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A PC is always prone to a myriad of threats that come in the form of viruses, malware, and other types of malicious files. Fortunately, there are a lot of antivirus, anti-malware, and anti-spyware solutions that are available, and most of them are free.
Nowadays, there are many businesses that turn to the internet to further widen their reach. Having your own site has been useful in letting more customers have access to the products and services that you offer. But of course, there are a lot of risks that comes with the use of connected computers in business.
If you’ve been watching the news on IT security, the recent declaration of the United Nations on cyber being the newest field of war might have been the biggest yet expected development yet.
If you are always having trouble with viruses, malware, and all other kinds of pesky malicious programs that threaten the safety of your computer and all of your gadgets, then what you need is a security upgrade. Fortunately, there is an anti virus protection solution that not only goes above and beyond traditional Windows PC protection, it’s also free thanks to its Freemium model.
If you’re an entrepreneur aspiring for success, you know how important it is to keep the files in your business computers safe. Unfortunately, as more and more business processes start moving into the Internet of Things (IoT) to increase efficiency while also reducing costs, important files become more prone to the dangers of malware and viruses.
Getting protected for 24 hours of the day and all 7 days of the week against viruses and malware is the key to having a safe and productive Windows PC. However, keeping up with the hundreds and thousands of threats trying to invade your PC is a daunting task for anybody. Even the top free antivirus protection vendors today are barely fast enough to cover the most easily identifiable fresh malware.
Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware. Both of these terms are familiar to all computer users by now. It doesn’t matter whether you’re on a mobile or desktop, Windows or Mac, these pieces of software has somehow been a fixture to our everyday computing.
Viruses, spyware, and malware are among the many different threats enterprises have to deal with whenever we computers are involved. From the suspicious emails that employees get from their inbox to the unusual links that may appear whenever a web browser and Internet connection is involved; there is always the looming threat of being attacked by advanced malware.
The practice of Application Whitelisting (AWL) has been used in the cyber security world for a while now. It’s the opposite of blacklisting which most people are familiar with since it’s the technique used by almost (if not all) antivirus products available in the market.
To put it simply, antiviruses check files against every known virus or malware. If it finds a match in its threat database or blacklist, it will be flagged as a virus and the appropriate steps are done to minimize or hopefully prevent any damage at all. This is usually achieved by either deleting the infected file or …