AV-Test, the Independent IT-Security Institute, regularly conducts impartial studies on all leading cybersecurity products on the market. The purpose is to keep consumers aware of what’s performing as promised, and what’s not.
Looking for a solution to stop programs from slowing down your PC—without sacrifices? Meet “Sleep Mode,” part of the all-new Avast Cleanup Premium.
If you browse tech sites, work at a twenty-first-century company, or regularly visit your local PC store, you might be led to believe that gone are the days of those old, grey, monolithic boxes humming underneath office desks, or those massive, chubby,…
According to the Avast Q3 2017 PC Trends Report, the worldwide average age of PCs is over 5 years old. As PCs age, they suffer from increasingly more slow-downs, crashes, and non-essential files crowding their disks. Even Windows 10 does little to handle this degradation, as it occurs in brand-new machines as regularly as in the older ones. The good news is that now we’ve got an app for that…
Avast released its analytical tool, RetDec, to help the cybersecurity community fight malicious software. The tool allows anyone to study the code of applications to see what the applications do, without running them. Let’s fight the bad guys together!
Avast released its analytical tool, RetDec, to help the cybersecurity community fight malicious software. The tool allows anyone to study the code of applications to see what the applications do, without running them. Let’s fight the bad guys together!
The independent IT-security institute AV-TEST evaluated twenty-one home user security products through September and October 2017. Avast Free Antivirus passed with flying colors, successfully protecting against ALL of the 9,999 malicious files thrown a…
Episode five begins with a bang. It’s Monday morning at E Corp. Elliot sits down at his cubicle and attempts to log into his company account. It’s been locked out. Did somebody try to access his domain too many times or did E Corp spot his shipping hack? We know from the previous episode that it’s the latter and Angela is to blame.
It’s a common misconception that Macs run perfectly from day one until the day you give it away. We wish that were true. Macs may be the sportscars of the IT world, but just like all cars, they need proper maintenance to continue to run. There are two primary reasons for Mac slowdowns and related issues—the hard disk filling up and errors with so-called caches. (We’ll dive into this below.)
You stare at the board. You see your play. Queen to Bishop 6. You make the move, and look up at your opponent.