Widespread Malware Campaign Affecting Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge Our mission is to help you with your computer and to help keep you safe. Yesterday, I read a blog post from one of Microsoft security blogs that captured my attention. Before we get started, if you’re using Emsisoft, you’re protected from this malware and its variants. … Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #880 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #880, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, August 21, 2020, at approximately 8:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #879 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #879, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, August 14, 2020, at approximately 8:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Windows 10 Warns Users Not to Install CCleaner We’ve never been fans of CCleaner, its registry cleaner caused its users a lot of problems. And frankly, there are better system cleaners available – like BleachBit. But when Avast bought CCleaner, we were pretty sure Avast would “re-invent” CCleaner in its own image… a questionable application bordering… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #876 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #876, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, July 24, 2020, at approximately 7:45 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
You’re Not the Target, You’re Just a Victim Most everyone is afraid of having their computer hacked. But it’s very unlikely that your PC will ever be hacked. If I had a dollar for every person who wrote to us saying they have been hacked, I’d have at least $5000 in my pocket by now. But… Read More »