Serious design flaws bypassing exploit mitigations found in Anti-Virus
Popular Antivirus programs such as AVG, McAfee and Kaspersky were found to be providing easy access for malware attackers to infect PC’s with exploit mitigations. This is said to be happening because...
View ArticleUpdates 12/15/15 - Firefox
Firefox Version 43.0 ( December 15, 2015 ) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/43.0/releasenotes/What’s NewNewPrivate Browsing with Tracking Protection offers choice of blocking additional...
View ArticleWin 10 updater, again...
MS pushed "important" update KB3035583 on my Win 7 Pro , 32-bit, system today, quote:This update installs the Get Windows 10 app, which helps users understand their Windows 10 upgrade options and...
View ArticleSpyware removal tool
My Dell system has been infected with spyware.Whenever I open a link it redirects to another website.I installed an anti-spyware program called Malwarebytes Anti-Spyware and quarantined the items but...
View ArticleAV-Comparatives Aug-Nov 2015 Real World Protection Tests
AV-Comparatives, arguably the leader in independent tests of AV solutions, has summarized its Real World Protection tests for the last 4 months. This involved testing of 20 of the most popular and...
View ArticleUpdates 12/17/15 - SpywareBaster
SpywareBlasterdatabase update 12/17/201514 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)for a total of 17,340 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to enable all protection!
View ArticleSmartScreen: Windows 10 Edge & IE can block 0-day web attacks
As a result of its "cross-company data intelligence", Microsoft's SmartScreen can now block zero-day drive-by attacks in Windows 10 Edge and Internet Explorer 11.=======Comment: Is the implication...
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Is Zone alarm (free) still safe? It keeps failing and wanting to replace the...
Have been getting windows opening from Zone Alarm telling me to replace the version I have.In the end I did ,and it failed to recognise it's own updates or let me switch the antivirus on.I then...
View ArticleUpdates 12/18/15 - Firefox, SpywareBlaster PROGRAM
Firefox version 43.0.1 (12/18/2015) is available via the program's internal updater (Help / About Firefox)There are no [useful] release notes as of the moment...
View ArticleProgramData appearing in OS drive
I have found a hidden folder in my main OS drive named by ProgramData. It has some unknown programs in it and I am not able to delete or shred it. Please guide.
View ArticleAnnoying Popup
On so many of the the pages I go to, I get this message:"Only secure content will be displayed" Not sure what the system considers to be insecure, but I simply want to turn this useless warning off....
View ArticleUpdates 12/21/15 - CCleaner
CCleaner v5.13.5460 (21 Dec 2015)- Added Opera and Chrome Media Cache cleaning. - Improved Chrome Extension and Cache cleaning. - Improved Windows 10 Registry cleaning. - Optimized 64-bit build...
View ArticleFeds require Oracle to warn consumers about older Java software
The following was excerpted from http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29295433/feds-require-consumer-warnings-about-older-java-softwareThe FTC says Oracle deceived consumers for several years by...
View ArticleFacebook moves videos away from Flash, to HTML5, for all browsers
Facebook has joined a number of big web presences that are moving away from Flash, announcing on Friday that it’s switched to HTML5 for all its web videos.That includes videos on News Feed, Pages and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Targets Man-in-the-Middle Adware
To help improve the security of its Windows software ecosystem, Microsoft is cracking down on adware that relies on man-in-the-middle techniques....The new rules take effect on March 31, 2016.Read more...
View ArticleUpdates 12/22/15 - Firefox
Firefox version 43.0.2 (12/22/2015) is available via the program's internal updater (Help / About Firefox)There are no release notes as of the...
View Articleclean junk
Any reliable ad-free software to clean daily junk, registry errors? using dell inspiron 5558 series,
View ArticleSpyware
Mcafee not detecting any virus. Please recommend any online boot time scanner. dell Inspiron 5558 windows 8.1 mal functioning.
View ArticleUpdates 12/26/15 - SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlasterdatabase update 12/26/201510 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)for a total of 17,350 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to enable all protection!
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Updates 12/28/15 - Flash, Firefox
Adobe Flash has been updated to 20.0.0.267In today's release, we've updated Flash Player and AIR with important bug fixes and security updates.These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could...
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