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The 3 Most Important Factors when Choosing the Best Antivirus

Posted by Chris Allard on Thu, Jan 22, 2015

Choosing which anti-virus protection is best for you isn't always that easy. There are a lot of options out there, with varying price tags. What makes one anti-virus program better than another? There are usually 3 important factors that you should judge them by.

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Tags: Viruses, Hackers, Antivirus, Protection, Virus, internet security, kaspersky lab

Going On Vacation? Don't Forget Your Antivirus.

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Jul 18, 2014

 

The Nuclear Exploit Kit

Recently there has been a new piece of malicious code floating around otherwise known as the Nuclear exploit kit. This kit has been deployed by a number of travel websites that have been compromised. It was discovered by security researchers Proofpoint after customers had received promotional emails from legitimate businesses whose emails they had signed up to receive. These emails contained links to the infected websites.

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Tags: email, Virus, Browser Hijacking, Security, Malware Prevention

Browser Hijacking and the Conduit Virus

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, May 30, 2014

All Your Browsers Belong To Us

Has your browser been acting strange lately? Slow? Pop ups everywhere? Strange looking search pages? You might have a hijacked browser. Browser hijacking means that malicious code has modified the settings of your browser.

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Tags: Web Browser, Virus, Windows, Browser Hijacking, Conduit

Our Top 5 PC Utilities. (And why they matter.)

Posted by Henry Dallow on Tue, Feb 04, 2014

Our Top 5 PC Utilities

We thought it would be helpful if we put together in one place our top 5 picks for PC utilities that would be useful to PC users. So here they are, enjoy!                                 

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Tags: Free Software, Virus removal, CPU testing, Parted Magic, Hijack This, Malwarebytes, Drivermax, Driver updates, repairing a PC, Virus, Windows, Computer

4 Ways to Keep your Computer Safe from Viruses

Posted by Henry Dallow on Tue, Dec 10, 2013

4 Ways to Keep Your Computer Safe from Viruses

If you are anything like many of our customers at Northampton Computer Repair, you worry a lot about your computer catching a nasty virus. While it’s true that the internet is full of viral menace, it doesn’t have to feel like an overwhelming or unavoidable thing. There are things that you as a user should do to reduce your chances of contracting a virus on your home computer or laptop – or rather, things that you should not do.

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Tags: Computer Protection, Safe Practices, email, Virus, Security, Malware Prevention, Computer, virus alert