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Security

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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.

News
Avast is in Passive mode

Avast’s Passive Mode allows it to run with Another Antivirus

August 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast is in Passive mode

Inspired from Windows 10 Anniversary update’s limited periodic scanning feature, which allows Windows Defender to offer additional protection to your existing antivirus by scanning … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast Patches Windows 10 Anniversary Update BSOD

August 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve reported yesterday that Avast is causing BSOD on Windows 10 AU installed systems, well Avast has patched the problem by issuing an emergency … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Avast causes BSOD with Windows 10 Anniversary Update [Fixed]

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

It is always recommended to uninstall third-party Antivirus before installing major update such as Anniversary Update on Windows 10, guess what happened! Avast users … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Classic Shell is now Safe to download after Fosshub hack

August 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

One of the main download mirrors of Classic Shell, Fosshub has been hacked yesterday and for a few hours, it has served a malicious … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Firefox
Firefox 48 security settings for downloads

Why You Should not Disable Download Protection in Firefox 48?

August 3, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox 48 security settings for downloads

Mozilla has integrated Google Safe browsing v4 in their browser code and starting from Firefox 48 onwards, the browser protects users against potentially unwanted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
News

Latest Avast with Background Service not Running Issue [Fixed]

July 30, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Following the first Nitro Update, after a month, Avast has released a second program update (FYI, Avast now follows monthly cycle to release new … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News

Kaspersky 2017 Products Offline Installers & 30-day Trial Download Links

July 29, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Kaspersky 2017 products — Kaspersky Internet Security 2017, Kaspersky Total Security 2017  and Kasperksy Antivirus 2016— have been released and available for purchase or … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security, Software
Google Chrome
Chrome This Page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources alert

Chrome: This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources

July 26, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome This Page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources alert

If you’ve visited a encrypted site, for which Google Chrome showed a shield icon in the address bar with warning ‘This page is trying … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Security
News

Avast Components menu: Install/Uninstall Components from Settings

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With the Nitro Update avast has announced it will follow a monthly cycle to release new versions, since the Nitro has been released a … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Google Chrome
Urgent Chrome update

PSA: Fake Urgent Chrome Update making rounds, do not open Chrome-update.bat file

July 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Urgent Chrome update

Many Chrome users reported on twitter, Google product forums and on reddit that while they’re browsing certain sites they’ve suddenly seen a new window … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, News, Security
News

Norton 22.7 Product Update introduces Symantec Data Scanner, adds Windows 10 Anniversary Update Support

June 28, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently Symantec has shipped Norton 22.7 product update to their products, this update is fully compatible with upcoming Windows 10 anniversary update (Redstone) and … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware

Terminate Avira Popups with BGPKiller

June 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A free tool that auto terminates unwanted Avira processes responsible for showing ads is available. All Free antivirus software show ads about their products in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Security
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