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Regularly clear your web cache, cookies and history

Gathering these three items permits web browsers to speed up your experience by loading already saved resources instead of making new copies. Nevertheless, their buildup can create security risks and performance issues. An incident involving Yahoo’s use of cookies exposed many accounts to hijacking. Storage of cookies also requires disk space and CPU resources. It’s […]

Watch out for page-hijacking advertisement on mobile devices

Ads designed for mobile devices can be assertive and disruptive. For example, you might be loading a page in a browser only to see a message telling you you’ve won a prize and then redirecting you to a different page. Never click on anything these ads show you. To avoid them entirely, it might be […]