How to Remove Viruses and Malware on Your Windows PC

Did You Know? Astronauts spending extended time in space typically “grow” an additional two inches or so taller (up to three percent of their original height)–this isn’t permanent growth like we experience in childhood, however, but just the effects of the zero-G environment allowing their spine to fully decompress, free from the pressure of Earth’s regular gravity. Geek Trivia Which Of These Conditions Allow People To Recall Their Entire Lives With Near-Perfect Detail? Hyperthymesia → Recollensia → Autobiographia → Mnemonica → Advertisement Download Time Management For Dummies Everyone is endowed with the same amount of time each day: 86,400 seconds — and your ability to manage that time toward goals and objectives can tip the balance of success in your favor. No matter what career and job role you're in, this practical guide delivers solutions for working better and faster, getting rid of time-wasting distractions, and ultimately reducing stress. 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How the moon got its off-kilter orbit Scientists say there are a couple of problems with the textbook theory of how Earth's moon formed. One is the moon's surprisingly Earth-like composition. [Futurity] Facebook blocks insurancy company's plan to base premiums on your posts Plan would have set fees based on excessive use of exclamation points, among other things. [ArsTechnica] There's now one less excuse not to use a password manager LastPass adds multi-device syncing (formerly a premium option) to the free account. If you needed a push to start using a password manager, this should be it. [The Verge] Valve says you now have to show your game to sell it Steam games need real screens to make it onto the store [Polygon] How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts in LibreOffice If you're using the free alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, and you like using keyboard shortcuts, you can customize the shortcuts in each LibreOffice program and for all LibreOffice programs in general. Read This Article → The Best Weather Apps for Android Everyone has at least one weather app installed on their phone, but there are so many different ones out there. Finding the "best" one can be a bit difficult, so we've rounded up a couple of the best to help you decide. Read This Article → How to Remove Viruses and Malware on Your Windows PC Whether you saw a message saying a virus was detected, or your computer just seems slow and unreliable, you’ll want to scan for malware on your PC and remove any you find. Read This Article → How Do You Adjust Google Chrome’s UI Scaling? Everything can be going along nicely until a program gets a new update that suddenly turns everything into a visual mess, like scaling up the UI, for example. Is there a simple solution? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some helpful solutions for a reader’s frustrating browser UI problem. Read This Article → How to Turn On Your TV or Stereo Using the Amazon Echo and Logitech Harmony Hub If using a remote to turn on your TV is too old school for you, here’s how to use the Amazon Echo to turn on your television using your voice with a little help from Logitech’s Harmony Hub. Read This Article → How to Play Your Favorite NES, SNES, and Other Retro Games on Your PC with an Emulator You’ve seen it. Maybe it was on an airplane, maybe it was at a friend’s house, but you saw people playing old Nintendo, Sega, or even PlayStation games on their computers. And yet, when you searched for those particular games in Steam, nothing comes up. What is this witchcraft? Read This Article → How to Sign PDFs from Dropbox on iOS PDFs are the de facto method of sharing important documents between parties. Thankfully, PDFs are generally much easier to sign nowadays, and things get even easier with the ability to sign PDFs from Dropbox on iOS. Read This Article → How Secure Boot Works on Windows 8 and 10, and What It Means for Linux Modern PCs ship with a feature called “Secure Boot” enabled. This is a platform feature in UEFI, which replaces the traditional PC BIOS. If a PC manufacturer wants to place a “Windows 10” or “Windows 8” logo sticker to their PC, Microsoft requires they enable Secure Boot and follow some guidelines. Read This Article → How to Combine Text Files Using the "cat" Command in Linux The cat command is very useful in Linux. It has three main functions related to manipulating text files: creating them, displaying them, and combining them. Read This Article → How to Create an NFC Tag That Connects Any Android Phone to a Wi-Fi Network NFC is one of those tools that is great to have, but so ridiculously underused by the majority of Android users. While it can be used for advanced automation of things on your Android phone, it can also be used for equally as simplistic stuff: like easily sharing your home Wi-Fi data with friends. Read This Article → Your Camera’s Most Important Settings: Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO Explained Getting a nice camera is just the first step in taking great photos—you also have to learn how to use it. Shooting on auto will only take you so far. Shutter speed, aperture, and ISO may sound like intimidating photographer terms, but they’re quite simple—and crucial to getting great photos. Read This Article → How to Batch Rename Multiple Files in Windows Got a bunch of files you want to rename, but don’t want to go through them each one by one? Windows provides more ways to do this than you may realize. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Time Management For Dummies Everyone is endowed with the same amount of time each day: 86,400 seconds — and your ability to manage that time toward goals and objectives can tip the balance of success in your favor. No matter what career and job role you're in, this practical guide delivers solutions for working better and faster, getting rid of time-wasting distractions, and ultimately reducing stress. Click here to download