See? We Told You So! Five years ago, back in 2011, we wrote a series of articles about Web of Trust (WOT). In those articles we questioned the trustworthiness of Web of Trust and advised our readers NOT to trust Web of Trust. We showed how a few WOT “community” members manipulated WOT ratings by using automated scripts… Read More »
Sometimes You Can “Recuva” Deleted Files If you have deleted something you wish you wouldn’t have, you can get it back if you press Ctrl+Z right away. But if you’re like us and sometimes the zzzzz’s aren’t the computer kind, and you fail to use Ctrl + Z right away, you may still be able to “Recuva” them,… Read More »
Have You Ever Encountered a Tech Support Scam? Take Our Poll! Tech support scams are everywhere these days. Whether it be the telephone scams where someone calls and says their from Microsoft and your computer is full of virus and malware, or online tech scams like this one we recently encounter. Whether it be by telephone or on the… Read More »
Understanding the Recent Cyber Attacks Yesterday we published an article that appeared in “USA Today” on Saturday, October 22, 2016. It seems that some of you thought your personal computers were attacked and/or personal information was stolen from sites you interact with. This is not true. We just wanted to clear things up for you. The recent attacks… Read More »
Celebrating a brand new version of Emsisoft: Emsisoft 12 – with improved ransomware protection and more! Right now you can protect 3 computers for the price of one! With our exclusive Cloudeight discount buy a 1 -year license good for use on up to 3 computers for just $29.95! That’s only $10 per computer. You can’t beat that!… Read More »
Password Fun Every few months we like to impress upon you the benefits of using secure passwords. And every six months or so, we know our advice is falling on deaf ears. But we’re nothing if not intrepid. Today, we’re going to have fun with passwords. So even if you don’t take our warnings about using secure passwords… Read More »