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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Bleeping Computer</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Technology news and computer help</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Bleeping Computer LLC.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawrence Abrams</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com">www.bleepingcomputer.com</a> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">26 January 2004 (2004-01-26)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Online</td></tr></tbody></table>

Bleeping Computer is a website covering technology news and offering free computer help via its forums that was created by Lawrence Abrams in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-:1-2">[2]</a> It publishes news focusing heavily on cybersecurity, but also covers other topics including <a href="Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">computer software</a>, <a href="Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">computer hardware</a>, <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> and general technology.

In 2018, Bleeping Computer was added as an associate partner to the <a href="Europol" title="Europol">Europol</a> NoMoreRansom project for the ransomware information and decryption tools provided by the site.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

BleepingComputer was founded in 2004 after Abrams could not find existing technical support sites that could offer easy-to-understand instructions for his friends and family.<a href="#cite_note-:1-2">[2]</a>

The domain name bleepingcomputer.com originates from the sounds made by a broken computer and because a user might want to curse at a computer when it does not work properly.<a href="#cite_note-:1-2">[2]</a>

Since the <a href="CryptoLocker" title="CryptoLocker">CryptoLocker</a> ransomware attack in September 2013, and a subsequent <a href="DDoS" class="mw-redirect" title="DDoS">DDoS</a> of the site due to its reporting on the new malware,<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Bleeping Computer has been reporting on new ransomware families as they are released.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2></div>

The articles published at Bleeping Computer are categorized as news articles, tutorials and virus removal guides. Its content includes searchable databases for looking up Windows start-up programs and uninstall entries, as well as a free <a href="Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">Internet forum</a> to receive computer help.

The site covers news released by researchers and companies, but also performs in-house investigative reporting <a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> and analysis of ransomware<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> and malware.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

Free decryptors to unlock files encrypted by various ransomware families have been released through the forums or the site's news section by third-party researchers.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

Government agencies have included Bleeping Computer cybersecurity articles and analysis in numerous advisories.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

Bleeping Computer's reporting has been cited by major media that cover technology and IT security news.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

The site used to offer a malware removal training program<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> through its forums that teaches volunteers how to remove Windows infections using various tools, including Combofix, <a href="HijackThis" title="HijackThis">HijackThis</a>, DDS,<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> OTL, <a href="GMER" title="GMER">GMER</a>, <a href="Malwarebytes'_Anti-Malware" class="mw-redirect" title="Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware">Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware</a> and Rkill,<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> developed by Abrams.

In October 2020, there were over 840,000 registered members on the site.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_issues">Legal issues</h2></div>

In early February 2016, Enigma Software, the developers of the anti-malware suite <a href="SpyHunter_(security_software)" title="SpyHunter (security software)">SpyHunter</a>, filed a lawsuit<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> against Bleeping Computer in response to a negative review of SpyHunter, alleging a campaign to damage the reputation of their company and product.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Bleeping Computer requested financial aid from its readers to help pay legal fees arising from the lawsuit.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> At the beginning of August 2016, Bleeping Computer filed<a href="#cite_note-:0-19">[19]</a> its own lawsuit against Enigma Software for an alleged long-running smear campaign against Bleeping Computer.<a href="#cite_note-:0-19">[19]</a> The lawsuit against BleepingComputer ended in settlement, with BleepingComputer removing Quietman7's posts on Enigma Software's product.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a>

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