Google’s New Privacy Policy — Read it and Weep

Google announced that it is consolidating all of its myriad privacy policies (roughly one per service that Google offers) into one over-arching privacy policy. They’re written it at an easy to understand level, too. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s scary. I’m not sure that it really says anything new, but [...]

Windows Live Mail Freezing When Opening Attachments

Windows Live Mail crashes were giving long-time subsriber Raman problems, so he wrote to me to ask: Hello Terry When I try to open any attachments to my mail, the Windows Live Mail freezes. I checked on line and found many people have the same problem. Apparently this started after downloading Microsoft’s recent 11 updates. [...]

Friends Help Friends With New PC’s

It’s Christmas time — a lot of people are purchasing a new computer for their home, sometimes purchasing their first computer, or a computer for their children. Unfortunately, many of these new purchasers don’t know how to protect themselves properly on today’s Internet. That’s where we, as more experienced PC users (of whatever experience level!) [...]

VIPRE HOLIDAY SALE

GFI has two versions of VIPRE — the antivirus/antimalware version VIPRE Antivirus and the antivirus/antimalware + firewall + antispam version, VIPRE Internet Security 2012 (which I use). They’re running a special Holiday Sale from December 12 to December 26, 2011. Get: $25 OFF VIPRE Internet Security 2012 Home Site Licenses $20 OFF VIPRE Antivirus 2012 [...]

WinPatrol Plus Sale – $5

Bill P. is having a big sale on WinPatrol Plus — it’s Bill’s wife’s birthday, so he’s having a special birthday sale — only $5 to upgrade from the free WinPatrol to WinPatrol Plus. This is a "Special Experimental Sale" and is limited to one consumer order only. The sale is supposed to end Sunday [...]

Lojack for Laptops Premium – Holiday Special

I’ve used Lojack for Laptops on my notebook computers almost since I first heard about it years ago. Now, Absolute Software is running a Holiday Special: LoJack for Laptop Premium 1 Year SubscriptionBuy one – Get one Free to Gift — Offer Expires 12/24/11 Coupon Code: No Code – Click Here

VIPRE Internet Security 2012 Review – A First Look

New version of GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus Premium — now called VIPRE Internet Security 2012 — has been released I’ve been using versions of VIPRE since it was first released. Initially, VIPRE Antivirus+Antispyware was the program that grew out of Sunbelt Software’s CounterSpy (which I also used). Then, they combined their firewall product into it to [...]

Deleting Web Site Password From Internet Explorer 9

Subscriber Don Newsham followed up his earlier question with one to address a problem he was having with Internet Explorer. Terry , Thanks for the info on my "rev" up problem. How do I delete a password that automatically fills in with Windows I E ? I go to this website and it doesn’t fill [...]