K.G. Orphanides

Phishing, pronounced “fishing”, is when a malicious actor tries to trick people into giving them se…

Cloud storage can provide robust protection for your data, but it’s important to know what your sol…

The internet can be a scary place with hackers and criminals finding increasingly effective ways to…

Malware infections are far less common on macOS than for Windows. This is partly because macOS is l…

Heard the name Tor but not sure what it is? Here's a brief introduction to The Onion Router, what u…

Ransomware is malicious software that secretly encrypts the files on your PC to try to force you to…

Windows 10 and Windows 11 have built-in ransomware protection, but it’s not enabled by default. Her…

Online harassment can happen to anyone, but cyberbullying is the term most commonly used when child…

The Domain Name System (DNS) maps a human-friendly URL, such as www.trustedreviews.com to the numer…

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is a service available to iCloud+ subscribers who use iOS 15, iPadOS 1…

If you’re using Windows’ built-in Microsoft Defender antivirus, you might have to temporarily disab…

Like most modern web browsers, Google Chrome has private “Incognito” browsing mode that doesn’t ret…

A malware detection engine is the bit of your antivirus software that actually identifies malicious…

VirusTotal’s Chrome and Firefox extensions give your web browser an integrated on-demand virus scan…

A privilege escalation attack is when a malicious user or software process manages to get higher pe…

Android users have this month been hit by Escobar, malicious software built to steal your personal …

If you’ve ever enabled Google’s Location History feature for your devices, this is how to see what …

If you’re responsible for a under-thirteen-year-old who’s keen to try Roblox, here’s your guide to …

Roblox has a wealth of content filtering and parental control settings. Here’s how to activate them…

Roblox is a kid-oriented gaming ecosystem with millions of players. Here's what you need to know ab…

Google largely exists to collect and sell data on its users. However, it’s obliged to give you acce…

Microsoft Family Safety provides comprehensive parental controls for Windows PCs, Xbox consoles and…

Microsoft provides powerful parental controls in the form of its Family Safety settings, but both g…

From screen time limits to content filtering, you can manage children’s access to Windows, macOS, i…

Twitter does not share your location in tweets by default, but if you’ve ever turned on the feature…

Twitter allows you to link third-party services and applications to your account in a range of diff…

Even if you use a strong password and have the best antivirus we always recommend people use two fa…

Antivirus software is designed to detect and neutralise any malicious software – known as “malware”…

In rare cases Avast Antivirus won’t be removed properly by standard uninstallation or may become ot…

Google is one of several online service providers that offers a password-free login system for your…