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Internet Security- Why Do We Need It?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Kathy Pop
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Internet & PC Security

The Internet is Very insecure. What can we do to protect ourselves? And why do we need anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spyware software? isn’t an anti-virus program enough?

Absolutely not – While we all know what viruses are,

* MalWare is short for malicious software, is designed to secretly access a computer system without the owner’s informed consent and includes viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware and other malicious and unwanted software. “viruses” is a common catch-all phrase for all kinds of malware and true viruses. Check Wikipedia for more information
* Spyware – is a type of malware that can be installed on computers and collects bits of information about it’s users without their knowledge. Not only can it collect information, Spyware can change your browser or PC settings and even making your PC to not connect to the Internet. Continue reading →

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Registry Cleaners Will Provide Numerous Benefits

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Troy Mccarthy

Registry cleaners are special software programs that help resolve problems with the Windows operating system. These software programs will help in removing items that are either unwanted or redundant and in this way restores the Windows registry to its proper state. Though it pays to use such software, there are nevertheless many that argue that they are not necessary or even useful. Continue reading →

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1 Simple Easy Technique To Make Your Slow Computer Faster

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Gary Foster

Once of the biggest reasons as to why your computer runs slow has to do with your computer being setup to “look pretty”. A lot of your computers resources are being used to make the interface look good and if you were to tune these down, then your computer might be able to run a bit faster. Continue reading →

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Frustrated With Your Slow Computer? Here\’s One Way To Make It Faster Without Registry Cleaners

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Brandon Nelson

If you have a slow computer and you don’t really know exactly how to make it faster here is a little bit of insight for you. See your computer is slow mainly because of the operating system. Your computers operating system tries its best to be efficient, but that usually doesn’t end up working. What happens is that your computer will start to slow down in time due to an increase in junk in many different areas of the computer. Continue reading →

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