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The web is filled with all kinds of adware, spyware, and junkware, and unwanted toolbars are among the biggest culprits.
And as any seasoned Windows user knows, removing some unwanted software programs is about as easy as swan-diving through the eye of a needle.
Luckily, an awesome free download called Browser Cleaner makes it easy to remove virtually all common toolbars and junkware from your PC, regardless of how stubborn they might be. Here’s how to use it: [Read more…]
Millions of people around the world are planning to upgrade their computers to Windows 10 after it’s released to the public on July 29.
Personally, I think that’s a good thing. After using the Windows 10 Preview for several months I honestly believe Windows 10 will be the best version of Windows ever.
That being said, I plan to make full backups of the current Windows installation on every PC that I plan to upgrade before installing Windows 10. I strongly recommend that you do the same. Here’s why: [Read more…]
With all the malware, hackers and identity thieves out there these days, it’s more important than ever to install the latest Windows Updates just as soon as they become available.
Users of Windows 8.1 will find that it’s no longer possible to simply click Windows Update on the “Start Menu”. Instead, we have to manually check for updates in a different manner.
There are several ways to check for new Windows updates in Win 8.1, but this is the method that I use and recommend: [Read more…]
Way back in December of 2013 I wrote a post discussing a new experimental Gmail feature that would actually let us “unsend” an email if we had second thoughts about sending it after we had clicked the “Send” button.
Well, they have now finally made the “Undo Send” feature an official part of Gmail. [Read more…]
Until fairly recently, Flash was required in order to properly display and use many of the world’s most popular websites. And since Adobe Flash is installed on virtually every PC in the world it has become a favorite target for hackers.
Adobe releases frequent security updates for Flash, but for varying reasons those updates often don’t get installed onto a PC in time to prevent hackers from exploiting the security holes the updates were intended to fix in order to attack the system. That’s why hackers love to use Flash to attack computers around the world. And that’s bad news!
But there is also good news: Modern web browsers that support HTML 5 have pretty much made Flash obsolete. If you are using the latest version of your preferred browser(s), you can safely remove Adobe Flash from your system and disable it in your browser and the websites you visit should still work just fine. And I strongly suggest that you do so.
With all of that in mind, I recommend following the steps below to remove Adobe Flash from your PC and disable it in your web browsers. [Read more…]