Run Command Prompt as an Administrator Automatically (This is for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8x, and Windows 10 users. Windows XP users don’t need to elevate the command prompt.) Many times in our tips you’ll see that you have to run a command from an elevated command prompt. This means a command prompt with administrator privileges. And… Read More »
Emsisoft Wins Again If you’re one of those who think that the most dangerous threats to your computer are viruses, you’re wrong. The chances you’ll encounter a virus are 100 times less likely than you are to encounter malware. And the good news is: If all you are concerned about are viruses, just about any old antivirus will… Read More »
A Privacy Tool That Just Might Work We think “Do Not Track” browser add-ons are pretty much worthless – they assume that everything and everyone is tracking you for evil purposes and thus block everything without regard to what it is or if it may be benfiicial. Yes, indeed, I tells ya… sometimes cookies are good things and… Read More »
Most of you know I’m not a fan of Windows 8.x. In fact, it’s the first Windows version I skipped since Windows ME. I have a Windows 8.x computer that I bought to learn Windows 8.x and to test things on, but other than learning Windows 8.x and testing it, I just don’t like it and don’t use… Read More »
As time goes by, there is less and less trust in this world. There ls less and less privacy in this world, and a lot of it is our own fault. There’s not much we can do about it now, it’s like a juggernaut that can’t be stopped. Pandora’s box has been opened and we will never close… Read More »
We were recently bombarded with email from Avast users because suddenly, without warning, Avast detected Cloudeight CalenderPal as being infected with the virus: Win32:Evo-gen. Avast is well-known for its high rate of false-positives. A false-positive is a harmless file detected as a malicious file. If an antivirus cannot differentiate a bad, malicious file from a good, safe file, then… Read More »