Category Archives: Security

Security programs can often be wrong…

Bob’s antivirus program gave us a bad rating My anti-Virus gave you a very bad rating. I will try to correct that rating with them. Maybe you should do the same. Trend Micro Titanium is the ant-virus. Love you guys. You’ve been only helpful to me. Bob Our answer Thanks for your nice comments, Bob. We’re not sure… Read More »

Real vs. Rogue: Can you pass this test?

As we’ve mentioned many times before, viruses and Trojans are very nasty things, but the chances that you’ll be infected by one of them are far less than the chance you’ll install a rogue software program on your computer. And if you think Rogues aren’t as bad as viruses and Trojans, keep in mind that most Viruses and Trojans can… Read More »

Direct Download Links for free Anti-virus programs

This tip was inspired by the following question submitted to us by Carma: “My computer won’t allow AVG to download and I tried to download Avast (free) and it goes to CNET downloads and that has bundlers in it when you download from them. I have SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes – is that enough to protect me from viruses, etc.?… Read More »

Windows 8 security patches to be released

Windows 8’s first security patches will be part of a package of fixes to be released on Tuesday. According to PC World, “Microsoft announced the Windows 8 security fixes in a recent security bulletin. The bulletin was issued days after a security company in the business of selling zero-day vulnerabilities, Vupen, announced that it had found multiple vulnerabilities… Read More »