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 ...

If a malware attack takes advantage of your unprotected PC, you rush to install antivirus protection and get rid of it. Sometimes, though, the malware has hooked into the system deeply enough that you ...

Malwarebytes announced the acquisition of Junkware Removal Tool, a security program that searches for and removes potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) such as adware, spyware, and toolbars. The ...

Spyware, adware, ransomware, rootkits, worms, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, hijackers and more. These days, there are literally millions of ways your computer could get infected by some sort of ...

With viruses, ransomware, spyware, infostealers, and outright scams, online fraud has been a pervasive and growing problem. In the US, one in three people who reported fraud last year lost money, with ...

Malwarebytes is best known for its free malware cleanup tool, but its full-featured antivirus software is also worth considering. Here, I compare it with Editors' Choice winner Bitdefender to show you ...