First of all, full disclosure: I am not a fan of IObit, its practices, or its software. That said, I’ve tried to be as objective as possible and have largely looked to other opinions to compile what I consider to be an unbiased overview of …
When the operating system will not boot and when the operating system will boot. The best free malware scanners, offline and online, plus the best free bootable rescue solutions. Recent Malware History The incidence of malware infections on home computers has slowed quite dramatically over …
Your Browser’s Ability To Protect You Against Phishing, Socially Engineered Malware (SEM) We have talked about Browser and Web security several times on this site, but it is important to remember that the bad guys do not sit still. They are very aggressive in their …
Safe Downloads Due to the nature of what I do, having to download lots of files quickly becomes hazardous duty. As you all know by now, the internet is rife with crooks trying to steal your cash, property, and identity. Because of this nasty state …
This is the third installment in the Using Browser Extensions series. Reminder: As always, please be sure to have virus and malware protection prior to downloading unknown software. Google and Firefox vet their extensions, but there is always the chance that a piece of malware …
Internet Safety Continued This is Part 2 of Using Browser Extensions – Internet Safety. We will be covering the two types of programs that probably have the ability to keep you safer than all the others combined: Password Generators/Managers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Proxies. …
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Why Use Extensions? If you are on the internet a lot, and most people are, then why not do it with the right tools available. Now that Microsoft Edge will be introducing extensions, that means that every major browser out there has extensions that can …
I’m mad! You should be too. You see, computer people have their favorite tools. Tools they’ve found through trial and error, tools they’ve come to trust, tools they’ve used for years, and tools they’ll recommended to others. Ask a computer “guy” how to do something …
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Security company G DATA has released its regular half-yearly malware report for the first half of 2015. Among the findings, researchers discovered a 64.8% spike in new malware strains as compared to the first half of 2014. This averages out to 12 new strains per …
12 New Malware Strains Emerge Each & Every Minute! Read More »
I originally wrote this over a period of time. I started when the most dominant malware around was those fake anti-virus programs – you know, the ones that block your system and try to bully you into paying for an upgrade to remove the so-called …
Links to all articles included in this series: The Beginning: Opening introduction to the series Browsers: What are they? How to make them a safer door to Web. Search Engines: The Good, Bad and Ugly. Understanding search results. Malware and Virus: What is Malware? – What is …
The AV-Test Institute, which is well known for its testing of antivirus real time performance, has just released the results of a series of tests specifically designed to determine how a selection of leading products handle malware removal, cleanup, and remediation. The “endurance” tests, which …
If you see an ad offering a ‘private video’ or ‘naked video’ of one of your Facebook friends, by all means, ignore it. (Who would want to see that anyways? Ewww. But I digress.) This is the latest scam that will result in malware …
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We let you know about the good software here at DCT, but we also warn about the not so good. The prolific software company IObit has recently released an anti-malware freeware called ‘IObit Malware Fighter 2’ which, it claims, includes real time protection. Free tools …
