I’ve become more paranoid as I hear more and more about how the big tech companies are monitoring us. I’m curious, how can I tell which programs on my PC are listening on my microphone?
Control Which Apps are Accessing my Microphone in Windows?
Posts tagged "spyware"
How to Delete RelevantKnowledge Pop-Up Surveys?
I have no idea how it showed up, but suddenly I’m getting survey pop-ups in my Windows system from RelevantKnowledge. How do I safely remove this program?
How do I Remove McAfee Anti-Virus?
My Windows 10 computer included a free one year subscription to McAfee Anti-Virus. I don’t like it much at all. How can I get rid of off and remove it from my PC?
Protect your Win10 PC with Windows Defender
I am sick of third-party anti-virus programs that harass me about paying for upgrades and additional software. Done with that. But I can’t leave my Windows 10 PC unprotected. What’s your recommendation? Windows Defender??
Fastest and Easiest Windows Anti-Virus Scanner?
My mom’s computer seems to constantly have problems, so I’d like to just run a quick virus scan each time I visit. What’s the fastest and easiest way to do that? She has Windows 10 and I make sure it’s up-to-date.
Company remote “fixed” my PC: Was I scammed?
I received a phone call from a company called Omni Support who said I had viruses and was hacked. I already have AVG on my system and it was running slow. They showed me foreign company access to my computer. They also showed me files that appeared not safe. I allowed them to clean things up but as they were I saw a lot of file transferring and I am not sure that is normal. When they were done they said I needed to restart my system and wait 15 minutes before I signed back in. I have not done so and am scared to try to restart as I am in fear they have loaded something on my system. Can you assists me?
Clear your Pinterest previous searches cache?
I went onto my girlfriend’s computer to see what she’d been searching for on Pinterest but it has zero search history. How did she clear her Pinterest search history?
How do I update Microsoft Windows 8 Defender?
I’ve been running Microsoft Windows 8.1 on my new laptop and relying on Windows Defender to keep me virus and spyware free. So far, so good. But how do I update the virus definitions and other data that Windows Defender uses?
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