When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Computer viruses should be scared. Today, Montreal-based start-up, FixMeStick, has launched the first ever, consumer-ready USB device for removing viruses from infected PCs. What makes this product ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Viruses and other malicious programs have access to all the ...

Once a Trojan or virus has taken up residence in your computer, it can be hard to fix, especially if the offending malware blocks efforts to remove it. The FixMeStick, the brainchild of Montreal’s ...

Most of us have experienced first-hand the supreme suck of having our personal computers suffer malicious attack. These encounters lead most reasonable people to deploy some form of preventative ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. The pitch As you read this, Montreal-based engineers turned entrepreneurs Marty ...

Of course, you can't use the computer for anything else while FixMeStick is working. A note on the main screen suggests you take a break as the cleanup might take as long as "a few hours." On my ...

Viruses and malware on a Mac system are still very rare when compared to PC infections, however it is on the increase and sometimes Mac owners might not even know malware exists on their systems.

It has been just a week since the co-founders of Montreal’s FixMeStick, Marty Algire and Corey Velan, appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, but the segment was taped nearly a year ago, and a lot has changed ...