In a recent article in a major tech magazine, the author mentioned the benefits of using 3rd party Antivirus or Antimalware applications, even free versions over the use of Microsoft Defender claiming they were all better. What bothered me was the article did not have […]
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In what is the most comprehensive collection of Windows 10 Tips available anywhere, this is just one of a total 680 Windows 10 Quick Tips articles written by Richard over the years. No matter what sort of advice you are looking for, chances are you’ll
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Security researchers have identified a new high-risk malware delivery system dubbed ClickFix. ClickFix is delivered via two methods: As a popup message within the Chrome browser when visiting a compromised website As an HTML email attachment prompting the user to install a missing Word extension
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Processes Part 2 In this second article on Processes, I will be covering how to “End” or “Run a new task” and how to change your column headers to give you the maximum information on a running task. How to “kill” SPAM notices and popups
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I got a laptop with the following window open. “Windows Defender Security Has Disabled Your Computer” with a 1-800 number to call – obvious fake. It showed a Windows security screen with what looked like everything disabled. It seems to have disabled the mouse as
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Half-Life My first encounter with zombies in video games was in Half-Life back in 1998 and although the infected scientists weren’t undead in the conventional sense, they were still zombified by head-crabs that had attached themselves to the unwitting fellows. Fortunately, they moved quite slowly
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A guy came to me because he was getting all kinds of pop-up ads on his Chromebook. These include the type that insists that your system is infected. This is not a virus but just notifications and ads. If you have this problem, you gave
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We’ve just gone through a spate of the infamous “Unclaimed Parcel” scam here in Australia and now, it seems, the scammers have come up with yet another ingenious means to dupe innocent victims. Separate instances of the following text message was received by both my
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In my previous articles in this series, Parts 1 and 2 dealt with Graphics, and Part 3 with writing assistance and writing generators. But the obvious question is where this leads or even where it ends. Regardless of your interests, it appears that there are
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Overview Microsoft cloud services (which includes OneDrive, Sharepoint, and others) are opening and looking into the contents of password-protected Zip files stored on their servers. This obviously poses a privacy concern to anyone using their systems. It has been known for a while that Microsoft has
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