Posted 10/25/09 at 01:00:53 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

If I wear latex gloves to handle PC components like videocards, processors, memory, and hard drives, do I still have to worry about static electricity?

Read our answer to Reggie's question after the jump.

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Posted 02/13/09 at 05:13:54 PM by Mark Edward Soper

The folks in Redmond are tired of hearing about the Conficker (aka Downadup) worm. Although Microsoft issued a patch back in October, Conficker's infected over 9 million PCs and crippled French and British military assets. Redmond's answer: a cool $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Conficker's creators.

And, that's not all Microsoft has up its sleeve. To find out the rest of Microsoft's anti-Conficker strategy, join us after the jump.

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Posted 07/11/08 at 04:56:55 PM by Mark Edward Soper

Investor's Business Daily says "Hackers always are on the lookout for the most vulnerable spot on your personal computers. These days, that weakest link might be your flash thumb drive." They're easy to exploit by malware and easy to lose. How do you cope with the security risks and potential data loss of the humble thumbdrive? Are you encrypting your thumbdrives?

For a closer look at thumbdrive security, and a chance to give us your tips, see us after the jump.

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