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How to Remove the “hi. this is your photo?” Virus?

Posted by Nikolai On February - 23 - 2010

A couple of days ago, a new threat has emerged  to a lot of MSN users, the “hi. this is your photo?” Virus. Like other virus it enters your system like a trojan horse. It gains your trust and then tricking you to install something in your computer without your knowledge. Before you knew it, your credit card and all other personal information has been stolen! What does this “hi. this is your photo?” Virus do? Well, honestly I don’t know. What I do know is it runs the Read More

How to Speed-UP Your Video Card’s (GPU) Fan for Lower GPU Heat

Posted by Nikolai On January - 14 - 2010

I just built a new computer system and I must say that it has some very ambitious specs which easily made me overlook a minor yet very important detail, HEAT. My new system is screwed up. It freezes randomly and has some occasional short beeps inside the CPU and Shutdowns unexpectedly. Troubleshooting the issue took me hours and a couple of OS reformatting to figure out that it was heat that was causing it and not a faulty Operating system. Tools: 1. SpeedFan – A GUI tool that shows you Read More

Do you have private Photos and Videos in your Phone or Computer which you don’t wish to share to others? or Have you taken a private video/photo and deleted it, thinking it will be safe from leakage? Well, deleting a file using your device’s normal deletion process will not delete it forever. Yes, that is right, traces of that file will still remain in your memory device and it can be used to restore/recover the original file. A lot of people had suffered from this security leak, Read More

What to Do When Your Computer Freeze

Posted by Nikolai On June - 17 - 2009

Is your computer Frozen or unresponsive? Well the easiest way to get out of it is by restarting your computer. After restarting your computer everything should be fine. If it’s not, then your computer may need some maintenance or worst it may be infected with virus. How to maintain your computer? Clean your Registry – over time your computer’s registry will be cluttered and will surely cause your computer to slow down and freeze on you. You need to optimize it regularly Read More

Do you have an older laptop that has a dead battery? Probably buying a new battery will be expensive so you might want to try this really helpful video tutorial on how to replace the AA li-Ion Batteries inside the battery of your laptop. Make sure you follow the video properly and cautiously! Good luck. A link has been provided for a compatible, Sanyo Eneloop 8 Pack AA NiMH Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries in Amazon. Read More