There’s a lesson to be learned from the following article that applies to all of us – the lesson is clear: No amount of security software is going to protect you if you freely give your information away by clicking on links in phishing emails or falling for fake security alerts on the Web – the ones that… Read More »
Mystery patch KB 3035583 for Windows 7 and 8 revealed From InfoWorld: Written by Woody Leonhard – April 6, 2015 Late last month a mysterious patch suddenly appeared as an Optional entry in the Windows Automatic Update chute. At the time I wrote: Conjecture at this point: It’s somehow related to the ability to upgrade directly from Windows 7 or… Read More »
Bing search will be a huge part of the next Windows Source: Time.com There’s a good chance you’ve used Microsoft’s Bing search engine without even realizing it. Ask your iPhone’s Siri to search the web, and Microsoft’s search engine fetches the results. Ditto Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Up until last year, Facebook searches were powered by Bing. Or maybe… Read More »
A Day in the Life Every working day, and I mean every working day, we see computers completely buried in malware and PUPs. Today, we’re going to show you a typical day in our lives when some poor soul, whose hard drive was only 2 months old came to us to have us check over their computer. Keep… Read More »
Six surprising facts about who’s winning the operating system and browser wars in the U.S. | ZDNet By Ed Bott, The Ed Bott Report, ZD Net, 28 March 2015 Summary:The United States government has given the public access to its massive analytics database, and the results are fascinating. What share does the Mac really have? Is Windows 8.1… Read More »
The following was published March 25, 2015, on Emsisoft’s Blog and we re re-posting it here for our readers with the permission of our friends at Emsisoft. We would appreciate it if you would purchase your Emsisoft licenses and/or renewals from us. Our price is always $10 off retail and we’ll earn commission on each sale. You can… Read More »