Now that spring has finally arrived, it’s a good reminder to think about spring cleaning. Not just the house, but about your computers. Whether it’s for business or just personal use, we use our computers for just about everything imaginable, and so they are huge targets for hackers to find lots of juicy information or …
I’ve been asked to help many people with locking down their Facebook either for themselves after being separated/divorced so their spouse can’t see all their activity, or for their children to make sure public in general can’t see them, especially school bullies viewing their profiles even though they are not friends. Hackers use this to …
People are buying into the idea that thinner and lighter is better. Sure light weight helps when you’re carrying around a notebook/laptop all day, however to make it lighter you are giving up a few features such as now having a smaller screen, smaller battery, no DVD drive, and a thin screen. So you’re probably …
According to Microsoft, Windows Live Essentials Mail program has discontinued support on January 10, 2017. If you have the program installed already, you can continue using it, however if you format your hard drive you will not be able to download it to reinstall. It has become a security threat now, the longer you keep …
I get asked fairly often recently “how do you know if you have a hacker in your system”. There is no short answer. It would require hiring a security expert such as a penetration tester who tests networks for vulnerabilities to find if there is a sign of a hacker. A regular computer technician will not be …
I’ve noticed this after a few phone calls from clients where programs (Specifically anti-virus) just disappeared on it’s own. It seems this has been happening after major Windows updates are done in Windows 10. Windows 10 is different from all the previous versions of Windows as it has two ways of doing updates. Regular Windows updates …
This checklist we created and provide at TwinBytes to all our customers requesting a new computer. We update the list as things change over time. Use this as a guideline to help you make sure you don’t forget a certain feature you might need in your new computer and avoid costly surprises having to go through …
Anti-virus is not enough to keep you and your data safe online. Whether business or personal, you always have some valuable data. People shop and bank online for both personal use and business but if someone is monitoring your computer with a keylogger, they can see what website you visited, your username and the password. A hacker is not always …
First off, if you don’t know what it means, SSD stands for Solid State Drive. The biggest bottleneck in any computer these days is your hard drive. We have fast CPU’s, lots of RAM, and the other technical terms you might not understand are all increased. But hard drives still spin at a maximum 7,200 RPM …
NOTE: This is an old set of instruction from AVG. Now Avast bought out AVG so please see here for new instructions This article was written specifically for our clients that use AVG CloudCare managed virus protection which has a firewall built in. As of this article, we can not remotely managed your firewall settings, …
