Self-destructing virus kills off PCs From BBC Technology The malware also tries to fool security tools by flooding hard drives with data A computer virus that tries to avoid detection by making the machine it infects unusable has been found. If Rombertik’s evasion techniques are triggered, it deletes key files on a computer, making it constantly restart. Analysts… Read More »
AntiAdware blocks download wrappers and adware on popular websites From Ghacks.net Depending on where you download your software from, you may get nasty surprises in form of adware with it. This is done to increase revenue for the site’s parent company at the expense of users visiting it. Some sites give you options to opt-out of using the… Read More »
An Easy Way to Clear Your Flash Player Cache It’s really easy to clear your Flash Player cache and history. Here’s how you do it: Open Control Panel Click on Flash Player (32 bit) It doesn’t really matter if you have 64 bit or 32 bit Windows, it will say 32 bit in Control Panel On the Flash… Read More »
Scotland Has Nessie, but We Have EBee That’s right, the Loch Ness “monster”, Nessie, had nothing on our own Michigan Monster EBee, last seen dining somewhere in the Caribbean while her stand-in does computer repairs for Cloudeight Direct from Michigan. We’re offering a reward for any EB sightings anywhere in the world! So be on the lookout for… Read More »
Windows Defender: Defenseless (Applies to Microsoft Security Essentials too) If you’re using Window 8x or Windows 10 and you are relying on the built-in Windows Defender to protect you, you’re in for a shock – you’re basically unprotected. Yes having Windows Defender running is better than nothing but barely. Windows Defender is exactly the same program as Microsoft… Read More »
Download.com (CNet) Must Think You’re Stupid Many of you already know about the game that CNet/Download.com plays with downloads. If you don’t know, let us tell you how this company, owned by CBS by-the-way, tries to make money from legitimate freeware. The take an otherwise decent freeware program, take the install it and wrap it in a CNet/Download.com… Read More »