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Name: howtogeek.com
Rating: 4.7

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4.7

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NetSpamFilter

2 years ago

Low quality partially auto generated article

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danas30

2 years ago

Privacy risk. Literally asks you to ignore your malware warnings and add them to a bypass list. No way to opt out. While they provide some useful information as far as content goes, their delivery system is flawed.

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amr.elgendy

3 years ago

Great website with great information

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Francisco.Nepote

4 years ago

Reliable information. Straightforward

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Jsjslkjs0289489

4 years ago

Requires to disable AdBlock. FU

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pranay.bhoir7748

5 years ago

Very helpful website!

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AHoz

6 years ago

Проверенный англоязычный сайт с инструкциями.

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skeddtemp

6 years ago

They now have a fake customer service thing that pops up with a useless robot that pretends to help you and then just blindly forwards you to an ad for getting computer help. Disgusting.

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Brian Scattergood

7 years ago

These people are so informative. I trust them, too, in the way that they come across to me - in plain English, for me.

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TrustedReview

7 years ago

Lori Kaufman is clueless. He/she writes an article "How to make Windows 10 look and act more like windows 7". This is pure deception. It makes people think that the problem with Windows 10 is the LOOKS, when in reality it is NOT the LOOKS, but the multiple violations of your PRIVACY. Sorry geek is not paying me so you will have to do your own research but here are a couple of hints about things you should be concerned about: 1. Cortana 2. Built in virus called keylogging- yes they log your keystrokes So, while Lori has you playing tidliwinks with the GUI, Microsoft is spying on your every move. And thats just the beginning!

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gerome_laad

7 years ago

Bon site d'information et d'explications sur la technologie actuelle. Plutôt orienté sur l'informatique. Utile et sans aucun danger.

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master_zdr

8 years ago

Great site, also taught me a lot of useful IT things :-)

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Sheila Kessem

9 years ago

good content for tech savvy users

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ARFallaha

9 years ago

This site is one of my favorites Its articles on day to day technologies are well composed When I have a question I want to find at their website I just google: "what I'm looking for site:howtogeek.com" without the double quotes though

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AlainG80..

9 years ago

The site itself is good, but it has some privacy risks: curl ***** | grep howtogeek.com ||howtogeek.com/public/stats.php ||howtogeek.com/go/howtogeek.com###side78 ADs trackers: Google Adsense Purch Quantcast Scorecard Beacon Social Media: Facebook Connect Google+ Twitter Buton Site analytics: Google TAG manager Pocket Button

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renegade2k

9 years ago

Reading the hints i feel like cpt. obvious is writing this sh!t

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flightisfun2001

9 years ago

Great information and great site, but you will get bombed with ads even with an adblocker.

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AlexKravez

10 years ago

One of my favorite websites where you can find information on any issue you encounter. Very informative and valuable!

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Alfred Simons

10 years ago

Nice website that provides numerous useful how-toes to help you solve various problems with PC or other technology.

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anna_va

10 years ago

This is a great go to site for all your computer needs. I prefer it over ehow. It is very accurate and informative.

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