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Warning: Your browser could be compromising your passwords

Posted on September 19, 2022

A new report from the security firm Otto details a very serious data breach situation that’s playing out daily with millions of unsuspecting computer users, and it’s quite possible that you are affected by it.

Otto’s research discovered that  both Chrome’s “Enhanced Spellcheck” feature and Microsoft’s popular “Microsoft Editor: Spelling & Grammar Checker” browser extension for Edge capture every bit of data you enter into any web form and transmit it back to Google and Microsoft’s servers.  [Read more…]

Always check Windows’ Firewall settings after removing malware from your PC

Posted on September 13, 2022

The security components of both Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a very important tool called Windows Defender Firewall.

In a nutshell, this firewall helps protect the PC from Internet-based attacks by blocking incoming traffic that could potentially pose a security risk.

The thing is, your PC’s firewall protection becomes useless if it happens to get turned off for some reason.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Avoid this very dangerous ‘Flash Player Update’ scam

Posted on September 12, 2022

Adobe Flash was one of the world’s most widely used computer and web-based tools for decades.

In fact, if you had a Windows PC or a Mac you probably used Flash in one way or another every time you turned your computer on.

But there was a big problem with using Flash: The Flash platform itself was extremely insecure, and that made it a favorite tool of hackers as well as legitimate programmers.

[Read more…]

How to save Gmail attachments to your Google Drive storage

Posted on August 27, 2022

Do you often receive photos and other files that were sent to you as attachments to Gmail messages?

If so, it might be a good idea to save a copy of the important attachments in order to prevent losing them if those emails ever get deleted or lost.  [Read more…]

How to quickly get your PC’s Windows 11 Product Key

Posted on August 17, 2022

If you have a computer with Windows 11 installed on it there might come a time when you’ll need to provide someone with the ‘Product Key’ for your Windows installation.

There are several ways to retrieve the product key from the Windows installation itself, but the easiest way is to use the Windows ‘Command Line’. Here’s how:  [Read more…]

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