2019-05-01+PC+Gamer

KNOW YOUR PHISHING MAILS Don’t get reeled in

WATCHYOUR

TEMPS

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Highsystem

temps

accountformore

crashesthan

anythingelse.

Checkwhether your

cooling’sadequate

withHWMonitor, a

program from the

makers of CPU-Z

that gives readouts

on CPU, mobo, and

GPU temps.

WANTS

YOUR DATA

The missing info here

in ‘Dear _’ suggests all

might not be above

board. And it wants

personal

DODGY data.

EMAIL

ADDRESS

The FedEx logo might

be convincing, but look

at that email address

• the game’s
  afoot.

SUSPICIOUS

LINK

Hovering over that

button will reveal the

link it’ll send you to

without you having

to click it.

CLEANTHOSEFANS

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Fans coated in dust move slower and
work their little motors harder. Often
cans of air can’t dislodge build-up on fan
blades so you need to do it manually with a
cotton bud, being careful not to exert too
much pressure on it as you do so.

SAVETOTHECLOUD

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Security attacks threaten two things

• your privacy, and your data. You can
  minimise your vulnerability to at least one of
  the two by keeping everything you care
  about backed up on a cloud – be it Google
  Drive, OneDrive, or even physical storage.

UPGRADEYOURPASSWORDS

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Not all passwords are created equal.

Use two-factor authentication

whenever possible either via a smartphone

app or email, and consider changing

important passwords to longer ‘phrases’

rather than random character strings.

DUSTYOURPCCASE

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With cybersecurity measures in place,

turn your attention to the physical

hardware and use a can of compressed air

to clean out the dust from within your case

when your machine’s turned off. Dust will

shorten your hardware’s lifespan.

EXTRA LIFE

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