The 1-888-479-3649 Fake Windows Activation Screen is a Trojan Horse that displays a fake Windows Activation screen on your desktop in order to scare you into calling a remote tech support number.

A new Windows Activation scam has been discovered by Malwarebytes security researcher Pieter Arntz. When I installed the sample, I discovered that this PC Tech Support scam, like many others recently, ...

Brian Freeman found a flaw in my article Reinstall Windows when you’ve lost your reinstall disc or partition. I told readers that “when it comes time to activate Windows, use the activation number on ...

A glitch with Microsoft’s activation servers appears to be disrupting many users’s PCs, as Windows 10 erroneously reports their systems as either un-activated or downgraded from Windows 10 Pro to ...

Microsoft this month enabled a "shared computer activation" feature for business subscribers to its Office 365 productivity suite solutions. The shared computer activation feature is notable for ...

The company this week added shared computer activation for Office to the less-expensive Microsoft 365 Business subscription; the rollout for the change begins on April 30. Microsoft this week ...

Friday the 13th might bring bad luck to some microcomputer users. Officials at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently discovered a new ”computer virus” that was set to activate itself tonight and ...