I recently talked to a colleague in Spain about the cybersecurity landscape over there. He made a good point about the fact that Macs are believed to be a lot more secure than they actually are. A lot of this is due to misinformation that originated in the United States, which led to Mac users in … [Read more...]
Protect Yourself on the Web With These Three Simple Steps
Most people understand that the passwords to their computers and networks need to be more difficult to guess or crack. All of our computers and devices are connected these days so it is important to keep people out that do no need to be there. There was a time when computers were stand alone devices … [Read more...]
MySearchPage.net virus Info and Control
MySearchPage.net virus is now popular not because it is one of today’s revolutionary search engine varieties but because this is one browser people get scared from whenever they see this running on their computers. This fake and nasty search engine is actually a browser hijacker so what it does is … [Read more...]
The Danger of Having Websearch.search-plaza.info
Websearch.search-plaza.info is a browser redirect malware that can modify your computer’s DNS settings and won’t permit you to restore it unless this will be cleaned out from your system. This browser hijacker commonly makes its way into your computer when you download free software or applications … [Read more...]
The Harmful Ways of Mystart.uninstallmaster.com
Mystart.uninstallmaster.com is basically a browser hijacker. For the ordinary computer user, a browser hijacker can be a malware, an adware, a virus or any type of software that was intentionally programmed to change a lot of your DNS settings causing your default browser useless while making the … [Read more...]
Encryption Software for Windows XP Users
Encryption software is one of the most important yet most overlooked aspects of PC upkeep. In today's world, it seems that nothing is safe and secure. Even government institutions and Fortune 500 companies experience problems with security and with more of us online each day, it is vastly … [Read more...]
Differences Between Spyware, Malware and Others
There are countless ways that your computer can be infected by harmful elements but the vast majority of them come down to the four usual suspects: Viruses, spam, malware, and spyware. Consider them the Four Horsemen of computer problems and keep in mind that some of them can overlap … [Read more...]
Protect Business From Cyber Attacks
A company is only as safe as its computer network and, though it's hard to admit, many businesses are frightfully unprotected when it comes to possible hackers, viruses, and other nasty internet elements. Cyber attacks have leveled people from all walks of life. A local business owner might … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Increase Computer Security
Though the internet is far safer now than it was in its infancy, there are nevertheless more people using the net than ever and this means that there is a much greater field of victims for the cunning hacker or identity thief. Even major corporations, who spend millions each year in computer … [Read more...]
Kill Running Process on Computer
Method #1: There are many ways to kill an active process, and in this article we will examine some of the most common and effective approaches to achieve this task. When deciding to end a process, especially during a time when your system is compromised with a malware infection, be sure that you are … [Read more...]