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Update Microsoft Security Essentials Definitions Offline without Internet

Microsoft Security Essentials is the latest Antivirus and Antispyware released by Microsoft which is free to use for lifetime. I have been using this Antivirus for quite some time now and am very pleased with its performance.

The definition update for this is released almost daily and to update to the latest signatures, it needs the [...]

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Remove or Uninstall Fake AntiVirus

There is no doubt that everyone needs an AntiVirus to protect his/her system from the spread of the viruses which are very common in today’s times.
What kind of AntiVirus are Fake?
Fake AntiVirus are a type of malicious programs that appears to be an AntiVirus. It infects our systems when we click on a malicious site [...]

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Collection of Official Antivirus Uninstallers

Antivirus is a must for protecting the system against the threats and there are lots of companies that provide the trial versions of the AV. While continuing with the same product after the trial period depends on us, few people tend to uninstall the product.
Removing the Antivirus using the Windows’ Add/Remove program utility is the [...]

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Vaccinate your Computer and USB with Panda USB Vaccine

There is no doubt that the USB drives are the prime reason for the spread of the viruses and malware from one system to the other. Have you ever noticed that this spread is initiated by a file called Autorun.inf?

So that means if we can disable this autorun.inf file then our system would get protected [...]

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Process Information: What is NMIndexStoreSvr.exe?

If you have come across this process named NMIndexStoreSvr.exe lately and do not know what this process is for, then here are the details of it.
What is NMIndexStoreSvr.exe?
NMIndexStoreSvr.exe is part of Nero Scout that comes with Nero CD/DVD Burning 7. Nero Scout is a database program that catalogs all of the media files on your [...]

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Risks with Free Downloads

When you come across a free utility on the Net, the temptation to download is really hard to resist. From music, wallpapers, software to editors and other useful stuffs, not all things that we get for free are safe.
Downloading goodies from the net without a cent comes with some hefty prices later such as:
Spyware:
One of [...]

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Steps to Remove MIRC Virus

One of our readers was facing problems due to the virus named as mIRC which is also known as IRC-Worm.Mircup, IRC/DeathTech, WIN.IRC.Virus and Trojan:IRCDeath.
The Trojan operates mostly upon IRC (Internet Relay Chat) if that is installed in the system. This Trojan is designed to update the mIRC version and looks like a harmless and useful [...]

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Tip of the Week: Beware of Scareware

There are various different kinds of the malicious threats to the computer that remembering each of them is bit tedious. The threats include virus, malware, adware, Trojans but apart from these there is Scareware about which not everyone is aware of.

Scareware is a type of software that frightens you into downloading and purchasing certain rogue [...]

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Beware of the Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Malware

These days lots of malware have been found to target the brand name of Facebook and are fooling the users. The malwares namely Bredolab, Zbot and Adware are making the users to install banking password stealing malware and adware on their systems.

The message of the email claims to arrive from “The Facebook Team”, but in [...]

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Disable Autorun.inf Creation in USB Pen Drives

Autorun.inf is the popular file created by the viruses in the USB Flash drives which is used by them to spread across different storage media.
It is the first file that gets created in the pen drives as soon as the drive is inserted in the system having viruses. Thus it is for sure that if [...]

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Steps to Protect exe Files from Viruses

Anti Virus is a great protection tool to safeguard our computer and files against the virus but these are not 100% efficient in use and also they require periodic updating of the virus definitions.
Here is a free, simple yet powerful tool that can protect your files and folders especially the executable exe files against the [...]

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Free Regedit Replacement Tool – RegAlyzer

The first thing that a virus does in an infected system is disabling the registry editor that is regedit.exe. However the same may be done by the system administrator for preventing some action by the users.
So if it is the same case with you then you can try a replacement tool for regedit that is [...]

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