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 ransom note suddenly appears on your PC screen, your PC has been hacked. But computer attacks are not always so drastic and clear-cut. For the less obvious cases, you’ll need a finer sense and ...

Back in 2023, we asked anti-virus expert Andreas Marx of AV-Test how so many infections escape antivirus software, even though it actually protects well. His answer: “Many programs successfully fend ...

A fake CAPTCHA test on the landing page for iClicker.com appeared as a set of computer commands that secretly installed malware on a person's computer. When he's not battling bugs and robots in ...

It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...

Thanks to the advent of AI, cyber threats are evolving rapidly and some even have the ability to adjust their code on the fly to penetrate a system. While all of this sounds dystopian and scary, the ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Live OneCare climbed from March’s dead last to 14th place in a test of 17 antivirus programs, an Austrian security researcher reported today. Andreas Cleminti’s AV ...