Boot your phone into safe mode and then delete any apps that could be infected. A full factory reset is another option, especially if you suspect a pesky, hard-to-remove virus. To help prevent viruses ...

Once your data is backed up, perform a full reset of Windows 10. Go to Settings, then Update & Security, then Recovery, and choose Reset this PC. Next, select Remove everything and then choose to ...

As technology continues to improve and each year brings new iPods, one constant has remained - iPods still need to be safely disconnected from your computer. Joe Aimonetti MacFixIt Editor Joe is a ...

How many of you actually Safely eject the USB stick from your PC? Not many, I am sure. We have this habit of just pulling out the USB drive randomly from the PC, without safely ejecting it, which ...

In a blog posted recently on the website for Macaroni Kid, a story detailed what parents should know before they pass on an old phone. The story, "Keeping Technology in the Family," discussed a study ...

When a USB device is ‘Disabled‘ in Device Manager or Safely Removed using the system tray icon, a Remove Device request (PnP IRP IRP_MN_REMOVE_DEVICE) is issued by the system to perform a ‘Soft ...

Microsoft's BitLocker now uses AES encryption, but will default to the storage device's hardware encryption unless you make this setting, which will also allow you to easily sanitize drives. Years ago ...