AVG has re-worded its privacy policy, confirming that it will sell your browsing and search history Long-term computer support clients of mine may know that I used to recommend AVG’s free antivirus program, but that I eventually stopped doing that because I didn’t like their tactics in “persuading” (misleading?) users to install trial versions of …
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Another Year Slips By
It’s three whole years since I started writing this weekly blog for my computer support clients (and anyone else who may stumble upon it) So, I thought I’d have a look back over the last year and see what’s changed and what hasn’t… In December of last year I got my hands on the iPad …
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Recommendations – Hearty and Otherwise
“Recommended”, “Maybe”, and “Time for Something New” Anyjunk Not so long ago, I blogged about the pile of redundant and knackered stuff that has been sitting in my flat for months. I stopped driving many years ago, so I couldn’t just take this to the nearest proper place myself, and I didn’t want to presume …
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iPad Keyboards and Other Small Things
A few bits and pieces this week.. Tab key Tip When filling in forms online, or even just entering a username and password, it’s much quicker to use the tab and “shift tab” keys to move to the next and previous fields respectively than it is to fumble around with the mouse. If you are …
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Two Years of Blog Posts
It’s a whole year since I was congratulating myself on a whole year’s worth of weekly blog posts So, what’s the same and what’s changed in the last year? To begin with, an update on the items I mentioned a year ago – Microsoft Security Essentials I had recently introduced MSE as the antivirus program …
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A Year of Blog Posts
It’s a year since I started writing this blog every week. Before that I’d just dipped my toe in the water, wondering if I’d got anything useful to say on a regular basis to my computer support clients and potential clients. So, this week I thought I’d have a look back on some of the …
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Antimalware Software
PC Magazine defines antimalware as “An umbrella term for antivirus programs, spyware blockers, intrusion detection systems (IDS’s) and other software that detects and eradicates unwanted input, which in almost all cases comes from the Internet.” – PC Magazine There are two types of antimalware programs – real-time scanners (also called on-access scanners) , and on-demand …
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AVG Free 2011
If you use AVG free then you will no doubt have noticed the popup screens that have been appearing in the last week or two (as below) Once again, we are being led by the nose to “upgrade” to a paid version of a product that is perfectly adequate in its free version. They highlight …
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