Problem: You think your PC has the flu. It's suddenly sluggish, and unknown toolbars and pop-ups have started appearing everywhere. Microsoft Safety Scanner to the ...

Think that your current antivirus scanner might have let something slip into your digital fortress? Microsoft has a standalone security scanner that you can use to give your system the once over. The ...

The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and the Microsoft Safety Scanner (MSERT.exe) both scan for and remove Windows malware. We explain the differences and when it makes sense to use each ...

Microsoft has released a confusing selection of security programs over the years. Deborah Armstrong asked me to make sense of them. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the ...

Microsoft and Symantec said Wednesday that have teamed up to seize control over the “Bamital” botnet, a multi-million dollar crime machine that used malicious software to hijack search results. The ...