Facebook Email Warning!

If you read the column regularly you will know that I occasionally give you general warnings about viruses, scams, etc.  However, there is one running like crazy right now that I feel I need to talk about.  I interrupted the regularly scheduled column this week to let you know about it. A lot of my…

A Mouse with no Tail!?

My mouse has no tail! No, I do not mean the little rodent variety, but the ones fitting comfortably under your hand that you poke and prod all the time at your computer. One of my readers/listeners, Jenny saw me in a local eatery the other day while I was working on something.  I go…

2010-01-20, WSVA Show Notes

Free Antivirus Software: Avast! AVG Microsoft Security Essentials Commercial Antivirus Software:  Norton McAfee NOD32 DO NOT install more than one of these programs on your system at the same time. If you wish to try another of these applications MAKE SURE you uninstall the other one first. That being said, Microsoft Security Essentials, which offers…

You Can be a Spy Too!

I wanted to talk about a very interesting free application that I stumbled upon this week and the website where I found it. Everything USB is an interesting site that has…well OK, you guessed it, lots of information about USB devices. USB stands for “universal serial bus” and is the interface (plug) between your computer, most thumb drives/memory sticks and an…