Dec 08
Nov 14
When your computer saves files it can’t always find a location large enough to save the file as one complete unit. This results in the file being broken in to smaller pieces and stored in different locations. These locations then have to be pieced back together when the file is needed. This is known as fragmentation and over time can cause your PC to start slowing down.
Oct 29
Facebook and other social networks hold an ever growing amount of personal information about us. Users sign up to social networks and fill in their personal details and sometimes don’t realise that these details and any information you input may not actually be private, but visible to anyone who may wish to view it.
Oct 28
Have you ever lost a USB drive or plugged one in to find it no longer works? Until you lose data you can overlook how problematic it would be to never get it back. With very little effort you can protect the data on your USB drive by backing it up to your PC. If you were to lose or damage the drive you no longer need to worry about losing all the data on it, and it’s easy to do!
Oct 25
Spyware is malicious software that can be present on your computer without your knowledge. It is designed to do many things including monitor your key presses to steal information such as bank account details and usernames and passwords, to change you homepage to direct you to websites you didn’t want to visit and present adverts you may not wish to see amongst other things.
Oct 08
Sep 23
A virus is defined as a malicious program that has the ability to copy itself from one PC to another. In the Internet connected age of digital media and USB flash drives the threat from virus infections grows larger each day. A virus can lead to data loss, exposure of personal information, poor performance of your computer and 3rd parties taking control of your PC. Are you protected?
Sep 22
When you install programs on your computer many of them will attempt to register to be started when Windows starts. This means that when you first turn your computer on it can be spending a lot of time and resources trying to prepare many programs, most of which you may not even use regularly, for use. In this post I will go through how to identify and stop these programs from running at system startup.
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