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Question from Roger: Rick, I followed your advice and replaced the hard drive in my laptop with a solid state drive (SSD).
I’m absolutely blown away by how much faster the laptop boots up and how much faster my programs load.
I do have one question though. I read in another forum that SSDs don’t get fragmented and they never need to be defragged. Is that true?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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As you probably know, scammers love using phishing emails to trick people into handing over their personal information and the login info for their online accounts.
Well, now they’re targeting potential victims via their cell phones too.
There’s a major text message phishing scam going on right now that’s snagging a lot of victims because it’s so easy to fall for.
The scammers are taking advantage of the fact that everyone is shopping at the moment, which of course results in a lot of unusual activity with their bank accounts.
The wording of the fraudulent text messages varies a bit, but the scam always works something like this: [Read more…]
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Until recently Windows users have been the prime targets for ransomware attacks, but now the scammers are trying to lock up your smartphone and tablet as well.
In fact, a huge wave of Android ransomware is spreading around the globe as we speak.
My phone has tons of photos and other irreplaceable files stored on it, and I’m guessing yours does too. Can you imagine losing every last piece of your digital life to a ransomware attack?
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There are many benefits derived from deleting your Internet browsing history on a regular basis.
As an example, I receive frantic emails and messages all the time from people who are having strange browser issues.
In every one of those situations I always recommend that they try clearing their browser history before trying anything else.
And guess what? It clears the problem right up more often than not.
Truth be told, there are several other benefits to periodically deleting your browsing history as well. [Read more…]
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There are billions of websites on the Internet, and unfortunately a great number of them are malicious in some way or another.
If you happen to load a malicious web page into your web browser, bad things can happen in a hurry due to malware and other nasties being downloading onto your computer.
Luckily, it’s possible to avoid landing on a dangerous site by simply being careful about the links you click, but there’s always a chance that it will still happen some day regardless of how careful you are.
Some malicious web pages don’t offer any clues as to their devious nature, but many of them do. Here are a few of the clues to look out for: [Read more…]