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Avast One -The new name for Avast’s consumer security range Noticed this on the TV, seems Avast have re branded slightly and have a new offering Avast One and is free (most of it) Avast One is the new name for Avast's revamped and redesigned consumer security range, and combines antivirus, VPN, privacy and ...Noticed this on the TV, seems Avast have re branded slightly and have a new offering Avast One and i...
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- December 17, 2021 at 8:38 pm
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wlanext.exe hogging CPU Resources So for the last week my Laptop FAN has been on all the time, after some investigation I found via Task Manager that the wlanext.exe file was using 30 - 50% CPU resources and is associated with the Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework. ...So for the last week my Laptop FAN has been on all the time, after some investigation I found via Ta...
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- July 7, 2021 at 11:58 am
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What’s the difference between antimalware and antivirus? Whether it's on a personal or business device, security software is an essential tool for any computer, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. If you don't correctly protect your machine, you leave it open to being infected by a wide range of ...Whether it's on a personal or business device, security software is an essential tool for any comput...
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- July 6, 2021 at 3:22 pm
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Windows Defender is flagging CCleaner as a Potentially Unwanted Application Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you’ll probably notice that Windows Defender is now flagging the junk file remover as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) after Microsoft recently updated its antivirus program. CCleaner optimiz...Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so, you’ll probably notice that Windows Defender is n...
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- February 25, 2021 at 7:37 am
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Interesting AV Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZvLOQcPcohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZvLOQcPco
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- December 28, 2020 at 5:39 am
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Free Malwarebytes Software for PC’s If you have a Natwest or RBS online bank account you can get free Malwarebytes (not AV). Combine that with any good free antivirus and you're good to go. Mine by choice is Avast for AV and Malware scanning, I especially like the User interface as ot...If you have a Natwest or RBS online bank account you can get free Malwarebytes (not AV). Combine tha...
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- July 30, 2020 at 5:44 pm
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Fake News – Malicious ‘Corona Anti-Virus’ Software Discovered Fake News - Malicious 'Corona Anti-Virus' Software Discovered - infosecurity-magazine.com Researchers at Malwarebytes have unearthed a website advertising fake anti-virus software it claims can protect people from contracting the real human virus CO...Fake News - Malicious 'Corona Anti-Virus' Software Discovered - infosecurity-magazine.com Researche...
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- April 15, 2020 at 4:48 pm
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Avast pulls plug on insecure JavaScript engine in its security software suite Avast pulls plug on insecure JavaScript engine in its security software suite https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/13/avast_javascript_security/ Code interpreter ran with admin-level access, not sand-boxed, potentially open to remote-code executio...Avast pulls plug on insecure JavaScript engine in its security software suite https://www.theregist...
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- March 13, 2020 at 7:35 am
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Where is Your Antivirus Made and Does that Really Matter? I read the other day a very interesting article regarding where Antivirus programs are made and does it really matter. https://askbobrankin.com/where_is_your_antivirus_made.html Given also Bloomberg News recently published an article suggesting tha...I read the other day a very interesting article regarding where Antivirus programs are made and does...
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- November 13, 2019 at 4:10 pm
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