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Internet Explorer Will Begin Blocking The Worst Adware
The SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer will be updated in June to protect you against online advertising that might harm your computer. It’s a long overdue step to provide basic protection that really should have been covered years ago by your antivirus program.
The scum writing misleading “advertisements” have become more brazen, putting up outright lies to fool you into installing their crap. […] continued
Read moreHow To Defend Yourself Against Adware & Malware
I spent the weekend trying to clean adware off a perfectly nice computer. One errant click and the damage was done: web pages began filling with links to ads, injected by the blizzard of programs, browser extensions and add-ins that had come on board. The browser home pages were changed, the desktop was littered with new icons, popups were appearing in the middle of the screen, on and on. […] continued
Read moreUse The Space Bar To Scroll Up And Down Web Pages
Sometimes it helps to make sure you know some of the basic tricks. Here’s one that everyone should be using. It goes back to the dawn of computing, more or less.
When you’re viewing a long web page, hit the space bar to scroll down one screen.
Hit Shift + space bar to scroll up one screen. […] continued
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