Some of you have noticed that Norton 360 now includes “LifeLock”. So Norton now not only touts that its firewall can keep you safe from identity theft – but “LifeLock” can keep you even safer. The truth is, neither one can. Norton knows it. We know it. Anyone who understands how identity theft works knows it. If all… Read More »
When you are browsing around your hard drive in Windows Explorer and you’re looking at folders with lots of documents, emails, or text files, you might prefer using the “List” or “Details” views. But, if you’re looking at a folder with lots of pictures, you’ll have probably want to choose the thumbnail view so you can preview each… Read More »
Linda and the continuing saga of junk mail (or why “block sender” never works) I use windows live as my email and I was very proud that I only had two or three junk emails a month but a couple of weeks ago instead of deleting the junk then looked under sweep and saw block sender so I… Read More »
Windows 8’s first security patches will be part of a package of fixes to be released on Tuesday. According to PC World, “Microsoft announced the Windows 8 security fixes in a recent security bulletin. The bulletin was issued days after a security company in the business of selling zero-day vulnerabilities, Vupen, announced that it had found multiple vulnerabilities… Read More »
As most of you know, because we keep harping about it almost every week, your accounts in the cloud are only as good as your password. No matter how much security a server provides, if your passwords are weak, all the server security in the world isn’t going to save your data – or your accounts from abuse.… Read More »
CHDSK is a handy tool included with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7 and Windows 8 you can use to check your hard drives for errors. Most of the time CHKDSK can times fix the errors it finds. You should run CHKDSK every couple of month or so to check the integrity of your hard drive(s) and to… Read More »