Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Time to upgrade your Windows 7 PC's - end-of-life was January 2020...

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A lot of people are still perfectly happy with Windows 7.  However, the time has come to let it go and upgrade to Windows 10.  Read here: Z...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Once again... Be extra careful of email attachments and downloads. New attacks on Adobe software on Windows

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I'd say that the newly reported vulnerabilities are particularly bad, but it's unfortunately not that unusual.  See article here:  ...
Friday, March 03, 2017

Keeping your files safe from ransomware

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March 3, 2017 Ransomware is still on the rise.  Many haven't heard about this type of malware and aren't aware that they could los...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Keep your PC Safe - 09/30/2016

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Sept 30, 2016 We're losing the security war.  More of our PC's than ever contain viruses and malware.  The main rule you should ab...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Time to wipe all that junkware off your PC. Especially if you have a Lenovo PC, but other manufacturers too... 6/9/2016

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People have been dealing with slow PC's unnecessarily for far too long.  It's time to fix this.  With the recent spate of articles a...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Major sites infected by ads that can take over your computer... 3/19/16

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Major web sites have been targeted by criminals using malware in advertisements.  Simply by browsing to a site your PC could become infected...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Ad blocking again - More reasons why you need to block, and some advice... 9-22-15

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The tide is finally turning against the problems caused by ads, trackers, and ad networks.  It's good to see some industry experts final...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Restart your PC today - Big Windows flaw can allow your PC to be taken over 7-21-15

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Read more information from this ZDNet article: Microsoft releases emergency patch for all versions of Windows   If you haven't update...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Still using an ad blocker - 4-20-15

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We're not out of the woods yet.  Continuing to use an ad blocker... PCWorld's article "Google's push to encrypt ads will ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Use an ad blocker - 01-15-2015

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PC World Article: Google squashes widespread AdSense malvertising attack PC World Article: Malicious ads distributed 'on a large scale...
Friday, December 12, 2014

A couple good articles on keeping your PC safe - 12-12-2014

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A couple good articles from PC World These are still very good advice. How to protect your PC against devious security traps How to buil...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Safe Browsing - Use an ad blocker - 2-20-2014

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Malware infections via malicious ads are on the rise.   Using an ad blocking software in your browser is somewhat controversial.  As cons...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Easy ways to make and remember secure passwords

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Ok, so you're one of those people who uses something like "dogdog", "qwerty", "password", or part of your ...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Keep your PC Safe

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November 26, 2011 We're losing the security war.  More of our PC's than ever contain viruses and malware.  The main rule you shoul...
Thursday, April 27, 2006

Audio learning

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This is real geek stuff... Encryption ( www.grc.com/securitynow.htm )   Listen to shows 30 through 35 Security (please listen to thi...