Fake Tech Support – just hang up or reboot

Tech Talk #35 – October 1, 2016 They’re still out there, the fake tech support people. I know, and you know, nobody from Microsoft will ever call you to tell you there’s something wrong with your computer. It just won’t happen. The people who do call you aren’t from Microsoft and all they want to do is get your money. Don’t give it to them. Don’t talk to them and just hang up the phone.

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Anti-virus protection recommendation – updated

Tech Talk #21 – Mar 19, 2016 For Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials was all you needed to protect yourself from that old-fashioned threat, viruses.   For Windows 8 and 8.1, I started recommending the free versions of AVG or Avast as they were doing a better job of protection from viruses than Security Essentials because Microsoft seemed to be concentrating more on its corporate anti-virus efforts.   But these days

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