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For many years I have been pushing out Firefox through Active Directory to 150+ Windows machines. Currently all the machines are running Firefox 55.03. One user who runs the Professional version of Malwarebytes for additional security noticed a strange detection appearing yesterday. Malwarebyte...

The default privacy settings for Windows 10 anger me. Hiding the fact that you will be collecting everything a user types, says, or searches for on the Internet behind a big, obvious "Express Settings" button (which most users are likely to click during the setup process) and providing only a tin...

As far as I can tell from some quick research, there are still no true Mac viruses, a friend's recent comment that there is a virus that can be installed on a Mac without user intervention does not appear to be correct. While the software in question can run automatically, if a certain option is en...

The number of "confirmed assaults" on government computer systems are on the increase, and its becoming more and more likely that some of the more serious threats to US and allied interests are originating in China. An attack on computers in the Canadian treasury (described at length in a NY Times...

Having kids in the computer age presents a lot of challenges that parents didn't have to deal with years ago. Among them is the fact that hard core pornography is just a couple of clicks away. Depending on your operating system of choice there are zillions of programs you can buy to "filter web co...