You have probably heard the same thing over and over again from computer support specialists: if you don’t download anything, your computer won’t be in danger of viruses. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. According to an article by Lee Bell, published on August 4 of this year, a new malware program … Read more
Pop-ups – usually they seem like a harmless annoyance, but that isn’t always the case. When connected with your browser, they can advertise businesses or even try to lure you into downloading a computer virus. You probably have seen that scary warning that says your computer is already infected. You may even have been tempted … Read more
You probably already know that computer viruses can wreak havoc on your system and leave you wanting to pull your hair out. However, you may not know that they can even hold your computer hostage. It’s called ransomware and it’s becoming a big problem for many unsuspecting users. It has become such an issue, that … Read more
If you frequently use it for gaming, listening to music or watching videos, having your computer sound stop working can be infuriating. Depending on the computer system you are using, sound failure can stem from a very wide variety of causes, ranging from minor software error all the way to motherboard damage. Fortunately, the components … Read more
As you dig through your old belongings in the attic, you come across something unexpected. Dusty, square, and much heavier than it looks, it’s your old IBM laptop from 1995. The battery is dead, you don’t know if any of the connection ports work, and the power cable is nowhere to be seen, but you’re … Read more
Modern laptops are real miracles of engineering, packing huge amounts of processing power into a tiny amount of space. While the technology to increase power and decrease size continues to improve, fitting that many complex components into a small laptop does occasionally cause some problems, the most common of which is overheating. The small size … Read more
You’ve had a house fire. You, your family and your pets are all safe and unharmed, but your possessions have been badly damaged by heat and smoke. As you sort through your charred belongings trying to figure out what you can fix and what’s beyond repair, you come across your laptop, badly damaged but not … Read more
A bad sector is a small section of the hard drive that becomes damaged and can no longer have data written to it. In most cases a bad sector is a relatively minor problem: while it can affect both traditional magnetic and newer solid state drives, both types of drive are designed with a certain … Read more
Computer viruses have been around for decades, and they range from fun-but-annoying pranks all the way to devastating destruction of your computer system. No kind of virus is enjoyable to have on your computer, but by far one of the worst viruses ever to affect personal computers is CryptoLocker. A particularly insidious virus that combines … Read more
The more computers are able to do, the more we rely on them. The more we rely on them, the more of our important information we store on them. And the more important information we store on computers, the more disastrous it is when a computer fails, taking all our valuable work and information with … Read more
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