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BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner

Cut-down software in consumer marketing push Romanian anti-virus firm BitDefender has begun offering a free version of its anti-virus scanner software to consumers.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information fr... ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Thu, May 21 2009

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