Home users are most vulnerable to web-based malware attack. Learn to protect yourself online. Hint: Antivirus alone is not enough.
Two to three thousand new malware threats are discovered hourly. To keep up, signature-based antivirus is increasingly turning to generic detection, but removal may not be as exact. Use these guides to manually remediate the threats.
A few million users have installed the newest version of Firefox. By default, there's an interplay between Google and Firefox that can cause the first site returned in search results to be downloaded to the computer automatically (including any associated cookies). One new feature in Firefox is a scary warning message when you access its configuration menu. That message reads:
This might void your warranty!To continue requires clicking a button that reads "I'll be careful, I promise!".
Changing these advanced settings can be harmful to the stability, security, and performance of this application. You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing.
Ignore the juvenile wording and fear tactics, and follow these steps to Disable Firefox/Google Prefetch.
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