McAfee Renewal
When my "generous" 30 day McAfee LiveSafe free trial expires, will they give me a better deal than the $90 sticker price to renew, if I call them? Or better yet, will they extend the free trial period?
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Couldn't log on to my new McAfee account and was told by McAfee that I could not use special characters even though the new password popup said you could. Funny this is coming from a well respected...
View ArticleAVLab: Protection against Ransomware Test
AVLab is a Polish-based independent tester of security products. In October 2016 they tested 40 security solutions in their ability to block 28 malicious crypto-ransomeware threats, using Windows 10...
View ArticleDisabled person needs help saving a much needed system
Family had to purchase this refurbished latitude e5510 after what was believed to be a hardware problem took out a Acer Aspire ES 1 512 On 12/25/16 one yr from registered date. Both the latitude and...
View ArticleUpdates 1/9/17 - SUPERAntiSpyware
01/06/2017SAS 6.0.1232Technology ChangesWorkaround for .LNK file hang issue introduced by the latest version of Bitdefender in conjunction with Windows updatesMisc. bug fixesNow available via the...
View ArticleMicrosoft updates
Sorry, but having issues with a 8700 after a update. It just shuts down and restarts for no reason. even while using it. many times when starting back up it runs a program saying because it was not...
View ArticleUpdates 1/10/17 - "Microsoft + Adobe" Tuesday
This thread is currently "under construction", and will be edited for the remainder of today. Please excuse any blank spaces or crossed-out "placeholders" for items expected to be announced.Today is...
View ArticleFTC sues D-Link
FTC sues D-Link for failure to secure webcams, routers from online attacks.Read here.
View ArticleWin10 Home users become "beta testers" for Professional version
Windows 10 Build 15002 offers major improvements, including the ability to delay the installation of updates for up to 35 days. But this delay feature will only be offered to the Professional,...
View ArticleMicrosoft's new scare tactics
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Has Outdated Security, Wants You to Move to Windows 10“Windows 7 is based on outdated security architecture,” Microsoft says. “Companies and users who won’t upgrade from...
View ArticleUpdates 1/17/17 - CCleaner,Java
CCleaner v5.26.5937 (17 Jan 2017)- Improved Firefox History and Session cleaning - Improved Opera History cleaning - Improved Thunderbird Session cleaning - Optimized 64-bit build architecture -...
View ArticleUpdates 1/18/17 - SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlasterdatabase update 1/18/201712 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)for a total of 17,601 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to enable all protection!
View ArticleAutofill on Chrome and Safari Gives Hackers Access
...hackers can obscure certain text boxes—meaning users wouldn’t know they’ve been autofilled. And since the malicious websites can be designed to look like pretty much anything, the danger is...
View ArticleMalwarebytes Premium and McAfee
I am setting up a new Dell XPS 8910 desktop. I noticed that Dell Support Assist is displaying a message that says "You have more than one antivirus enabled. This can lead to conflicts." I have both...
View ArticleMicrosoft Security Essentials
Windows Update just offered 2 optional updates for MSE today, both are labeled identically as:KB2310138 (1.235.1069.0) (198 KB)So why two offers of what appears to be the same update?Should I accept...
View ArticleMicrosoft vs DoJ
Microsoft heads to court to fight Justice Department gag orders.Microsoft heads to court Monday morning to defend its right to disclose when the government requests data on its users...Read here.Cloud...
View ArticleUpdates 1/23/17 - MVPS HOSTS
From https://mvpshostsnews.blogspot.ca/2017/01/mvps-hosts-file-update-january-23-2017.htmlThe MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [January 23-2017]http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Note: Windows...
View ArticleUpdates 1/24/17 - Firefox
Firefox 51.0 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/51.0/releasenotes/NewUsers can view passwords in the save password prompt before saving themAdded a zoom button in the URL bar:Displays percent above...
View ArticleUpdates 1/26/17 - Firefox
Firefox 51.0.1https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/51.0.1/releasenotes/FixedGeolocation not working on Windows (Bug 1333516)Multiprocess incompatibility did not correctly register with some add-ons...
View ArticleFirefox flagging/disabling WOT by default
Mozilla Firefox is now flagging the popular Web of Trust (WOT) browser add-on as suspicious and is disabling it by...
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