Malware

It’s very easy to overlook the abilities of a computer virus as technology advances. Most of us simply avoid clicking on fishy websites or avoid downloading anything we don’t recognize. But that doesn’t mean a computer virus can be avoided completely. As technology progresses, hackers are inventing numerous ways to infect and invade. And yes,…

Viruses are heavily dependent on user interaction in order to spread. It requires user intervention to infect and spread to other systems. What Type of Malware Is Heavily Dependent on User Interactivity to Spread Malware stand for “malicious software”, which is any type of intrusive software to steal data, corrupt files, disrupt normal operations, or…

When you download a zip file and double-click it, you won’t get infected with a virus. Nevertheless, if you double-click a virus-containing executable, your computer will get infected. In other words, a zip file is completely safe on its own. Although, it remains one of the major concerns of computer users whether the zip file…

Everybody likes to listen to and watch videos on Youtube and other video streaming platforms. But it doesn’t work offline unless you download it. One of the things you can do is enable the download of the videos you like and you can access them even when there is no internet connection. Some even go…

Ever wondered what’s causing those pop-up ads on your computer whenever your browser is on?  It is malware that infects your browser and does some silly stuff. Antivirus and Anti-Malware software like AVG or Avast call it malware-gen trj or other malware-gen trj.  Although they look harmless in the beginning, if you leave them that…