Windows Windows Safe Browsing VPN is a Virtual Private Network that will help keep you safe whilst using the Internet. Within this article you will learn: How to use Safe Browsing VPN What is Safe Browsing VPN’s Killswitch How to use Safe Browsing VPN Windows Open the TotalAV Application Click the Fingerprint Icon Select VPN Choose The Country that you […]
Have you seen notifications like these on your iPhone or iPad? Within this article you will learn: What are these notifications? Why are these notifications created? How do I remove these notifications? What are these notifications? Thankfully, these are just calendar notifications and your device does not have a virus. At some point, whilst surfing the […]
Windows (App V5) A browser hijacker is an annoying malware that causes the homepage of a browser to change or search to not be performed on the default search engine. Instead redirect to another search engine when a search is attempted. Despite browser settings for homepage, new tab, and default search being set, browser hijackers […]
Search giants such as Google, Yahoo and Bing all offer reskinned versions of their search engines. Many software manufacturers choose to have their own custom search facilities for the end users of their products, companies can gain financially by referring user searches to these services. Regrettably this has led to virus-like behaviour in some applications, […]
All website browsers offer a feature that will allow a website to offer notifications so that you can stay up to date with news, emails etc… Certain websites are abusing this feature by showing notifications that hint there is something wrong with your computer. If you click these notifications, it will often take you to a […]
Every year, billions of login credentials are exposed and stolen from some of the world’s largest websites. TotalAV offer its Data Breach Search that will allow you to see if your email has been compromised. Within this article you will learn: What is Data Breach Search? How do I use Data Breach Search? Why is […]
Adware is software that serves up advertising banners or pop-ups. Usually this is to the detriment of using the software for its core function. Typically, the business model of the adware developer is to generate money from the company behind the advertisements. The reason adware is detected by Antivirus due to either the ads being […]
Keystroke logging, often known as keyloggers or keyboard capturing is quite simply the hidden process of quietly capturing every keystroke typed into a keyboard and reporting it back to the keylogger developer. This is then analysed for passwords and personal information such as credit card details for the purpose of identity theft. Keyloggers software often […]
Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP) and Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) tend not to exhibit the behavior of viruses as such, but instead are programs which have got onto a user’s computer without their consent. Typically, this refers to programs that come auto-opted in when installing another program, a process known as software bundling. TotalAV defines PUP […]
Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain login credentials to an online service. It is usually carried out by sending a bogus email that looks like it comes from an official source, and asks the user to visit a website and login for one reason or another. Ironically, the email usually says something along the […]