Category Archive: Viruses & Malware

Why does Adobe Flash Need Updates So Often?

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Adobe Flash Player is a web-based video player, used by most major websites such as Youtube. If you want to watch Flash video, you have to have this application, and since almost everyone watches Youtube, almost everyone needs Adobe Flash. Adobe Flash is notably missing from iPhones, although it does run on Mac computers. In …

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Safe Internet Browsing With Web of Trust

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The Internet is full of PC viruses, scams artists, and shady businesses. One of the most effective tools to avoid all of this is Web of Trust. It’s an add-on you can install on any of the popular web browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera. Once installed, a circular icon will be displayed …

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Viruses, Spware & Malware

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The moment you connect your Windows PC to the Internet you risk exposing it to possible infection by malicious software, or malware. Here are the definitions of the terms, in brief, from Wikipedia: Malware: short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner’s informed consent. The expression is a …

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