Blocked by Buffer Overflow Protection Error

The Blocked by Buffer Overflow Protection error has been known to come with many related Internet Explorer files. Whether you open the internet explorer browser or one of its apps, the Blocked by Buffer Overflow Protection error will come up. As a first resort, you could always try disabling the Buffer Overflow Protection option, but [...]

What is the JQS.exe Program and Should I Disable It?

If you have poked around your computer’s task manager listed of processes, then you have likely come across the Jqs.exe program that is running. JQS.exe is not computer malware. It is a computer process called the Java Quick Starter helper application that is designed to help Java applets and web applications to run and load [...]

How Do Rogue Antivirus Programs Work?

Rogue antivirus and antispyware programs are computer malware that is designed to trick the end user into thinking that their computer is infected with a significant amount of computer virurses and spyware. The rogue program does this by generating a number of fake or misleading infection messages on the computer and attempts to get the [...]

How Does Tabjacking Work?

Mozilla’s FireFox made Internet Browser tabs popular and Internet Explorer followed suit with quicking adopting tabs into their web browser. As with all technology, a new threat that emerged was “Tabjacking”. Tabjacking emerged as a threat in early 2007. It refers to hackers introducing malicious code into your computer’s borwser where one of the browser [...]

How Does a Logic Bomb Work?

Logic bombs are programs or parts of programs that are inserted into legitimate software systems and will conduct a malicious action once preconditions are met. These preconditions could be a certain date, time, or action conducted by the end-user. Many times, computer viruses or computer worms will contain a logic bomb that will then deliver [...]

How Does Spyware Work?

Computer Spyware infects a computer without the user’s permission. Spyware can be very dangerous to your personal privacy and can serve as a gateway to additional computer malware infection on your computer. Spyware by its nature does not self-replicate, but is used to exploit holes in the security on your computer. Recent trends have seen [...]

How Does Adware Work?

Adware is considered to be any computer software that will display, download, or automatically play advertisements on your computer while the parent application is being used. Some adware is designed to violate your privacy and acts as a benign form of Spyware and is considered privacy-invasive. Many variants of Adware can also bog down your [...]

How Does a Trojan Virus Work?

Trojan Viruses take their name from the lore of the Trojan Horse. A Trojan virus is computer malware that is disguised as something useful that encourages you to download or open the file or program which contains the malware. Once opened, the Trojan virus infects your computer. They are capable of downloading or containing “payload” [...]

How Does a Computer Worm Work?

Computer worms are made to infect other computers through using the Internet to spam copies of themselves to spread. Most computer worms are damaging through their negative impact of system and network resources through their rapid and mostly uncontrolled spread. Some worms are coupled or combined with other computer malware in order to maximize their [...]

How Does a Computer Virus Work?

A computer virus is designed to infect files on a computer system through self-replication. It is capable of spreading to other computers on its own. Methods of infection include: infecting other files, email attachments, boot sectors of portable drives, instant messaging, and directly through security vulnerabilities in an Operating System or application. Not all computer [...]

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