Few things are more frustrating than watching your computer grind to a halt just when you need it most. Here's how you can ...

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn woman was scammed out of $100,000 in an elaborate scheme involving a frozen computer, an in-person meeting and a secret code word. As police search for the alleged scammer, the ...

Windows 11 hides a powerful emergency restart feature that most users don't know exists. This method provides a safer alternative to forcefully holding down your power button when your PC freezes ...

Today’s Sound Off is about a new scam in town: Dear Heloise: There is a new scam that’s starting to pop up, and it’s fooled a number of unsuspecting folks. It goes like this: Out of the blue, you ...

A 75-year-old Brooklyn accountant was swindled out of $100,000 in an elaborate scam involving a frozen computer, access to her bank account, multiple phone calls and a secret password. “This was a ...

Pop quiz: How often do you need to restart your computer for best performance? Here’s a hint. If you only do it when your machine crashes or needs to update, that’s not enough. Tap or click for my ...

A new kind of malware circulating on the Internet freezes a computer and then asks for a ransom paid through Western Union Holdings Inc.’s money-transfer service. A sample of the Trojan horse virus ...

I have a computer that explorer.exe freezes everytime you open my computer. It will freeze up for about 20-30 seconds and have a small window where you can open up a drive and then it freezes for ...