Welcome to the January issue of VIPRE Security News, ThreatTrack’s consumer-focused monthly newsletter.

I hope you survived the busy holiday season intact and upbeat, and enjoyed some wonderful times with family and friends. But, as you know, all things must come to a new beginning. Yes, another year has burst its cork, giving you 12 months to tweak those minor flaws in your otherwise perfect security environment.

Welcome to the December issue of VIPRE Security News, ThreatTrack’s consumer-focused newsletter.

As the holiday season kicks into high gear, I hope you are all shopping happily and safely for your family and friends (and perhaps yourself). To help you stay on a safe track, I recommend you read our featured article, ‘Make Sure to Protect Those Christmas Gifts.’

Welcome to the November issue of VIPRE Security News, ThreatTrack’s consumer-focused newsletter.

Get ready, folks -- the shopping season will soon be upon us. To help you survive Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we offer some advice in our featured article.

The new version includes enhancements to core technologies (scanning, threat engine, and firewall) that enable VIPRE to stay on top of detecting and remediating relevant threats. In addition, we’ve given VIPRE a new look that makes the product easier to use, more intuitive, and more useful.

As many as 500 million computers may be at risk from a new software bug dubbed Shellshock that could give hackers a doorway to your desktop.

It is not yet clear exactly how many systems and what type of computers are vulnerable to Shellshock, but researchers say the vulnerability could be worse than the Heartbleed bug that recently put the data of millions of people at risk.