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Rkill: Your Essential Tool for Terminating Malicious Processes

by cocochepeau

Rkill is a utility program designed to terminate malicious processes running on a computer. It scans for and terminates suspicious or potentially harmful processes, allowing users to proceed with malware removal steps more effectively. By temporarily stopping these processes, Rkill helps to neutralize malware's ability to interfere with antivirus or anti-malware software, enabling them to function optimally. However, it's important to note that Rkill is not a standalone antivirus tool and should be used in conjunction with other security software for comprehensive protection.

How to use AdwCleaner to remove Adware and PUPs?

by cocochepeau

In today's digital landscape, protecting your computer from various threats is of utmost importance. Adware, browser hijackers, and other potentially unwanted programs can infiltrate your system, compromise your privacy, and hinder your online experience. Thankfully, there are powerful tools like AdwCleaner that can help you combat these intrusions effectively.

The Rise of Ransomware Attacks: How to Protect Your Data

by cocochepeau

Ransomware attacks have become a major concern in recent years. This blog post delves into the nature of ransomware attacks, their impact on individuals and organizations, and provide actionable tips to protect data from such attacks. It covers topics like regular software updates, network segmentation, and incident response planning.

Follow these 10 steps to successfully clean and speedup your Windows PC

by cocochepeau

Follow these 10 steps to successfully clean and speedup your Windows PC.

How to get rid of Adware and PUPs?

by cocochepeau

Adware, also known as potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), can be frustrating to deal with as they can clutter your computer with unwanted advertisements and pop-ups. Fortunately, there are several ways to get rid of adware or PUPs. Here are some steps you can take.

AdwCleaner 6.000

by fr33tux

Hello there, its been a while since our last blog post about AdwCleaner. The reason is simple: the new release of AdwCleaner, v6.000, is now available for everyone on the official download page!
Thanks to the new code base, it’s considered as a major release which brings countless improvements, bug fixes, and new features. Here are a few important ones:

AdwCleaner 5.201

by fr33tux

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for : Adware (ads software), PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program), Toolbars, Hijacker (Hijack of the browser's homepage).. The 5.201 release is out with updated detections and translations.

AdwCleaner 5.200

by fr33tux

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for : Adware (ads software), PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program), Toolbars, Hijacker (Hijack of the browser's homepage).. The 5.200 release is out with a bunch of new features.

How do we handle a permanently increasing traffic on ToolsLib.

by fr33tux

Everyday we deal with an increasing traffic, coming from and to ToolsLib. These last weeks have been interesting to follow since we moved to a larger scale a bit earlier than expected.
We want to share some figures, graphs and explanations about how we deal with an important traffic and increasing data quantity on our infrastructure.

Latest improvements from the sysadmin team

by fr33tux

There has been major improvements made by the sysadmin team these last weeks. Even if it's not visible, we want to explain what has been made and what benefit will bring to you.