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Panda Security

Parental Control. What is it? How is it installed?

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The safety of children on the Internet is one of the greatest concerns for adults when their kids use computers.

The content they can access, the Web pages they can see or the people who can contact them is a serious worry for parents.

How can you protect your kids on the Web? No doubt you have heard of ‘parental control’, but do you know how it works? Are you aware of all that you can do with this feature?

What is parental control?

Parental control lets the administrator user of a computer, in this case the parents, deny access to inappropriate content. In addition to this, the new Panda 2015 products also include the option to monitor kids’ Internet activity.

They offer a summary of the pages and categories that the children have visited most, along with a detailed report of all the pages accessed (page, category, date/time).

The technology used in this parental control feature is independent of the Web browser, so simply deleting the history or changing browsers won’t affect the monitoring of kids’ online activity.

Similarly, parental control lets you block pages according to content by using categories or blacklists.

Sounds useful, doesn’t it? Well, you’ll find this feature in the most comprehensive antivirus solutions: Panda Internet Security 2015, Panda Global Protection 2015 and Panda Gold.

Are you concerned about activating it? Here you have the instructions how to install parental control on your computer.

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AVG

Amazon announce Fire Phone UK launch

The Amazon Fire Phone, which launched in the US in July was launched in the UK this week.

The Fire Phone, which has a unique Dynamic Perspective feature which alters the display to offer the user a 3D screen from any angle. It achieves this via four front facing cameras which track the user’s face and allow gesture input.

The AVG team took full advantage of the unique head movement gesture control and built into the AVG Alarm Clock Extreme app so that users get can get the full Fire phone experience. This means that users who download the AVG app can nod or shake their head to ‘snooze’ or turn off their alarm and other physical gestures will provide a richer, more impactful experience.

We have developed two new apps, AVG AntiVirus PRO for Fire phone and AVG Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire phone, both available to download from the Amazon store for FREE and are designed to take advantage of all the exiting new functionality built into the Amazon Fire phone.

Just as Amazon has done with the device, we wanted to provide users with a great experience that is engaging and exciting.

Download AntiVirus PRO for Fire phone

Download Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Fire phone

ESET

How to fix Shellshock Bash on Mac OS X: Mavericks edition

Apple Mac OS X users concerned about the Bash vulnerability dubbed Shellshock got some relief late yesterday as Apple published fixes for various versions of OS X. But if you use Mavericks you will need to install 10.9.5 before the Bash fix will work.

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Avast

Experienced Social Media Ninja wanted!

Take care of Avast Communities &  A-team!

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At Avast we are convinced that our Community of 5 million fans and followers deserve our full attention.

Therefore, we have a dedicated social media team that creates, monitors, and participates in conversations across social media, engaging with AVAST users, journalists, and key influencers. We blog, tweet, pin, simply do what all Social Media Ninjas should do, in order to earn the title Ninjas! One of us is leaving, to take care of a newly-arrived little Ninja, therefore we are looking for someone who can join our Social Media A-Team! ;) 

Avast Social Ninja should be :)

  • Experienced and multi-functional community manager: Monitor, prioritize, respond, and assign conversations across all of AVAST’s 20 social media touch points!
  • Able to assist our local social media community managers: Monitors trends, tools, and new techniques, so you can support and guide our local managers through the social media jungle!
  • Creative story-telling via short-form content and blogging is your weapon, and you know how to play with words!
  • Focused and capable of planning ahead.
  • Be able to manage Social Media campaigns and report results to the Master of Ninjas!

Perfect Ninja should :)

  • Prove at least 2 years experience in the Social Media ring.
  • Be flexible and focused on the users’ needs. Understanding that our American, French, Russian, German, etc. communities require different approaches is crucial! 
  • Understand that Social Media Ninjas fight together. Work closely with communications, marketing, support, and product teams.
  • Be tech savvy enough to know that the AVAST Virus Lab doesn’t create new viruses, phishing doesn’t use worms for bait, a false positive isn’t positive for Avast or our users. Basically you need a working knowledge of online and mobile security!
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken) is a MUST. Any other language is a plus (Japanese will give you extra points. :) )

What you can expect from us?

  • Great, unique experience in social media, lots of fun, space for creativity, and new ideas!
  • Fantastic team atmosphere and close cooperation within our international environment with Deborah (American, currently in Florida, USA, before living in China, Finland), Albert from Spain, Anna from Russia, Andre from Brazil, Dominika from Czech Republic, Sarah from France!
  • Working in the AVAST HQ in Prague, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
  • Plenty of benefits that all Ninjas like: Flexible working hours, lunch vouchers, 5 weeks of vacation, sick days, language courses, training, pension insurance.

What won’t happen to you:

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Challenge accepted? :)

Send us your CV, link to your blog, Twitter profile, Google +  and a letter explaining why you ARE THE ONE at [email protected] or [email protected]

Last, but not least, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Business owners – check out our business products.

ESET

FBI Director “very concerned” with smartphone encryption

With Apple, Google and other tech companies responding to users’ demands for privacy with further smartphone encryption options, not everyone is happy. FBI Director James Comey is “very concerned” about increased mobile OS encryption, according to TechSpot.

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