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Oh Dear! popular Chrome extension Better History has been caught hijacking user browsers and redirected them to advertised websites pre-set by extension (new) owner. The … [Read more…]
Avast SafeZone browser, which till now part of Avast paid products, is now available for free version users as well. Though Chromium-based SafeZone browser … [Read more…]
Malwarebytes Corporation has released a new update for their anti-malware product — Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.1 — and is available to download. This patched release … [Read more…]
GMER, the popular anti-rootkit scanner that detects and removes rootkits has been updated to support Windows 10. GMER version 2.2 released yesterday has added … [Read more…]
Popular YouTube Unblocker extension hosted on AMO has been blocked and removed by Mozilla. The extension which lets you watch blocked videos on YouTube … [Read more…]
Kaspersky, a company good at making security products has released a free PC Cleaning tool— Kasperksy Cleaner— in beta and is available to download. … [Read more…]
Malwarebytes Corporation has released the first beta version of Malwarebytes Anti-ransomware and is available to download for testing. Malwarebytes Anti-ransomware uses advanced proactive technology … [Read more…]
Recently, Mozilla announced they’ll phase out support for SHA-1 certificates in Firefox browser, on January 1, 2016. Firefox 43 has started rejecting new SHA-1 … [Read more…]
AVG Web TuneUp Extension is not safe to use and it hijacks Chrome Search and new tab settings. Google Security Researcher has found multiple … [Read more…]
Latest Avast 2016 R1 SP1 automatically inserts its own signature into emails you send from Web email services such as Gmail, yahoo Mail, etc, … [Read more…]
After recent Avast 2016 release, Avast software has released an update for it, Avast 2016 R1 SP1 is now available which comes with fixes … [Read more…]
One more reason to stick with Windows Defender is it now detect and blocks adware as well, you need to turn on PUA Protection … [Read more…]