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Free Virus Checker

Why an Effective Virus Checker is Essential

With the influence of sophisticated technology high and low, hackers and otith the new security pather bad guys from the virtual underworld find ways to infect users’ computers. Most of us are not much concerned about performing an antivirus scan…

what is macro virus?

What is Macro Virus?

A virus that adds its code to the macros associated with spreadsheets, documents, and other data files in a system is called as a macro virus. Any computer infected by macro virus needs an antivirus program to remove it from…

trojan horse virus

What is Trojan Virus? How they work and methods to be protected?

Trojans or Trojan Horses is often mimicked as genuine software by malware authors to gain access to the target victim’s system. Most often the users are tricked by means of social engineering that loads and executes the trojans in the…

Linux Antivirus

The Need of Linux Antivirus

In the IT world, it is generally assumed that Linux is more secure compared to other operating systems. In the recent times, it is noticed that the targeted attacks on Linux based machines are on the rise. No wonder, the…

What is Identity Theft?

Know How To Prevent Identity Theft

Today the increasing number of cyber attacks are targeted on individuals and small size businesses. The attacks are aimed at robbing an individual’s identity which is referred to as the identity theft. Thus, a stolen information, such as driving license…

Android Virus

How Do I Know If My Android Phone/Device Has Virus?

Cybercrime is at an all-time high. Criminals are not only targeting home users; they are also preying on businesses jeopardizing their websites and acquiring sensitive clientele information. How to know if your Android phone/device has a virus? Are you a…

New Zero Day Attacks

New Zero-Day Vulnerability Attack in Windows

A zero-day also known as Day Zero or 0-day refers to the computing vulnerability which is often sought by the hackers to exploit for selfish and illegal reasons. Zero Day Vulnerability Attacks are becoming more and more common these days.…

Data Breach Essential Guide

Guide To Survival The Data Breach

Many of us might have fallen a prey to cyber criminals at least once in the last few years and suffered a bit due to data breach issues. In all cases, a cybercriminal uses malware to infiltrate the systems to…

botnet attacks

Botnet- What it is and how to defend against it!

When a particular type of malware infects and controls multiple internet-connected devices, it is called a botnet. In most of the cases, the device owners/users are totally unaware of the botnet infection. The infected devices may include servers, mobile devices,…

malware vs viruses

Hacking Definition, their types and methods to remove them

Hacking is a process performed by malware authors to attack a computer system or a network. The person who is involved in the hacking process is known as a hacker. Hackers find a way to gain unauthorised access and therefore…