Fortunately, as online threats become ever more sophisticated, so do Internet users' means of defense. As a PR Newswire press release put it in February 2026, "according to industry consultancy firm ...

Emsisoft Anti-Malware touts itself as being “a complete defense system against malware, ransomware, phishing, and more.” One independent lab certifies its business edition, and it scored high in our ...

We go online every day to check our email, pay bills, and talk with friends. At the same time, in this digital world not only legitimate services but also hidden predators are watching our every step.

The anti-malware people continue to come up with signatures for both old and new malware programs in all their various polymorphic, packed, encrypted, obfuscated “glory.” As you might guess, this ...

Malware (malicious software) seems to be getting worse. No surprise since there’s big money in it as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal pointed out. Typical scams aim to scare unsophisticated ...

Computer malware is every bit as scary as it sounds. Fortunately, when you understand what it is and how to prevent it, your computing experience becomes much less stressful. So, what is malware?

Server-side polymorphism is a challenging problem for anti-malware software vendors. Much of today’s malware, such as the Storm worm, creates tens of thousands of variants each month, a development ...