Short answer: Rarely. Longer answer: Most of them are not. WindowsSecrets puts out a weekly newsletter that I wouldn't dissuade anyone from subscribing. It's written for users like yourself but I get the occasional tidbit from it as well. In their latest, they ran a simple comparison of a few well-known system cleaners and, not a…
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Adobe Flash has exploits so bad that Firefox is temporarily disabling it.
Adobe has promised to fix two exploits found in the last few days but, until then, Mozilla is taking a big move in temporarily disabling Flash to protect users. (http://zd.net/1IVXimW) Look for the update to come this week. Firefox users can go to this page to check for plugin updates. Chrome users are unaffected by…
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Fake Flash updaters bring nothing good
People know that Flash is used by websites like Youtube and some game sites. It's not "mandatory" but not having it can limit what sites you have fun with. It's also a very good idea to keep your Flash up to date as new security exploits are found. But if you EVER see a…
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Don’t update drivers unless they’re broken
With the sole exception of video drivers if you're a gamer (and I don't mean Pogo.com or Solitaire; those require nothing fancy). If you do play fancy games, you will already know what type of video card you have and you should know to only/always get your drivers right from its manufacture. Software and websites that…
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