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Surprised that ads have taken over your Windows 10 PC, laptop, or Surface Pro? You can still have an ad-free experience with Windows 10 In this tutorial, we will show you how to turn off ads that Microsoft sends in File Explorer.
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With ads being displayed in different parts of Windows 10 — the start menu, on the lock screen, from the taskbar, and in other Microsoft apps — overwhelming negative reactions to this Microsoft practice have been popping up online.

Although a ransomware attack may seem targeted, you’re not the only one who’s been infected. Ransomware is spreading at an alarming rate, and the further it goes, the more resources are allocated to fighting it. If your data is held hostage, refer to this list of free decryptors you can use.

When you buy an Android mobile phone, the mobile carrier often installs certain apps onto the device. These apps, commonly referred to as bloatware, are usually tied into a service that the carrier offers. A majority of users, however, don’t want these apps.

Because email is a ubiquitous business communication tool, it’s not surprising that it’s the medium by which most security breaches occur. Since the email of even large corporations with substantial cyber-armor can be hacked, it seems that small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will be more powerless against online criminals.

Over the past few months we asked you, our XBASE customers, to rate us and provide feedback after receiving our support services. In return, we promised to donate $1 for each response to the Sick Kids Foundation.

Well, did you deliver! We were thrilled to receive nearly 300 responses, including both ratings and detailed feedback.

If you’re a Mac user, you probably know that macOS has a built-in feature called Time Machine. This backup application is used to keep an up-to-date copy of all the files on your Mac. What’s unique about it is that it captures exactly what was on your Mac any day in the past, making it easy to recover files, emails, or media that may have been inadvertently deleted.

Data security and privacy should be every small business owner’s top priority in this day when cybercriminals are on the loose. The good news is you don’t have to be a tech genius to make it happen. Here are practical ways to shield your company from cyberattacks.

Although digital communication tools let businesses connect with customers and other stakeholders in an efficient manner, telephones are still used to communicate with important business stakeholders. And for many organizations, determining whether to use internet phones or legacy systems remains a concern.

If you ask your staff to define terms such as “phishing,” “spoofed websites,” and “data breach,” how confident are you that they’ll all be able to do so correctly? And if you have an ethical hacker send a pseudo-malicious email across the entire company, how many employees would actually report it to your IT department?

You might be wondering what it means to score yourself low for either one of those questions.

The cloud is not like some magic beans that’ll sprout sky-high stalks overnight and lead you to a castle full of riches. Don’t be misled by shiny words such as “increased productivity” and “collaboration” — your organization won’t realize these benefits unless everyone actually puts in the work to make the cloud work. If you want to use the cloud successfully, you might have to change your mind about a thing or two before you migrate to the cloud.