Virus, malware, and security in general
Spam, Spam, and More Spam Spam, Junk Mail, Unsolicited Mail all fall into the same category and can fill your inbox with a ton of unwanted emails. Even when email clients like Outlook, Gmail, and others can effectively move most Spam to the Junk Mail […]
Microsoft Defender Preview Adds New Security Recently released to Windows Insiders, and available in the Windows Store for Windows 10 and 11 even though it has not been officially released is Microsoft Defender Preview. Unlike the Microsoft Defender (formerly known as Windows Defender) already on
Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2022 CANCELLED! This contest has been canceled. We were offering licenses for a program that is available free of charge. Ashampoo has kindly offered us five licenses for a giveaway contest for their renowned WinOptimizer software. These licenses are originally valued at $29.95
How To Encrypt MS, Libre, Apache Open Office If you ever have the need to create a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access file or even a OneNote section that contained sensitive data or just information you do not want to share, there is an easy
When Malwarebytes first released Anti-Exploit it was as a free standalone program and then, quite some time ago, Anti-Exploit was merged with Malwarebytes’ main product, Malwarebytes Antimalware, as part of its Premium package. However, did you know that you can still get Malwarebytes Anti-exploit (MBAE)
I have been writing a series of articles on the Samsung Phone, mainly on Samsung Galaxy A20, A21 and A10e. Today we will continue this series with a new How To. First, if you haven’t seen the other articles and videos I have done on
Norton is now bundling a crypto mining component with its Norton 360 antivirus range by default. The crypto mining component is currently available only in the U.S. but, according to Norton, it “will be made available to other regions soon”. Norton’s announcement covering the inclusion
Not really a fan of online storage but I finally bit the bullet and decided to upload a few things to Google Drive. If you have a Google account, you automatically have access to 15 GB of storage on Google Drive. So the first thing
In late November, Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) identified a new malware threat dubbed “DarkWatchman” which is virtually undetectable. DarkWatchman is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and keylogger that, according to PACT, represents a revolution in fileless malware techniques as it uses the Registry for
I’ve never been one to bounce around between browsers. I was an ardent Firefox user for many years but started to consider an alternative after encountering more and more web pages that Firefox failed to render properly. I have never considered Chrome, Chrome is Google…
Google announces critical Chrome vulnerability — you need to update Chrome ASAP. Google has confirmed the news that its Chrome browser has fallen victim to the sixteenth zero-day attack of the year. Zero-day vulnerabilities are when hackers discover a security flaw before a patch has
Bitdefender will no longer be distributing or supporting the free version of its antivirus software for Windows as of 31st December 2021. Existing Bitdefender Free users will continue to be supported until the middle of next year (30th June 2022), giving those current users plenty
If you’re a Gmail and/or Google account holder, your account is set for a major change. Google announced earlier this year that it would be forcing millions of account holders to start using 2-Step Verification (aka 2FA), a more secure way of logging in. Please
Microsoft surprised (shocked?) a lot of people when announcing the requirements for Windows 11, not the least of which was the requirement for TPM (Trusted Platform Module). TPM is an obscure security protocol (at least it was until Windows 11) that has been the cause
