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Q&A: Can you recommend a good ‘Screen Recorder’ app for Linux that’s easy to use?

Posted on October 3, 2020

Question from Earnie:  I’ve been following you on Facebook for a long time Rick, and I’ve learned a lot from the great info you post.

One post that really helped was the one where you basically said we need to ditch Windows 7 because it’s no longer being supported. I had no idea!

After reading that post and pondering my options for several days I finally took your advice and replaced the Windows 7 on my laptop with Linux Mint, and I believe it was a good move.

I checked your list of Linux replacements for Windows programs (very helpful, thanks!) for a screen recorder app but I didn’t see one listed.

I searched Google for Linux screen recorder apps and found several but all the ones I tried are too complicated for what I need.

All I need is a very simple app that can record everything that happens inside the active window.

Is there one that you can recommend?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

How to prevent spammers from leaving comments on your WordPress blog

Posted on October 2, 2020

If you’ve recently started writing a blog you’ll soon begin to see spammers leaving comments on your blog posts.

Sadly, dealing with spammers is just a fact of life for those of us in the blogging world.

SPAM comments are usually very easy to recognize because they typically have nothing whatsoever to do with the actual content of the post and they typically contain links to sites selling everything from designer sunglasses to, well…”adult” products.

If you allow SPAMMY comments to be left on your blog they’ll quickly have a negative effect on your traffic numbers.

Even worse, the visitors who do manage to find their way onto your blog will likely leave rather quickly, never to return.

Luckily, there are some things you can do to virtually block all SPAM comments from your blog:  [Read more…]

5 tips for enhancing the security of your Facebook account

Posted on October 2, 2020

It seems like much of this past week was spent answering various questions about Facebook, so I thought I would pass along a few links to some of the posts I referred to in my responses.

Probably the most common Facebook question that I receive is how to prevent one’s account from getting hacked. And the answer is it all boils down to security.

With that in mind, here are five things you can do to make your Facebook account as secure as possible: [Read more…]

Is your PC infected with a Rootkit virus? Here’s how to find out.

Posted on October 1, 2020

As you probably know, modern day malware comes in many forms.

Some varieties, such as adware, are often merely annoying.

But more malicious forms of malware can actually wreck your Windows installation and help hackers steal your identity and/or your valuable financial information.

A high-quality anti-virus program such as Avast can help keep your computer free of malware, but a special class of malware known as rootkits often goes undetected by regular virus scans.

Rootkits load into your computer’s memory before Windows even boots up, and that makes them especially difficult to find. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is Chrome using so much of my computer’s RAM?

Posted on September 29, 2020

Question from Keith:  Hi Rick. I’m having a computer problem that I hope you can help me fix.

I have a Dell desktop computer that’s running Windows 10 Home.

This machine has 8GB of RAM which seems like it should be plenty, but I’ve started getting frequent “Low Memory” warnings.

When I open the Task Manager I see that there are over two dozen Chrome processes running, and every one of them is using a big chunk of of RAM.

Even if I only have a couple of Chrome tabs open I still see a bunch of Chrome processes eating up lots of RAM! Is this normal? If not, what can I do to fix it?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

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