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Question from Curtis: I have my antivirus program set to run automatic scans on three nights each week (I read somewhere that three times a week is the best schedule to follow).
My question is will those three automatic scans be enough to protect my computer from viruses or should I run manual scans too just to be safe? [Read more…]
Do you depend on Windows’ native Microsoft Defender security app to protect your PC from malware?
If so, you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft also provides native ransomware protection with both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The security components of both Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a very important tool called Windows Defender Firewall.
In a nutshell, this firewall helps protect the PC from Internet-based attacks by blocking incoming traffic that could potentially pose a security risk.
The thing is, your PC’s firewall protection becomes useless if it happens to get turned off for some reason. [Read more…]
Hackers and scammers have been infecting Windows PCs with malware for years, and the problem is getting worse all the time.
In fact, the majority of the questions I receive every week involve malware infections of one type or another.
A while back I wrote a post explaining how hackers are using rogue apps and other forms of malware to spy on folks via their computers’ webcams.
That post also explains how to prevent it from happening.
As it turns out, some miscreants have been spying on us via our machines’ microphones as well. And in some ways that’s just as bad as having them spy on us via webcam. [Read more…]