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 ...

Antivirus software is not free of errors and sometimes reports computer viruses where there are none. For this reason, the company Procolored, a manufacturer of textile printers, indignantly defended ...

Thanks to several rigorous security measures Apple integrates into its computers, Macs are generally considered among the safest systems. However, there’s always an opportunity for malware and ...

Modern antivirus tools have made PC infections rare, but they can still occur. Most viruses are designed to go unnoticed, quietly working in the background. Some of the quickest and easiest ways to ...

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 ...

At times Windows 11/10 PCs get infected so that the usual scanning technique cannot remove them. These viruses find a way to survive when they are tried to be removed using the standard way. This is ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Even with Apple’s locked-down design, iPhones in 2026 are not magically immune to malicious apps, scam pop-ups, or configuration tricks that hijack your browser. When those problems hit, you do not ...