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Author :: David Fairhurst  |
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| Article Title :: A free lunch? |
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Throughout the last few years the threat of viruses and spam
mail on computers has been more widely publicised. Even if you
rarely use computers you would be surprised the effect it could
have on your home or business. The cost of protecting you and
your business due to the sheer 'fear factor' imposed on us by
the media seems quite high. However this is not the case. It's
the cost of not protecting yourself which could be the greatest
of all!
With technology advancing so rapidly in order to combat the
threat of hackers, viruses and spyware, often it seems quite
daunting to deal with all the problems we can face in our homes
and businesses. Often we simply have no idea what to look out
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| Category :: Malware Articles |
Author :: Hamid Reza Soroush Zand |
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| Article Title :: Your PC Might Be Infected - Advices |
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The world of online privacy and threats has changed direction.
In the past all that caused worries and concerns in online cyber
world came from viruses created by some causing formatting your
hard drive or hanging of your computer but this has changed
dramatically.
Now you are confronted with threats of tiny files and codes
called spyware and malware and ad ware that are very small in
size but with crushing effects such as learning about your
identity, stealing your credit card numbers, residing in your
systems for long times and others things.
Have you ever thought how those sending you spam emails have
learned about your email address? If you know some signs of
infection you will be ab (read full article) |
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Author :: James Hayes |
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| Article Title :: Protection from PC Intruders |
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Years have passed since the age of innocence in the computing
world. Nowadays, there exists an increasing variety of malicious
software programs as well as e-mail messages carrying them. Most
of these programs can either be classified as viruses, worms,
spyware and trojans. Amazingly, one of the victims of such
programs was Ed Gibson, Head of Security for Microsoft UK, whose
PC was infected by a dialer and started transmitting such
programs to other unsuspecting victims.
Before we start, however, here are some quick definitions:
Worms, Viruses: Malicious executable code that can copy itself
from one PC to another. Most of them don't perform any other
operations apart from simply copying t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Malware Articles |
Author :: Hamid Reza Soroush Zand |
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| Article Title :: Are You Sure You Are Out Of Malware? |
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There are symptoms that can help us greatly cure our PCs before
it's too late. By being too late I mean the time you learn to be
infected and unfortunately you may have lost something including
but not limited to, your credit card numbers revealed to
strangers, your email password stolen, your stable operating
system deformed, etc.
Nowadays especially Windows XP users prefer to use the built in
hibernate feature of their Windows and less and less they
restart their PCs everyday.
You might know that whenever a Trojan, malware, adware, virus
and other newly created online or offline threats enter and
resides in your computer, a restarting of your machine gives
these new guests a golden oppo (read full article) |
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Author :: Jeff Usher |
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| Article Title :: Protecting Your Computer |
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If you surf the internet you have to take precautions so that
your computer and the data does not get compromised.
If you buy items online, surf the internet or use email then
here are several tips to keeping your computer and your personal
information secure.
Many people find it very easy to safeguard themselves by
installing antivirus protection. Most antivirus protection
software protects your computer from known viruses and Trojan
horses. If a new virus is detected, your virus software will
automatically download the new definition so that your computer
will be safe.
Trojan horses are tiny programs that are downloaded
inadvertently from the web. These small programs look for
personal (read full article) |
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