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Experian credit bureau hacked; T-mobile users victims

Last week, Internet criminals broke into the computers of Experian, one of the “big three” credit reporting bureaus. The crooks made off with the account information of 15 million T-Mobile users, including names, addresses, birth dates, ID numbers (driver’s license,...

Ccleaner: free, easy computer cleanup, Updated, Part 2

We began looking last week at the nifty program called Ccleaner, where I covered the program’s “Cleaner” function. This week, let’s look at the Registry and Drive Wiper functions. First, an understanding of the Windows registry is in order. The Windows registry is a...

Ccleaner: free, easy computer cleanup, Updated, Part 1

Like most computer repair guys, I have a software toolkit of sorts, comprised of my favorite programs. One of my favorites, which I have used for years, is called Ccleaner. Ccleaner used to be called Crap Cleaner, but the program’s authors decided to change the name...

Test your online safety knowledge

Too many people fail to take the subject of online Internet safety and security seriously in advance of a catastrophe. That’s a shame, because taking basic, simple precautions now can pay big dividends in the future. People who’ve lost everything to a hard drive...

Employees still small business’ first line of defense

“There’s nothing important on my computer, so I don’t care too much about Internet security. Why would anyone want to mess with me?” “My business is too small for the big Internet crooks; why would they bother to hack my computers?” People express sentiments like...