herdProtect is a promising cloud-based malware scanner for Windows
Ever since cloud became a buzzword many security companies started to make use of it in their products.
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SUPERAntiSpyware Professional Review
SUPERAntiSpyware is a software application for Windows that can detect and remove malicious software and other unwanted software and bits of data from the syste
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Microsoft's Telepathwords guesses (parts of) passwords that you type
If you have been using the Internet for some time, you know that password security is a serious issue nowadays.
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Sandboxie virtualization tool for Windows
Sandboxie is an open-source, OS-level virtualization tool for Windows that creates an isolated, secure environment (a "sandbox") for running applications withou
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Microsoft accounts get a security boost in the coming weeks
Many companies have started to improve account security features on the user side in recent years.
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Avira Antivirus Suite 2014 Review
Microsoft has done quite a bit to improve the overall security of the Windows operating system.
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Trend Micro's AntiRansomware Tool identifies and removes ransomware from infected PCs
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts files on a PC so that users cannot access them anymore.
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Use AVG Downgrader to turn trial versions into AVG Free Antivirus
Anyone still using AVG for antivirus protection on their Windows systems? AVG products such as AVG Free Antivirus are not best in class anymore as recent securi
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Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 4.1 released
One of the security programs that I can wholeheartedly recommend is Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit or short EMET.
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Quickly virus check files on VirusTotal from Windows Explorer's context menu
Sometimes when I download files to my system I'm cautious to execute them even if residential antivirus programs running on the PC have not picked up anything y
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HitmanPro.Alert review
HitmanPro.
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Use Microsoft's Sigcheck 2.0 to check all files in a folder on Virustotal
Microsoft has released Sigcheck 2.
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4 Simple Password Creation rules and 6 common sense tips
Passwords are essential in the computing world: from using a password to sign in to your operating system to passwords for accounts on the Internet or accessing
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How to prevent Cryptolocker Ransomware to hit your PC
Cryptolocker is a relatively new kind of ransomware that was first detected in the wild in September 2013.
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Anti-Keylogger Software Oxynger Keyshield review
Keyloggers -- programs that record key strokes -- come in many shapes and forms.
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Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Software update improves protection
Malwarebytes released a first public beta version of Anti-Exploit, an exploit mitigation tool for Windows that works very similar to Microsoft's Enhanced Mitiga
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile for Android launches
Security company Malwarebytes has been busy in the past year or so with the expansion of its product portfolio.
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11 Avast Free Antivirus 2014 tips to get you started
Avast has just released the 2014 update to all of its security products.
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At least 1% of the Top 10000 websites use fingerprinting to track users
Computer users are exposed to a variety of tracking technologies when they browse the Internet.
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How SQRL may improve the website login and authentication process
If you want to sign in on a website on today's Internet, you have to supply a username and password to do so.
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Malwarebytes Techbench, plug and play malware removal
If you ever worked in tech support, or are the go-to person in your family or circle of friends when it comes to computer problems, then you know that resolving
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Public Internet Explorer exploit released; Fix-It available to protect your PC
A vulnerability, first announced by Microsoft on September 17, 2013, has been released to the public which may increase attacks that exploit that vulnerability
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Web of Trust improves rating system, launches extension updates
Web of Trust is a highly popular community driven website rating system.
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Cloud encryption solution Boxcryptor launches local key feature
We have covered the cloud encryption solution Boxcryptor before here on Ghacks.
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Good news: Avira to remove Searchfree Toolbar from its products
Toolbars are a big business.
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Virustotal for Android scans all apps for malicious contents
Apps are without doubt one of the core features that helped Google and Apple gain traction in the mobile phone market so quickly.
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AVG aims at Facebook privacy with CrowdControl
The popular anti-virus company AVG today announced it is moving into the social networking era with a new service called CrowdSource, which is geared towards pr
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Force Byte Detector: remove toolbars and other PUPs from your Windows PC
At least some toolbars back in the early days of the Internet offered functionality that you could not really get elsewhere.
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Why you should encrypt your PC fully
What is the worst thing that would happen if someone steals your PC? I'm not talking about the financial loss here but about the data that you have on your comp
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Antivirus Remover gets rid of security software that you cannot uninstall manually anymore
Sometimes when you try to uninstall security software like the latest AVG Antivirus 2014 or Avast Antivirus 2014 which we have reviewed a couple of days ago,&Ac
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Put important data in a RAM-mounting encrypted data archive with Bond Disc
Encryption is a great start to protect important data against prying eyes.
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GitHub introduces 2-factor login authentication
When it comes to making the sign in process more secure than it is by default, 2-factor authentication seems to be the way to go for many Internet companies.
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Bot Revolt is a Peer Guardian and Block alternative for Windows
The idea behind Peer Guardian was to block known bad or insecure IP connections automatically on computer systems.
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A first look at Avast Free Antivirus 2014
Companies that produce security software release new versions of their products in yearly cycle.
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SecureAPlus: application whitelisting for additional security
Most Windows users these days run a firewall and up to date antivirus software, either those that ship with the operating system or advanced third party tools.
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Encrypt Android phone conversations with RedPhone
The Prism surveillance scandal has shown that the NSA and other agencies can tap into most communication channels.
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Software to run when your antivirus solution fails
Running up to date antivirus software on your system is one of the best protections against threats that you encounter locally or on the Internet.
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Mailvelope: use OpenPGP encryption on Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and other webmail services
If you prefer to use a webmail interface such as those provided by Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail, you probably know that you cannot really secure your data dire
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Mailpile: private, secure, open source, locally-run email service
PRISM was a wake-up call for many even though it is still not really clear how extensive the spying, logging and wiretapping really is.
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How to modify your browser's fingerprint so that it is no longer unique
Tracking is one of the things that Internet users are exposed to no matter where they go.
