As you probably know, Microsoft Windows has  a “Clipboard” for storing text, photos and other information that we “copy” or “cut” from a web page or other document to paste into yet another document.

Truth be told, the Clipboard is easily one of the handiest tools in all of Windows.

It’s always there waiting for us when we need it, and it will gladly store most anything we need to copy from one location and paste to another.

Most people don’t give a second thought to the security of the Clipboard. After all, we rarely have anything stored in there can could be considered a security risk.

However, there are times when it might be wise to erase the contents of the Clipboard. Here are a couple of common examples:  [Read more…]