Sometimes spyware gets so bad, it’s hard to do anything. You can’t go online and download Malwarebytes or Spybot or any anti-spyware (see this post), because your browser–that is, your Internet Explorer or Firefox–is hijacked and redirected and won’t let you go anywhere of use and certainly won’t let you download anything. So you take [...]

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Yes, it’s true, there’s a virus from Facebook called Koobface. If you haven’t noticed, Koob is “book” backwards. If let to run it’s course, Koobface will turn your Facebook account backwards too, or at least inside out. It’ll also infect your computer system. You’ll notice it takes longer to go from website to website. And [...]

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Yesterday it snowed a lot in Calgary where Ms. Ducktoes lives. The snow, as I look out the window right now, is beautiful, coating every little thing: every tree branch and railing and lawn with a glimmery light-catching surface. My sons talked me into taking a video of them romping in the snow. They put [...]

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Oops, somehow I missed How to Speed Up Your Computer – Part 6. So here it is: Another way to speed up your computer is to run Checkdisk. The process is easy and fun to do (what I think is fun may seem strange to you). But, fun or not, at least this tunes up [...]

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The Indexing Service runs constantly, memorizing and making a list of where your files are, so when you search for something, you can find it quickly. The service makes searches faster, but it slows down the rest of your computer. If you have a really fast computer you won’t mind or notice this, however if [...]

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Ms. Ducktoes is all aglow because she received a Hallmark Card from a cyber-criminal!! And here it is: But unfortunately, I can’t have a relationship with a man who wants to fill my computer up with spyware and viruses. It just won’t work. Tee, hee. No, really I am excited, my duckies, I’ve been waiting [...]

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