Jesse Mueller In 2025, Microsoft is pushing their “new” Outlook app on their PCs. It’s not going so well. The new Outlook for Windows app doesn’t work well with all email accounts, lacks critical features and shows built-in ads. Adoption rates are low. Users of the “classic” Outlook email client (born in 1997!) usually remain loyal and … Read more
If you have school-age kids, please read up on the viral Chromebook Challenge! Social media is spreading this as a fun activity, but it is quite dangerous and costly. The challenge prompts young people to short-circuit their laptops, using paperclips, tinfoil or other metal objects. By sticking these conductors into the ports of their Chromebooks, … Read more
“My phone is spying on me, I swear. The other day, I was talking about hairless terriers, and now all the ads showing up on my iPhone are for exotic dogs!” How many times have you had a thought or conversation like this? This is why legal proceedings are now wrapping up and giving us … Read more
This type of scammy email can catch a lot of people off-guard. I want you to be familiar with the Cloud Storage Alert scam that’s gonig around: These emails may be vague, like the one pictured above, or they might mention Apple, Google or other big tech companies. But usually, there’s something off about them. … Read more
There’s this adapter you can buy when you want to plug a 3-prong power cable into a 2-prong outlet. This type of 3-prong adaptor is often called a cheater plug, and are commonly available at stores everywhere. When I used to work on-site, I would see them used in older (pre-1970’s) houses. If you ever … Read more
Beginning with Windows 8, Microsoft reorganized their OS, so that you could change system settings through the Settings Panel. The Control Panel disappeared from the Start Menu, to encourage people to move on and get used to the new way of adjusting OS behavior. But the Windows’ Classic Control Panel is still there, always has … Read more
Have you received a text message about a parking fine? It’s almost certainly a scam. The same jokers who perpetrated the Unpaid Toll Smishing operation are now rolling out a similar scheme. The Unpaid Parking Ticket Scam is probably coming to your text messages, soon! And what’s worse is that the smishers are getting better … Read more
There’s a particular hazard appearing on the internet right now that you need to know about. Please read this post and be ready, because this is an extreme hazard to you and your computer. Read on for how to watch out for fake CAPTCHAs: Real vs. Fake CAPTCHAs We deal with CAPTCHA messages all the … Read more
Remote control scams are still very common, and I get to help people everyday in recovering from them. It’s pretty straightforward, most of the time: I explain the scam. Before we deal with the computer, the client secures their finances with their banks. Next, we go over their PC or phone to uninstall the scammer’s … Read more
Everyone can make typographical errors and misspellings. But on the internet, you’ve got to be careful about typos in the address bar of your browser. Those typos can be dangerous! Typosquatting First, you’ll want to understand cybersquatting. Cybersquatting is when someone reserves a domain name in bad faith, in order to gain some benefit. A … Read more