Fortunately, there's an excellent online tool called VirusTotal that can help. It's a website that scans and analyzes ...

Scientific American presents Tech Talker by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Last week I covered the steps to go through when trying to ...

Computer viruses can invade your system without you noticing, disrupting its operation and even stealing your data. To protect your device, it's important to know how to recognize signs of infection, ...

If you suspect your PC has been infected by malicious software or a virus, McAfee Malware Cleaner will remove it from your Windows PC. McAfee Malware Cleaner (MMC) is a free malware removal tool from ...

We know that most of you guys will be in trouble with the IDP.Generic threat. We have seen many posts on social media, which says that many users are getting the IDP.Generic virus detection on their ...

Restoring a Windows 8 PC to a previous backup point can circumvent viruses and other malware that locks the user out of the desktop. More persistent malware may require loading the computer into Safe ...

Cyber-criminals send a variety of threats to systems using Trojan viruses. One such Trojan virus is Altruistic.exe. This virus slows down your computer and utilizes significant system resources. If ...

A man uses a laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi. - AFP A man uses a laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi. - AFP In 2022, there were over 1.3 billion malware programmes in existence and 10 ...

Leonard Llangozi’s PC showed clear signs of a malware infection. “I don’t know what to do.” Most people write to me about having a “virus,” but have nothing of the kind. Their problems are caused by ...

How should you react if you find your computer has been infected by a virus? If you're like most people, your heart will skip a beat, and then you'll get a little freaked out. Maybe you'll start ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...