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Exploring the Benefits of Cloud-Based Antivirus Solutions

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Introduction: Cloud-based Protegent antivirus solutions have revolutionized the way we protect our digital devices and networks from evolving cyber threats. Traditional security software often required frequent updates and consumed significant system resources. In contrast, cloud-based software leverages the power of cloud computing to provide enhanced protection, scalability, and efficiency. In this blog, we will delve into the benefits of cloud-based security solutions and understand how they offer a proactive approach to cybersecurity. 1. Real-Time Threat Detection: Protegent offer real-time threat detection capabilities. By leveraging the cloud infrastructure, these solutions continuously monitor and analyze vast amounts of data, including known malware signatures, behavioral patterns, and emerging threats. This real-time approach allows for rapid identification and mitigation of new and evolving threats, providing users with enhanced protection. 2. Faster Updates and Impr...

Taking Control of Your Emails | Cloud Antivirus

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How well do your employees identify phishing emails? This is a question that wanted to answer in 2015 using an online quiz featuring "phishing" emails. The results announced that 97% of people globally were unable to correctly identify phishing emails. This very worrying figure, therefore, implies that attackers should still continue to target this mode of attack. Where are we today? Phishing promises to remain a problem for the foreseeable future as it involves human decisions and judgment in the face of persistent efforts by cybercriminals to lure victims into their traps. Phishing I've seen before, but Spear-Phishing and Account-Take-Over? Unfortunately, phishing emails don't just deliver attachments and/or malicious links that shouldn't be executed or clicked on. Indeed, a new form of more discreet compromise is deployed through your email exchanges: remote account takes over. It is a form of fraud based on identity theft, whereby a malicious third party manag...

Protecting Against Viruses and Threats in Windows Security

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The Virus and Threat Protection section of Windows Security allows you to scan your device to make sure there are no threats.  You can also run different kinds of scans view the results of your previous virus and threat scans, and advantage from the latest defense offered by Windows Defender Antivirus. In the current threats section, you can: Scan your device to identify possible threats View identified threats on your device View threats that were quarantined before infecting your device View all items identified as threats that you have allowed to run on your device View the date and time of your device's last scan and the number of files scanned Perform a specific type of analysis Run the scans you want Although Windows Security is turned on and automatically scans your device, you can perform additional scanning whenever you want. Quick analysis  .  Worried about doing something that might put a suspicious file or virus into your device?  Select  Quick Scan ...

How to Prevent Hacking of Your Smartphone?

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  Smartphones are increasingly secure against mobile hacking.  To be able to access it, you need a template, a password, or even a fingerprint.  However, mobile hackers manage to overcome all these security barriers and manage to hack most smartphones.  So how do you know if you've been hacked?  And above all, how to avoid it?  We answer them in this article. Having  your smartphone hacked  can happen to anyone.  Hackers can take advantage of advanced vulnerabilities in your device's security or unsecured internet connections.  Whether your smartphone is Android or iOS, it does not change anything, it is not immune to mobile hackers.  It is therefore interesting to know the clues that allow you to check if a device is corrupted. The Signs of a Mobile Hack You may have already been hacked several times without even realizing it.  Below you will find the signs that a mobile hacker has gained access to your phone. 1. The Battery D...

How to Protect Your Child From the Dangers of the Internet?

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What Dangers Are Your Children Exposed to on the Internet? Our children today benefit from many digital tools that allow them to access multiple contents on the web. The Internet is a good way for young people to communicate, educate themselves, learn, or have fun. However, children can face inappropriate, offensive, and sometimes even dangerous content on the Internet. Young people can indeed be confronted with multiple dangers, starting with pornographic content, incitement to violence, or sectarian or terrorist recruitment. Social networks are also a danger and can be a place of cyber-harassment or cyber-violence. Not to mention that the web exposes your children to malicious people. And finally, another danger linked to the Internet, the excessive use every day of the various equipment connected by your children (tablet, smartphone, computer…). Internet Dangers: How to Protect Your Children? To protect your children from the dangers of the Internet, it is important to support them ...

What is Malware & Anti-Spam Virus | Cloud Antivirus

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                              Malware And   Anti-Spam Virus             Definition of VIRUS / Malware: A computer virus is a program written with the aim of spreading stealthily and quickly to other computers.  It more or less seriously disrupts the functioning of the infected computer. It can spread through any medium of digital data exchange such as the Internet, and in particular through electronic messages or their attachments. The generic term defining viruses is malware, the term virus is commonly used in an abusive manner to designate all malware.  There are different types of malware: viruses, worms, Trojans, or logic bombs, some load in memory, others directly infect the hard drive. Viruses replicate and spread by inserting themselves into other software.  Worms spread directly between computers, often through email, file-sharing or the Internet. Tr...