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CacheTask ?

Anybody know what Microsoft's CacheTask actually does? I see lots of posts on the net that it's part of all versions of Windows but no clear indication of what it's actually doing.In recent days...

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Updates 10/29/16 - SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlasterdatabase update 10/29/201612 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)for a total of 17,534 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to enable all protection!

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Google reveals existence of 0-day flaw in Windows

After 7 days, per our published policy for actively exploited critical vulnerabilities, we are today disclosing the existence of a remaining critical vulnerability in Windows for which no advisory or...

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WoT's up with Web of Trust?

"Your browsing history may have been sold alreadyBy Martin Brinkmann on November 1, 2016Add-on companies are selling the browsing history of millions of users to third-parties according to a report...

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Updates 11/8/16 - Windows Updates, Flash

This thread is currently "under construction", and will be edited for the remainder of today.   Please excuse any blank spaces or crossed-out "placeholders" for items expected to be announced.Today is...

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Review: Sophos Home for Windows - Free AV

Sophos Home (SH) is a free anti-virus that has been available to home users for about one year. Sophos is a 30 year old security company from England, which established itself with endpoint security...

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Panda Free v18

Panda version 18 is now available:   https://www.neowin.net/news/panda-free-antivirus-180-brings-redesigned-ui-better-protection-and-performanceThat's all the information I have.... I have NOT (yet)...

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Updates 11/11/16 - SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlasterdatabase update 11/11/201613 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)for a total of 17,547 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to enable all protection!

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McAfee Security Center 15 Months Subscription

Hi,I bought Dell Inspiron 7000 Core i7 with McAfee Security Center 15 Months Subscription.But at end of one month McAfee account expired.Can you help me with this.

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adware removal

Does anyone know what dbutil_2_3.sys is.  Norton power eraser reports it is bad but fails when trying to remove it.

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Free AVs Compared, 2016

The Best Free Antivirus Protection of 2016By Neil J. Rubenking November 11, 2016 "We've tested 14 free AV services to help you find the right one to protect your...

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Malwarebytes 3.0 *BETA*

Caveat:   Emphasize this is a discussion of a **BETA** product.    The following information is excerpted from...

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Updates 11/15/16 - CCleaner (& Firefox expected)

CCleaner v5.24.5839 (15 Nov 2016)- Improved Firefox History cleaning - Improved Opera and Vivaldi Session cleaning - Updated Internet Explorer and Edge Cache cleaning - Updated Windows Explorer MRU...

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Windows 7 updates?

Got offered two Win 7, 32-bit, updates today:Win 7 quality rollup (KB3197869) .net quality rollup (KB3196686)Anybody install them yet? I'm gun-shy after the mess the last go-round caused here......

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Duplicate MSE updates ?

Windows 7, 32-bit...Just got offered two Microsoft Security Essentials definitions updates at the same time: KB2310138 (Definition 1.231.2187.0) KB2310138 (Definition 1.231.2187.0)HUH? [:S]Both have...

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Reminder for PaleMoon users on XP systems

From https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13702 :We will no longer provide updates for Windows XP beyond version 26.5.0 of Pale Moon.With version 27 just around the corner, we ask that...

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Updates 11/22/16 - PaleMoon

Pale Moon 27 : Release notes http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtmlWe now have a new milestone release with literally too many changes to list even concisely. These release notes will therefore...

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Free key antilogger for use with Windows 10

Is there any free key antilogger software available for use with Windows 10?  If there is, is anyone using it?  If there are more than one, which is working the best?

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Firefox will only support WebExtensions by the end of 2017

Mozilla plans to cut support of all extension technologies except for WebExtensions when Firefox 57 Stable is released on November 28, 2017.   Firefox users who have legacy add-ons installed in the...

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Playing a CD on my laptop

I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop.  When I insert a music CD, I get a message that says "There is a disc with an unsupported format in drive (D:)".  How do I get the CD to play?  I'm a little "tech...

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