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This is your best protection against malware (and it just might surprise you)

Posted on September 7, 2026

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Regular readers of this blog know many of my posts stress the importance of running regular scans with a really good antivirus/anti-malware app to keep your system free of digital nasties.

But as important as anti-malware software apps are at keeping your PC malware-free, the best protection against viruses, spyware, ransomware and other malicious forms of software has nothing to do with your computer itself.

The best tool you can ever have in your security arsenal is you! [Read more…]

How to remove an antivirus app that Windows can’t uninstall

Posted on September 3, 2026

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I receive dozens of tech questions every week, and as you might expect some questions get asked over and over.

One of the questions that gets asked most often is some variation of “How do I remove [McAfee, Norton or whatever] from my computer?”

For various reasons, antivirus apps can sometimes be difficult to remove with Windows’ native uninstaller, and I’ve had my own issues with many of them in the past.

Luckily, there’s a simple way to remove most any antivirus program from your computer: Just download and run that company’s automated removal tool! [Read more…]

Why you shouldn’t leave your backup drive plugged into your computer

Posted on August 30, 2026

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Regular readers of this blog know I’m always mentioning how important it is to create regular backups of your computer’s hard drive or SSD.

After all, always having a recent backup on hand is the very best “insurance” you can have against a catastrophic drive failure or a crippling virus infection.

But there’s one important point that I probably don’t stress nearly as much as I should…

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How to quickly search the web for any word or phrase on a web page

Posted on August 25, 2026

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Have you ever been reading something on the Internet and encountered a word or phrase you wanted to learn more about?

If so, you probably did something like this to do a web search on that term: [Read more…]

How to instantly get the current time in any city or town

Posted on August 24, 2026

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Have you ever found yourself calculating the current time in some far off locale, only to discover later that your calculation missed the mark by a mile?

I ran into this problem myself several times back in my Army days. But luckily, things have changed since then…

Thanks to our friends at Google we can instantly get the current time for virtually any city or town on the planet. Here’s how: [Read more…]