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CCleaner was released by Piriform more than ten years ago, and the program managed to become one of the most popular cleaning programs for Windows. U nfortunately, the company’s infrastructure was compromised in September, and as a result, a malicious version of CCleaner was spread from the company servers. Avast purchases Piriform The two companies said that Piriform would definitely continue to develop CCleaner and more products and these would be maintained separately from Avast’s own software....

Gamers seem to be among the most affected by Windows 8.1 woes, as we’ve reported in the past problems with MMORPG games like Dragon’s Prophet or GuildWars 2. Now, similar issues seem to be affected users of Battlefield 4, according to multiple forum postings. One of the users says the following: Another user is reporting a different issue on the Nvidia support forums: How to fix Battlefield 4 crashes 1....

Well, now is the time you learned about Corel VideoStudio, especially since they are now on discounts thanks to the yearly shopping season. Keep track of your films with easy-to-use file management features, and boost your creativity with a library of overlays and templates for speedy project development. Use the Video Project Enhancement Bundle to integrate a range of templates and overlays, and WinZip 25 Pro to store and distribute VideoStudio Pro files securely....

Presented by many users as one of the best alternatives to Microsoft’s Outlook, MailBird comes with a clean user interface and a simple-to-use architecture. The visual factor weighs heavily in the decisions of many, and most users choose this client over Thunderbird, Outlook, and others. Being a premium email client, it’s only natural that you will have to pay in order to get the paid version. Luckily, there’s a massive discount right now for Back Friday & Cyber Monday!...

Fun & Games section on Bing Fun & Games is now vailable from the drop down hamburger menu at Bing.com/fun, offering users various web-based mini-games — many of which are the perfect choice during a lunch break or a train ride. The page should currently offer Puzzle and Games, Trivia and Quizzes and more. It should even teach you how to play some of them. The feature has been available in the US for two weeks, while now it’s just been made available in the UK and India....

In the latest episode of the Zombies experience, the Origins character heads to “Zetsubou No Shima”. This is a tropical island where experiments with Element 115 have created some nasty, pretty terrifying creatures. The Eclipse DLC comes with some 4 new multiplayer maps, as follows: – Verge, a remake of Bonsai from World at War; – Spire, a futuristic space airport; – Rift, a futuristic military complex on a Volcano; – Knockout, a Shao Lin Temple on a Private Island....

You can’t afford to spend the whole match watching numbers, else you’d end up as a bottom feeder. Anyway, many confuse these two critical components and believe them to be closely tied. While this is not completely wrong, confusing ping and FPS can slow down your progress if you’re trying to fix either one of them. You’ll soon understand why. What is ping? To put it shortly, ping is a computer utility that many rely on to test whether certain hosts are reachable or not....

Most VPN connection failures are triggered by various elements preventing your PC from connecting to VPN servers. In this troubleshooting guide, we’re going to list the most common factors blocking VPN connections and we’ll also show you how to eliminate them. How can I fix VPN connection issues? 1. Try another VPN solution The VPN recommended below is a highly reliable solution that works flawlessly and will never bother you with such connection issues....

For instance, your ISP is just a few clicks away from getting a full report of your online activities. Sure, it can’t read emails or see your account passwords, but it knows what websites you visited and files you downloaded. And that’s already too much. However, things don’t need to be that way. Nowadays, there’s a huge selection of privacy tools that can help you protect your privacy. And the best, most powerful ones are, without a doubt, VPNs....

And, this new version of picture-in-picture might even support interactive media contents such as images or certain types of embedded content like audio while you continue to browse the web. Google Chrome’s existing picture-in-picture feature can only play videos. However, soon, it will be possible to play interactive HTML content in the picture-in-picture mode, making multitasking easier for users. This new project is currently called PIP 2.0 and it aims to enable interactive HTML content in the PiP window....

In simple words, Microsoft says that Cortana will now hold more natural and realistic conversations with its users. The Redmond giant acquired a natural language startup Semantic Machines last year and now it wants to get the most out of its technology. Furthermore, the tech giant used a video to demonstrate its plans in front of the global community. The video showed that Cortana helping an executive to schedule and reschedule meetings with her colleagues....

The game was initially announced at E3 2014, and it should have been released in the second half of 2016. That didn’t happen due to its enormous complexity. Extra time for enhanced quality of an ambitious project Crackdown 3 is a very ambitious game, and it needs enough developing time to deliver the best experience for gamers. Microsoft Studios Publishing general manager Shannon Loftis motivated the delay due to more time needed to ensure a better quality of it by the development teams Reagent Games, Sumo Digital, and Cloudgine....

In this article, we’re going to list the most frequent Windows Defender bugs reported by Creators Update users, as well as their corresponding workarounds if available. Windows Defender issues on the Creators Update OS Creator Update turns off Windows Defender Real-Time Protection Many Creators Update users are reporting that the OS sometimes turns off their antivirus. To make things worse, enabling Windows Defender’s Real-Time Protection feature manually doesn’t always work, either....

In the short video featured below, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s creators have imagined the future and it’s not about a happy place. Instead, people receive mechanical hands and legs to aid disabilities and other ailments and at some point in the year 2027, mechanical augments begin to lose control of themselves, resulting in a less than stellar global environment: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles and gamers can already pre-order it from the Xbox Store where it costs $60....

VRS improves performance, increases graphics quality and lowers the system requirements for games. How does VRS Work? Those who are not aware of VRS (Variable Rate Shading), the developers are able to take advantage of this powerful and latest API so that they can efficiently use the GPU. The shading rate actually determines the color of every pixel on your screen. Game developers are now able to prioritize shading quality for some specific parts of the images where it is required the most....

A new territory to explore Xbox One players can now play Doodle God: Ultimate on their consoles. According to JoyBits, Ultimate Edition is the best version of the game you could possibly hope for meaning that Xbox users are in for a real treat. What to expect If you’re an Xbox owner, then here are some of the core features which are present in the Xbox One version of Doodle God:...

According to reports, all upcoming DLCs that will be released for Doom game will be focused on the multiplayer part of the game, but it will be handled in a way that it won’t split up friends. Doom didn’t receive any DLC until now and a few months have already passed since the game was released. The first DLC that will be released for Doom is named Unto the Evil and it will be released in one week (August 5, 2016)....

By using the DirectX Happy Uninstall software, you can backup your Windows 10, 8 DirectX and even restore DirectX from this backup. Also, you can use the Disc-Rollback Feature that lets you fix all the most comment DirectX problems in Windows 10, 8. Now, version 6.2 of DirectX Happy Uninstall finally brings Windows 10, 8.1 support with the latest updated. No more DirectX errors with DirectX Happy Uninstall So, now you can identify and repair any issues concerning DirectX in Windows 10, 8....

The vulnerability could allow attackers to take the control over the Command Line, which will grant them access to the entire system. Affected models are the Netgear R6200, R6400, R6700, R7000, R7100LG, R7300, R7900, and R8000 routers, as well as some others. The update was released to all affected routers. If you use a vulnerable router, you can download the latest firmware update from these links: R6250 Firmware Version 1....

2.5D style for unique elements The game will use a three-versus-three team battle system and will incorporate flashy original moves and ultra speedy battles, elements the Dragon Ball series is famous for. Producer Tomoko Hiroki said that while Dragon Ball titles from the past few years have all been developed in 3D, this last one will be 2.5D because the game will include some elements that can only be done in such a style....