by Brian Haines | Apr 14, 2016 | Computers
Malware, Viruses, and Ransomware Explained There has been an alarming increase in the number of computers infected with ransomware in recent weeks and your anti-virus probably cannot protect you. Nearly all computers pick up malware as they surf the internet, install...
by Brian Haines | Jan 21, 2015 | Computers
A long used tool for recovering client computers when they lose their passwords has been the ntpassword tool. Windows 8, including 8.1, causes a problem with the use of this tool. There is a fast boot setting that causes the partition not to mount in a Linux...
by Brian Haines | Dec 17, 2014 | Computers
Have you ever been using the Internet and all of a sudden everything got minuscule or huge? Every page you go to is the same – either too small or too large. How did that happen? Even more importantly, how can you fix it? Most of the time a user on the computer...
by Brian Haines | Oct 14, 2014 | Computers
Originally posted on PCMag.com (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424175,00.asp#comment-1633904157) I have been using AVG Free for home computers for more than a decade. Reasonably good anti-virus, but as with all the others in this lot, save for MalwareBytes, not...
by Brian Haines | Feb 25, 2014 | Computers
If you are new to Google Chrome and having trouble with simple things like Copy and Paste this might help. First, everyone should learn some very basic computer shortcuts for the Copy and Paste commands. Windows and Linux users of any browser will find that if they...
by Brian Haines | Nov 15, 2012 | Computers
Okay, don’t trust your phone. I just heard of a problem where a printer manufacturer (a big one) had their phone system hacked and the calls were diverted. It happened multiple times over a few days. The people who answered pretended to be support for the big...
