Most of us have experienced first-hand the supreme suck of having our personal computers suffer malicious attack. These encounters lead most reasonable people to deploy some form of preventative ...

Once a Trojan or virus has taken up residence in your computer, it can be hard to fix, especially if the offending malware blocks efforts to remove it. The FixMeStick, the brainchild of Montreal’s ...

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 ...

Once malicious software gets into your computer, it can be impossible to remove yourself. For example, if your computer has ransomware this takes control of your device as soon as your operating ...

After FixMeStick's cleanup, files encrypted by ransomware are still encrypted, and other malware traces may remain. It's time to run a full scan with your regular antivirus and make sure its real-time ...