If you want to beef up security on your Android device then I suggest you grab the avast!

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"Police are out in force to beef up security measures at the Bahrain International Circuit, " he is quoted as saying.

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Lawmakers demanded that Karzai beef up security for government officials who travel.

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Added to the sizable military contingent, police officers and state troopers from hundreds of miles away have also been drafted in to beef up security.

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In addition, Clinton said she immediately took steps to beef up security at U.S. posts around the world and to implement the review panel's 29 recommendations.

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Deputy prime minister and defense minister Tony Tan told CNN that terrorism was an ongoing threat for Singapore, and he has turned to tech to beef up security.

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At the time of his killing, the Mexican army, navy, and federal and state police were patrolling the area to beef up security for the Mexican Open professional tennis tournament.

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We're going to beef up airport security, because Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab allegedly snuck a bomb through a security checkpoint.

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Number one, beef up our security and procedures not just in Libya but in every embassy and consulate in the region.

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He's a Colorado Republican who has emerged as a leader of efforts to beef up border security and criminalize illegal immigrants.

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Privacy advocates have long called on Twitter to beef up its security.

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But Twitter has since worked to beef up its security, in part through adding well-known white-hat hackers to its staff such as cryptography-focused Moxie Marlinspike and former NSA analyst Charlie Miller.

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What it means for you: Even if your company seems to be too small to be targeted by a state-sponsored hacker attack, now is a good time to beef up your digital security, in case the situation gets worse.

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If last month's Sony breach didn't already convince you to beef up your own computer security, now might be a good time to swap in 'Pa55werD1' for the rather pathetic 'password' you've been using to protect your own company's trade secrets for the last decade.

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