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Avira partners with YouMail to stop robocalls

“Congratulations! You’ve been approved for a loan!” or “Contact the IRS urgently regarding unpaid income tax”. Sadly, you haven’t got a loan, or won a cruise, or whatever is being touted. You’re on the receiving end of a “robocall”. They’re on the rise and it’s now estimated that half of the calls we receive are

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How to encrypt emails: A guide to Mailvelope

Regardless of whether it's confidential company information, sensitive health data intended for your doctor, or ...

How to spot a bot on social media

Known in the early days of the internet as “software robots”, bots are software applications that perform ...

How to avoid scareware scams

While regular internet users today are aware of the variety of online scams and threats, ...

5 tips to identify fake news and misinformation

Altering the information spread through mass media, whether intentionally (disinformation) or unintentionally (misinformation), is not a new practice. However, misinformation and disinformation have been fueled by digital technologies in the past decades, thanks to the rapid growth of digital media, online news outlets, and social networks. The spread of fake news online has become a major issue. Tech is catching up and new tools for identifying fake news are being developed. Besides, there are

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