Emsisoft has won another award! Three years ago, when Microsoft Security Essentials failed to pass most independent antivirus tests, we started looking for something that would keep our users safe. We tested AVG and Avast and found not only were they lacking in protecting users from malware and PUPs, but has started hijacking users’ browsers and sometimes even… Read More »
Trim the horns of Microsoft’s snoopy monster (Windows 10) Are you running Windows 10? Are you paranoid? Afraid Microsoft is going to gather up too much info on you and then use it against you when your data becomes reincarnated as The Ghost of Your Privacy Future? Or Are you just concerned that maybe Microsoft’s altruism – giving… Read More »
There Is No National Cell Phone Do Not Call Registry From the “Uncle Sheikh needs your back account number” so he can “give” you millions of dollars to newest viral email about the “National Do Not Call Cellphone Registry” – the one thing you can always count on is: There is no end to the imagination of the… Read More »
Emsisoft Wins Again We’ve been recommending Emsisoft for quite a while now. After Microsoft Security Essentials started going down hill and Malwarebytes decided to ignore many PUPs, we got busy and started evaluating security products. What we were looking for was not a security suite with all kinds of useless stuff (Spam Blockers, site raters, etc.) but a… Read More »
What are PUPs? PUPs are not things; PUPs is an acronym for Potentially Unwanted Programs. It really should be PUS, Potentially Unwanted Software – but PUS doesn’t sound very nice – though PUS might be closer to what you get when you install PUPs (or malware) on your computer. PUPs are what antivirus/antimalware companies call some malware so… Read More »
Stop: Serious security threats have been detected on your computer I was browsing through some freeware sites the other day (and I’m sorry I can’t remember exactly which one) and I saw the warning below appear. It had my real IP address and my ISP. I wondered how many people have been duped by this advertisement disguised as… Read More »