I receive more and more calls about Android tablets, where the user is inundated with popups, and the home screen has been made-over with new colors schemes and icons. It’s very alien and uncomfortable when this happens, and it often tracks back to some app that has changed the Default Home App. So let me … Read more
The latest phish to go around arrives in your inbox as a Microsoft Azure Alert: This email is quite convincing. The sender’s address truly is from a Microsoft.com domain, so it is likely to skirt your spam filter. It uses real Microsoft graphics and links. The language is fairly clean. There’s a lot of truthiness … Read more
A lot of advanced Windows tweaks require the use of the Group Policy Editor tool. But Microsoft doesn’t include that in Home editions of Windows (which is most store-bought PCs these days). You don’t have to spend money on a Windows Upgrade. Here’s how to add the Group Policy Editor to any Windows computer for … Read more
We have a growing problem in 2026 with Account Takeover Fraud. Account Takeover (ATO) fraud is when a bad actor logs into someone else’s online account, and changes all of the login/security information. This locks out the true owner of the account, and gives the the criminal power to do anything s/he wants with it. … Read more
I’m sorry for the clunky title, but this nasty business is hard to name. The Outlook Reappearing-Scam-Email Hack is really troublesome, and only seems to affect Microsoft-based email addresses (often ending in Outlook/Live/Hotmail.com). And that’s because the hackers are using some unique Microsoft weaknesses with this hijack. I can’t fully explain their techniques yet, but … Read more
When you first begin to use a website or internet service or software product, you often have to review and submit to some kind of agreement. A 42-page legalese document in 6-pt font appears out of nowhere, to block your way as if it were a bouncer at the club. I’m sure most of you … Read more
There are a lot of different ways to access your Facebook private messages. You can use the Facebook and Messenger apps on your phone, or the side panel of Facebook.com on your computer. But one way is being retired: www.messenger.com . Meta is doing away with that URL and website on 4/14/2026. If you’ve never … Read more
Gemini is the Google flavor of AI and they are inserting it and related Smart Features into almost every Gproduct you use. If you are not a fan, I get it. And I hope this helps: here are a bunch of settings you can search out, to disable Gemini and other too-helpful features in your … Read more
Docusign is a legitimate company that we may use to electronically submit signatures on documents. It’s quick and convenient and just as legally binding as ink on paper. You’ll probably encounter Docusign when finishing out a mortgage or working with a CPA to prepare your taxes. And also in Docusign Phishing emails… As phishing goes, … Read more
This is a fairly rare and niche problem, but I want to document it, as I keep encountering it. This only seems to affect older Dell computers running Windows 10 or 11. The issue is this: Some PCs begin to show that the C:\ Drive is nearly full, despite having a high storage capacity and … Read more