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How to take care of your computer and keep it running in top form

Posted on December 22, 2021

In order for your computer to work perfectly, it’s important to keep it clean and organized. You have to take care of the data that’s stored in it, as well as where it is.

Just as you maintain your body and keep your house clean, you have to do the same with a computer and other devices.

It’s important to keep your computer free of harmful files or viruses because they will cause the device to work slower, have issues with some functions and possibly even result in data loss or identity theft.

Here are a few tips for keeping your computer malware-free and running well: [Read more…]

Is a picture still worth a thousand words?

Posted on December 11, 2021

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…]

How to create really secure passwords that are easy to remember

Posted on December 4, 2021

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?

Posted on December 3, 2021

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…]