Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14 this week. Here's everything you need to know about how your PC is at risk, and ...

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Back in 2023, we asked anti-virus expert Andreas Marx of AV-Test how so many infections escape antivirus software, even though it actually protects well. His answer: “Many programs successfully fend ...

If you can't upgrade your PC to Windows 11, you should sign up for the Extended Security Updates program ASAP.

Winternals last week released software that lets users tighten down desktop security by controlling user administrative rights on an application-by-application basis. With Protection Manager, users ...

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In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...

Small but growing companies and disorganized larger companies fall into the same trap with desktop security products. One day, someone notices that each computer has a different anti-virus package, a ...