Benefits of professional service for Mcafee and Asus technical support

Antivirus software is essential towards protecting the computer and the information stored within the same. There are different types of antivirus programs available to secure and protect the computers. The leading brand is Mcafee, the company is known by its reputation for robust and effective antivirus software that is used for both business and private purposes.

Nowadays there is an increase in exchange of information and data that is done via internet. This is a growing trend with an increasing threat of cyber attacks that are done in the form of viruses, malwares, spywares and other malicious software’s. In order to protect the information and data from getting damaged or compromised Mcafee antivirus plays a crucial role.

Similarly laptop and computer machines made with excellence, high-standards and good quality play an important role in day to day operations of businesses and individual use. Asus is a brand that needs no introduction the company is known well for manufacturing state of the art computers and laptops. These laptop machines require regular maintenance and tune up to maintain optimal performance.

In case of any technical problems either with the Asus laptop or Mcafee antivirus a user can refer to supportmart technical help lines for Mcafee customer service phone number and Asus technical support number.

If you are looking for a professional organization that has a vast pool of tech solution for your problems with-in your reach, then look no further. Supportmart brings you a wide range of services suited best as per your requirements at competitive pricing. The business has a professional trained, certified and experienced team of technicians who share decades of work experience amongst themselves. These technicians are dedicated towards helping the customers facing technical problems.

McAfee Quarterly Report Released: We Are Still Vulnerable To Attacks

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In the previous month June 2014, McAfee released its quarterly insecurity reports, which simply concludes that we are still vulnerable to attacks. In fact, according to the report, it is very clear that the situation is getting worse at an increasing speed. The well researched McAfee report has revealed certain daunting facts that need an immediate attention and remedial steps, otherwise, there could be more advanced attacks having increased infiltration, reconnaissance, and persistence features.  

 One major frightening stat that the McAfee report revealed is that, there is a massive increase in the number of mobile malware. On comparing the total number of mobile malware as identified by McAfee in the first quarter of 2012, which was up to a few thousand instances. They have now increased to nearly 4 million unique forms. In terms of new mobile malware, there are about 800,000 instances in each quarter. 

The reports also mentions about the malware infected clones of Flappy Birds game app. McAfee labs has found that 79 percent of sampled clone apps of the popular game, were containing malware. The only purpose of the criminals behind developing a malicious version of popular Android apps is to invade into the user’s mobile devices and then perform illegal actions like installing additional apps, extracting contact list, stealing sensitive data, and tracking phone calls, locations, and messages etc. The company report revealed that a lot of attacks are now getting onto mobile devices through Adobe updates or game apps, and are attacking services like Whatspp and Google Wallet. In the past few months botnet mining was also found to be active on mobile devices. Although later it was found out that botnet mining in mobile devices is not that profitable.  

“The year 2014 has already given us ample evidence that mobile malware developers are playing on these inclinations, to manipulate the familiar, legitimate features in the mobile apps and services we recognize and trust. Developers must become more vigilant with the controls they build into these apps, and users must be more mindful of what permissions they grant” said Vincent Weafer, senior vice president, McAfee Labs.  

   

Besides this alarming report about the rise in the Android malware, McAfee labs also revealed that the web based attacks through malicious URLs have more than doubled in one year period. In the previous year there were nearly 8M instances and now it is over 18M. Most of the servers that are hosting dangerous content and the phishing websites are situated/hosted in the US. The instances of signed malware also raised from 1M instances to 3M instances. There is also an increase in the network attacks with DOS accounting 25 percent of attack, Brute Force accounting 18 percent, Browser attack accounting 16 percent, and so on. 

 

The only conclusion that generates from this report is that the attacks are on a rise. One can’t hide from this increasing problem. However, necessary preventive measures can be taken in order to avoid any kind of security/data breach. Installing good antivirus solutions like McAfee Antivirus and Internet Security solution, being one of the preventive measures. They are reliable security solutions that provide an always-on proactive protection from all kinds of attacks and multiple handy features to remove infections. Plus if a need of support for McAfee is felt, then you can avail help from the experts by dialing McAfeecustomer service phone number. 

All in all, the facts and figures clearly show that now, there are more number of malware variants and attacks (offline and online) existing then they ever existed. Using reliable and strong security solutions and staying updated with data security trends are two easy ways to stay protected. Plus staying in contact with expert support companies like SupportMart and others also helps. They are reliable and good sources of technical help. All you have to do is reach them by dialing the toll free number, like HP support number, PC support number, or antivirus support number etc. and then avail the required help.   

Russian Hackers Steal 1.2 Billion Passwords, Says McAfee

 McAfee, the leading data security solutions vendor, has recently reported about “the largest known database of stolen credentials in the world”. The company made a post on August 6, 2014 in its official blog, McAfee blog Central, which revealed that 1.2 billion username and passwords and over 500 million email addresses has been stolen and held by a group of Russian hackers. The blog post was made after The New York Times revealed about the reported hacking operation’s database. 

It was the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, based security firm, known as “Hold Security” researchers who discovered the hacking database. However, the security firm has refused to disclose the name of the website or victims who have been affected by the reported hacking group. 

The figures of the stolen login credentials and email addresses are dauntingly big. Based on the facts what McAfee reminiscences is that “many people reuse credentials on multiple websites,” “any websites on the Internet—from the smallest blog to Fortune 500 companies—are still vulnerable to basic attacks by hackers,” and “hackers only need to compromise one account to get at nearly all of your information.”

Keeping your identity and online accounts safe is becoming more difficult day-by-day. A user should take all the precautionary measures, like stop using same credentials on multiple websites, use a strong password etc. Also keeping updated with all the latest security trends and news also helps. Additionally, it is also important that you install a reliable antivirus and internet security software, like those of McAfee, in your system and, avail requisite McAfee tech support by calling at McAfee customer service phone number. 

McAfee Antivirus Plus is a reliable security software and keeps you secure all the time. But issues in the security solution can arise at anytime. Companies like SupportMart and a few others are good sources from where you can get support for all technical issues, including McAfee issues. These companies provide non-stop tech support for PCs, antivirus, printers, peripherals, web browsers, email services etc. All you have to do is call Asus technical support number, AVG support number, Avira support number, HP printer support number etc. and avail the required help.