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‘Tis the season for protecting your devices with Webroot antivirus

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Antivirus programs can also protect against other malicious software like trojans, worms, adware and more. According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Our real-time anti-phishing also blocks bad sites. Do I really need antivirus? In a word, yes. Looking to protect more than one device?

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Good game, well played: an overview of gaming-related cyberthreats in 2022

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To make the overview more in-depth, we included both mobile and PC games. Thus, we analyzed threats related to the following titles: Minecraft. Number of unique users affected by threats related to the game, from July 1, 2021 to June, 30 2022. Need for Speed. Grand Theft Auto. Call of Duty. Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Auto.

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We explored the dangers of pirated sport streams so you don’t have to

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Types of threats we saw on pirated streaming sites. Webroot’s 2021 Threat Report. push users into installing a browser hijacker known as mysearchflow.com, which is blocked as Spyware/Adware by Webroot. Mobile Threats. Bitcoin scams. Links on jackstream.

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