Microsoft Defender. The epochal product that appeared together with a breakthrough Windows version – Vista. Through the years, it has been known as a useless tool that cannot protect your system even from the simplest...
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How to check your disk for issues?
Storage devices did an enormous evolution way through the last 30 years. From floppy disks – the first storage units available for personal users – to M.2 SSDs, they evolved not only in the storage space volume, but...
Malware vs virus. What’s the difference?
Malware and viruses. We all heard these two cybersecurity-related terms, and people often use them interchangeably. Is such use legitimate? Let us delve into the terminology of harmful software to judge the malware vs. virus...
Tiworker.exe High CPU Usage
Tiworker.exe is a system process you can spectate in Task Manager. The Windows Modules Installer Worker runs in the background, together with tens of other Windows processes. A lot of users do not know about its purpose and think...
PC running slow? Ten things to check before you start replacing hardware
If you have noticed that your computer has become strangely slow lately, there are several things you’d better check before taking it to the junkyard. The running speed issues may relate to software or hardware, but if no...
How to remove viruses from the Windows Safe Mode?
The majority of viruses that are widespread nowadays can be removed from your PC without any additional setups. However, some “serious” examples of computer viruses can block the anti-malware software usage, or just load the CPU...
How to Remove Trojan Virus from Windows? 5 Ways to Remove Trojans
Have you noticed that your computer runs slowly? It takes a long time to download pages that used to open quickly. The machine itself sounds like it’s working hard when it is supposed to idle. If that is the case, you are...
What Are Antivirus False Positives
The developers of anti-malware programs are doing their best to make their products perfect. However, “perfect” is not always one that detects all viruses. It is a very hard job to get rid of all false positive detections –...