Phish are smarter with AI, more difficult to spot, but scammers are still relying on everyone who gets email to click and allow their hoaxes, because using non-Admin Windows accounts blocks most of the attachment malware they try to send. They rely on you to let them into your computer. Here’s how to spot a phish, in the new October PC Updater News. Or free subscriptions and back issues are online here.
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Windows defaults to throwing everything into your Documents folder. You can still search the old fashioned way from DOS; it still works, and it’s faster than an Explorer search. Here’s how. And the old DOS wild cards for filenames still work in Explorer. Or just get organized. Here are some tips to get you started.
In the latest copy of PC Updater News: Dell Precision is going away. And XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude. Dell is just Plus, Premium, and Max now. What a way to run a set of trademarks! And Microsoft has AI for everybody that subscribes to Microsoft 365 (AKA monthly or annual plan of Office). Whether you want it or not. Whether your employer allows it or now.
Read the news update and more about PUPs, Potentially Unwanted Programs, in the free February PC Updater News.