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Snake Keylogger slithers into Windows
As reported by The Register, A new variant of Snake Keylogger is making the rounds, primarily hitting Windows users across Asia and Europe. This strain also uses the BASIC-like scripting language Auto...As reported by The Register, A new variant of Snak...
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- 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Australian government bans Kaspersky on all government systems
Interesting development from Australia as last week the Australian government has banned the use of Kaspersky on all government products and web services.
PSPF Direction 002-2025
Kaspersky Lab, Inc. ...Interesting development from Australia as last wee...
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- 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Avast Secure Browser Uninstall Greyed Out and not Working
So had fun the other day trying to uninstall Avast Secure Browser from a Windows 11 laptop.
The normal option under Apps > Installed Apps when you go to Modify or Uninstall is Greyed out and does ...So had fun the other day trying to uninstall Avast...
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- 2 months, 1 week ago
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Bitdefender popup keeps identifying cs.axis-marketplace.com
So one of my Laptops uses Bitdefender security suite and recently it has started to block the following URL and classed it as Critical.
cs.axis-marketplace.com
Alas not much information out there an...So one of my Laptops uses Bitdefender security sui...
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- 5 months, 1 week ago
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US Kaspersky customers report replacement antivirus forcibly installed
Kaspersky customers in the US have found their antivirus software has been replaced without warning with a new solution called UltraAV.
UltraAV is an antivirus software from Pango Group - UltraAV soft...Kaspersky customers in the US have found their ant...
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- 7 months ago
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US bans Kaspersky software over alleged links to Russia
The US has announced plans to ban the sale of antivirus software made by Russian firm Kaspersky due to its alleged links to the Kremlin.
The Biden administration has banned the cybersecurity company ...The US has announced plans to ban the sale of anti...
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- 10 months ago
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Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool running in the Background
Nice to Know.
If you have ever noticed that once a month on a Tuesday your Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) runs in the Background and uses high CPU usage. There is a good reason why th...Nice to Know.
If you have ever noticed that once ...
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- 1 year, 1 month ago
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Windows malware DanaBot – JavaScript into 50K online banking sessions
According to The Register, seems IBM Security has dissected some JavaScript code that was injected into people's online banking pages to steal their login credentials, saying 50,000 user sessions with...According to The Register, seems IBM Security has ...
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- 1 year, 3 months ago
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McAfee+
Hi all,
So I use McAfee for AV and not had any real issues so far. Anyway, mine is due to run out shortly and I was originally going to buy another of the same version (cheaper to buy new as oppose ...Hi all,
So I use McAfee for AV and not had any re...
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- 1 year, 5 months ago
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Who owns Avira, AVG and Avast
Just read that Avira, AVG, Avast are owned by Gen Digital Software company
Interesting as Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock) is a multinational software company co-he...Just read that Avira, AVG, Avast are owned by Gen ...
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- 2 years, 4 months ago
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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 securit...Noticed this on the TV, seems Avast have re brande...
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- 3 years, 4 months ago
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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 Win...So for the last week my Laptop FAN has been on all...
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- 3 years, 9 months ago
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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 l...Whether it's on a personal or business device, sec...
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- 3 years, 9 months ago
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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 recent...Are you using the free version of CCleaner? If so,...
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- 4 years, 1 month ago
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Interesting AV Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZvLOQcPcohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZvLOQcPco
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- 4 years, 3 months ago
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