Switzerland has long been known for its strong privacy laws and commitment to data protection. However, recent developments in the Swiss government have raised significant concerns amongst the privacy and security community. In this article, we intend to explore these concerns, raised by Proton and Threema, as well as provide our own insight on these matters. We intend to focus on the facts of the case, and we will provide sources for the claims we make at the end of the article.
Antiviruses are rather complex pieces of software, and there are plenty of options. In this article, I’m going to go over the actual tasks antiviruses perform and how they go about performing those tasks. This article is not sponsored nor does it promote any antivirus software - The PC Security Channel covers the difference between Windows 10’s Windows Defender versus paid antivirus solutions.
One of the most basic tasks any antivirus can do is called Hash Detection. In this process, your antivirus creates a hash of every potentially infected file on your computer and compares it to a known database of malware.