Windows works best and is most secure when Automatic Updates are turned on, so the most recent updates from Microsoft are installed regularly. To turn on the updates, open your Internet Explorer (Blue “e”) and then go to Tools on the menu bar at the top, next to Favorites. On the Tools drop-down menu you’ll [...]

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This week I’m fixing an old Toshiba laptop that was loaded with spyware. It had all these spyware: Adware BHO Generic Win32 Trojan PSW Sinowal Win32 clowsd Alexa Related Microsoft Windows Security Center Virus Override Microsoft Windows Security Center Firewall Override Microsoft Windows Security Center SP2 Update Override Microsoft Security Center _disabled PWS LDPinch IE [...]

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Okay, I might as well get it over with, alienate all my Linux and Mac Techie friends in one fell swoop. I know it is politically-incorrect to say this but yes, I love Microsoft. I adore Microsoft madly for its support pages which in combination with Google Search (the top-of the-line search engine) make a [...]

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After you run Disk Cleanup (see Part One), you’ll want to defragment the hard drive. Hard drives have arms that retrieve data much like those on old phonograph players. (Some of us actually remember those!) Except instead of staying in one place as a phonograph arm and needle does as the record goes around underneath [...]

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A browser is the software application you use to visit websites. You’re probably familiar with Internet Explorer. Yet other browsers are more effective for preventing spyware. This is partially because they’re not as popular, and the bad guy spyware creators don’t bother with them as much. Firefox and Avant are two good choices. I use [...]

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