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Is a picture still worth a thousand words?

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There was a time when photographs were widely considered to be the ultimate “proof” in situations where there was a dispute or disagreement of some kind.

In fact, photos carried such weight that criminals often simply decided to confess to their crimes after being confronted with photographic evidence rather than try to plead their innocence.

But the days when we could confidently take at picture at face value are now long gone thanks to the wide use of Adobe Photoshop and other powerful image editing programs. [Read more…]

4 ways to retrieve the files from an old PC’s hard drive

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It seems that every week I receive at least a couple of frantic emails asking me if there’s any way to retrieve the files from a computer’s hard drive after the machine has gone belly-up.

Luckily, many times the answer is YES!

I have covered each of the following methods before, but I thought it might be helpful if I simply list them all in a single post.  [Read more…]

How to create really secure passwords that are easy to remember

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One of the most difficult tasks in computing is choosing a password that is both hard for hackers to crack and easy to remember.

It’s quite quite easy to do one or the other, but doing both at the same time can be a headache. But it doesn’t have to be.

Lots of folks rely on password managers to help keep their online accounts secure, but I don’t recommend that because using a password manager puts your entire digital life at risk.

The good news is you don’t need to use a password manager in order to create extremely secure (and unique) passwords for each of your online accounts – and remember easily them!

This post explains how to do just that.  [Read more…]

Q&A: Is DriverUpdate really malware?

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Question from Rhonda:  I bought a new laptop a while back and my son installed DriverUpdate by Slimware Utilities and several other programs on it to keep it running smoothly.

Everything was fine until the other day when I downloaded Malwarebytes.

Every time I run Malwarebytes it flags DriverUpdate as malware and tries to remove it.

Why is it doing this? Is DriverUpdate really malware?  [Read more…]

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