Downloading files from the Internet is an everyday activity for all of us. Whether for work or for entertainment, we often download files. However, a simple virus file downloaded from the internet can ...

On Windows 11, the Microsoft Defender Antivirus provides real-time protection for malware (such as viruses, ransomware, ...

Third-party programs are widely used on Windows and other operating systems. But how can you tell if a program is safe to install or not? How can you be so sure that the program file you are going to ...

To do their jobs, users need to be able to download files from external sources. People tend to click on shared documents quickly, averaging less than four minutes from the time they hit the inbox.

AVG anti-virus may reject download files when the program can't protect the computer from infection. AVG is available as a free anti-virus program and as part of a premium Internet security suite that ...

Antivirus organisation AVG has mistakenly identified a core Windows file as a piece of malware. An AVG update, pushed out on Sunday, for versions 7.5 and 8 falsely identified user32.dll as malware.

Earlier this week, the always informative Bleeping Computer reported that an update to Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 users meant it could itself be used to download malware files. So, ...

Intego is the latest publisher of Mac OS X antivirus software to document and claim protection against the largely innocuous OS.X Macarena virus -- a simple C program, not found in the wild (outside ...