Showing posts with label PC virus protection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PC virus protection. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 June 2014

How to recover from PC virus attack?

Computers have been fighting with the viruses, as long as our generation cares to remember. There are many ways to stay away from PC virus attack but what if the virus has already attacked your system and you want to get it recovered from the experience?
Here is how you can go about it.

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Top PC Attacks You Have Never Heard Of

Even if you spend considerable time on the Internet, chances are that you haven’t heard of the following (evolved) computer virus, attacks of which can be fatal for your system (and in some cases mobile phones as well).

Smishing

Everyone knows SMS, and everyone knows Phishing; here is something merged and made to attack unsuspecting mobile phone users: Smishing (also known as SMS Phishing). When an SMS with a (suspicious) link lands in the inbox of the mobile phone and the user clicks it to get affected by the malware it has, Smishing is in action, effectively. David Rayhawk came up with the term in a McAfee Avert Labs blog.