Reduce Your Spam by Matt Christensen
Spam is a problem we all deal with. You would be hard pressed to find someone that does not get at least one spam email message a day. What can be done about it? That is a very good question. It may seem that fighting spam is a never ending battle. Well it is a never ending battle but there are... This will help remove software that might have been installed on your computer that sends spam to the contacts in your email software. ... The worst thing you can do is have your address out there for any marketer or virus writer to get.

Computer Safety for Kids by Rob Pirozzi
Start With the Basics - Protect Your PC Guarding Access to Your PC - Get a Firewall Beginning in the Zhou Dynasty, which was in the 11th century BC, construction was begun on what was to become the Great Wall of China. For 2,700 years, culminating in the mid-1600s, construction continued on... Take Your Medicine - Install Antivirus Software A computer virus is an unwanted software program that: Gets loaded onto your PC Replicates itself, meaning that it copies itself and distributes itself to other computers A virus can get onto your computer from any of several sources,...

Spyware - The PC Pest by A Singh
Spyware and adware attack every PC at one time or other and no PC can do without antispyware software, which removes spyware. Here is a quick look at what spyware is all about and how it affects your computer. What is spyware? We can define spyware as any software that steals information from... This is how most of it operates: How Spyware Operates: Spyware's most common way of attacking is similar to a virus or a Trojan. ... The Role Of Antivirus As An Antispyware Removal Tool If you have wondered why antivirus programs won't remove or block spyware, it is simply because spyware is...

Separate Anti-Keylogging Protection: Who Needs it Most? by Alexandra Gamanenko
If there still are few unprotected computers left, I haven't seen any. Every emerging threat causes means of defense to appear. Anti-viruses and firewalls were the first. Now most computers have also an anti-spy program installed. More and more often experts say that some computers need... Well, let's use common sense. ... These new software products have many additional functions - they intercept information from windows, capture mouse clicks, make snapshots of the screen and active windows, record all received and sent emails, monitor file activity, monitor system...

How Safe Is Your Computer? by A Singh
If you surf the web, you can be sure that you face the ongoing risk of spyware or adware. It is time you updated your antispyware programs to keep your PC healthy. But first let us briefly examine the most common types of spyware. Gone are the days when viruses were expected only via our email. ... Spyware constitutes those programs that are deliberately lodged in your computer without your approval or knowledge. ... Then there are Diallers that enter your PC through a virus infection, adult websites, warez, or even MP3s.

What are Trolls, Zombies and Demons in The Online World? by Dave Taylor
I'm surrounded by strange jargon and I feel like an extra in a B-grade horror movie. One mailing list I'm on has "trolls", and the latest virus can turn my computer into a "zombie", and my ISP keeps talking about "demons"! Egads! Do I need some sort of exorcist to use my computer now?? ... Typically nefarious things, like sending out thousands upon thousands of Web page or network ping requests (that's called more formally a distributed denial of service attack), helping spread a virus (which is so common that people forget that most virii actually take over a computer), or, the...

Small Business Technology - What You Really Need by Louis Rosas-Guyon
Overview Technology is not the answer to all small business problems. You must deal with employee theft, salaries, credit, insurance, customer relations, cash flow and more. But in all of these areas and others the proper implementation of technology can save you time and money and enable you... An Anti-Virus program will alert you to a possible virus infection, and be able to get rid of the virus before significant damage occurs. ... Does the worker wait for the computer, or does the computer wait for the worker?

Simple Steps to Secure Your Computer by Russell Card
Since you're reading this article, you're already connected to the Internet. You've probably already thought about security on your computer or network. Every day seems to bring new threats and it can seem pretty daunting, but the key thing is to have a common sense approach and to take a few... I've never lost data through a virus, but I have lost it through disk crashes. ... Among the paid-for Anti-Spyware software Webroot's Spy Sweeper regularly picks up awards from computer magazines. ... Some tell-tail signs that you have a Spyware infection are: You're getting pop-up ads all the...

Backup Outlook Express Mails and Address Book by Rupesh Kumar
Email loss causes majority of business loss, to overcome the common problem the backup of Outlook Express mails can be taken regularly and this article is aimed at explaining you how you can backup your Outlook Express mails (Since, Outlook Express lacks a backup option). ... The common reasons for email loss are virus attack, software malfunction, power failures, human error and hard drive failure. ... The Hard Drive Data Recovery Software offered by Nucleus Technologies.com ensures safe and precise disk data recovery against numerous threats like accidental file deletion, disk...

Common Problems Why Hard Disks Crash by Pinky Mcbanon
There are so many reasons why your hard disk may crashed: (1) It may be caused by mechanical or physical problem such as the spindle motor system failure. This failure is usually caused by over-heating. The activity light flashing that you see on your CPU (central processing unit) indicates... Install all necessary updates on your computer 6. ... (2) Failure of logical system (the logical partitioned drives assigned as C, D, E, F, G) may be caused by and not limited to corrupt system files, corrupt firmware, registry components and virus infection.