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Here you will find Tips and Tricks - These will be changed periodically, and possibly re-used at a later time.

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We will show tips to help you in your computer needs and ways to be safe, some virus alerts as they come out.

Check here often to see what's going on.

1

Being safe with Windows ©

Create another user on your computer and give it standard / normal user rights!  That will reduce the chances of getting a virus or malware because this user does NOT have administrator rights.  When you need to install a printer or software, you log in as the admin account.  This keeps unwanted software from being installed.

2

Update your anti-virus databases periodically

Unfortunately, Viruses and malicious software are written and distributed every day.  The best defense is to keep your A/V software definition tables up tp date! 

3

Change your passwords periodically

It is good practice to change your passwords for all online websites often.​  Especially banking, and social media sites such as Facebook©.  We can also give great pointers on awesome passwords and how to remember them.

4

SAVE often! 

After writing a paragraph, editing a photo, or any work, get in the habit of saving often!  The less you lose, the easier it will be to continue after any loss. 

 UPDATE:

WARNING! There is a nasty bug out there.  It is called "ransomeware"  Anti-Virus Applications do not detect this type, and it is usually sent through E-mail.  Be very careful which e-mails you open.

The little script will encrypt ALL of yoour "Documents" (Pictures, Documents, Music, etc) anything besides the Windows operating system files, which is also why Anti-Virus Apps do not dtetect this. 

The publisher will request money through "Bit-Coins" and ask for a lot of money to send you the KEY to un-encrypt your files.  Niether I, nor anyone else is able to decrypt the files for you without that key.

I have been told that even if you were to pay them, you still do not get your files back.

The rememdy:  SAVE OFTEN but, Save everything to an external drive such as a large Hard Disc, or Flash drive.  Then Disconnect that drive from all computers, and networks.  Meaning, shut it off, put in a safe place.  The 'Bug' searches all connected drive shares, and network-mapped drives, and then encrypts them as well.  This includes online cloud storage, such as Dropbox© . 

So again - SAVE TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND THEN UNPLUG THAT DEVICE AND STORE OFFLINE.

 

Read more here:  http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/ransomware

or simply run an internet search ont he subject.

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