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Prevent and protect yourself from Tech Support scams.

Tech Support Scams Tells what to do if you get a pop-up, call or any other urgent message about a virus on your computer.

Should your next laptop be a Chromebook?

Why your next laptop should be a Chromebook You're probably distantly familiar with Chromebooks, the Google-powered laptops that run a souped-up version of the Chrome browser and cost the same amount as artisanal brunch for two in Brooklyn. But if you consider yourself a "power user" of sorts, you've probably written off the

One Billion Yahoo Accounts Compromised! Little Guys Computers can show you what to do to protect yourself.

5 things you should do following the Yahoo breach Following a massive data breach that affected over one billion Yahoo accounts, users should review the settings of their accounts, clean their mailboxes and turn on additional account security features.

Do you backup your computer data? Let Little Guys provide you with a backup strategy to prevent problems like this.

How to prevent ransomware: What one company learned the hard way Ransomware is on the rise. Your best protection? Something everyone knows they should do.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-free-windows-10-upgrades-after-july-29-2016/

What happens to those free Windows 10 upgrades after July 29, 2016? | ZDNet We're nearing the end of Microsoft's unprecedented free upgrade offer for Windows 10. The offer officially expires July 29, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of the operating system's initial release. But what happens then? [Updated]

Have you ever needed to take a screenshot of a webpage? Lightscreen is a lightweight simple app to do just that.

Lightscreen - Information Lightscreen is a simple tool to automate the tedious process of saving and cataloging screenshots, it operates as a hidden background process that is invoked with one (or multiple) hotkeys and then saves a screenshot file to disk according to the user's preferences.

Let's face it passwords are annoying. We like using KeePass to help us organize and automate our passwords. It is open source and completely free. Try it out today!

KeePass Password Safe KeePass is an open source password manager. Passwords can be stored in highly-encrypted databases, which can be unlocked with one master password or key file.

The best way to prevent virus and malware is to keep Windows updated. Lots of updates on Tuesday.

Microsoft Releases Windows, IE Critical Updates Microsoft has released four critical updates, including one that fixes vulnerabilities affecting a diverse set of products.

Apple Patches Malware-Targeted Java Bug

http://www.crn.com/news/security/232800301/apple-patches-malware-targeted-java-bug.htm;jsessionid=du

Mac is now a big enough target for hackers, this is just the beginning.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hackers-hitting-macs-virus-industry-experts-202856151.html

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hackers-hitting-macs-virus-industry-experts-202856151.html