PC security against exploits is a partnership between the up-to-date operating system and the antivirus utility. Once XP reaches its end of life, it won't be holding up its end of the partnership; ...

The test sent many security software offerings through a gauntlet to measure protection, useability and performance. Three received a perfect score of 30. For those that are still operating the ...

Q: I have been reading a lot about support ending for Windows XP, but I have one unanswered question. I have Windows XP on my computer, but I am also running an anti-virus program — Avast. So why am I ...

McAfee, to say the least, had its fair share of problems Wednesday when a buggy antivirus software update caused computers running Windows XP to shut down and experience serial reboots. An initial ...

Microsoft's support for Windows XP is officially over. With no more security patches coming, those who are stuck with XP really need to install effective third-party security protection. When the IBM ...

XP Antivirus 2008, XP Antivirus 2009, and XPAntiVirus are rogue antivirus programs that, when run, display false results as a tactic to scare you into purchasing the software. Older versions of XP ...

Microsoft today backpedaled from earlier decisions and said it would extend a limited helping hand to Windows XP users by them offering antivirus signatures for Security Essentials for more than a ...

Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was ...

If you're using the computer that runs Windows XP, you know that Microsoft is ending support for the operating system as of April 2014. Microsoft has been pushing hard to get users to upgrade to a new ...

The update mistakenly quarantines the "user32.dll" file, crippling PCs; a workaround for AVE 8.0 has been released, and one for version 7.5 is forthcoming A flawed signature update to AVG Technologies ...

XP Police Antivirus is a new program that attempts to deliberately trick you into thinking you are infected. It does this by displaying security warnings from your Windows taskbar, by displaying a ...