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If you listen to the radio at work or watch TV at night, you probably couldn’t avoid hearing the commercials about a computer software product from DoubleMySpeed.com. In fact, it goes by several names such as MyCleanPC.com, MaxMySpeed.com and it’s parent company’s name, CyberDefender.com. They all promote the same products under the CyberDefender name and “none” of them are worth your time. They aren’t fake products, but they aren’t exactly quality products either. Although they heavily rely on their commercial that tout their free online diagnosis, their products won’t fix a thing for you until you buy it first. Just know that there are many reputable alternatives that offer fully functional free trials of their security products, so there is no good reason to even try CyberDefender unless you somehow identified with the actor portrayals and believed their academy award performance, but don’t get your hopes up. Anyway, I made a quick DoubleMySpeed video review below which you can watch and decide for yourself.

Dropbox’s free online backup software allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.You can get 2GB of online storage for free, with up to 100GB available to paying customers. With Dropbox, you can Sync files of any size or type with Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Dropbox automatically syncs when new files or changes are detected. You can work on files in your Dropbox even if you’re offline, your changes will sync once your computer has an internet connection again. Dropbox transfers will correctly resume where they left off if the connection drops. Dropbox doesn’t hog your internet connection and you can manually set bandwidth limits.

You probably heard of Skype and other Instant Messengers that you can use to chat with voice, video and text in real time. They are so easy to use that my 10 yr old daughter just skyped me today from the mainland while on vacation. I had to stay behind to fix computers. But one [...]

Ascentive in preying on unsuspecting customers again here in Hawaii with their FastAtLast radio and TV commercials. They move around from town to town and go by different names, the last of which was FinallyFast.com. Their snake-oil of choice is their product called “PC Speedscan Pro”. They actually have quite a few products, which I [...]

SpywareBlaster is a powerful spyware prevention program that can provide yet another layer of protection from malicious drive-by downloads. The method that SpywareBlaster uses to basically immunize your browser from these dangerous websites could be done manually one-at-a-time. But even if you knew how, how long would it take “you” to build a database of [...]

Dial-a-fix is a free program for repairing a variety of Windows issues such as Windows Update errors, Automatic Updates, SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography Service problems, COM/ActiveX object errors, missing registry entries and more. Dial-a-fix employs a collection of known fixes drawn from MSKB Articles, Microsoft MVPs, and other important support forums. While Dial-a-Fix was primarily [...]

If you believe your computer has been infected with malware, and you want to attempt to remove it yourself, you can download a free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware at http://www.malwarebytes.org. The following 7 minute video gives a brief overview on how to do so. (Best viewed in HD)

Quick Restore Maker v2 Ever tried to manually make a System Restore point in Windows Vista or Windows 7? It takes a few more clicks than I would like, and for the average user who isn’t aware of this built-in Windows utility, remembering the path to it isn’t so easy. For example, one method is [...]