It’s always a good idea to scan flash drive to the virus when you use it on your PC. Today we look at how to use Microsoft Security Essentials for the USB scanner via the AutoPlay dialog box. If you have not already done so, download and install Microsoft Security Essentials Next download the “mseautoplay.zip / em> (link below). Unzip the file to view its contents.

Deleting files or quickly formatting a drive isn’t enough for sensitive personal information. We’ll show you how to get rid of it for good using a Ubuntu Live CD. When you delete a file in Windows, Ubuntu, or any other operating system, it doesn’t actually destroy the data stored on your hard drive, it just marks that data as “deleted.” If you overwrite it later, then that data is generally unrecoverable, but if the operating [...]