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Questions from Ellen H.: Hi Rick. I need your help with something on Facebook.
Can tell me how to disable the “Memories” posts that pop up in my newsfeed every day? I don’t like them.
They would be ok if they didn’t have a habit of reminding me of bad events from the past. The one from yesterday was about my divorce, and it really disturbed me.
I hope you can help me disable them. Thanks Rick.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Lots of Mac users have started receiving pop-up messages stating something like this:
“Apple wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.“
Questions about this pop-up are currently being asked in most all the popular Mac support forums online, and as you can imagine these folks are quite concerned that something untoward is happening with their Macs.
Well, their concern is indeed warranted because the “Apple wants to make changes…” pop-up is likely being caused by malware. [Read more…]
Do you allow your web browser to store the passwords to your online accounts?
I realize that stored passwords make using the Internet a lot easier, but truth be told it’s a very dangerous practice.
I wrote a post a while back that explains several reasons why using stored passwords is a bad idea, but now another reason has come to light. [Read more…]
Apple’s popular iTunes service has millions of active customers, and that make them a favorite target of scammers.
Well, an old iTunes-related scam that tries to trick you into disclosing your iTunes login information by trying to claim a bogus refund from Apple is making the rounds once again.
The scam works something like this: [Read more…]
As you probably know, many free download sites attach additional “drive-by” downloads to the files you download from their sites to your PC.
A relative handful of those “add-on” programs are actually beneficial, but the vast majority of them are simply junk that will bloat your system and slow it down.
Even worse, some add-ons that claim to provide a useful service are actually malware that will spy on you and/or do nefarious things and make it look like you’re the culprit.
One of the most insidious “drive-by” add-ons that you’re likely to ever encounter is a program called S5Mark. [Read more…]