May 12, 2012
FBI actions mean 350,000 computers – all infected with the “DNSchanger” malware – will be cut off from the Internet on July 9, 2012. Does this sound like science fiction at best or a scam at worst? Well, it’s neither. Keep reading to hear the crazy story behind the FBI and the DNSChanger trojan, and what you can do to make sure your Internet will keep working.
April 11, 2012
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March 30, 2012
Lavasoft just released version 10 of Ad-Aware. As always, Ad-Aware promised to give users peace of mind by keeping them safe while they work and play with their computers. Ad-Aware protects computers from viruses, spyware and adware. Of course, there is a free version as well as two premium versions. The free version offers enough [...]
March 12, 2012
Some people call any type of malicious software a “computer virus,” but that isn’t accurate. Viruses, worms, and trojans are different types of malicious software with different behaviors. In particular, they spread themselves in very different ways. Malicious software in general is referred to as “malware.” If you want a catch-all term for bad computer software, malware is the word to use.
March 9, 2012
If you keep an eye on the updates Windows installs, you may notice the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool appearing every month. It removes some malware programs, but only a few — it doesn’t replace the need for an antivirus.
February 9, 2012
As the processing power of mobile phones continues to increase, so their use as a de facto communications and storage device gains more and more users. The end result is a society of connected individuals carrying around expensive hardware holding all of their most important data from contacts to document, music to movies and photos and games.
January 19, 2012
New online threats emerge every day, attacking corporations and consumers alike. These potentials threats aren’t disguised just as links or emails anymore. They could be coming for your personal information in all sorts of ways. Here, we will be taking a look at ClamWin, an open-source anti-virus program that’s been around for a while. Should you get it? Read on to find out.
January 12, 2012
ClamAV may be even more popular on Linux, where it first began its life. In this article, we’ll be taking a look at the most popular client of ClamAV for Linux, known as ClamTk. ClamTk is an easy-to-use GUI for the ClamAV engine that should help you keep your Linux system virus free. ClamTk is available for most of the popular distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora.
January 9, 2012
Some antivirus tools are indeed tricky to figure out and check whether they are as good as they claim, especially in comparison to other antivirus tools. Some say that they can remove viruses very well, but their detection rates are not what they ought to be. So how can you know that you’re choosing a good product to protect your system?
January 8, 2012
What do you do with a worm used for financial fraud when that gig starts to feel a little stale? You use it to steal Facebook logins and spam malware. That’s what has happened in the case of Ramnit, a malicious worm that has been spreading via executable and HTML files since April of 2010 (yes, almost two years ago).
