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Security coverage from Techdows: malware removal and antivirus guides, safe download practices, privacy settings, and news on threats that affect Windows users. Clear, practical steps to help keep your PC and accounts protected.

Freeware

Avira Free Antivirus 2018 Offline Installer

October 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avira Free Antivirus 2018 released with a new user interface and next generation AI technology, you can find the offline installer for it here

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
News
Avast SafeZone browser discontinued

Avast discontinues SafeZone browser

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast SafeZone browser discontinued

SafeZone browser has been discontinued in September 2017, and no longer gets installed with Avast. SafeZone browser will be available for download in the near

Posted in: News, Security
News
CCleaner 5.33 compromised with malware

Security Alert : CCleaner 5.33 compromised with malware, remove it immediately

September 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
CCleaner 5.33 compromised with malware

32-bit version of CCleaner 5.33 has been compromised and contains malware, uninstall and remove it immediately and install CCleaner 5,34 now.

Posted in: News, Security
News

You no longer need to register Avast Free Antivirus

August 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You no longer need to register to use Avast Free antivirus, till the date from it’s installation, you can use it for one year, no license key is required.

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast’s Web Shield now blocks Phishing Sites Also

August 1, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast Web Shield now blocks Phishing sites without even Avast Online Security extension installed in the browser.

Posted in: News, Security
News

Malwarebytes 3.2 Beta available with Memory Improvements and Bug fixes

July 30, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

A new beta version of Malwarebytes 3.2 is available for testing. This beta improves memory usage (this has been mostly discussed topic after the … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News
Avast dashboard shields are off resolve or ignore message

Latest Avast 2017 removes Status Monitoring

June 27, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast dashboard shields are off resolve or ignore message

Status monitoring which was available in Avast and accessible through Settings –which allows to disable individual shields — has been removed in Avast 17.5.2302. … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome

PSA: Redirected to chrome-updates.win phishing site? Remove VPN Extensions

June 26, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Whenever you open a New tab page in Chrome if you’ve been redirected to https://chrome-updates.win/s.html page, without further thinking uninstall or remove the VPN extensions … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
News
Malwarebytes 3.1 free automatic monthly scheduled scan

Malwarebytes 3.1 Free version adds Automatic Monthly Scheduled Scan

May 15, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Malwarebytes 3.1 free automatic monthly scheduled scan

Malwarebytes 3 version available till now has only allowed Malwarebytes Premium and trial users to automate scans schedule by clicking ‘schedule scan’ tab in … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware
Enable KeyScrambler anti keystroke profiling

KeyScrambler now protects against Keystroke Profiling

April 25, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Enable KeyScrambler anti keystroke profiling

The anti-keylogging software, KeyScrambler, has received an update recently, KeyScrambler 3.11 has been released. The update has not only added support for Windows 10 Creators … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
News
Malwarebytes Free 3.0.6

Malwarebytes 3.0.6 final fixes memory leaks and reduces CPU Usage

January 26, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Malwarebytes Free 3.0.6

Top issues reported by users regarding Malwarebytes 3.0.5 (previously known as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware) have been addressed as the company has released Malwarebytes 3.0.6 after … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News
Avast Free antivirus behavior shield

Latest Avast beta gets behavior shield

January 21, 2017 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Free antivirus behavior shield

Avast has already released AVG Free Antivirus 2017, but it is still beta testing the antivirus product. To the latest, Avast has released a … [Read more…]

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