Posts Tagged ‘free software’

Edward Snowden: Privacy can’t depend on corporations standing up to the government

Mar

2016

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden opened the Free Software Foundation’s LibrePlanet 2016 conference on Saturday with a discussion of free software, privacy and security, speaking via video conference from Russia. Snowden credited free software for his ability to help disclose the U.S. government’s far-reaching surveillance projects – drawing one of several enthusiastic rounds of applause from […]

Category Privacy protection Written by Cio 0 Comments

Ad injection and you – how adware gets on your computer

Jun

2013

Are advertisements showing up in your browser (no matter whether you use Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome) on sites that you’ve never seen ads on before; or, do the ads seem different from what you’ve seen before? Your system might be affected by adware that injects advertisements into sites as you browse, such as Adware:Win32/InfoAtoms and […]

Category General Written by Microsoft Malware Protection Center 0 Comments

How do I get rid of annoying toolbars?

Mar

2013

Question of the week: A toolbar suddenly appeared in my browser. I tried to uninstall it through the Control Panel, but it’s still there. How can I get rid of it?Have you installed free software lately? Sometimes toolbars and other unwanted add-ons are included in free downloads. Most of the time, but not always, you […]

Category General Written by Avast! blog 0 Comments

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