Computer Security Usefulness

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7 Steps You Must Take to Protect Your Identity

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.Below are 7 steps that you must take to protect your identity from being stolen. Identity theft is huge business for fraudsters and organised crime gangs to fund further criminal activity.
1 - Guess what the first step is? Use anti-virus, a firewall, ccleaner, [...]

9 Ways to Help Protect Your Computer From Viruses

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

I cannot claim credit for this as this is actually from Microsoft themselves! It’s helpful for both XP and Vista users. Some of it is common sense and some blatant plugging for some of their products, but overall some helpful anti-virus advice.
Click here for 9 Ways To Protect Your Computer Against Viruses.

Six Steps To Avoid Spyware & Malware Infections

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Your computer usually gets infected because of outdated security settings, poor browser security and poor awareness of dodgy websites. Here are a number of recommendations to help strengthen them up, which will hopefully make you a less likely victim.
1 - Update Windows Regularly
Go to Start > Windows Update or go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and install [...]

How Secure Is Your Computer?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Someone out there on the World Wide Web wants to get access to your computer. They don’t know you, and you definitely don’t know them. They want to use your computer to send out emails without your knowledge, slowing down your computer and spreading the virus to more computers. Or they want to access your [...]

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