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If you’ve been using Facebook for more than ten minutes you’re probably aware that scammers are constantly cloning folks’ profiles to create new fake accounts in their names.
They then send friend requests from the fake account to everyone that’s on the real account’s Friends List.
After several people have accepted the fraudulent friend requests the scammer will then use the fake account to target those “friends” with all manner of scams and hoaxes.
Is your blog powered by WordPress? If so, you should know that you have a virtual target on your back.
More blogs run on WordPress than any other blogging platform, and that makes WordPress blogs a preferred target for the hackers of the world.
Unless you’ve taken steps to harden your blog against hacking attacks, it’s fairly easy for a skilled and determined hacker to either guess your WordPress login password or intercept it from the data stream that’s created when you log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
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Question from Kenny: I have an Ultrabook that only has two USB ports, and I need those for my external hard drive and portable scanner.
I’ve been looking for a good Bluetooth mouse since they don’t need to be plugged into a USB port.
I’ve tried three different Bluetooth mice and found all of them to be too small to be comfortably used for extended periods of time.
I just can’t seem to find one that’s normal size. Do you know of one? [Read more…]
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Question from Marvin: I recently replaced my 2016 era Acer laptop with a new Windows 11 PC.
I used the Acer both for business and personal use but I’ve never really felt comfortable with that.
I read your article about replacing Windows with Linux and I’d like to install Linux on the Acer laptop because that option sounds intriguing to me.
I plan to use the new Windows 11 machine strictly for my business and the older Linux laptop for general Internet use.
The thing is I know absolutely nothing whatsoever about Linux and I have a couple of questions about it: [Read more…]
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Question from Hailey: Rick, I think I’ve gotten myself into a mess and I need your advice.
I recently purchased two RAM modules on Ebay to go an older laptop I own.
The modules I bought were listed and sold as Kingston brand but I just found out that the seller was busted for selling counterfeit computer parts.
The new RAM seems to be working fine in my laptop, but I was wondering if it might cause problems down the road. [Read more…]