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Tag: Antivirus

U.S. software mogul John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 5:21 pmWednesday, June 23, 202130 Comments

U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee allegedly hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday just hours after the Spanish high court…

Mac Malware Mania: Chicken Little works for antivirus peddlers. You’re the only problem. Fix the problem.

Friday, August 25, 2017 11:26 amFriday, August 25, 201730 Comments

Sulfur’s burning in your nostrils. The heavens grow darker. Far off you hear a voice you think might be Chicken Little…

Antivirus software won’t save your Mac from future malware, but a variety of other protective software could prevent incursions

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 12:01 pmWednesday, March 29, 20175 Comments

Apple has managed to avoid attacks that first appear in the wild, usually nipping them…

How to rescue your Mac from malware corruption

Friday, December 2, 2016 2:50 pm14 Comments

I’d never seen an attack like this on a Mac before in my life, and finding this kind of full-Mac hijack is very rare…

Malwarebytes warns of new Mac malware that could fool less-technical users

Friday, August 19, 2016 11:27 amFriday, August 19, 20168 Comments

If a user tries to open a file for which they don’t have a corresponding app…

Don’t waste your money on OS X snake oil for your Mac

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:17 am32 Comments

Unlike Apple’s OS X for Macs, Microsoft’s Windows is not UNIX and Windows cannot protect itself…

Apple pulls misleading ‘anti-virus’ iOS apps from App Store

Friday, March 20, 2015 4:01 pmFriday, March 20, 201510 Comments

Apple said the app’s App Store description was ‘misleading’ and could potentially cause…

Kaspersky Lab has close ties to Russian spies – Bloomberg News

Thursday, March 19, 2015 5:35 pmThursday, March 19, 201543 Comments

Kaspersky Lab sells security software, including antivirus programs…

$3.99 Android ‘antivirus’ app gained five-star reviews despite doing absolutely nothing

Friday, April 11, 2014 4:28 pmFriday, April 11, 201448 Comments

An Android antivirus app that was downloaded thousands of times…

Outlandish antivirus tech titan McAfee wanted for murder in Belize

Monday, November 12, 2012 7:14 pmMonday, November 12, 201215 Comments

One of the men credited with inventing antivirus software…

Top 10 free ways to secure your Mac

Monday, April 9, 2012 11:30 am18 Comments

Time to shed your naivety and get serious about OS X security….

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