There’s nothing new under the sun, and rootkits are no exception.
In the early days of personal computers, in the age of the DOS command-line operating system, there were viruses that hid their presence from the users and anti-virus programs.
They did it by intercepting some system calls that were responsible for reading the files, [...]
Spyware is computer software that is installed stealthily on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s knowledge or consent.
Unlike a computer virus, spyware does not directly spread in the manner of a worm.
Generally, an infected system does not attempt to transmit [...]
You keep hearing there are all these scary things to avoid while being online.
There are so many confusing topics and just a lot of noise out there about what you should be doing and shouldnt be doing.
You get to the point where its easier to just not go online! You ask yourself, what [...]
The application automatically repairs all virus-infected files on your system, enabling you to schedule automatic scanning.
This highly effective firewall made even more powerful in a new WinAntiVirus Pro 2006 lets you control network connections to or from your system.
This feature enables you to accept safe connections and to block all others.
The brand [...]
I’ll be the first to admit I did not know much about computers.
I always thought when you got a computer it came with everything you needed.
What I didn’t know was that you always need an anti-virus on your computer to keep it from crashing.
My computer of course came with that,but I did not know [...]
We are living in an Information age and today more and more people use computers to help them reach information or to do some work.
Every computer in order to operate uses an operation system and one of the most frequently used operation systems today is called Microsoft Windows.
It has many versions but when [...]
The ongoing writing and spreading of viruses and of panic about them gives the vendors of commercial anti virus software a financial interest in the ongoing existence of viruses.
Some theorize that antivirus companies have financial ties to virus writers, to generate their own market,though there is really know evidence that we know of.
Some [...]
What happens is that these emails are part of phishing schemes.
Phishing generally means that someone sends you fake or bogus emails with bad links in them.
These links invite you to click on their bogus sites (i.
e.
not government sites at all) and submit some of your personal (confidential) information: maybe your complete name, [...]
Anti-Virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart, and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (Malware).
Anti-Virus software typically will use two different techniques to accomplish the following things, Examining,also known as scanning your files on the computer to look for familiar viruses that will match definitions in a virus [...]
If you have a Windows-based machine, you may have noticed a decline in your computers performance since you bought it.
It may freeze up suddenly, or it just could be acting a bit sluggish.
Instead of buying a new system, you should first try whatever you can to preserve your current one.
Here are 7 [...]