Antivirus programs are comprehensive packages that not only detect and block virus types, but often also include functions to ...

Microsoft this week announced that its Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management solution can now scan Windows devices that are lacking certain agent support. This capability, called "authenticated ...

One of the worst ways to find out about vulnerabilities or security holes is when it's too late. The bad guys employ a variety of tools to identify weaknesses to exploit PCs, so it's important to take ...

Researchers have outlined the most popular tools and techniques used by threat actors to try and bypass Microsoft's Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI). Making its debut in 2015, AMSI is a ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Microsoft has been building firmware-level defenses into Windows 10 Secured-Core PCs for the enterprise, and now it's bringing similar capabilities to its enterprise antivirus software, Microsoft ...

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At times, Windows Security could display a notification mentioning that you or your administrator must scan some items running on your computer. The notification says: Your IT administrator requires a ...

Microsoft has open-sourced CodeQL queries that developers can use to scan source code for malicious implants matching the SolarWinds supply-chain attack. In December, it was disclosed that threat ...

Since the news of the Meltdown and Spectre attacks earlier this year, Intel has been working to reassure the computer industry that it takes security issues very seriously and that, in spite of the ...