What’s hijacking this PC’s broadband connection?

A subscriber’s PC auto-connects to an unwanted, unknown, and very slow network — and nothing will set it right.

That included running Norton AV, resetting the network, changing ISPs, swapping routers, and even using different PCs — but no luck. So the machine’s owner suspected an active hack. Is it?

Plus: What’s the best tool for definitively checking any single file for malware?

Those are the topics in my column in this week’s issue.

Also in this issue:

• APPLE NEWS: How Apple silicon might hurt Windows
• BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Is this the end, the final straw for Firefox?
• PATCH WATCH: Yet more Office 2010 updates?!
• OFFICE: Record and transcribe conversations directly into MS Word

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