about 3 months ago - No comments
It is a well known fact that a high percentage of identity thefts are done by family, friends (I use this word loosely) and acquaintances. We’ve all heard the cases where someone who the victim knows gets a hold of their personal information somehow and wreaks havoc with their credit. This can be done several
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
Tinkernut is a great site for how to videos on everything in PC land. They make quality videos with simple language. Anyway, they recently got hacked and decided to share how to make things secure so it doesn’t happen again. You need to spend time protecting you PC from hackers and other nasties. Believe me,
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
There are many anti-malware programs out there that will clean your system of nasties, but what happens if you’re not able to use such a program? Autoruns, from SysInternals (recently acquired by Microsoft), is indispensable when removing malware manually. There are a few reasons why you may need to remove viruses and spyware manually: Perhaps
about 5 months ago - No comments
Infected PCs are under the control of cyber criminals Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day. A US judge granted the firm’s request to shut down 277 internet domains, which it said were used to “command
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
OK, OK, I know there are many free anti-virus software available out there. We have Microsoft Security Essentials and AVG as 2 fine examples of great free anti virus software Some of you may want to pay for anti virus software because you believe that you will be better protected, and that’s fine. That’s a
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
You’ve all used memory keys right? . . So tell me what is it you use them for? . . No doubt at some stage you carry some personal, sensitive or important data with you! Whether these are personal files, business files or just general files, one thing will always be certain, you like your
about 8 months ago - 5 comments
Here is a great piece of security for getting the most out of your web-cam. If your like me you have one or more of these and have never ever video chatted with any one nor recorded a video. However there are plenty of uses for them if your creative. (No!.. not those kind). You
about 8 months ago - No comments
In fighting viruses, malware, trojans and spyware, it’s important to know your enemy. A rookit is your biggest enemy and the hardest to fight. Understanding rootkits are your only hope of ridding your machine of them. They can do an enormous amount of damage. I was about to write a long explanation on this and
about 9 months ago - 5 comments
LAlarm is a free laptop alarm security software. LAlarm sounds an alarm when a laptop is in danger of being stolen or losing data, and it can recover and destroy data if the laptop is stolen. LAlarm consists of five alarms and other security functions designed to protect laptops and sensitive data. Highlights Theft Alarm-
about 9 months ago - 2 comments
I am quite surprised that people i speak to, do not realise that there is free anti virus software now available from Microsoft. I have been using for nearly a year on all my machines. It recently became publicly available. Whats amazing about it is that you dont notice its there. IT NEVER slows down