The Internet and Email are the most dangerous avenues for viruses and scams. I am going to show you a couple of ways to protect yourself from these threats via email. The first one, is to hide the message reading pane; and the second one is to use the “to” column to verify the recipient …
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How to Change Your CMOS Battery
What is a CMOS? You can read in more detail about that question here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS. There are two major ideas behind CMOS. One refers to the circuitry that allows digital cameras to collect the light that produces the pictures taken. I will not be talking about that one today. This topic is about how to …
Do you want to make $$$ with your computer: I can show you how!
All you need is a strong desire and a personal computer. You can use a laptop or even an old typewriter.
OpenSSL what is it and why should you care?
OpenSSL is an encryption method used by websites to provide security against prying eyes. The problem is that someone found a flaw in the programming of a certain kind of SSL. The flaw allows crooks to peer into the working areas of the encryption process and extract important information from it, such as passwords, or …
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A man stiffed out of $1300 by Microsoft Tech Support
I have already warned you about this scam. Microsoft Tech Support will NOT call you because your computer is broken or infected. But unethical jerks who will pretend to be from Microsoft will. And they will try to suck as much money off of you as possible. Take this man. As the news reported, he …
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