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 ...

Microsoft offers a number of free anti-malware tools. Windows 10 and 8.1 users have Windows Defender. Windows 7 users can chose between the full-featured Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) or the ...

Software Reporter Tool is a Google Chrome standalone process that monitors your Chrome install and reports if any add-ons are interfering with the normal functioning of the browser. The tool isn’t ...

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 ...

In the years since that fateful meeting, I’ve become PCMag’s expert on security, privacy, and identity protection, putting antivirus tools, security suites, and all kinds of security software through ...

Note: This mystery has been solved. See the July 15th update at the bottom. July 9th was patch Tuesday and I dutifully ran Windows Update on a few PCs. I thought perhaps that the Windows Malicious ...

Enterprise anti-virus vendor Sophos on Aug. 23 released a free rootkit detection and removal tool alongside a warning that the stealthy malware threat is a legitimate security concern for businesses.

Microsoft has made available a free software tool to help victims of the worms that hit Windows computers in the past days clean their systems. The Zotob worm started spreading on Sunday. Since then, ...