Overview VirusTotal is an online scanning tool many Daves Computer Tips readers use to scan for malicious content. However, DCT readers need to be careful when using VirusTotal. VirusTotal The Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas created and launched the VirusTotal website in 2004. In September […]
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Back in 2007, “The Simpsons Movie” came out and Burger King sponsored a website called “SimpsonizeMe.com” (the site is no longer active). It allowed you to upload your picture to turn you into a Simpsons character. I tried it once but the result, I didn’t
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We all know that YouTubers make their money from ads on YouTube. Heck, until I was summarily demonetised last year, I was receiving a few dollars every month from Google which I was very grateful for. However, my penury state notwithstanding and Google’s aggressive stance
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Two free tools to check whether customer reviews on Amazon are legitimate. I believe that most online shoppers would read customer product reviews as part of their decision-making process, I know I do. These two AI-powered tools will filter out fake reviews and present a
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Advertising on websites generates revenue, of that there is no doubt and without that advertising, many websites simply could not survive because said revenue pays for hosting and many other related costs. But there is a fine balance that has to be considered by website
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Image Size Matters Most of us have mobile phones nowadays and the cameras on our phones are remarkably powerful, being able to shoot between 12 and 108 megapixels and maybe more. At full resolution of say, 4000 x 1868 pixels, the above photo in its
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I was trying to place an order for my uncle on Temu. Everything seemed to be going OK until I clicked on the button to submit the order and pay through PayPal. Then I got the following error: Access Denied. You don’t have permission to
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Something terrible happened to the World Wide Web when advertising agencies realized that the World Wide Web’s massive reach made it the perfect platform for advertising and we were all subsequently bombarded with ads of all descriptions at every turn. It was only logical then
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My uncle’s friend passed away and he had a video he wanted me to do up. He said to make it fancy and put a border around it or something. So a bit of searching around and I came across this site: Kapwing Online Video
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Readers of DCT will remember that in November 2021 we reported in Facebook Bans Links To Dave’s Computer Tips that all links to our articles on Facebook were being blocked, with a message stating that our content had been reported as abusive. Naturally, we were
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I had an unusual problem. I wanted to read an article called, “PicPick Adds Delayed Capture Functionality” by John Durso – you can read it here: PicPick Adds Delayed Capture Functionality But the page was displaying weirdly. The first thing I saw was what I
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I have written about the pitfalls of online shopping previously but with Christmas around the corner and more and more people shopping online, I thought it might be timely to repeat some of the steps to help consumers avoid a disappointing, or even disastrous, online
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Sharing Your Photos Social Media is not the only way to share photos. There are safer and more practical ways. Sometimes your photos are only meaningful to a select group of people. Being able to store and share groups of photos on a secure cloud
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You are trying to connect to a website and having an issue. Is the problem with the website, or is it with your setup? This just happened to me. Here is the error I received when trying to log into a bank account. Here is
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