antivirus

A critical medical equipment crashed during a heart procedure due to a timely scan triggered by the antivirus software installed on the PC to which the said device was sending data for logging and monitoring. The device in question is Merge Hemo, a complex medical equipment used to supervise...

For some users of Windows 10, screen flickers and explorer.exe crashes are making the new OS unusable. Microsoft is blaming incompatible 3rd party applications. Three apps have been officially tagged as culprits: Norton Antivirus, iCloud, and IDT Audio. Microsoft's offered solution is to boot...

McAfee, the security software company founded by John McAfee, has come to its final end. Bought in 2010 by Intel, which proceeded to change the name in 2014 to Intel Security, the company has now fully integrated with Intel. The reorganization included Intel president Renée James stepping down...

If you're using an antivirus package not supplied by Microsoft, but one from a different provider (popular examples: Norton, Kaspersky, McAfee, Panda, AVG), you might wonder if Microsoft might try to replace your preferred security product with its own (Windows Defender) during the Windows 10...

I am running updated versions of "Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware" and "Spy Sweeper" on a Gateway GT5220 (Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 2; aka: XP Professional Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack 2, Build 2600). This is a 'home computer' which makes me "Computer...