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Hey Guys, I recently built my new gaming PC. And I wanted to know if anyone knows of a way I can but insurance for the computer in case anything happens?

Hey, Is there some parets here? Looking for some setup to protekt my kids from the bad stuff as good ass possible. I'm currently running a VMware Whit Sophos UTM and web filtering but this is a enterprise sw, and not the best for home users. Devices is running openVPN and tunneling all traffic through the webfilter if they are not home. /Dan

Hey everyone! First of all - sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot. (newb to the forums here..) I've watched the channel for years now and I always love it! Straight to the point - I travel a lot internationally. I built a small form factor PC (Node 202), that I can fit in my backpack and take with me everywhere I go. On airplanes as a carry on, on a bus across country etc.. A lot of times I end up on the coast near the ocean. Within 3 to 6 months being near the ocean - my brand new motherboard developed rust spots. It has yet to effect it in anyways that I can tell with my daily use. Though there may be parts of the motherboard not functioning and I just haven't realized. My father has been through 3 laptops in 5 years because of the rust/salt where he lives on the coast. Everyone who lives near a coast has this problem. Yet nobody really talks about how it can be prevented. So my question or idea for a video is - What can we use to put a protective layer on our motherboards/hardware to prevent rust? Plasti-dip? What about a simple silicone spray? Some silicone sprays may be conductive but others may not. Silicone would be anti-rust and hydrophobic. Salt is carried by the humidity in the air. If you can make your motherboard hydrophobic you prevent salt and rust build up. So which method would be best for protecting your hardware for long-term use in more extreme conditions? I'd love for you to test it on one of your motherboards before I blow up mine. lol Maybe a quick "how-to" apply the protective layer at the end. Which brand of silicone spray could you use? Which one would be dangerous/conductive? etc.. Thats my video idea/request! Thank you so much for your time and hard work guys!

So im looking for surge protected power strip or a box with normal rating of joules because all i could find is small ratings like 500 or 1000 and its cheap chinese garbage, i live in UK and, my house is build in 1970's so wiring is still good but kinda old, we replaced old fuse box with new switch box and electrician said wiring is still good, as replacing it is too expensive at the moment, so we bought this house from some woman as she got it from her granny, and i bought cheap chinese surge protected power strip for my pc, i wanted to get UPS but this area didn't had brown out for the past one year, so UPS is not exactly needed for me, also cyberpower sinewave pfc UPS'es have joule rating around 450 which is kinda small and i dont know how much true joule rating my cheap power strip has, so i started looking in to some serious power strips or boxes, and i see in US there is good company called tripp lite but here in UK i only can find stationary surge protected switch boxes which company arrives and installs for your nice sum of cash or cheap chinese surge protected power strips like belkin, master plug or others which claim 1700 joule rating but in reality is pure BS.... so does anybody know of some good company surge protected power strip for europe market, could even be around 50-70usd, since US voltage is 120v and Europe uses 220-240v

Does MSI B450 tomahawk max have esd protection?

Just a question about esd protection on MSI ventus xs oc as I’m quite worried about esd on my first build.

Dear all i have a work sheet within google sheets shared with my colleagues. we write information from our work report in it. i want to protect each row from being edited unless the spread sheet owner or the or the person originally inserted text in this row. is that possible?

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/12/references-to-nexus-protect-appear-on-hardware-listings-in-the-google-store/ So the article concludes that it seems that it will most likely enable to all nexus devices. It might be possible that it will be release along side the two new rumoured Nexus phone later next month.

Hello, I'm looking for a program that will help me safely store my files and pictures(not cloud or any other internet back-up) on my computer. Something with option to hide them or perhaps something that has a password. Many thanks! J.

Original Article: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/12/fcc-open-internet-order-net-neutrality/ A few weeks ago, The FCC voted to grant Net Neutrality, but their wording seemed a little confusing for some, until now. The FCC has just released a 400 page document outlining the rule sit intends to use to protect the new Open Internet, for Net Neutrality. If you have got some spare time, you can read the whole document here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/258496522/FCC-Open-Internet-Order-February-2015 My Thoughts? Its about time. I'm not American, but I can vaguely understand the idea behind Net Neutrality. Some of their wording during the verdict, did seem a bit ambiguous. Well now that has been cleared up, it should help alot of people, including me. When I have some spare time, I might read this a bit to get some more in-depth information. Your thoughts? Please leave them down below. EDIT: You know that whole thing about the document being around 400 pages? Turns out Engadget was lying. Its more like 600. I quote Engadget as saying: EDIT 2: Screw the length of the document. I think we can all agree on that is a bloody long document, lol

