Google will use your mobile phone number for verification if you lose access to your account. Some people don't want to provide that information to Google.

A Windows 10 Recovery Drive can be used to restore Windows backups to your machine, and more. I'll show you how to create one.

You can't rely on yourself as a malware detector. Learn how to be a malware avoider.

I don't think much of Windows' backup utility--but any backup is better than no backup. Let's take a look at how to use it.

User Account Control, or UAC, requests confirmation when a program needs administrative access. If you know it's safe, we can bypass UAC with a shortcut.

I'll show you how to locate the Startup folder and put a shortcut to your program there.

Pinboard allows you to save bookmarks once and use them across multiple machines, operating systems, browsers, and devices.

Making sure your anti-virus program and its definition database are up-to-date is the best way to make sure it can recognize and remove viruses.

There are many different terms that relate to software with malicious intent. Ultimately, however, there's only one you really need to know, and several things you need to do.

It used to be that simply viewing a malformed email could allow a virus to spread. Thankfully, that's no longer the case with modern mail programs.