Tuesday, December 9, 2014

BrowserSafeguard with RocketTab features a malicious combination

Ad-supported software inherently implies a certain degree of risk to the end users because of the marketing model its authors selected. 

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Mac computers attacked by Conduit Search virus

Conduit Search, also known as Search Protect by Conduit, is one of the few adware programs capable of infecting both Windows and Mac OS machines.



Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Profile and the fix for Audio Ads virus

Ethical merits of some computer world’s actors end where big money comes in, moreover that’s where technical sophistication grows exponentially. Whereas browser hijacking and similar adware-related activities has been prevailing as cybercriminals’ methods of delivering advertisements to users on the Internet, a fairly new yet more annoying tactic has emerged, impersonated by the so-called Audio Ads virus.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Speedial Search virus violating the Internet FairPlay

Badly meddling with the web browsing facet of one’s computing is what the app called Speedial Search is designed to do. In contradistinction to legitimate software, this browser helper object does not comply with the setup regulations, permissions acquisition on the target computer, and the critical authorization guidelines for making changes to the system it finds itself on.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

ArabyOnline imposes content indiscernible to many

It’s not a far-sighted online strategy to deliver content irrespectively of the language and location of the target users. Obviously, for some reason that’s not an issue to the creators of ArabyOnline, a web portal in Arabic that allows for no lingual choice. But even as odd as it is, this drawback is far from being the worst part about the entity under consideration.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

How to control your privacy on Facebook

Facebook’s privacy settings are huge and can be difficult to use. Here’s a guideline to some of the most important Facebook’s privacy controls.