Monthly Archives: April 2009
Protect Your Computer From Spyware
Spyware is more dangerous than a virus. It can steal personal data and track your internet habits. It might be concealed in a free screen saver or other software that you download. Computer safety expert Leif Wheeler advises us to … Continue reading
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Protect Yourself From Hackers
Your PC has many “ports” which are vulnerable to attack from a hacker. These ports are used to communicate internally with your monitor or printer or externally to the internet. For example, Port 25 is used for receiving incoming email … Continue reading
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Improve Your Computer's Performance
The registry is a central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows to store information necessary to configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware devices. Data is stored in binary files. The registry contains information that Windows … Continue reading
Conficker worm is being activated
The Conficker worm is slowly being activated after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said. Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is turning thousands of computers into spambots and installing spyware. The worm started spreading last year, … Continue reading
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Computer Spyware Defined
Spyware is defined as any program that secretly gathers information about you (or your computer use) through your Internet connection. Once installed, spyware programs monitor your activity on the Internet and give this information to interested parties, such as marketing … Continue reading
How Computer Viruses Spread
For a virus or similar program to have any great impact it needs to be able to spread from one computer to another. They are specifically designed to get access to parts of your computer system that allow for communication … Continue reading
Internet Speed Defined
Internet Speed is defined as: the rate at which data crosses the internet to its destination. Internet service providers claim to offer a certain amount of bandwidth and the only way to measure the bandwidth is through speed tests; not … Continue reading
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