Codes that cause damage on your system There are malwares, spywares, viruses, adware, trojan, worm and maybe others. All of this cause damage on your system. Some of them can reproduce themself. There are different types of viruses. You can read all of them if you just search in google. How to protect your system Be careful with .exe (executable) files. Most of the viruses (100% in my experience) are in .exe file. So becareful with this. Don't download from unofficial sites. Your antivirus won't detect the virus if it's encrypted or/and binded to other files. When the virus is binded to other files it make 2 programs in 1 file. So you still can install the program, but you can get the virus too. Browsing Be careful while you are browsing. I recommend you to install Adblock, Better Privacy, Ghostery etc. addons for safety browsing. Update your browser always to the latest version and disable java (the newest browsers disable it automaticaly, because the exploit). Also if you use firefox you can enable master password to prevent password stealers. Keep your system up Always update your OS. I recommend the following programs for security: Malwarebytes for system cleanup; ThreatFire or Key Scrambler to keep your password and stuff encrypted; Browse with Firefox or Chrome. ​If you think any file is virus you can test it in sandbox. That's a short "guide" how to prevent your system from getting viruses and bad stuff. I can go deep in this, but I want to keep it short. You can search in google for more information.

Some people are spending 2 hours a day searching and testing antimalware products to protect themselves from viruses. You know what i say on that? BULLSHIT! Today i will give you a ultimate advice to protect yourself from viruses for sake of your healthy Windows. Answer is: YOU DONT NEED ANTIVIRUSES TO PROTECT YOURSELF. A COMPLETE BULLSHIT! Belive it or not, hundreds of viruses come to the internet everyday trying to steal user's information so they could get money OFF YOU! What is solution to this? USER EXPERIENCE BASED ANTIVIRUSES AND WEBSITE. Chances are: that 90 percent of people downloaded program you are downloading before you and they rated it on some websites and programs. This is one browser plugin i recommend you use. It is called Web Of Trust and it blocks websites based on user experiences on them, you can view the comment section for that webpage and you can find out if webpage is hosting malicious applications. You can find it in mozzila or chrome app store. Next website is called: virustotal.com It scans the app with multiple antiviruses on cloud basis and gives you information on detecting of the file, people can report if this application is good or not. And last and the best: Sandboxie: It isolates the file from the whole system and tricks the virus that sandboxie is actual system itself and it will monitor the acts of the application, if it detects that it is something malicious that the file is doing than it will give you a warning and you can close the app. It is better to prevent than to heal, and the same applies to viruses. And just don't be stupid and even without these awesome things you wont be getting into viruses... :) Hope that helps :D Leave the comments below

