It’s a simple fact: some websites are secure, and some are not. There’s no problem with that in itself; some sites do not need to be secure. This blog post is not “secure”, but that’s fine because I am not asking you to enter any critical information. But what if a website is selling [...] Read more »
Recently I have seen a warning being circulated, mostly on Facebook and through email. It reads like this: There’s a site called Spokeo.com that’s a new online USA phone book w/personal information: everything from pics you’ve posted on Facebook or web, your approx credit score, home value, income, age, even credit card #’s. Remove [...] Read more »
You have a good antivirus program that is updated, you have Malwarebytes that is running all the time in the background, you don’t go to websites that are considered “bad neighborhoods”…so how in the world does spyware get planted in your computer? I recently saw a good example of how it happens. This [...] Read more »
Microsoft Security Essentials is the antivirus program that I use and recommend (announced back in this post on October 25, 2010). In the past few days, a new version of Microsoft Security Essentials has been released – version 2.0. While it’s not mandatory, I do recommend that you get the new version (and in [...] Read more »
Had a customer come to me this past week with a problem. His computer had suddenly become infected with spyware. Every time he booted up, after a minute there would be popup windows appearing that told him his computer was filled with all kinds of threats, Trojans and hijackers (all false of course). [...] Read more »
I have been recommending AVG antivirus since 2004. A couple of weeks ago, AVG introduced the 2011 version of their free program. I downloaded and installed it with no problem, and I installed it on some of the laptops that I sell. In last Monday’s Computer Tip blog post, I recommended getting it. [...] Read more »
Important update: I am no longer recommending AVG as the preferred antivirus. Please see this post for an update. AVG antivirus (free version) has been part of my recommended software for several years (I actually started recommending AVG in 2004). Aside from being free for personal use, it does a great job and doesn’t [...] Read more »
The big advantage of a laptop computer is that it is light and portable. Wherever you need to use your computer, you can just bring it with you. On the other hand, that can be a disadvantage because a laptop is also easily stolen. What can you do to protect yourself? The obvious [...] Read more »
It used to be that only true geeks would carry a flash drive around on a regular basis; I’ve had one with me all the time for years. Now, it seems like everyone has one handy. They are really convenient for backing up a file or taking a file from work to home (although [...] Read more »
Now that the internet has become a big part of our day to day lives, privacy is a concern that a lot of people have. This even comes down to doing a simple Google search. Did you know that when you submit a search term to Google, some of the information you send is [...] Read more »
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