Best Tech Tip

During class on Tuesday, we were lucky to have Joe Hatch come and give us some useful tips about avoiding viruses, working with Trinity's network security systems, getting our computers to run faster, and protecting our identities. I found his suggestions for improving computer performance and speed to be especially interesting and helpful. As we browse the Internet, our computers automatically save pieces of information, like URL's and cookies, in temporary folders. Over time, this junk accumulates and uses up space in your computer's memory that could be used for other, more productive, things. Removing all this useless data can not only speed up your computer, but also may help protect you from viruses that are looking for sensitive information like usernames and passwords. Viruses can access the folders where past URL's are saved, and as a result know which online financial sites are accessed by the user. A program called CCleaner can be downloaded to empty these temporary folders. However, it may be necessary afterwards to defragment your computer. It's also nice to know that if have a problem with my computer, I can take it to the Student Computer Service Center in Winn 103 and they can probably help me.