Recent content by gn842a

I have used two different approaches to this problem in electronics. One is to set up a hairdryer at a distance from the phone (opened if possible) and let it gently heat up the components for an hour or so. The idea here is not to be so close to the phone that you're cooking it. The air...

I had this problem on my Pixel 4. It was a "known issue" (manufacturing quality) at Google. They sent me a refurbed phone even though it was past warranty. And at one time I had googled my way into a technical description on one of the better known forums and I found description of...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy The above link is to an article associated with China's foreign debt policies. The Wikipedia article is fine, going to that page is safe. However, if you search down into the footnotes you will find that I edited in a warning that one...

Well dropbox maintains 30 day previous version backups so if your drop box files are hit you can restore earlier versions. I guess that means they can indeed be hit.

Well that's discouraging news. What about backups on Carbonite, and material in Dropbox?

This might be an "it depends" question. The question is: when ransomware attacks, does it look for EVERY DRIVE on the computer? Most business/govt computers have a C: drive and maybe one more, which I assume is the situation in Atlanta. I have, I dunno, about four drives, one is...

I'll keep sophos in mind. I seem to be doing OK with NOD32 (ESET). I grant you that it may not be the best. But their support is reasonably responsive. I've used ESET probably for twelve or fifteen years, with a break to try some alternative products. Most of my issues are harddware...

I recently removed Kaspersky from all my devices. I realize that I am a zero priority target for the Kremlin, and that commercial spyware is if anything more aggressive, but I'm no longer comfortable with Kaspersky.

Well I see your point but I've also had bad luck the other way, so I'm not sure running naked through the Internet is good and I'm not sure the AV products are foolproof, it's a question of picking your poison. I did run one of my desktops for thousands of hours over three years with just the...

I'll make a comment here about how to keep costs down. Newegg (maybe other vendors too?) regularly peppers me with "shellshocker" deals. One of these was an up-to-five computer license for $15. I bought it and ultimately neglected it, just used Microsoft's antivirus. But my kid goes to a lot...