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5 min read

How to Know If Your Computer Has a Virus and Fix It Fast

Detecting computer viruses early is crucial to your digital safety. They can compromise your personal information, financial data, or lead to costly computer repairs.

In 2023 alone, over 6 billion malware attacks were detected around the globe such as worms, viruses, trojan, and other types of malicious software. In this article you will discover what they are, how to avoid them, and how to fix them if you already have some.

Adomas Šulcas

Cybersecurity & Privacy

4 min read

What Is The UK Online Safety Act and How It Affects You

Key takeaways:

  • The Online Safety Act targets harmful content to protect children.
  • VPN use isn’t illegal, but using it to bypass age checks is not recommended.
  • While it puts a lot of pressure on content filtering, it also adds rules to protect freedom of speech.
  • The UK Online Safety Act is one of the biggest laws regarding digital safety passed in the last few years. It came from growing concerns about how online platforms manage harmful content that is easily accessible to minors.

    Parents, schools, and other institutions kept talking about how easy it became for kids to see violence, abuse, or inappropriate adult content on social media and the internet in general. Consequently, the UK government stepped in.

    Guoda Šulcaitė

    Cybersecurity & Privacy

    5 min read

    What is an SPI Firewall: Benefits, Types, and Use Cases

    A firewall is a security system that is meant to protect your devices from harmful files, viruses, and hacks online. An important thing to understand is that there are more than one type of firewall out there, and they have different levels and features of security.

    In this article, you will understand everything there is to know about SPI firewalls, which offer more robust security by ensuring that only safe online traffic is allowed through.

    Rasa Sosnovskytė