Simple clear advice in plain English

Latest Security articles

ICO fines two councils for data-protection failures

Over £1m in penalties now handed out by Information Commissioner's Office

deal maker content image
deal maker content image

CEOP child safety version of Internet Explorer upgraded

Child protection agency adds new features to its version of IE9

deal maker content image

Safer Internet Day aims to tackle children's online behaviour

Annual educational safety event continues to push online safety message, following research findings that a significant number of children are putting themselves in danger

deal maker content image

Internet industry plans common standard to fight phishing email

Email providers including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo form an alliance with the aim of developing a common authentication standard to help identify phishing emails

Competition

Win one of 10 copies of Pinnacle Studio HD 15

Create professional-quality videos with ease

deal maker content image

Take control of the Facebook Timeline

How to see and edit the new Timeline view in Facebook and protect your privacy

deal maker content image

CIFAS reports alarming rise in theft from customer accounts

Fraud prevention company reveals a shocking increase in the number of employees stealing from customer accounts

deal maker content image

Porn app hides Trojan to target Android smartphones warns F-Secure

App hides a Trojan that hijacks phones to send premium rate sms

How we used these two websites to discover new music

deal maker content image

How to use the Command Prompt

Lurking under Windows is the little-known world of the command line. We explain how to use this to fix faults and make your PC much more secure

deal maker content image

Symantec urges pcAnywhere users to ditch software after code theft

A source-code theft dating back to 2006 has caused Symantec to advise customers to stop using affected software

deal maker content image

European Commission publishes stronger data protection proposals

Privacy plans that give people more control over what personal information is held about them are welcomed by some, but businesses fear 'onerous' burden

deal maker content image

Cyberghost

Protect your privacy by surfing the internet anonymously

deal maker content image

G Data Internet Security 2012

Anti-virus software now has two scanning engines.

deal maker content image

Protect any computer easily with Spybot Search and Destroy for PortableApps

Protecting a computer from spyware is now easier as Spybot Search and Destroy is available on PortableApps

Best deals on the web

img

Apple MacBook Pro (MC724LL/A)

£999.99- Buy it now

img

Sony Vaio VPCF23P1E/B

£679.98- Buy it now

img

Samsung 300E5A-A01DX

£449.99- Buy it now

Free newsletters

Computeractive Weekly

A weekly update on our latest articles, videos, competitions and more

> Subscribe now

Computeractive Direct

A weekly update of software and gadgets deals from Computeractive

> Subscribe now

Question & Answer

Q.How do I store musician and other information about...

> Read the answer

Q.Why can't my browser find the website address I typed...

> Read the answer

Q.All updates have been downloaded, so why won't Windows...

> Read the answer

Great benefits for subscribers!

Poll

Which is your preferred web browser

Jargon Buster

Computing terms explained in plain English

VoIP

Voice over IP. The routing of voice conversations over the internet, which is cheaper than the telephone...

Great shopping deals from Computeractive