Emsisoft stops trojans most other security software can’t stop We have been recommending Emsisoft for quite a while now. We’ve gotten to know the Emsisoft team pretty well. We knew after we spent months testing antivirus and anti-malware software that we’d found a winner: Emsisoft. Over the months and years now, Emsisoft has never let us, our readers… Read More »
Where to download Windows 10 Upgrade Free Above – if you want to upgrade to Windows 10 without creating a DVD installation disk or an installation USB, click “Upgrade now” If you want to create an installation USB or DVD or download the Windows 10 ISO from which you can create an installation DVD, you’ll see this (see… Read More »
Exploring Windows processes with Process Explorer Today, we’re featuring another program from Microsoft Tech Net’s Sysinterals. Sysinternals makes several great utilities for Windows and a couple of them we use all the time when we’re doing computer repair. One of them is Autoruns, and another is Process Explorer. Today we’re featuring Process Explorer. Both AutoRuns and Process Explorer are… Read More »
Test the strength of your passwords with “How Big is Your Haystack?” There are password strength checkers all over the Web, but there is only one that tests your passwords as brutally as this one. How Big is Your Haystack will test your passwords against three different kinds of attack scenarios and give you an estimate of the… Read More »
Windows Safe Mode If you’re having problems with your computer and you suspect you’re infected with malware (a virus, Trojan, rogue, spyware, etc.) booting into Safe Mode is a good first step. Safe Mode is available in all versions of Windows and is a special mode of Windows were only the bare minimum of services load and minimal… Read More »
Hi TC and EB, Windows 10 looks good, has nice features, and appears to be as efficient as Windows 7 with added ‘nice things’. However, with the Home edition, I disagree entirely that Microsoft will install updates at their will, not mine, especially as it is a ‘new’ OS, and, I-betcha that there are glitches, which is understandable,… Read More »