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How to create (and use) an emergency virus removal flash drive

Posted on March 23, 2024

Let’s face it, computer viruses, trojans and other forms of malware are a fact of life.

Regardless of how carefully you try to avoid it there’s a good chance that your PC will become infected sooner or later.

Most pieces of malicious code can be quickly removed with a normal virus scan and cleanup, but some infections are so insidious that they are difficult to detect and remove with a regular scan.

Even worse, some strains of malware can even render your PC incapable of connecting to the Internet in order to download an updated virus definition file.

Others still will prevent your PC’s installed antivirus program from loading at all.

This is why you need a plan “B” –  an emergency virus removal USB flash drive. [Read more…]

Beware of strange noises coming from your computer

Posted on March 22, 2024

If the hard drive in your computer is typical, it makes a distinctive sound that you probably learned to recognize once you had used your computer for a day or two.

The sound coming from your hard drive might be a quiet, smooth hum that you can barely hear (if you can hear it at all) or a slightly louder sound, but whatever sound it makes it should make consistently with very little deviation. [Read more…]

How to Clip on Twitch PC in 3 Steps

Posted on March 22, 2024

Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and techniques for clipping Twitch on your PC in just 3 simple steps!

Whether you’re a content creator or simply enjoy watching videos on Twitch, this post will show you how to easily clip the most important or interesting parts of the content.  [Read more…]

How to (possibly) identify the sender of an anonymous email

Posted on March 21, 2024

Have you ever received an email from someone that seems to know you personally, but the sender’s name is nowhere to be found in the email?

It happens to me fairly often, and I’ve discovered a way to quickly determine the sender’s identity in at least some of those cases.

All you need to do is check to see if the sender of an anonymous email used that same email address to open a Facebook account. Just follow the instructions below for the device you’re using.  [Read more…]

How to ‘paste as plain text’ on a Mac

Posted on March 15, 2024

In response to a recent question from a reader, I wrote this post explaining how to paste info you’ve copied to the Windows Clipboard as plain text (i.e. without the formatting such as bold and italics included).

If you read that post you’ll recall that my answer was to press the Ctrl+V key combination.

After that post was published several people contacted me to ask if it’s possible to paste as plain text on a Mac.  [Read more…]

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