Category Archives: Tech Tips

Creating a Hacker Proof Password

While checking out a blog I read often, pctechbytes, I noticed a pretty cool infograph talking about how quickly a pro hacker can crack an easy password. You can see the infograph here. As you can see from the infograph, an easy password can be cracked without a ton of trouble. This can be pretty scary. Let’s look at a few ways in which you can create a secure password that is really tough to crack.

First, don’t use any of the super common and easy to crack passwords such as “password”, “password123”, “12345”, etc. If you are currently using one of these, you are asking for trouble. read more

Why I love Malwarebytes

I often times get asked to troubleshoot all kinds of PC problems. One of the most common problems I run into is a virus or malware problem. Sometimes, the person I am helping isn’t even sure what the problem is and it ends up that a virus is causing the problem. One of the key tools I have found in the fight against malware and virus problems is malwarebytes. There are many anti-virus/anti-malware tools and programs that you can choose from, so you might ask “Why malwarebytes?”. Well, let me tell you. read more