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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, April 25, 2024
Topics covered in this issue…
• Beware this dangerous Windows hoax
• Q&A: Which camera is better – Nikon or Canon?
• Q&A: What’s a good, but affordable wall charger for an iPad?
• Video: “Ever Higher”
• April’s Tech Tips Giveaway: Anker 521 300W Portable Power Station
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Today’s featured tech tip….
Beware this dangerous Windows hoax
This tip is pretty short, but extremely important…
Most hoaxes tend to be more or less harmless aside from their irritation factor, but there’s a recurring hoax making the rounds yet again that’s actually quite dangerous.
In a nutshell, the intended victims receive emails or some other types of messages claiming their Windows PCs have been infected with a so-called ‘System 32 virus’.
The recipients are then instructed to navigate to the place on their PC’s hard drive where the System 32 ‘virus’ resides and delete it.
The problem is, System 32 isn’t a virus at all. It’s actually a critical folder on the hard drive containing a bunch of your system’s core Windows files. If you delete that folder you’ll basically trash your PC’s Windows installation.
Bottom line: If you receive any kind of message saying you need to delete System 32, don’t do it. It’s a hoax, and a very dangerous one at that.
Simply trash the hoax message and forget about it and your computer will be just fine.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Q&A: Which camera is better – Nikon or Canon?
The answer might surprise you.
• Q&A: What’s a good, but affordable wall charger for an iPad?
This post has my recommendation.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Rick’s Daily Pick…
ViewSonic VX3276-MHD 32″ 1080p Widescreen IPS Monitor
Looking for a good name-brand 32 inch widescreen monitor that won’t cost you both arms and a leg? Well, you’ve found it.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
It’s hard to decide which this guy has the most of: skill or guts.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• TikTok ban signed into law by President Biden
• Google has delayed ditching third-party cookies from Chrome (again)
• SimpliSafe is now using AI to prevent burglars from entering your home
• TikTok will stop paying people to watch videos every day
• Study: GPT-4 can exploit zero-day security vulnerabilities all by itself
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