ZDNET's key takeaways The Black Screen of Death is incredibly annoying, but often easily diagnosed.The most common culprits ...

As malware, ransomware, phishing, and AI‑enabled scams continue to grow in frequency and sophistication worldwide, the demand for layered, intelligent Windows antivirus has never been more critical.

When historians look back at the PC industry in 2025, they’ll probably remember a time of intense turmoil. Between wildly ...

Firmware is the low-level software that is deeply integrated into the hardware of your device. It sits beneath higher-level software and your PC’s hardware and acts as a kind of bridge running the ...

"This update addresses an issue in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Update (ESU) enrollment process, where the ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco ... security suites, and all kinds of security software through their paces. I've been writing and editing stories for almost ...

November's Patch Tuesday updates fix 63 flaws in total but two of them are critical vulnerabilities that require your ...

For many years, Windows users had to rely on a third-party security tool to keep viruses and malware at bay, but now Microsoft's operating system comes with its own package, in the form of Windows ...

Global cybercriminals make trillions of dollars each year. Much of their success comes from exploiting the mistakes that we make—by clicking on phishing links, forgetting to update critical software, ...

My home city of San Francisco is a fairly safe place to live, but a few break-ins in my neighborhood had me contemplating some sort of home security system. After I heard friends talk about how ...

Update: Dell has contacted us to clarify that the exploit in question can only occur during the installation of DDPM versions ...

A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process. The bid to break the video game console's ...