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I hope to provide you with some interesting information and links to free programs and utilities in a bid to allow you to have a safer and more secure time when surfing the ‘net.

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• Avast AntiVirus Setup and Manual Scanning

  Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 10:14 in anti-virus, avast configuration, avast manual scanning, avast program settings, avast setup, avast setup tutorial, free pc security, free tools, freeware, howto, pc security, windows 95 98 me nt 2000 xp vista

  Avast Anti-Virus is gaining popularity as it is free, powerful and will automatically update itself for both the definition files and the program. Once the program is set up it will run itself, monit...

• XPAntiVirus2008 Removal

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 09:36 in anti-virus, free tools, malware, removal, rogueremover, trojan, xpantivirus2008, xpantivirus2008 removal

  XPAntiVirus 2008 is the latest in a string of counterfeit antispyware software that causes headaches for the users around the world today. XPAntiVirus 2008 is usually installed onto users computers w...

• Simple Tips for Safe Computing

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 11:17 in anti-virus, automatic login, backup data, encryption, firewall, identity theft, password managers, passwords, safe computing, tips for safe computing

  Whether you are using your computer at home or traveling with your laptop PC, there are some basic tips that you should always remember. Install an anti-virus product and keep it up to date - Viruses...

• Virus Removal Tools from AVG

  Posted on Wednesday March 12th, 2008 at 08:57 in anti-virus, elkern.a, elkern.b, elkern.c, i-worm mydoom.a, i-worm mydoom.b, lovsan, mabezat, magistr.a, magistr.b, prepender, sality

  This is a list of specialized utilities for virus removal from Grisoft.com, the suppliers of AVG Anti-Virus. These utilities can be used to remove of many of the most common viruses. Their list is upd...

• MSN Messenger Under Siege - Protect Yourself

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 17:45 in anti-virus, ccleaner, choke.exe, contacts, cute.pif, file-shredder, i-worm.choke, im-names, msn-messenger, pc security, pic1234.exe, security risk

  Please read the complete article before following the steps given. Once again more MSN Messenger Viruses are spreading around the Internet.  This time the virus sends the following message to all y...

• Virus Alert

  Posted on Monday November 5th, 2007 at 05:02 in anti-virus, bindo.a, bitdefender, nuwar.hu, p2p, pc security, rootkits, virus, worm

  Some 30% of computers with a security solution installed scanned last week  were infected with some kind of malware.  In the case of computers without any kind of protection, the figure goes up to 4...

• Skype Targeted With Worm

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 18:29 in anti-virus, code, jpeg, malicious, passwords, peer-to-peer, personal information, remote, removal, replicate, safety, skype

  Skype, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is considerably less secure than traditional telephone lines.  Many people have switched to using Skype because of the savings they can make, and many h...

• More Email Dangers

  Posted on Friday August 31st, 2007 at 05:31 in anti-virus, as-aware, avg, code, dangerous, email, exploit, js psyme, trojan, virus, vulnerabilities

  The email Trojans are back in full swing. Many of these will be titled ‘Office Antics’, ‘It Takes Guts to Say Jesus’, ‘Free Web Tools’ and many other eye catching s...

• SmitFraudFix and Zlob Removal

  Posted on Friday August 24th, 2007 at 11:47 in adaware, anti-virus, cleaning, infection, registry, removal, safemode, smitfraud, spybotsamp;d, spywareblaster, spywareguard, zlob

  SmitFraud Removal This tool will remove Desktop hijacking malware.  Firstly, download the removal tool from here: http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix.exe   Disconnect from the internet to sto...

• Email Danger - Free Web Tools

  Posted on Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 at 14:42 in ad-aware, anti-virus, avg, dangerous, downloader, email, freeware, freewebtools, malicious, trojan, virus, web browsing

  Hot on the heels of the ‘Postcard From A Friend’, there is a new trend starting. Below is a copy of an email I received - several copies of it too. DO NOT open this email as it contains a...

• Dumb Things You Can Do To Ruin Your PC

  Posted on Friday July 20th, 2007 at 09:29 in adware, anti-virus, attachments, backup, click, data, defragment, disks, firewall, fragments, laptop, passwords

  1: Plug into the wall without surge protection Here’s one that actually can physically destroy your computer equipment, as well as the data it holds. You may think your systems are in danger only du...

• Securing Firefox

  Posted on Wednesday July 11th, 2007 at 08:25 in anti-virus, browser, clipperz, configuration, cookies, damage, flaws, malware, mozilla, passwords, pop-ups, Privacy

  How to avoid hacker attacks on Mozilla’s Firefox browser Constant security problems with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser helped pave the way for Mozilla Firefox to emerge as an alte...