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Brendan Smith

Cybersecurity analyst covering malware families, suspicious files, and detection alerts. Brendan focuses on clear explanations of what a warning means, when it may be a false positive, and which cleanup steps are appropriate.

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Chromium Uninstall Fails on Windows 10

Chromium stands for an open-source web browser popular among many Windows 10 customers. In spite of its positive reviews and reliability in the industry,...

Dogecoin scam. Is Dogecoin giveaway real?

You can see a lot of messages about different cryptocurrencies while browsing the Web, and, especially, social networks. Dogecoin will likely be among the...