While Microsoft might be revved up about getting people onto Windows 10 as fast as possible, if you call your PC maker's tech support line, you might be advised to roll back to older versions. As part ...
The Windows protected your PC tech support scam that displays ana lert that pretends to be a Windows alert that SmartScreen protected you from a threat. This fake alert then states that a malicious ...
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Tech support representatives from major PC makers are apparently advising customers to avoid upgrading to Windows 10 or to downgrade if they already installed the latest OS. There's no doubt that ...
Which computer company is tops in terms of free tech support? Don't expect it to be anyone on the Windows side of the computer world. Overall, however, the news isn't stellar when it comes to using ...
It’s bad enough that you have to spend your Sunday with the phone wedged between your shoulder and ear, as you root through your computer’s control settings or tangle with a mess of serpentine cables ...
Apple owners, you're excused from reading further. No such luck for the vast overwhelming majority of man - and woman - kind. If you use a Windows PC and something goes bump in the night, chances are ...
Consumer Reports on Monday released the results of its annual reader survey that asked respondents to rate the nation's best PC tech support, and Apple topped the chart yet again, this time managing ...
More than 30 months after surfacing, a tech-support scam targeting Dell computer owners continues to raise questions about how the callers know sensitive information, including PC serial numbers and ...
Regulators from five countries joined together in an operation to crack down on a series of companies they say orchestrated one of the most widespread Internet scams of the decade. The U.S. Federal ...