A Reminder About Driver Updater Programs Most are no better than malware – and many come bundled with malware. Consider this a reminder from your old pals, TC & Darcy… I don’t know how many times we’ve told you to avoid driver updater programs, but I was reminded again this morning as I was working on… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions & Answers – 100921 It’s Saturday! And you know what that means. It’s time for more Bonus Questions & Answers. Sometimes the best tips and tricks are hidden in the questions and answers we publish. And rarely do we post questions and answers on this website. Today, we’re featuring some of the questions… Read More »
uBlock Origin Can Help Keep You Safe We’ve noticed more often lately how many bad things can happen when advertisements are displayed. While it’s true, most advertisements can be annoying, most are benign. But many are not. Some are tech support repairs scams; some are useless but harmless scamware and freeware bundles; some contain links that… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #936 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #936, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, September 17, 2021, at approximately 8:10 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
Browser Settings to Prevent Malicious Pages from Reopening Recently we posted an article showing you how to close your browser in hurry should you encounter a malicious website or advertisement, or one of the ubiquitous computer support scams that lie in wait for you like mines in a harbor. When you close your browser using Task… Read More »
How to Close Your Browser in a Hurry This tip will show you how to close a browser that has become unresponsive or when you click something malicious and suddenly, you’re faced with a tech support scam popup or another malicious popup that you can’t seem to get away from… and trying to close the browser… Read More »