Guest post by Scott Augenbaum CyberCriminal Tuesday Avoiding cyber crime. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I refer to the Tuesday after CyberMonday as CyberCriminal Tuesday. The following are a number of tips to help you stay safe this holiday season. I am so grateful that after my career with the FBI I can do […]
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Malware, Virus, Tomato, Tomahto? Recently, I’ve received a few different questions on the concepts of anti-malware and anti-virus programs. Are they the same thing? Which is better? Is PC Matic an anti-malware program? There’s a lot to be said on the matter. But here is the most basic explanation. Malware is a blanket term used
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Study Shows Over 20% of PC Users Lack Real-Time Security PC Matic recently conducted a study on the number of PCs that are currently running without the protection of an anti-virus (AV) solution. A total of 35,609 were scanned for security protection. Out of those, the results were broken down based on operating system. Looking at
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Why Your Traditional AV Isn’t Working According to a recent study completed by KnowBe4, your traditional anti-virus alone is not effective in stopping today’s biggest cyber security threat, ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware that locks your files or entire PCs and demands a payment to unlock them. In the study, KnowBe4 asked 500
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Research testing is an important factor in determining the best security available…
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Take a wrong turn on a download page and you might end up with the Paid version of an antivirus software.
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An overview of the state of PC Security and how it affects our every day lives.
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The Citadel software disables anti-virus programs on infected PCs so they cannot detect malicious software. This means that if your PC was infected by Citadel, it still is despite the takedown of 1000 Citadel servers.
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It is quickly becoming apparent that when this latest version of Avast AV was released it may not have been quite ready for general consumption.
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The authorities on antivirus testing and rating have released their lists of the best-performing antivirus programs. Here’s the scoop:
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