What Is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a group of computers and or networks working together that allow users to use a Private Network to communicate over a public network, usually the internet. This includes not only the WWW like websites but […]
What is TOR? Tor is a free software browser that is designed to defend against traffic analysis. Traffic analysis is a fancy way of saying that there are individuals and organizations who monitor your internet traffic and use that information in many ways. By knowing
The demand on today’s internet bandwidth is greater than it ever has been, with Pandora, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and a host of others filling the Ethernet with an incredible amount of data. This data is being delivered primarily through DSL and Cable which
Over the last few years we have posted several articles about antivirus, anti-malware and how to protect yourself from identity theft. We have talked about the privacy or non-privacy you might experience in your operating system and the sites you visit. All that is fine
In today’s landscape of cyber fears and ways to protect ourselves against cyber intrusion, wouldn’t it be nice to see a “one size fits all type solution”. I am talking about a solution that would protect me from internet malware, identity theft and even maybe my own stupidity. Bitdefender
My, my me oh my, we all love Pie, right now my favorite is Raspberry. The song refers to the editable and tastier types of Pie but I am also a fan and would not mind singing the praises of the new Raspberry Pi Zero or any
Autoruns is just one of Windows many Sysinternal programs. It is used by many if not most professionals when troubleshooting a computer but it is by no means difficult to learn and with a little practice it can be mastered. This post refers to version
More Articles in this series: Part 1: Resource Monitor Part 2: Even Viewer In this post on Administrative Tools, I will be covering perhaps the best security feature you will ever have against unauthorized access to your machine from the Internet, your Firewall. If you
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More articles in this series: Part 1: Resource Monitor Part 3: Widows Firewall With Advanced Security This is the second part of a series on Administrative Tools. Event Viewer has been around for quite some time. It has helped me understand several instances of computer
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Administrative Tools More articles in this series Part 2: Event Viewer Part 3: Windows Firewall With Advanced Security The Administrative Tools suite within Windows has continued to improve since XP on a slow but steady pace. I wonder though how many average users are aware of the tools
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Rant of The Day Windows has dressed up some of its long standing applications and as you might expect they have created something that tried to please everyone. I don’t know if this technique ever works, I believe that in many cases, it is better
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If you are not familiar with “God Mode” it is a very nice set of commands that allow you quickly and easily access just about anything you can imagine on your computer. There are 234 different commands. All of the commands are actually available within
Etiquette on the Internet (Netiquette) If you are reading this, you are one of many millions that read blogs and forums online and there is a good chance that like others, you respond to what you read. In this group I am including, Twitter, Facebook
If you are anything like me, you have lost your phone at least once and if you are really like me, you have lost (misplaced) it more than once. It can be a little scary thinking about not getting it back. It is not like
