Security, Spyware and Viruses

Discussion on all things related to PC security, spyware/adware/malware and virus threats.

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Total Adblocker

lilbabsgal
Apr 11, 2023

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Views: 3K

Apr 30, 2023

lilbabsgal

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Biscuitman
Jul 23, 2022

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Views: 2K

Jul 23, 2022

Biscuitman

Unsolicited Emails

Biscuitman
Feb 18, 2022

Replies: 12

Views: 2K

May 6, 2022

PCRules

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Locked

Avast anti-ransomware feature

slamdoc
Apr 14, 2022

Replies: 9

Views: 1K

May 3, 2022

muckshifter

Security Warning Chrome and Edge users

Taffycat
Mar 30, 2022

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Mar 30, 2022

Peru Bob

Startpage Browser - Privacy Protection

Biscuitman
Jan 24, 2022

Replies: 3

Views: 956

Feb 13, 2022

Biscuitman

Which Anti-Virus to use?

Biscuitman
May 31, 2019

Replies: 14

Views: 3K

Jan 12, 2022

Abarbarian

Biscuitman
Jun 25, 2021

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

Aug 11, 2021

Abarbarian

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Please Help! Virus? Avast, Firefox, Windows update quit working

fmrspartan
Jun 4, 2021

Replies: 4

Views: 863

Jun 5, 2021

Peru Bob

BT WiFi Fibre Broadband security

Biscuitman
May 21, 2021

Replies: 2

Views: 813

May 21, 2021

EvanDavis

Security on my PC

Biscuitman
Apr 6, 2021

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

Apr 7, 2021

muckshifter

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AVG and my virus

Ernie21
Jan 15, 2021

Replies: 3

Views: 1K

Jan 15, 2021

muckshifter

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Are password protected WiFi networks secure?

BigDeal
Jan 12, 2021

Replies: 3

Views: 1K

Jan 13, 2021

Ian

Biscuitman
Nov 22, 2020

Replies: 5

Views: 2K

Dec 5, 2020

Terry James

Nano Adblocker + Nano Defender now malware - if you use either extension, remove them now.

V_R
Oct 20, 2020

Replies: 4

Views: 1K

Dec 1, 2020

andrewdw22

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Deleting corrupted zip archive

guruvadiyesaranam
Oct 1, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 1K

Oct 1, 2020

muckshifter

Sending information securely

Biscuitman
Sep 15, 2020

Replies: 10

Views: 1K

Sep 17, 2020

nivrip

Scamming the Scammers

TriplexDread
Aug 1, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 1K

Aug 7, 2020

Abraham Andres Luna

Biscuitman
Jun 13, 2020

Replies: 5

Views: 2K

Jun 15, 2020

V_R

McAfee Web Advisor

Biscuitman
May 4, 2020

Replies: 5

Views: 2K

May 4, 2020

EvanDavis

Spybot Anti-Beacon

Biscuitman
Jan 10, 2020

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Jan 10, 2020

muckshifter

Chinese + Russian miitary to replace Microsoft products.

Abarbarian
Jul 24, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Dec 11, 2019

Abraham Andres Luna

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Any link between malware and scam calls?

AndrewHamilton
Nov 13, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Nov 13, 2019

AndrewHamilton

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Biscuitman
Sep 29, 2019

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

Oct 3, 2019

Abraham Andres Luna

Abarbarian
Jul 18, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Jul 19, 2019

Abarbarian

Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz

V_R
Jun 10, 2019

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

Jun 13, 2019

Biscuitman

Kaspersky vs Norton?

Ian
May 23, 2019

Replies: 14

Views: 2K

Jun 4, 2019

nivrip

Chinese mad drones are stealing data!

Abraham Andres Luna
May 21, 2019

Replies: 5

Views: 1K

May 23, 2019

EvanDavis

USB Security Keys are they a good idea ?

Abarbarian
Jan 26, 2017

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

May 18, 2019

Abarbarian

Set up Automatic Unattended Security Updates on Ubuntu 18.04 or Mint or any Debian.

Abarbarian
Mar 11, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 2K

Mar 20, 2019

Abarbarian

Suspiscious website with my name all over it?

Abraham Andres Luna
Mar 15, 2019

Replies: 4

Views: 1K

Mar 15, 2019

Abraham Andres Luna

Nest Guard has hidden microphone

Becky
Feb 20, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Feb 21, 2019

Becky

Becky
Jan 24, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 2K

Jan 26, 2019

Abarbarian

Warning - Extortion Scam

Molyfar
Nov 1, 2018

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Nov 2, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Problems With CCleaner

nivrip
Oct 25, 2018

Replies: 9

Views: 2K

Oct 30, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

CloudFlare DNS Servers are Faster and More Secure

Abraham Andres Luna
Sep 27, 2018

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Replies: 34

Views: 4K

Oct 5, 2018

Ian

Android Smartphones vulnerable to AT command attacks through the USB connection.

Abraham Andres Luna
Aug 26, 2018

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Aug 26, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Researchers find a way to detect explosives using a WiFi device with 2 or 3 antennas!

Abraham Andres Luna
Aug 16, 2018

Replies: 0

Views: 1K

Aug 16, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Important message from Dixons Carphone

muckshifter
Aug 13, 2018

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Aug 13, 2018

Becky

Amazon's Facial Recognition Software Falsely Identifies 28 Members of Congress as Criminals.

Abraham Andres Luna
Jul 30, 2018

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

Jul 31, 2018

floppybootstomp

3rd Party Developers Scan Your Gmail So They Can Target You With Ads

Abraham Andres Luna
Jul 26, 2018

Replies: 4

Views: 1K

Jul 30, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

More Secure Internet? I'm not sure but that's what these people claim.

Abraham Andres Luna
Jul 2, 2018

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

Jul 3, 2018

nivrip

RAMpage attack affects all Android devices since 2012!

Abraham Andres Luna
Jun 29, 2018

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 29, 2018

Becky

LinuxForums.org Hack Exposes 276,000 User Accounts

Abarbarian
Jun 10, 2018

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Jun 11, 2018

Ian

Poll

Old digital copier machines store what was copied on an internal hard drive!

Abraham Andres Luna
May 15, 2018

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

May 17, 2018

Taffycat

The National Synth Detection Unit

Abarbarian
Apr 30, 2018

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

May 1, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Poll

Free Vulnerability Scanner - Retina Network Security Community Edition

Abraham Andres Luna
Apr 21, 2018

Replies: 0

Views: 1K

Apr 21, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Pitstop PC Matic

smithb2
Apr 9, 2018

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

Apr 21, 2018

Abraham Andres Luna

Thoughts on pfSense?

Ian
Mar 21, 2018

Replies: 2

Views: 1K

Apr 10, 2018

Ian

GoScanSSH malware infects a range of Linux devices

Abarbarian
Apr 2, 2018

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Apr 3, 2018

Ian