internet safety

Would you help, please? every time I run AdwCleaner, v9.com is always being found. this is very persistent.. I even run Mbam, Windows Defender, MSERT.. only AdwCleaner find this. I always clean it as suggested by AdwCleaner... Below is the detail...

I have Win 8.1 and don't like what I have been reading about Defender. Could I get a time tested opinion about a free a/v and firewall combo? I have MBAM with SpywareBlaster and Defender. if you think that is good enough please comment.

Hi there guys, A friend of mine was taken in this afternoon on a scam phone call. The person who rung up told him that he had trojans on his computer and they were killing the websites he was going too. If he paid the scamers $250 they would remove them for him. You get the picture.... Have...

I was wondering what info, if any, can be gathered from just a person's email address. For example, if one person sends an email to a stranger, what can the stranger find out about that person based on just their email address? Any way the stranger could find personal info about who sent it? I...

Severity Rating: Moderate Revision Note: V1.0 (November 11, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker places a specially crafted TrueType font on a...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 14, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET MVC. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if an attacker convinces a user to click a specially crafted link...

I do buy and sell, pure business, and I have this rather rare collection, a promotion pack for a movie about Mannerheim that never made it in the end. But there's unique material in it. I was contacted by a woman, who wanted to buy. It was all adult, "Get from work at 4 O'clock"... After some...

I have Malwarebytes and Windows Defender as my protectors. I am trying to remove Trovi.com. I keep getting this annoying website with more tabs. I have tried to eliminate it several times, without luck. Every time I think it's gone, it comes back. When I Google info on uninstalling it I get...

Revision Note: V1.0 (July 10, 2012): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an automated Microsoft Fix it solution that disables the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets on supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Disabling the Windows Sidebar and...

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Again!?? According to Microsoft's July issue newsletter (Security for home computer users), it seems that we've got more scareware products on the horizon. We've probably all seen them before in one version or another while browsing the web, you get a pop up warning that some form of malicious...

Thousand Oaks, CA - Mobicip.com, the leading Internet safety and parental control service for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, is now offering a new Windows 7 content filter for parents and educators to ensure their childrens internet safety while browsing the web. Mobicip...

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From many searches and many videos,i found fake antiviruses infecting PC:mad:,Beware of:Antivirus 360,System security,Windows police,Windows XP police.And many more,they block every page at internet,they say clean files as viruses.Don't download any weird thing that you don't know...

There's a new malware attack on Facebook and it's significant for multiple reasons. This attack is particular spreads through bogus links, and it appears to change form in line with news events. While there have been several similar scams in the past, they've usually involved tricking users...

On the road can I just click disconnect from the internet icon to be safe from intrusion or do I need to disable homegroup and file sharing etc? Upon arrival can I just reconnect by clicking the same icon and entering the password? I plan on unplugging her ISP cable from her modem and...