On the face of it, Avast is in a bit of a pickle. One of its headline applications, CCleaner, has just infected over two million consumer PCs across the globe with quite a sophisticated piece of malware. How it as a company handles the cleanup process is going to be quite telling.
Tom Howarth is an IT Veteran of over 20 years experience and is the owner of PlanetVM.Net Ltd, Tom is a moderator of the VMware Communities forum. He is a contributing author on VMware vSphere(TM) and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment, and the forthcoming vSphere a Quick Guide. He regularly does huge virtualization projects for enterprises in the U.K. and elsewhere in EMEA. Tom was Elected vExpert for 2008 and each subsequent year thereafter.
What the Windows CCleaner Did
CCleaner, a program owned by Avast, is the center of a major security scare. Why should you be worried? Well, this product is used by millions of Windows users worldwide to run maintenance on their registry and file systems on their consumer Windows machines. The product has had over two billion downloads in its lifetime, …
VMworld Europe 2017 – Roundup
In a slight change from normal behavior this week is VMware’s European VMworld soiree, I say a slight change as this is is usually held in October. The European conference is to be fair never as good as their US offering, yes the Keynote speeches had tip of the hat to the Europeans with Gelsinger …
HPE: Out of the Fire or Still in the Frying Pan?
HPE has just released its third quarter results. It has finally given its investors something to do a little jig to, having managed to beat expectations for revenue and earnings per share as well as achieving a small year over year revenue growth. The headline numbers are as follows:
VMworld 2017 Las Vegas: Days Two and Three
Are your feet sore still? Did you remember to bring the good shoes? Well, day one was a blinder. Let’s see what happened on days two and three at VMworld. Traditionally, day one is about strategy and vision, and Pat scored well with a cogent keynote. Day two’s keynote started with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger …
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VMworld 2017 Las Vegas
The great and the good of the virtualization world have once again descended on the City of Sin to worship at the altar of VMware. Yes, VMworld is behind us again. TVP Strategy is well represented there this year by our CEO, Edward Haletky, and our analyst Stephen Beaver. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my …