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Nearly Half of UK SMBs Believe a Cyberattack Could Close Their Business

44% of decision makers are spending a day each week dealing with cybersecurity issues 64% say workload demands result in mistakes that put...
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Hacker Files

Hacker Files

A mini podcast series In this special, Webroot podcast series we offer a behind-the-scenes look at the shadowy world of cybercrime from those battling it on the frontlines. Featuring ChannelE2E co-founder and host Joe Panettieri, alongside guest experts from around the industry, discussions delve in...

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How do you keep your kids safe online?

Discussions with children about online safety often revolve around the topics of cyberbullying and avoiding online predators, but what about staying safe from cybercriminals? It's quite easy to think that hackers and nefarious actors out there are only after adults. However, kids are just as likely...

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News Nearly Half of UK SMBs Believe a Cyberattack Could Close Their Business

44% of decision makers are spending a day each week dealing with cybersecurity issues 64% say workload demands result in mistakes that put the organization at risk 48% deprioritize activities that would grow business to address cybersecurity tasks 46% say a cyberattack it would put them at risk of c...

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PC Shutting Down when idle
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My pc is shutting down everytime I walk away. I checked the power management and set both to NEVER, still not working

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Blog [Discussion] Notice: What Happens on Public Computers, Stays on Public Computers

[Discussion] Notice: What Happens on Public Computers, Stays on Public Computers

Randy (@RAbrams) recently wrote a post on our blog about the various dangers of using a public computer. Yes, we probably all know about keyloggers and the like but Randy dives into a few areas that you might not have considered while using a computer in a hotel lobby. Give it a read and then come...

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YouTube to MP3
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Hello. So, does anyone know any online YouTube MP3 converters that work? Edit: Ones that would not be blocked by a school or work?

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Peterone6 New Member

Threats
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I have 3 current threats and shield won't let me fix, remove or rescan the threats

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Babushka New Member

Java Script error
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Hello everyone! I'm not sure if this an appropriate question to bring to this forum. I have a Java Script error that appears each time I turn on my computer. It began when uninstalled Discord from my laptop. I was having trouble with it & wanted to reinstall it. I haven't been able to reinstall sinc...

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Retire now New Member

No reset password email from WEBROOT
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For some reason I can not reset my password using "forgotton password" ... Response is to check email for link but I never recieve an email ...not in my junk or spam folders ... and the e mail address used is active and works.

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Some internet outages predicted for the coming month as '768k Day' approaches

768k Day expected within the month, reminiscent of 512k Day when AT&T, BT, Comcast, Sprint, and Verizon all went down. April 18, 2019, By Catalin Cimpanu An internet milestone known as "768k Day" is getting closer and some network administrators are shaking in their boots fearing downtime caused by...

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i was looking at my host file and i found # Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be p...

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Explained: like-farming

April 18, 2019, By Pieter Arntz Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or domain. The ultimate dream of every like-farmer is for his post to go viral by accumulating as many likes and shares as possible from all...

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WRData
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Hey WB! Someone please help me out here. I have forgotton my security code to submit a ticket. The server will NOT send an email to correct (yes I checked junk folders) All I need is the WRData folder whitelisted so I can shrink its size. Can someone help? ~snip Removed Email address snip TH~...I ca...

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Computer locked, please help

My kid changed the login password of my family computer and he didn't remember it now. I searched online and tried Kon-boot, but i got a blue screen death once booting from USB.   Does anyone know how to reset the password? I indeed get windows installation disk at home but i don't want to lost...

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Cannot Log In
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I've tried everything to log in initially even changing my password several times. It always says there's a problem with my credentials. Unfortunately, not able to sign in means I cannot access any of the software's programs and benefits. Thank you for any help you can give me. June

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Weekly Threat News: 12th April - Stalkerware

Hello Community! I wanted to share Kelvin's latest Weekly Threat article with you. (If you missed it, we did this last week too.) I find these helpful and hope that you do too. StalkerwareSometimes a file’s determination can change over time. What was considered good years ago might now be bad and...

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Scan does not seem to work on my android device. I uninstalled secure anywhere and reinstalled. When I scan, it does nothing but return message immediately: no threats found.

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Blog How To Keep Better Tabs on Your Connected Apps

How To Keep Better Tabs on Your Connected Apps

Not that long ago, before data breaches dominated daily headlines, we felt secure with our social media apps. Conveniently, every website seemed to allow logging in with Facebook or Twitter instead of creating a whole new password, and families of apps quickly became their own industry. Third-party...

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Fire Wall Blocks Printer
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I cannot figure out how to unblock my printer from the firewall (FW) without having to shutdown the FW system. My printer is wireless and continues to say that it is offline but I know that is not true because I can print documents off my phone while both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi netw...

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bsauerbrey New Member

joining Webroot with LastPass

I've received notifications about joining together Webroot and LastPass, but, when I follow directions, I arrive only at the console page. What's up here? The directions indication that I should find myself on " the section labeled “Password Manager Powered by LastPass." That's nowhere on the pag...

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Can't connect
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I haven't been able to connect to the VPN for several days now. Just the spinning wheel of death.

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Wireless printer not working when connected to VPN
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Is there a way to set up the Webroot VPN that allows printing to my wireless printer? At this point, in order to print I need to disconnect the VPN. I would prefer to have a seamless way to print while remaining connected. Do you know if this is possible? I previously tried ExpressVPN and they h...

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Microsoft lets Windows users off the update leash

April 8, 2019, By Danny Bradbury Windows users, you know those mandatory OS updates that sometimes break your computer and leave you steaming at the ears? Microsoft is making some big changes that will finally give you more control over them. The company is changing the way that Windows Update dow...

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technical help
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There were some scam artists who tried to tell me my computer was in jeopardy and that i needed to download some programs when i said no and they tried to say they were with Microsoft and I still said no they downloaded a program called Supermo without my permission and now I cant remove it can any...

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Microsoft going to extreme lengths to ensure May update avoids mistakes of 1809

There'll be a month-long release preview phase, less aggressive end-user deployment, and more. Peter Bright - 4/4/2019 Microsoft really wants to avoid a repeat of the mess surrounding the release of the last Windows 10 feature update. Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 update, was found to h...

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