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Virus
Sir Apfelot Blog
19th April 2022
A computer virus is malware that can spread and multiply independently via host programs. This is why the name "virus" was chosen for this type of malware, because the biological counterpart also works in the same way. There are […]
5. August 2019
There is a current danger behind the name GermanWiper, which affects companies in Germany in particular. "GermanWiper" is a particularly perfidious ransomware; malware that actually encrypts the data on the hard drive in order to [...]
12. February 2019
Antivirus software on the Mac or anti-malware apps on macOS are not required. In this post I would like to show you why this is the case and how I have been using Apple computers for over 20 years without me [...]
15. January 2019
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is currently providing information on the subject of "Emotet" on its citizens' website. This is malware that gets onto the computer via email. The procedure is particularly tricky: The [...]
6. January 2019
The file extension .jar identifies Java Script archives that have been packed with ZIP compression. In addition to graphics, videos and audio files, these archives can of course also contain executable Javascript files. These jar files can be [...]
29. May 2018
If the fan of your Apple Mac, iMac or MacBook is currently running at maximum performance again and again, although you do not use a lot of power in the macOS system or with individual apps, then you should take a look at the
4. March 2014
Ok, I actually prefer to deal with Macintosh problems because I usually know what to do there. However, I just had to heal a customer's PC with TeamViewer, because it has [...]