I give a lot of advice about what you should do in your digital life. I give just as much about what you shouldn’t do. Take, for example, the things you should never Google. No, this is not because ...

It has been about 26 years since the creation of the first computer virus. Today, the number of viruses has increased to over 250,000, and each one has the potential to damage your computer and your ...

For the most part, if you see a browser based tech support scam, then you can simply close the browser and start it again. On the other hand, if you are continuously seeing scams with alerts like ...

A recent update to Windows Defender gave it the ability to download files through a command line tool. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Malware refers to any software that is designed with malicious intent. Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, ransomware and other varieties — they all work differently but tend to cause ...

Boot Sector Viruses are malicious programs that reside in your hard drive. They infect your machine by replacing your Master Boot Record (MBR) or DOS Boot Sector with their code. In some cases, boot ...

The "Virus found!" fake scanner is a web browser advertisement that states that viruses are found and that should click Continue to perform a scan of the computer. When you click continue, it pretends ...