Posts Tagged ‘hacking’

Warding Off Viruses

Protecting your computer from viruses is getting more and |more difficult each day. While it may sound a little paranoid, it is true that you cannot let your defense down for one moment. Even corporate giant Microsoft has found its own computers compromised on more than one occasion.

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Why You Need An Adware and Spyware Blocker

I want to tell you the story of a law school student whose thesis was about money laundering. She often used to Google the term to come up with a useful list of online references. This proved to be useful to her and the entire procedure of writing her manuscript became easier for it. After a few months, she came across several problems like being sent to a page which was totally unrelated to money laundering every time she entered that search term.

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Adware, Spyware and Anti-virus

Adware, spyware and anti-virus software share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major problems for computer users. Let's differentiate between the three.

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Players In The Antivirus Industry

Most computer enthusiasts in the United States have heard of the leading American antivirus vendors. Manufacturers such as Symantec, McAfee, Computer Associates, and Trend Micro. These organizations have a market leading presence in the United States. Microsoft, too, has aspirations to become a major player in this huge growth market.

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Common Computer Viruses

New computer viruses are being created, exposed and fought every day. These computer viruses are created often just to annoy us and to inflict chaos in our computer systems. Below, I have described ten viruses recently cited as being the most widespread and being potentially able to inflict the most harm. However, new viruses are being created daily, so this list is by no means complete. The only thing you can do is remain alert, maintain your anti-virus software updated, and keep abreast of the current computer virus threats.

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AV Software

If you log on to the Internet, you certainly need anti-virus software. It does not matter whether you do not use a computer. Whatever you use to get on line you must have anti-virus software. Although there are hundreds of malicious idiots producing viruses to attack those who access the Internet from a computer, there is an increasing number who are focusing on mobile phone users as well.

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