I Do work for AVG, but this guide is going to be completely honest and un-biased. None of the things in this guide will be due to me working for AVG. Every Computer as we know it whether it’s a smartphone, a tablet or a desktop computer it can get infected with malicious software or what we call Malware. In this guide I'll talk about 3 different things: What Malicious software and compromised webpages look like so you can defend yourself from them. What Kind of software you can use to help you defend yourself against malware. And Finally how to remove existing malware infections. What Malicious Software and Pages Look Like and what they do: One of the sayings that is still valid in the security space is "If its too good to be true, its not" And that is extremely valid here. Popular Types Of Malware and How They Get You: Trojan: The Trojan is by far the most common serious malware infection I see. Trojan's come in all different types. The Most popular being the Trojan Horse. The Trojan disguises as a legit, often useful program or website and is really something horrible and malicious. These days the software will even function normally to trick the user into thinking the software is indeed legit, when it really isn't. Worm: The Worm is a popular malware type, the Worm is like the updated Virus. A Virus is actually a type of malware that is a piece of malware that spreads rapidly via offline methods. The Worm is a virus but can spread through both online and offline methods and is often more deadly than the Virus. Worms often aren't as dangerous as Trojans but in some cases can be the same or even more deadly. For example the KoobFace Worm, which is a popular worm still flying around the internet today, KoobFace is a worm that spreads through Facebook, how it does this is it infects one user's computer and then hijacks their Facebook account then spamming malicious Facebook apps, links and more to other users. Rootkit: Rootkits are a type of malware designed to hide deep within the operating system attempting to be invisible to the user. And is often times successful at doing so as even experienced users would have a hard time trying to find the Rootkit. Popular Rootkits included the MBR Rootkit and the TDSS Rootkit. Both of which are extremely popular. The MBR Rootkit hides inside of the Master Boot Record, making it extremely hard for a user to remove the malware and often have to reinstall. The TDSS rootkit hides in critical system 32 files usually and redirects the user to advertisements. Some Rootkits have even been known to hide in the BIOS/UEFI of users. Botnet: Botnets are often bundled into other malware making them extremely popular. Botnets take a user's computer and hide, and often for months or even years remain dormant. A Botnet allows a hacker to take the user's computer under their command, often Botnets are what allow hackers to do some violent DDOS attacks. Botnets can also be used to send spam out to other users. Exploits: Exploit Kits are webpages, compromised or designed for them in the first place. Made to run a specific exploit and exploit a piece of software on the user's computer. Often times it’s the browser, allowing hackers to easily infect the user's computer, It is hard to tell when you are being infected with an Exploit because often your browser will just simply freeze for a second or two. After doing so a Trojan, Worm, Botnet or other malware might have just got injected into your system. These exploit kits are easy to make and there are even paid services that offer support, yes Support to hackers to help them create an exploit kit! Tools To Help Prevent Infections: There are a bunch of free and paid tools to help prevent you from getting infected, with the most popular being antivirus software. So, I will list my most favourite tools and where to get them. AVG Antivirus Free Edition - Free (www.free.avg.com) AVG has been a Free antivirus pioneer in the antivirus market for a while now, and AVG doesn't offer the best protection but for free, I believe it’s the best you can get for free. There are other suites out there like Comodo that can be better, but they cause major system slowdowns and interfere with software. Kaspersky Internet Security - Costs Money (www.kaspersky.com) Kaspersky is by FAR my most favourite paid suite. And I'd definitely recommend dishing out the cash for it if you are able to. Kaspersky causes little to no system slowdown, offers a rich set of features including File antivirus, Anti-banner, Anti-spam, parental controls, Advanced firewall, automatic Exploit prevention, Malware roll-backing, Application restriction and control, Link advisor, Vulnerability Scan, Rootkit scan and EVEN MORE. Kaspersky is a complete tank, and has always been a prime example for other antivirus software in the antivirus market. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Free/Paid (www.malwarebytes.org) Malwarebytes is a legend in the cyber-security area. Sadly Malwarebytes has been getting lower and lower detection rates to the point now I'd recommend other on-demand scanning software over Malwarebytes. However, the paid version is good to pair up with free antivirus software. Private Firewall - Free (www.privacyware.com/personal_firewall.html) Private Firewall used to be pay-ware however, now it is free. And it is good, you can find better Firewalls out there but this one does a good job at being light-weight and not bringing thousands of alerts with it. Private Firewall has a decent Firewall, but it also has a good feature, it has application control which is a Host Intrusion Prevention System. This alerts you whenever an unrecognized program tries to make changes to critical system files such as the registry. If your looking for the ultimate free protection, pair this up with AVG and your good as gold! Kaspersky Security Scan - free (http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan) I'd actually recommend this as an on-demand scanner more than Malwarebytes, it has a higher detection rate and uses the cloud, it also finds system vulnerabilities. Since this is an on-demand scanner you could have Malwarebytes and this on your system at the same time. Sandboxie - free/paid (http://www.sandboxie.com/) Sandboxie is a popular application which is a manual sandbox, this means you can manually run applications inside of the sandbox. A Sandbox is like running an application inside of a file on your computer where it can't get out. So, if you were unsure about a file. Run it inside of the sandbox and see if its malicious then! If you have Kaspersky there is no need for this, but if you want as much protection as possible for free, this is a must. How To Remove Infections Once Infected: Removing infections is fairly easy, depending on the level on infection. Most infections can be removed by Downloading Malwarebytes and or Kaspersky Security scan and running scans. However, sometimes you get infected with serious infections such as Ransomware, someone I know recently got infected with some FBI moneypak ransomware. Ransomware holds your file for ransom, it can come in different types. The most popular right now being crypto-ransomware. This ransomware encrypts your files and asks you for money to decrypt it. However, standard ransomware is still popular this ransomware starts at boot and fills your whole screen preventing you from doing anything else! Sometimes this ransomware even starts in safe mode! The best way to remove this is by creating a Kaspersky Rescue CD, either on a USB flash drive or a CD/DVD. I hope you learnt at least one or two things from this guide! I will be adding more things as time goes on! I also hope that you like this guide, if you feel anything should change. Please, tell me down below