: 17 December 2016 (Saturday) @ 0800H – 2000H SGT For information on when this is on your time zone please visit the following URL: View Maintenance Schedule in Other Timezone Note that the core protection of SecureAPlus from Application Control & Application Whitelisting will still be fully functional and that any untrusted applications will still be blocked from running. The same is also true for Jotti 2nd Opinion Scanning and the Offline AV (if enabled). During this time the following services are affected: SecureAPlus & SecureAge … Read More

The Value of a Good Anti-Virus Software

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Through the times’ viruses and now malware has evolved in the way it distributes itself – taking full advantage of the Internet and turning itself into a much more significant threat than ever before. Just as viruses have made themselves available and propagating over the web, downloadable anti-virus software is now easily accessible, and a lot of them are free. So the question beckons, in a time when viruses and malware multiple and reinvent at an alarming pace, Essential Features to look for in an Anti-virus In no particular order, these are the five features that you should be looking … Read More

Malware Removal Programs: Everything You Need to Know

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Malware removal tools are a dime a dozen these days. It goes to show how big of a problem malware is. But what is the difference between a malware removal tool & anti-malware software? A quick Google Search of the term “malware removal tool” or even “malware removal programs” shows the usual suspects in the consumer IT security industry. So to answer the question, they’re basically the same thing. The main difference is that people who search for these programs this way have the mindset that they’ve already been infected and are looking into a way to essentially find and … Read More

Spyware in a Much Connected World

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Spyware was not always used for nefarious purposes. Spyware was initially used as tracking software that was intended for legitimate use such as for employee productivity monitoring (under legal circumstances) and even parental control. Even it’s used for advertising was initially intended to make things better with contextual ads designed to appeal to the most important needs of users who browse the web instead of simply making one-size-fits-all ads on the internet that often miss their mark and run out of budget before they even reach the right audience. From Tracking to Spyware But it’s when these pieces of software … Read More

Polish-Based AVLab Awards SecureAPlus Highest Anti-Ransomware Rating

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SecureAPlus recently received the highest possible rating in a ransomware security test conducted by AVLab, an independent antivirus tester based in Poland. The original report along with a look at the malware threat landscape of 2016, specifically on ransomware, can be found at the following page (in Polish): AVLab Ransomware Report The test focused on the effectiveness of popular IT security solutions for both home and small/medium enterprises (SME) in the country such as Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, Comodo, Emsisoft, ESET, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, McAfee, Norton, Panda, Qihoo 360, Sophos, Trend Micro, Zemana and more. These security software along with SecureAPlus were … Read More

Important Announcement: November 2016 Universal AV Server Maintenance

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[Update as of 7 November 2016 – 15:00 SGT] – The SecureAPlus servers are online. It was back by late Friday last week as originally planned but was under observation during the weekend. As of today, it is close to full operational status. We use the term “close” as during our observation period we are still receiving reports of a few users still getting connection issues with the servers. Rest assured that we are working towards resolving this. For most of the SecureAPlus userbase, the connectivity issues should no longer be affecting them. If you are still experiencing connection issues … Read More

Black Friday Weekend Deal for SecureAPlus & Our New Storefront

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It’s that time of the year again where after doing our pleasantries during Thanksgiving we go about to hunt for the greatest deals available to commemorate the beginning of the holiday season. Of course we’re talking about Black Friday and to celebrate this festive shopping season we are offering our biggest deal of the year. From today (November 25, 2016), users can get the best of what we have on offer – SecureAPlus Premium at a mind-blowingly huge 70% discount. This means that you can get the core features comprising of the much lauded Universal AV cloud antivirus, our powerful … Read More

An Important Update on Second Opinion Scanner VirusTotal

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Users might have noticed that the section under VirusTotal in the prompts is now returning an error message over the past few days. Unfortunately representatives from VirusTotal have shared that they are unable to continue providing their service due to a change in their policy. They have also politely asked us to remove any reference to their service as soon as possible. SecureAge Technology has made efforts to contact and discuss this with VirusTotal to see if a possible resolution can be reached, as SecureAPlus has been a consistent contributor of new samples to the VirusTotal database. We will continue … Read More

What is Application Whitelisting and How it can Keep Your PCs Safe?

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Keeping PCs Safe with Application Control & Whitelisting

A PC is always prone to a myriad of threats that come in the form of viruses, malware, and other types of malicious files. Fortunately, there are a lot of antiviruses, anti-malware, and anti-spyware solutions that are available, and most of them are free. However, it is an entirely different matter when it’s the user who allowed malicious threats into the PC. This can happen unknowingly via a zero-day threat bypassing the detection rate of even the best of antiviruses. Alternatively, an infection can happen simply by another user who has equal access to the PC to ignore anti-virus prompts … Read More