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A new virus, Downadup, is spreading across the virtual community like wildfire and has already affected millions of PCs.  To spread the virus, hackers are directing traffic to bogus Barack Obama websites.  The worm originated back in October and was then known as Conficker.  According to analysts, the worm has… Continue Reading »

Just about all of us have probably been hit at one time or another by a virus, trojan, or ended up with that dreaded blue screen of death.  It’s certainly not fun when it happens.  These days, simply running Norton in the background often just isn’t enough.  Thankfully, there are… Continue Reading »

You’d think that with all the viruses, malware, spyware and what not on Windows, Microsoft would offer some sort of protection.  Well, actually it does, currently the service costs $49.95 per year and is called Microsoft Live OneCare.  It’s one of the many things Microsoft has that’s easy to forget… Continue Reading »

Many users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8 were stuck with Windows systems that didn’t operate after the AVG security scanner software mistakenly identified a necessary Windows component as a Trojan virus.  The file user32.dll was tagged incorrectly as a banking Trojan after a signature update on Sunday.  The AVG… Continue Reading »

The Japanese distributor for Asus has found that a virus has been shipped with the company’s new Eee Box PCs.  The virus, called recycled.exe, is found on the D: drive of the new low cost desktop PC, which launched last week.  When opened, it copies itself to the C: drive… Continue Reading »

The author of the infamous ransomware virus has finally been identified.  The virus began hitting computers in July and used a Trojan called Delf.ctk which encrypted all the files on the infected computer, rendering them inaccessible, then demanded victims call a 900 number and pay $35 to get them back. … Continue Reading »

Security experts are warning users to be on the alert for a new hacking technique involving fake blogs.  Hackers have begun exploiting Google’s Trends Lab, which lists the days most searched topics.  They use this information to create real news stories which they then place on a fake blog in… Continue Reading »

Our personal choice for low-cost, well actually free Windows anti-virus has been AVG for a long time now, which as you can imagine is directly related to the price. There are lots of great alternatives and I cannot or will not attempt to tell you which is the best, however… Continue Reading »

We love new gadgets and we always keep an eye on every new releases that come out of the market. We adore its shiny new look and get awed by its features. But have you ever stopped and thought about the possibility that the software that comes preinstalled in our… Continue Reading »

In an effort to better brand themselves Grisoft will be changing their name to better reflect their current product line. Their name will be changed to AVG Technologies, which is a name that more people will recognize thanks to their current AVG software line. They are the makers of the… Continue Reading »