Check your PC’s performance rating with this portable tool Do you remember the old Windows Experience Index feature that would calculate an overall performance score for your PC? Unfortunately, this feature has now been obscured in Windows 10 and 11. It’s still there but buried […]
In late November, Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) identified a new malware threat dubbed “DarkWatchman” which is virtually undetectable. DarkWatchman is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and keylogger that, according to PACT, represents a revolution in fileless malware techniques as it uses the Registry for
I’ve never been one to bounce around between browsers. I was an ardent Firefox user for many years but started to consider an alternative after encountering more and more web pages that Firefox failed to render properly. I have never considered Chrome, Chrome is Google…
Google announces critical Chrome vulnerability — you need to update Chrome ASAP. Google has confirmed the news that its Chrome browser has fallen victim to the sixteenth zero-day attack of the year. Zero-day vulnerabilities are when hackers discover a security flaw before a patch has
Aomei, in conjunction with its partners, is running a huge Xmas giveaway involving 15 premium products for free. Expires 31st December. Top of the list are Aomei Backupper Pro, Aomei Partition Assistant Pro, and Aomei MBackupper Pro– all one-year licenses: The rest of the software
Winners Announced! The winners will be contacted by email. Congratulations to the winners and a big Thank You to all who participated in our contest. PrivaZer has kindly donated five licenses for its Donors Version. The PrivaZer Donors Version license would normally only be issued
We very recently published an article theorizing that Windows 11 was released prematurely as a work in progress: Windows 11 – A Work In Progress. Now I have formed another theory involving Windows 11 and the demise of Windows 10X. Windows 10X was a new
Bitdefender will no longer be distributing or supporting the free version of its antivirus software for Windows as of 31st December 2021. Existing Bitdefender Free users will continue to be supported until the middle of next year (30th June 2022), giving those current users plenty
Computer terminology can sure be confusing. A large reason for that is because most computer terms are steeped in history and, although the technology has advanced, the terminology has often not been updated accordingly. Disk vs Drive Disk: refers to the magnetic metal platter that
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This giveaway is exclusive to Daves Computer Tips readers — expires December 8th: Aomei Backupper Pro: Free 1-Year License Aomei Partition Assistant Pro: Free 1-Year License Aomei MBackupper Pro: Free 1-Year License Aomei Backupper Pro Undoubtedly the best image backup software available. Simple and intuitive,
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There may be occasions when you need to identify exactly which version of Windows 10 you are running — when posting on a help forum or contacting tech support, for example. Identifying the exact version of Windows 10 is quick and easy. Here’s how… Identify
There are times when you might need to identify a piece of hardware in your PC and this can quite easily be achieved without needing to have physical access to the parts in question. There is plenty of free software available to assist with this
I would love to take credit for this brilliant piece of satire but it was actually written by British funnyman John Cleese — circa 2011. The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Libya and have therefore raised their security level
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