[Kaspersky Blog] Many people still think that malware is a software that completely disrupts the normal functioning of PCs. If your computer is working well, it means it’s not infected, right? Wrong. Malware creators are not your bored cyber-cowboys anymore. The main goal of cybercriminals is not to make a cyber-disaster just for kicks, but…
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Microsoft Security Essentials missed 41% of viruses
This is pretty much a duplicate of a post I did in Dec2013. In transferring it from my FB page to here, I clicked the link in it and found they'd done a fresh review and it was even worse. If you've been running Microsoft Security Essentials as your antivirus, you should absolutely replace it.…
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Check for “Superfish” malware
Got a Lenovo PC? You may be infected. Test here (even if you don't have a Lenovo): https://filippo.io/Badfish/
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Alternative to those junkware-doling download sites
The same site referenced in the last post ran an interesting article about how ALL the major freeware download sites are bundling crapware in with their downloads. One still-clean option is a site called NINITE.COM that folks can select from a list and download a junk-less installer. Otherwise, I recommend folks go right to the…
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