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Protection against malware.
There are vast number of malware on the internet, a threat that should never be disregarded. Lots of untrustworthy sites that may harm your computer. Everyone should be aware of this because it may risk your computer system. My computer before, was devastated with malware as well as viruses and worms. I was so ignorant and amazed with the different webpages that I used to visit and download from any site without having a clue of whatever the consequences that I may encounter. Malware are destructible and dangerous.
As many evil people try to...
When I came home after work today and used my computer, my Seagate 100 GB Portable External Hard Drive suddenly got an error that says "Operating System Not Found". I am in a big trouble here because I have a lot of important files on it.
I tried a few troubleshooting steps like rebooting the PC, unplugged plus re-plugged the external HDD and even hooking it up to another computer. Windows 7 is my operating system and nothing has changed. Once the external HDD is unplugged, I can boot it to the operating system.
Anyone who has a good suggestion please...
Read moreI have a data entry project using excel, where user can enter valid data. I want some feature for my project that will make it more users friendly. I want my project to be more understandable with less supervision from me on what kind of data to be entered; such what kind of date format should be entered restrict them from entering invalid data to the cell.
For example, I may want to restrict data entry to a certain range of dates, limit choices by using a list, or make sure that only positive whole...
Read moreNeed help from the expert! I do have a SD card which I bought a few months ago. I use it as storage for my movies, pictures and some important files. Recently I try to delete some files because I ‘m almost out of memory storage. The problem is I included some important files. I try to check the recycle bin if my files are there and restored it but there are no files available. I try to find file restoration software in the net but none of them seems to work.
The worst part is I downloaded software that...
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Is the free version of Antivirus reliable or not?
I installed a free version of Avast Antivirus scanner for my laptop. I prefer using the free version as it doesn’t cost any money. I’ve been using my Antivirus for the past few weeks and it seemed that everything is going fine. It detects incoming virus/worm threat s and blocks suspected Malware. Every week I always perform a full scan of my system and a few viruses are detected. So far my system is free from viruses.
Earlier, I downloaded a registered version of antivirus. I found out...
I downloaded a movie from a site. The movie was split into 4 parts so I’ve clicked the entire given link and redirects me to a file hosting site (mediafire). I been use to download files in mediafire and I think it is secure and using a free download manager it accelerate my download speed good isn’t it? Hmm…, so far for this chit chat =). Ok, after i download all the 4 parts, I open up the folder where the download file are save and found out that it cannot be extracted using winrar. I don’t know how...
Read moreFor past two days I am facing a new issue with my computer which I have never ever faced it before at any time .The problem is whenever I log in to my computer it says to enter the date and the time’s have set it.
Once my work is competed I shut down my computer and even after some 1 to 2 hours I turn on my computer it again says to enter the date and time .Where I fell it is not holding the Date and Time which I am entering .is this expected to be a hardware...
Read moreHello! I just want to know how to manually disable CHKDSK from running upon startup? I know this command scan and repair my hard drive for any possible errors. But this is totally disturbing if it stuck whenever I open my computer. I never been delinquent when in terms of taking care of my personal things, my computer never had any problem for the past years. Although sometimes some of my programs hangs without knowing what causing it to stop. But I do manual scanning for viruses each and every time. I open my computer, so I don't really...
Read moreI learn from some tips on how to make your computer work faster. Defragment of the drive is one way to keep my computer work faster but I'm afraid to defragment my computer because I don’t have any idea of what defragment all about. I have some question regarding this matter.
Your answer would be a great help for me or any other reader who will read this post. Please provide me more information regarding this matter. Here are the following question I have in mind. How often should I defragment my hard drive? What are the indication that I...
Read moreWhat are the do’s and don’ts to keep computer away from virus, worms, malware or any threat that may risk the safety of the computer operating system? Nowadays there are lots of people, who make fun of other computers, trying to bypass all the security of the computer system, infiltration is one of them.
Lots of sites nowadays are untrustworthy, wreaking havoc across machines connected to the internet. Microsoft and other product is irresistible target for intruder. Some people spend money just to make sure that there computer is away from any threat, but it is always preferable to learn it by...
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