How to Remove a Virus without Antivirus Software?

Is your PC or laptop is infected with virus or malware infection? If yes then it is common sense to remove such infection as soon as possible in order to prevent further unexpected problem. But the point is: Can one remove virus or malware infection without having an antivirus program? The answer of this tricky question is YES, but it little difficult and you have internal (sometimes deep) knowledge of your computer.

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[Must Read] Internet Fraud and Malware Protection

Internet fraud and malware attacks are very dangerous for any computer user. Internet fraud and malware infection both can affect system and user’s private information. So it is necessary to avoid these infections while browsing internet. Many of the internet browsers come with the online protection and warns user about suspicious WebPages. 

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How to Avoid Malware Infection Windows 10 & 8.1 Computer/Laptop?

In order to avoid malware infection on Windows 10 and 8.1 system you need to follow the below given tutorial and make your Windows 10 system. If your computer system is showing signs that it might be affected by a virus or malware then you need to remove the infection as soon as possible. 

Signs that Show your Computer is Infected:

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Top 3 Security Features in the Microsoft Edge Browser

After launching of Microsoft Edge it get famous, this web browser is packed with lots of security features that allow the user to brows web.

According to Microsoft’s blog:

“With Microsoft Edge, we want to fundamentally improve security over existing browsers and enable users to confidently experience the web from Windows. We have designed Microsoft Edge to defend users from increasingly sophisticated and prevalent attacks.”

Also Read: Boost Chrome browser security with these five add-ons

In this blog you will read about the three advance safety features provided by the Microsoft Edge that aim to make Edge safer than other available web browsers:

1. Stops Phishers before they try to attract you

Cyber phishing is one of the harmful thing for both a normal users and an organization. In phishing cyber criminals attempt to gain access to sensitive information with the help of different attractive and fake strategies.  

A common method used by internet criminals to steal user’s personal and sensitive information is to redirect them towards fake websites which pretend to be websites they know and trust.

In the Microsoft Edge passport technology is used to prevent phishing attacks, this feature was launched in Windows 8. So instead of using a shareable password, Edge will automatically validate securely to applications which in includes websites and networks. So you don’t need passwords anymore. With the help of Microsoft SmartScreen technology, Edge will run a status check on individual websites to make sure that everything on the webpage user are trying to enter is okay. In case any unknown thing is found, it will display a warning message to the user.

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2. Operates in a sandbox 

Sandbox technology is very different type of security, the Internet Explorer is the browser was built directly into Windows. So, if the browser gets compromised then it will affect the computer system and it might be taken down along with the web browser.

But Edge browser is a universal app, constantly executing in a partial sandbox. Sandboxing is an actually a security phrase for executing a program or software in a restricted environment and protect it from any other programs that may be running on a device. So that, edge provides better security for the end user and incase Edge is compromised then the rest of the computer will be protected.

3. Deactivate unsavory extensions, such as ActiveX and more

Microsoft Edge web browser will not support disgracefully worrying browser extensions like ActiveX and VB scripts. Browser extensions are actually pieces of software that designed to make the browsing more flexible. But, some of the web extensions are not secured. Some extensions make the web browser more flexible and that allowed such programs to be used by the cyber crooks to gain access to your entire computer. 

So, Edge doesn’t support these extensions and to fulfill the requirements it created a new extension-based model of its own.

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5 Best and Top Antivirus Program For Your PC

If you have landed on this page then it means that you are looking for a perfect anti-virus program for your PC. Well, anyone who all are having PC or laptop and have stored important files and they do not want to get infected with virus or malware program and stay safe, they must keep anti-virus program on their system. 

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Consequences Of Colluding Browser Extension Attack!!!

The add-ons that get installed in the browser extension help in increasing the functionality of the browser. So it is important to add those extensions that will help you in browsing, but in some cases it has been seen that some add-ons gets installed automatically without users approval, and such extensions are responsible for exposing your system to various external threats.

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Bad Security Habits Can Be Averted By Being Cautious!!!

These days, if you want to gain knowledge on any topic, the user can access each and every details of it by searching it over the internet. You can get the details in PPT, PDF, video and audio file format. But remember, all the details should be accessed or downloaded from those sites that you trust or from those sites that are popular such as Google, YouTube etc. because there are good sites as well as bad sites as well. As there are lots of cyber crimes that are happening around the world, so it is important to avoid these wrong sites and keep your computer along with your confidential data safe from cyber criminals.

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3 Amazing Tips for Safe Chatting

Nowadays young generation is having craze of online chatting, everyone is addicted to the online chatting, this is interesting but after some time, this became a big hectic. So, if you are the one who is addicted to online chatting, and having the habit of chatting and remain connected to the internet all the time. Then this security article is best for you. Well, this is the trick used by the cyber criminals with us. Although, cyber criminals are not targeting the online chatters, but they can put you to various others crimes, that can fall you, the victim.

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Ransomware – Should You Pay or Not?

Ransomware is a different kind of attack that enters into your system and encrypts or lock your system and hold the data for ransom. And as per security experts this kind of attack is increasing day by day and it’s becoming very complicated. 

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Online Banking SMS Scam – That Collects Victims Login Credentials with Fake Websites

Hackers are sending a scam SMS to Australian and New Zealand users and when they open the link received in the SMS, users gets redirected to fake website that looks real like Australian banks.

The website actually looks absolutely real like your bank’s online portal and users can easily get trapped. A SMS phishing is on the rise and people receiving scam SMS are take to fake website that looks similar and legitimate to those of real Australian banks and thereby cybercriminals are collecting personal information and login credentials.

Also read: How to recognize phishing scams or emails?

How it Works?

Hacker sends a short scam messages are sent to targeted users, containing links and looks like that it is coming from legitimate banking institution, but actually it is fake and not from any legitimate banking organization.  Clicking on the links redirects users to fake websites but it looks real.

The above image is the sample page provided by the Australia’s communications watchdog that shows that how dangerous the scam is. The ANZ Internet Banking mobile page both fake and real are so much identical that it becomes very complicated to tell which site is real and which is one is fake. If there is any difference then the difference is in the URL, which can be overlooked and easily mistaken by the normal users.

The victims are asked for Customer Registration Number and a Password along with the Log-in button.

People have already been alerted to all mobile phone users in both countries – New Zealand and Australia.

The banks which are likely to be in target are ANZ, National Australia Bank, GE Money, Bank of Queensland, St George, Heritage and Macquarie, Suncorp and Bendigo. The ACMA has come to know about this scam when several number of users have started to report it via ACMA’s SMS spam reporting number. Apart from this ACMA has also educated people that scammers or hackers are steadily targeting different banks. They said that “It appears that the criminals behind this campaign are constantly refining their messages and the associated fake imitation banking websites to increase their chance of success”.

To know what victim should do if they have already provided the login credential to the fake website, then read this - http://www.keepbrowsersafe.com/online-banking-sms-scam-that-collects-victims-login-credentials-with-fake-websites

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