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Android Oreo Tips & Tricks
- Disable notification dots [list]
- Press and hold a blank point on your Home screen
- Click Home Settings
- Select the item Notification indicators
- Deactivate the switch under Allow notification dots
- Open the Settings.
- Select Apps and Notifications.
- Click on Show all apps.
- In the menu at the top right (the three dots) select Show system.
- Now in the list, search for the item Android System and select it.
- Enter the heading App notifications.
- Here you'll see a lot of options that can be turned on and off but don't be scared.
- For applications such as Facebook Messenger, you'll see dedicated switches to hide notification for each app.
- For applications that consume battery in the background there is no such distinction and we can only hide all warnings or show them all.
See the full article here.
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One more week to enter the contest!
Submit a response to this thread before the end of next week to be entered in to win a Webroot Growler! While you're at it, we have some great information about ideal cyber hygiene and a survey to see which state's level of risk is closest to your own!
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MRG Effitas Efficacy Test Results
I’m very happy to report that Webroot was one of only 3 companies tested to pass all the tests in the MRG Effitas Online Banking / Browser Security Certification Project – Q1 2018.
The others were avast! Internet Security and Kaspersky Internet Security.
These are ALL the vendors assessed:
- avast! Internet Security 18.3.2333
- Avira Internet Security 15.0.34.27
- BitDefender Internet Security 2018 22.0.20.260
- ESET Internet Security 11.0.159.9
- F-secure Business, Computer Protection 18.4
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2018 18.0.0.405 (g)
- McAfee Total Protection 16.0 R10
- Microsoft Windows Defender with SmartScreen 4.12.16299.15
- SurfRight HitmanPro.Alert 3.7.6 Build 739
- Symantec Norton Security 22.14.0.54
- Trend Micro Maximum Security 12.0.1226
- Webroot SecureAnywhere 9.0.19.43
Read more about this test here.
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New malware from this past week
We've seen a few new threats arise over this past week, here's a look at what's on the horizon of cyber security threats:
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