When WEBGAP Go was launched in March, we anticipated that privacy would be a peripheral use, but what we did not realize is that customers saw the benefit of WEBGAP as a privacy solution more than an anti-malware solution. The companies that have an interest in our WEBGAP Pro product Read more…
A colleague of mine was working on a coworkers personal computer. The job was a fresh Windows 10 installation, and my colleague decided to install Avast Antivirus Free. Shortly after installing Avast Security Onion lit up like a Christmas tree. I didn’t recognize the IP address that the alerts were Read more…
Sorry Mac users, you’re not as secure as you’ve been lead to believe. Granted, Linux being insecure has always been the case and isn’t a recent development.
The fruitfly malware has been in operation for 13 years and was created by a man from Ohio, and the creator and distributor, Phillip Durachinsky, faces a 16 count indictment. (more…)
We all hate slow computers, so this tutorial will show you how to speed up your Windows PC.
Windows 7
Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Disk Cleanup.
Go ahead and tick everything in the disk cleanup window. Wait for the program to finish and click the delete files button.
Windows 10
Start menu -> Type Disk Cleanup
It will take about 5-10 seconds to come to the main window, and it will ask which files you want to delete. Select all files and click ‘Clean up system files.’ (more…)
A computer virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user’s computer without the user’s knowledge and performs malicious actions. In more technical terms, a computer virus is a type of malicious code or program written to alter the way a computer operates. A virus operates by inserting or attaching itself to a legitimate program or document that supports macros (software code inside of a Word document) to execute its code. In the process, a virus has the potential to cause unexpected or damaging effects, such as harming the system software by corrupting or destroying data. (more…)