» by Randy Knowles January 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, This may be old news to some, but if not please take a look. If your credit card has an embedded RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip, there are ...more »

» by Randy Knowles January 13, 2013 at 10:46 am » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, Update 1/13/2013: Oracle has just come up with a patch to fix this latest Java vulnerability. Get it here. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable ...more »

» by Randy Knowles December 13, 2012 at 9:27 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Guest post today by fellow computer repair tech and security guru Brian Meyer. Brian's Select Real Security website is full of Windows security information, as well as some awesome ...more »

» by Randy Knowles October 12, 2012 at 5:01 pm » Comments (1)

  Hello everyone, ****IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT**** There's a dangerous phishing email going around with the subject line: "CNN Breaking News -- Mitt Romney Almost President." If you receive this email, I recommend you delete ...more »

» by Randy Knowles September 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, In the past year and a half or so I’ve repaired over 350 computers. In this series I’m describing the very repair tools that I use daily. If you ...more »

» by Randy Knowles July 18, 2012 at 9:18 am » Comments (76)

Hello everyone, Update: I have a more recent FBI MoneyPak removal post here (another variant of the virus). A client called me today with a machine (Windows 7) infected with the FBI ...more »

» by Randy Knowles May 12, 2012 at 7:49 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Many of my computer repair jobs involve the hard drive in one way or another. Lately I've been seeing about three hard drive failures per week. In a previous ...more »

» by Randy Knowles February 26, 2012 at 12:21 pm » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, I love routers! Do you really know all that your router can do? A modern router has multiple "cool" functions that many people don't realize? Many of my elderly ...more »

» by Randy Knowles October 1, 2011 at 5:01 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, This is part 5 of a series. You can see parts 1,2, 3, and 4  by clicking on the numbers. How would you like to copy the entire contents of ...more »

» by Randy Knowles September 2, 2011 at 7:54 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I talked about my favorite Junk File Cleaners, and in part 2 I told you about the incredible USB Drive Adapter. Today, my ...more »