A customer recently shared this targeted phishing attempt with me, and I want to walk you through it. As phishing goes, it’s a bit more sophisticated than usual. Check out the details so you’ll be ready to sidestep this if it comes to your inbox. More Tailored than Other Scams I mention “targeted” because the … Read more
Your home internet service is similar to a nice car or running water — you rely on it, you take it for granted, and if it ever cuts off, suddenly the whole family is in a pickle! I can’t help you plan for every household emergency, but here’s some food for thought about your internet … Read more
The latest wacky text to make the rounds is about some Powerball jackpot that a Good Samaritan wants to give away. This Lottery Winner smishing scam should be obvious to most. I hope you don’t fall for it! This scheme is just a remix of that classic chain letter, from the Nigerian King who wants … Read more
For all of 2025, there’s been a lot of concern about the future of Windows 10 and its updates. I’ve blogged about it a couple of times, and now people are finally getting to opt-in and keep their Win10 PCs safe for another year. And I must assure you — in most cases, it is … Read more
There’s been a lot of news lately about “Google issuing an alert advising 2.5 billion users to change their passwords.” And you didn’t see me blogging about it, because it simply wasn’t true. Around the globe, news media companies chose to be inciteful, not insightful. And I knew this reporting wasn’t quite right, even when … Read more
Downloading Facebook videos, to save and safeguard on your computer, is not easy. You are welcome to right-click on a photo, and use ther Save As function to sock that away. But Meta doesn’t want you to abscond with a video file. If you try the Save As trick, you’ll wind up with a confusing … Read more
For anyone on a Windows 10 computer who also uses TurboTax Desktop software, I have some bad news for you. It looks like next year, the TurboTax Desktop 2025 software will require Windows 11 to run. TurboTax Desktop 2025 will refuse to install on a Windows 10 machine. So Windows 10 / TurboTax software users … Read more
Get ready to ignore or report any text message about an Amazon Recall. These texts are not legitimate. They are not from Amazon, but from spammers and scammers! Here are example images of the Amazon Recall Smishing Scam: If you receive anything like this, do NOT click any links or attachments in the text! There … Read more
I get a lot of questions about HEIC files. Specifically, clients tell me: “I just received this picture file and can’t open it! I just wanna see this picture of my grandkids…” If someone sends you an unusable photo, this may help you figure out what the HEIC is going on. What is HEIC? HEIC … Read more
It’s said that here’s no such thing as a free lunch. So, of course, the same logic applies to all those spammy emails you get. The ones claiming you won a lottery. Earned a free gift card. Awarded an iPhone. None of these offers is legitimate, even though their logos and senders look real. But … Read more