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1. AV-Comparatives finds Microsoft Defender has one of the poorest offline detection rates

   By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
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   • 831 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2022

2. Microsoft Defender seriously impresses in AV-TEST's ransomware protection test

   By aum, July 4, 2022
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   • 688 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 4, 2022

3. AV-Comparatives' latest test finds Microsoft Defender hogs your system real bad

   By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • 1 comment
   • 1,154 views
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   • Comment by CaptainK
   • November 5, 2022

4. Microsoft Defender beats out several heavyweight rivals in the latest AV-TEST ranking

   By Karlston, January 31, 2022
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   • 902 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 31, 2022

5. YouTube Shorts will soon run ads

   By Karlston, April 27, 2022   

   • youtube shorts
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 1,086 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 27, 2022

6. Firefox 95 will include RLBox sandboxing for added security

   By Karlston, December 6, 2021   

   • firefox
   • sandboxing
   • 0 comments
   • 985 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 6, 2021

7. Microsoft pats itself on the back as it thanks AV-Comparatives for helping improve Defender

   By Karlston, October 7, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
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   • 824 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 7, 2022

8. Microsoft Defender back to its charming best in the latest AV-TEST rankings

   By Karlston, August 15, 2022   

   • av-test
   • 1 comment
   • 896 views
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   • Comment by UberGeek
   • August 16, 2022

9. DuckDuckGo to begin blocking Microsoft scripts in its browsers

   By Karlston, August 5, 2022   

   • duckduckgo
   • 0 comments
   • 841 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 5, 2022

10. Microsoft releases mandatory Windows updates to fix PrintNightmare exploit [Update]

    By Karlston, July 6, 2021   

    • windows
    • security updates
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    • 2,030 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 6, 2021

11. WhatsApp Announces More Upcoming Privacy Features

    By Karlston, August 10, 2022   

    • whatsapp
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 813 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2022

12. WhatsApp is now offering encrypted cloud backups, here's how you can enable it

    By Karlston, July 17, 2021   

    • whatsapp
    • cloud backup
    • 0 comments
    • 1,067 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 17, 2021

13. Latest Chrome and Edge stable channel builds fix critical memory UAF security vulnerability

    By Karlston, September 25, 2021   

    • google chrome
    • microsoft edge
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    • 1,900 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 25, 2021

14. Latest Microsoft Edge 99.0.1150.46 and Chrome 99.0.4844.74 fix many security vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, March 18, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • google chrome
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    • 1,097 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 18, 2022

15. Instagram fined €405 million for sharing children's data

    By aum, September 5, 2022
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    • 568 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 5, 2022

16. Microsoft acknowledges Windows zero-day that leverages Office files for attacks

    By Karlston, September 8, 2021   

    • windows
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 1,426 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 8, 2021

17. Beware: Magniber ransomware now spreading via fake malicious Windows updates

    By Karlston, April 30, 2022
    • 1 comment
    • 782 views
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    • Comment by andy2004
    • May 1, 2022

18. Beware: Microsoft lookalike fake Windows 11 download website unsurprisingly downloads virus

    By Karlston, April 19, 2022   

    • windows 11
    • malware
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    • 914 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 19, 2022

19. Beware: Powershell Windows Toolbox that helped install Google Play on Windows 11 is malware

    By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

    • powershell
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    • 700 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15, 2022

20. Overbearing Google Drive flagging innocent files as copyright infringement

    By Karlston, January 25, 2022
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    • 592 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 25, 2022

21. How to hide your WhatsApp Online status

    By Karlston, November 7, 2022   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 706 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 7, 2022

22. Apple's upcoming operating systems will feature ultra-secure Lockdown Mode

    By Karlston, July 6, 2022
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    • 627 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 6, 2022

23. Video Ad-Block for Twitch extension banned from Chrome and Firefox for redirecting users and injecting referral links

    By Karlston, April 4, 2022   

    • twitch
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,522 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 4, 2022

24. Twitch suffers massive data breach, sensitive details leaked

    By Karlston, October 6, 2021   

    • twitch
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,563 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 6, 2021

25. How to configure RSS Guard to block all cookies

    By Karlston, September 6, 2022   

    • rss guard
    • cookies
    • 0 comments
    • 708 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 6, 2022