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How best to make a WiFi router secure against hackers Problem I have a Linksys ADSL modem router that provides cabled Ethernet and wireless WiFi network connections. I want to know how to configure its setup settings to make the WiFi router secure from my neighbours (US: neighbors) and hackers. Answer WiFi broadcasts are always…
Explaining the smishing (SMS phishing), vishing and SIM card swap and theft scams Being knowledgeable about security on the Internet is paramount for your financial health. If you become a victim of the following social-engineering frauds by cyber criminals – smishing, vishing and SIM-card swap scams – they can result in large financial losses. Social-engineering…
Cause of a slow M.2 SSD that uses the SATA interface This article summarizes a very long video that diagnoses the cause of a slow M.2 SSD, The work is by the PC technician, Carey Holzman, the link to which I provide at the end of the article. I provide additional information not available in…
Steps you take to diagnose the dead motherboard of a desktop PC At the end of this article, there is a link to a video that shows how to diagnose that a dead motherboard is responsible for a dead desktop PC, I am summarizing the process here. Also adding some missing or extra useful information…
Problems with M.2 SSD drives – NVMe & SATA – Key and length compatibility, overheating and faulty hardware encryption To benefit fully from NVMe M.2 SSD drives, you must be able to boot the operating system, usually Windows 10, from it. That requires UEFI BIOS support. Most standard BIOSes (the type in use before UEFI…
Immediate computer startup shutdown problem: Faulty reset switch causes computer shutdown during startup This article summarizes and adds additional information to the solution of a very interesting, obscure desktop-PC startup shutdown problem that the video link at the end of the article provides. This particular problem illustrates how devilishly obscure some computer problems can be.…
How to use the DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) protocol to improve online security Introduction to DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is the secure, encrypted version of the standard non-encrypted Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that run the Internet. DNS (Domain Name System) translates website domain names, such as pcbuyyerbeware.co.uk, into their numerical…
Ban Google spying on you online to profit from your private information Introduction – How to ban Google spying on you This article provides information on how to ban Google from obtaining private information about you online and using it to create a personal profile on you. A profile that the company and its advertising-company…
Gaming monitors: Which monitor adaptive sync technology is best, AMD FreeSync or Nvidia G-Sync? Introduction to monitor adaptive sync technology Gaming monitors support one or both of the two sync technologies – AMD’s FreeSync/FreeSync 2 or NVIDIA’s G-Sync – that are essential for the production of a tear-free, smooth flow of images at frame-per-second rates…
PROBLEM: Why do some of my programs freeze for up to 2 minutes? Problem: Programs freeze for up to 2 minutes My desktop PC is experiencing a very annoying problem. Several times a day some of my programs freeze – Outlook, MS Word, the Firefox web browser, etc. – for between about 30 seconds and…
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