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The Computer Ate My Homework
by James The degree to which computers have infiltrated the education system was brought home during parent-teacher night for the 2007-8 school year. My older daughter’s math teacher politely offered her email address as the best and most efficient way Read More...
It's (Not Always) Academic
As millions of young Americans head to college this fall, they are sure to be toting their trusty laptops to campus. But how can they guarantee some feisty virus won’t destroy that “11th hour” paper and what can they do to protect their personal information Read More...
Secure Yourself Online
By Nikhil Continuing with my crusade to help protect home computer users from the dangers of the cyber world, I spent some time performing a small research on preventive security measures. I was surprised by the fact that it requires very little effort Read More...
Prevention is Better Than the Cure
By Nikhil Ok, so here is yet another example of home user cyber-woes! Yesterday morning I got a frantic call from my sister to help her out with her age-old home PC problem. She was quite disturbed since her entire personal data was stored on it and was Read More...
Should you run your anti-virus program in safe mode?
By Shail Sometimes at support.com we have long discussions over email about the best way to help our customers. Viruses and spyware are always difficult issues, because they can truly interfere with your ability to operate your computer, and are designed Read More...