Use PowerShell’s Invoke-WebRequest to report if a website is up or down

If Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) — a protocol used to communicate problems with data transmission — is disabled, PowerShell’s Invoke-WebRequest can be a helpful alternative to use to monitor of a website is up or down. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 …

Keyboard Shortcuts for InPrivate, Incognito, and Private browsers on Windows

Most browsers have a mode you may use that will not remember your history or cookies when closed. For a Windows machine, these are their keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl + Shift + N for a Microsoft Edge InPrivate browser Ctrl + Shift + N for a Google Chrome Incognito browser Ctrl + Shift + P for …

How to Disable Ads on the Roku Home Screen

If you own a Roku streaming media player or Roku TV and want to disable the advertisements that occupy one-third of the Home screen, you will discover that Roku does not provide you a way to opt out. According to How-To Geek, Roku makes more money from ads than it does selling hardware ($740 million …

craigs-mobile.live is a phishing scam

If you use craigslist.org and post your mobile number, you are bound to get a text message scam from craigs-mobile.live or a similar site. Report the scam to your carrier and delete the text without responding. See “Phishing stealing accounts, passwords, or financial information by masquerading as a trusted party” from craiglist.org.

Use IPdeny to create Mail flow rules (transport rules) in Exchange Online

This PowerShell script will help an Office 365 administrator or Exchange Online administrator block incoming email messages originating from specific countries using data from IPdeny. About IPdeny country block downloads IPdeny compiles raw data from regional internet registries and offers free of charge country IP address block downloads. Their country IP zone files can be …