For those not familiar with the term ransomware trojans basically infect your computer and in the process encrypt your files, change extensions and several types of nasty tricks to them. When done the trojan will typically pop up a dialog demanding cash..
Topics: malware, ransomware, Security, trojans

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For the past 12 years or so, Paris, France, has been the location of a unique phenomenon (unique in Europe, at least): within a radius of 150 meters (about 500 ft), you can find over 60 shops selling computer parts at extremely aggressive prices. They...
Topics: Computer parts, Deals, Europe, France, Hardware, shopping

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The registry has – in my opinion – always been the Achilles Heel for Windows. When first conceived it was only meant to be used by Windows and other Microsoft specific software. It was never meant to be the gluttonous pig that it has devolved into,...
Topics: registry, registry cleaner, registry optimizer, Software, Windows

{"title":"Some registry utility goodness for Friday","post_url":"http:\/\/www.winextra.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/06\/some-registry-utility-goodness-for-friday\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Winextra","author":"codenut","date":"2009-11-06 13:54:26","summary":"The registry has \u2013 in my opinion \u2013 always been the Achilles Heel for Windows. When first conceived it was only meant to be used by Windows and other Microsoft specific software. It was never meant to be the gluttonous pig that it has devolved into,..."}

You ever read those EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) that comes with the software we use everyday?Well I would imagine that like most people, myself included, we tend to click the Next button during install once the shakes from seeing all that...
Topics: Ed Bott, EULA, Windows

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Here’s a screen that will bring back memories for those of us old enough to remember DOS and VGA monitors. The only problem is that this is a fake online scanner virus warning notice being displayed in a browser window. According to the guys over at...
Topics: browsers, malware, Security, virus

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