The world is not a safe place, neither for humans nor for your Windows machine. Malware attacks are always a threat to the security of your computer and your personal data. Although Windows 11 has ...

Everyday Mac users are now a common target for hackers and one of the key ways they attempt to infiltrate the systems is ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Virus removal tools can be standalone one-time scanners or built into full antivirus software. They scan your system for malicious files and remove them. Standalone tools are great as a second opinion ...

Microsoft on Tuesday offered patches for several serious Windows security holes and released a new tool that lets users remove malicious software from their PCs. Microsoft on Tuesday offered patches ...

Microsoft Corp.’s introduction today of two free security tools designed to help users get rid of spyware and other malicious code is a long-overdue move from a company whose software is the biggest ...

Apple Thursday issued a software tool that users can download to remove Flashback, the malware that may have infected between 550,000 and 600,000 Macs at its peak in recent weeks. Mac users can get ...

A vigilante developer turns the tables on software pirates by distributing malware that prevents them from accessing pirated software sites in the future. Threat actors commonly use pirated software ...

It’s no secret that the sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks have been growing steadily for the last few years, in part due to AI opening the doors to even low-skilled threat actors to launch ...

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a security tool developed and released by Microsoft for Windows PCs. It reverses any infection caused by viruses or malicious software on Windows PCs.

Analyst firm A-V Comparative has released its November 2013 list of the antimalware programs that do the best job of removing malware from an already infected system. What does this mean? As A-V ...