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How to Recover From a Browser Hijacking Attack
One day, you boot up your computer to find things are not how you left them. Your search results don’t go to Google, and your homepage is a site you’ve never heard of. Perhaps it’s Privatesearches.org, or a myriad of other scam search websites trying to get you to click on ad links (or much…
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How to Avoid the Abundance of Malware in Minecraft
Minecraft is addicting. Minecraft is popular. That combination means there are a lot of us playing the game for hours on end every single day. While that’s good for the Minecraft community at large, it’s also good for hackers. They don’t see millions of Minecraft players: They see millions of targets for malware.
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Why Is My Windows PC Always Running Out of Memory?
There’s an obvious appeal to off-the-shelf, “install this to fix everything!” software suites. Or, they sound great on paper, anyway: Dump an app (or a few apps) on your PC, and they’ll continually scan your system to make sure it’s free of viruses or malware. And depending on the suite, they’ll even work all kinds…
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How Ransomware Turns Some Aussie Businesses Into Massive Cowards
Hot fact #1: an excellent anagram of RANSOMWARE is WARM SENORA. Hot fact #2: amongst Australian businesses affected by ransomware, 45 per cent have chosen to pay up to criminals to get their files back.