What is CandyOpen and how to remove it from Windows 10 device
CandyOpen developed by SweetLabs is a piece of software that has been designed to be bundled with the installer of another program so that it […]
Tag: Malware
What is Win32:BogEnt and how to remove it?
Many users have reported that their third-party antivirus software found a virus named Win32:BogEnt and are concerned whether or not to delete it. Usually, it […]
What is IDP.generic virus and how to remove it?
Many antivirus products use a virus tag to identify the type of threat. While some virus tags have a rare chance of being a false […]
What is FileRepMalware? Should you remove it?
Many users install third-party antivirus software products to keep their systems safe. These software products use certain criteria to blacklist suspicious files, programs, and processes […]
Tips to protect your Windows computer against Thunderspy attack
Thunderbolt is the hardware brand interface developed by Intel. It acts as an interface between computer and external devices. While most of the Windows computers […]
Living Off The Land attacks: Explanation and securing yourself
For a long time, we’ve been covering different methods by which, the bad guys access your data, steal it, or take control over your network. […]
What is Cyber Crime? How to deal with it?
Any crime committed by means of or by using a computer and an internet connection or computer technology is known as Cyber Crime. There is […]
Microsoft Windows Logo process in Task Manager
A reader recently brought to our notice that he was seeing a Microsoft Windows Logo process in his Task Manager. It looked suspicious to me […]
How to Avoid Phishing Scams and Attacks?
Phishing Scams are those which fool you into giving out personal information by using emails, etc. We have already seen what is Phishing. In this […]
Malware Submission: Where to submit malware and suspicious files to Microsoft & others?
If you suspect a file to be malicious, you can send it to Microsoft for analysis. The Microsoft Research and Response will check the file […]
DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Attacks, Prevention & Detection
DLL stands for Dynamic Link Libraries and are external parts of applications that run on Windows or any other operating system. Most applications are not […]
Malware Removal Guide & Tools for Beginners
Windows being the most popular OS in the world, malware writers want to target it. As a result, a lot of malware and malicious software are written for […]
The specified module could not be found error on Windows 10
If when you start your Windows computer, you see a dialog box open up saying that There was a problem starting a file or The […]
Bundleware: Definition, Prevention, Removal Guide
What does Bundleware mean? Bundleware got its name from people ‘bundling’ different programs into one single installation program. The one installation for bundleware installs the […]
How to remove Chromium malware from Windows 10
This Chromium malware removal instruction will help you uninstall & remove Chromium virus & rogue Chromium-based browsers from your Windows computer. Actually, Chromium is a […]
Potentially Unwanted Applications or Programs and how to avoid installing PUAs or PUPs
In this post, we will see what are Potentially Unwanted Programs or Applications, also referred to as a PUP or PUA, and how you can […]
What is Potentially Unwanted Modification (PUM)? Prevention, Identification, Removal
Has your computer started behaving weirdly? Are you witnessing unwanted changes in your system? Every wondered how unwanted programs are installed on your computer? It […]
Cyber Attacks – Definition, Types, Prevention
A Cyber Attack is an attack initiated from a computer against another computer or a website, with a view to compromising the integrity, confidentiality or […]
Types of Cybercrime Acts and Preventive Measures
In our last article on Cyber Crime, we saw what cybercrime is and how one could take certain basic steps to prevent it from happening to […]
What is msrtn32.exe? Fix msrtn32.exe error or high CPU usage on Windows computer
Whenever a Windows system slows down, the first approach should be to check the status of resources usage in the Task Manager. Usually, it shoots […]