A new form of ransomware is being distributed through drive-by attacks, but victims can retrieve their locked files for free due to mistakes in the attack's code. Simple attacks plus user willingness ...

The PDF file format gives businesses the ability to create portable documents that users can view on almost any computing platform and in virtually every major operating system. Because of its broad ...

Are you trying to open a password-protected PDF or ZIP file? Then, you already know how frustrating it can be. You try out different tools, and the result is a ...

Microsoft's Word software allows you to lock specific documents from editing with a password. This feature is designed to protect important documents from changes, but can backfire if a client ...

Steam is one of the top platforms for purchasing and playing games, but that doesn't mean it's free from bugs and issues. There's a long list of problems you can face ...

File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

When a shared file gets locked for editing, real-time collaboration gets affected as users cannot open or comment on the file. One known reason for this error is dual ...