When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Malwarebytes earned its stripes cleaning up already-infected PCs, and Norton has been defending systems since the DOS days. Which one leads the charge in 2025? I've tested both and am here to tell you ...

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Companies like Norton, McAfee, AVG and Bitdefender have antivirus and security solutions that can help keep your PC safe, but those features overlap with a lot of the features of Windows’ built-in ...

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