Virus removal tools can be standalone one-time scanners or built into full antivirus software. They scan your system for malicious files and remove them. Standalone tools are great as a second opinion ...

The world is not a safe place, neither for humans nor for your Windows machine. Malware attacks are always a threat to the security of your computer and your personal data. Although Windows 11 has ...

We've tested more than 100 anti-malware apps to help you find the best malware protection and removal software for all your devices. When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San ...

This article explains how to uninstall McAfee in Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. Instructions are also included for removing the software using McAfee's removal tool (MCPR) in Windows and for uninstalling ...

One of my favorite pieces of software for keeping my Mac in good condition has just been given a significant update by its developer MacPaw. The latest version of CleanMyMax X now sports a new malware ...

Q: I use both the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and Microsoft Windows Defender. What's the difference between them? Are they both necessary? A: The Malicious Software Removal Tool is a ...

If you think you might have a virus on your PC one of the things you can do to try and find and remove it is to run MRT.exe. MRT.exe stands for Malicious Software Removal Tool. It’s a free Microsoft ...

If you are an ebook lover, you would have probably come across the term DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM restricts the way the software or multimedia content is being used to protect against ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

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 ...