Emsisoft – you’ve done it again! Emsisoft finished #1 in the 4th quarter testing done by the well-respected independent testing lab Virus Bulletin making us even more glad that Emsisoft is our #1 choice for computer protection. We’ve yammered on and on about how great Emsisoft is, but here’s something you have not read — Virus Bulletin’s Choice… Read More »
Our partnership with Emsisoft has been a good one. Whenever Emsisoft writes an article we find informative, they let us share it with you, no questions asked. Here’s a new article by Emsisoft that will help you recognize a PUP when you see one – and by PUP we don’t mean Spot. We have told you many times… Read More »
Our friends at Emsisoft wrote and gave us permission to publish this article on our Web site. We’ve exposed Avast and AVG before – they install PUPs and search engine and browser toolbars and hijackers. Supposedly free, the price you pay in aggravation may make you take another look at them. And considering neither Avast nor AVG have… Read More »
Identity Theft and You The term “identity theft” is tossed around a lot – you see it everywhere. However, when it comes to identity theft what you think you know about it can can be more dangerous that what you don’t know about it. There are a lot of myths about identity theft, and we’re pretty sure that… Read More »
Who’s Worse: The Malware Miscreants or the Companies Who Make False Promises? It’s a shame that we all have to be so careful when we download or even just browse the Web these days. The more mature the Internet gets the more sophisticated the tricks become. And it’s bad enough when criminals and miscreants posing as Web developers… Read More »
Our friends at Emsisoft are on the ball and are on top of a new ransomware called PClock which copies CryptoLocker. If a computer is infected with PClock the user will be asked to pay a $300 ransom to unlock their files. In other words, if you don’t pay the ransom you’ll not be able to open many… Read More »