Help! I have a slow computer! You are working on a paper for school. You are trying to pay the bills online. But it seems like it takes forever to do anything! How do you speed up this slow computer?! Have you tried turning it off and on again? While Read more…
GDPR Privacy Rules On May 25th, 2018, a landmark policy was implemented to help protect user data privacy in the EU. So what does this mean for American companies? Well, it depends on where your customers are located. Customers are located in the EU If your customers are located in Read more…
Web Security: How can you have peace of mind? With the whole world in the middle of the digital age, criminals and other malicious third parties want your important information. Web security has become a hot topic in the news with many high profile companies having their customer information stolen Read more…
Social Media Privacy: A Myth? With the recent news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal with Facebook, many good questions are being asked about social media privacy. People are concerned with how much data Facebook, Google and Twitter collect from you, and how that data is used. First, let’s consider what Read more…
ActivPC was represented by Turner Bell at the Ohio CCDC (Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition) held on March 3, in which the 5 member Cuyahoga Community College team pulled off a stunning upset of the 7-time defending champions Baldwin Wallace. Despite being undermanned, the Tri-C team did their best to keep Read more…
File Backups File Backups are important to anyone doing work on a computer. Say you get hit with a virus that erases all your personal data, or you buy a new computer. Rather than having to lose all the data that you previously had, you can easily restore your files Read more…
Internet Safety: How to protect yourself online Everyone uses the internet. There is no getting around it. But many do not consider how to use the internet in the safest way. Internet safety is sadly one of the least taught skills to all using the internet. How can you use Read more…
Tech Support Scams We’ve all seen the tech support scams. You click a link from your email, your favorite download site, or a “related article”. When the page loads, you are met with a large red screen, reading: “Call Tech Support Now, your computer may be infected.” The page directs Read more…
Software Update: Why Do I Need It? A notification pops up on your desktop. “UPDATE REQUIRED FOR $SOFTWARE” is the message that pops up. Why is a software update required, and is there any way to disable it? Updates usually are bug fixes for software that you have installed. Why Read more…