What-are-Sin-Sites-and-why-are-they-bad

8/19/2015 9:34 pm

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How to avoid malware infections from known bad sites, and other activities. Just like real life, stepping into morally-questionable territory on the web carries inherent risks that you may unknowingly expose yourself to. "Sin sites" have a surprising number of ways to infect your computer, and are not obvious. Firstly, Banner ads on these sites. . .

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Laptops; Avoiding THERMAL EVENTS

6/24/2015 2:45 pm

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What to do when your laptop shuts down spontaneously. Got yourself a Nice New Laptop? Great, and I KNOW you want to make it last for more than just a few years, right? Computers get hot, CPUs and hard drives specifically, and they are cooled with air flowing around them, moved by the. . .

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Browser Shortcuts

6/23/2015 10:29 am

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A list of keyboard shortcuts for most web browsers, like Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. With these and other Shortcut keys, HOLD the first key down, and TAP the second key shown, Once. WARNING - HOLDING THE SECOND KEY DOWN FOR MORE THAN ABOUT 2 SECONDS CAUSES IT TO 'FIRE' RAPIDLY. THIS MAY CAUSE THE ACTION YOU'RE TRYING. . .

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Malware-and-Virus-TERMS-and-Tips-on-Avoiding-Them

8/19/2015 9:46 pm

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Understanding malware and viruses, how this junk gets on your computer, and avoiding infections. Viruses & Virus myths are rampant these days, especially with everyone on email and cruising the web from their workstations. And today, Viruses don't come from infected floppies, they come from innocent looking email, a friends usb key or directly thru your browser. . .

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Automatic Software Installer/Updaters

11/26/2015 7:37 pm

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Not all software updaters are bad. Try Ninite and Secunia. Problem: Installing and Updating Safe Software SO many Programs and applications, so little time to chase around to each respective site, downloading and updating all those PC Freeware programs that we rely on. How often are they updated again, oh that's right, no set. . .

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Understanding VPNs

6/24/2015 12:10 am

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About getting a secure, encrypted web connection for your privacy using VPNs. A VPN is defined as a shared network where private data is segmented from other traffic so that only the intended recipient has access. The term VPN was originally used to describe a secure Internet connection between you and your company. This meant. . .

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Windows Firewall will not start.

6/25/2015 5:14 am

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What to do when the the MS Windows firewall is broken and will not start. If you go to start windows firewall and can't seem to get it to run, (error 0x80079424) the typical step next is to make sure that certain services are available and running. CHECK: Go into the control panel, open administrative tools and then. . .

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