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2022-05-14 16:30:02 How to change the system font in Windows 10.

The standard font for Windows 10 is Segoe UI.
To change it to any other, you should:

Install the Winaero Tweaker utility.
Go to the section "Advanced Appearance Settings" — System font, enable "Use the following font", click "Change system font".
Then select the font you like in the list that opens, click "OK" and apply the new settings by clicking "Sign out now".

You can also change the fonts for individual elements: icons (Icon), context menus (Menus), message boxes (Message Font), status bar (Status Bar Font) and title bars (Title Bars).

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2022-05-14 15:15:32 Scammers use Netflix in attack to steal card data.

Recently, a new way of stealing bank card data has emerged. The scenario is very simple: the victim receives a phishing email, allegedly from Netflix technical support, with a notification about an unsuccessful payment and a request to update the card details.

However, if in the usual case, the mail service would recognize a link to a similar site in a letter and take it for a threat, then this time the attackers, as the first link in the redirection chain, used the legitimate CAPTCHA page, which is not recognized as malicious, and further redirects for the mail bot is impossible, as it is necessary to pass the captcha.

Be careful.

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2022-05-13 20:00:06 How to block access to a smartphone microphone.

You can get rid of wiretapping forever with the Micro Guard FREE app for Android. It securely locks the microphone so that no applications can access it.

To use, you need:

Download the app from Google Play.
Open, move the slider to the "ON" mode and click on "Scan for spies".
Then click on "Fix all problems".
Allow to enable the "Deep detective" function. It will help to record attempts to gain access to the microphone without your knowledge.

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2022-05-13 18:00:13 Tip for 2022: Collect free NFTs. When NFT projects first start up, they give away free, or 99% off, NFTs to attract new users.

Signing up on the site, inviting friends, walking around - you can get NFTs worth thousands of dollars for all that.

The picture above was given away for registering on the site 4 years ago. Now it's worth from $2,000,000.

So, if you want one too — get the Ton Guys NFT. Right now they're giving away 250 NFTs worth $50,000. All you have to do is click the "participate" button.

P.S. Verified sources state this collection will be worth millions of dollars. So hurry up: Ton Guys. Open / Comment

2022-05-13 16:00:05 How to damage your file so that no one can open it.

Actual: you have not done your homework, and the teacher is waiting for the finished work. Or the project is not ready, and the boss is waiting for completion. To make excuses to a person, there is a simple and proven way — to damage the file so that the recipient does not open it.

The free site Corrupt a file is designed with this purpose in mind. Plausibly name any file, send it to the site and wait a couple of seconds — the service will return an already damaged document.

If you try to open the file, a technical error will pop up. Download the received file or instantly send it to the cloud storage — and you're done!

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2022-05-13 13:00:05 How to protect your Windows 10 PC from password guessing.

For this you need:

Open "Local Group Policy Editor" (Win + R; gpedit.msc),
Go to "Computer Configuration" -> "Windows Settings" -> "Security Settings" -> "Account Policies" -> "Account Lockout Policy".

This section will contain three parameters (set the desired values ​​for them): account lockout duration — the time in minutes for which the account will be blocked after exceeding the limit of attempts; account lockout threshold — the limit of password attempts; reset account lockout counter after — the time in minutes before the number of unsuccessful password entry attempts is reset.

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2022-05-13 10:00:06 How to check if a site is safe.

Use the Urlscan.io service. In a few seconds, he will completely scan the site in as much detail as possible. You will find out all the useful information — the IP addresse of the page, the number of cookies and dangerous activities, the weight of the site, its screen and protocols.

The most important thing — in the item "urlscan.io verdict" — is the verdict whether the site is safe or not. If everything is green and there are checkmarks everywhere, then feel free to use the site. If not, close the malicious page and scan your computer with an antivirus by changing passwords.

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2022-05-12 21:26:30 How to find out who uploaded your documents or photos to the network.

This will help LeaksID — a service that allows you to mark confidential documents with invisible tags.

How it works:

We go through a quick registration, upload important documents, and the site will mark them with invisible trackers.
Then we calmly send the created copy with tags to a suspicious site or person.

If the interlocutor takes a screenshot of your file, sends it to a third party, or even just prints it out, LeaksID will recognize the source of the leak and inform you.

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2022-05-12 11:00:03 American drew sneakers just for fun and posted them in the Adidas metaverse store. They were bought for $30k

Metaverses are a new trend that even a lazy person will earn on. How to go into them if you're not very great at this topic?

Check out the MetaWorlds channel. Everything here is for beginners. How to buy a piece of digital land for a dollar and sell it for $8,000? Or maybe draw a meta-apartment and sell it for a real price?

Don't miss another trend where you can make jack: @metawolds Open / Comment

2022-05-11 20:00:06 How to hide media files in a double bottom calculator.

You can do this using the Photo Vault Calculator app for Android or Calculator# for iOS. They can be used in many ways: from simple protection of personal photos from prying eyes, to hiding files, for example, when a smartphone is examined by customs officers.

iOS instruction:

Download the application from the App Store.
Go into it and select “Calculator".
Enter the password and click on "%".
Select the type of file you want to hide.
Import the file.

Ready!

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