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Why you shouldn’t send suspicious files to the Recycle Bin

Posted on February 18, 2025

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If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you probably know that deleting a file doesn’t really remove it from the system.

Instead, it’s actually moved to a special folder called the Recycle Bin.

That’s generally a good thing because we all occasionally delete a file by mistake or wish we hadn’t deleted a file at some later point in time.

Having our deleted files go into the Recycle Bin makes it easy to restore one of them to it’s original folder in either of the above-mentioned cases.

But unfortunately some files can become problematic if we allow them to sit idly in the Recycle Bin.

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Scam Alert: Beware of fake confirmation emails for online purchases

Posted on February 17, 2025

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It seems like most everyone is shopping online these days, and truth be told, that’s a great thing for those who consider convenience to be their primary concern.

But that being said, you probably know that scammers are constantly coming out of the virtual woodwork to try to separate us from our hard-earned money. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why can’t I remove the Antivirus app from my computer?

Posted on February 15, 2025

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Question from Dale: Hi, Rick. I have a problem that I hope you can help me with.

I just bought a new antivirus app for our computers. I read your post about only running one antivirus app at a time and I’m trying to uninstall AVG Antivirus before installing the new program.

I was able to remove AVG from my wife’s computer with no problems at all, but when I try to uninstall it from my laptop it gives me an error and the uninstall fails.

Can you tell me what I need to do to remove AVG from my computer? [Read more…]

Did you know everything you’ve ever posted on Facebook is searchable?

Posted on February 14, 2025

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You might not be aware of this, but Facebook’s search feature is quite powerful and extremely thorough in the way it conducts its searches.

As a matter of fact, virtually every public post, comment and photo you have ever placed on Facebook will come up in another user’s search results unless you have your privacy settings configured to prevent it. [Read more…]