Category: Tips and Tricks

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Internet Security Tips

Published on: April 6, 2012 and has 10 Comments

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Millions of people are using the internet daily to get information, enjoy entertainment, conduct business and socialize with friends. However, many web users are unaware of the risks which are associated with the internet, thus making them easy targets for scam artists who are prowling the cyberspace.
The following are some tips that will help keep you safe as you use the internet.

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Choosing Mobile Antivirus Software

Published on: March 28, 2012 and has 19 Comments

Kaspersky Mobile Security

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’ll spend a lot of time on your mobile. Today’s smartphones are pretty much as useful as your computer in the office. You keep your calendar on it, your contacts list and of course, you can access your emails and the internet on there as well.

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Security Tips For Traveling With Your Gadgets

Published on: December 26, 2011 and has 7 Comments

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The holidays are here and it is the perfect time to take advantage of the long weekend and travel to meet up with families and friends or just go on an out of the country trip to relax. Since we live in a gadget filled world, almost everyone who travels brings with them their multitude of devices like their smart phones, net books, laptops, and more.

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5 Computer Security Risks to Avoid for Good Performance

Published on: November 7, 2011 and has 14 Comments

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Taking time to apply some computer safety rules can help you get the best of your computer in the time when it does not produce the actual result that it supposed to produce. The extreme rate at which computers are getting infected with virus and some other malware application has made it becomes a norm for computer users to be searching for ways to protect their systems.

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Stop Spam Right at the Source – How To Finally Report Those Annoying Messages

Published on: September 29, 2011 and has 8 Comments

Stop Spam

I find that every time I write an article about getting rid of spam people cannot get enough. After all, 488,005,400 Americans use the Internet every day, many for work purposes, and spam is nothing but an annoyance. What prompted me to begin researching this and really getting the subjcet out there to the public was the fact that spam messages KEPT HAPPENING. Flashing messages, non-stop emails telling me I’m a winner, and pop-up ads that take over my screen never seemed to lessen. According to spamcop.net, there are approximately 10.1 spam message sent per second!

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Staying Safe By Understanding Desktop Security

Published on: February 8, 2011 and has 1 Comment

Lock

If you are just getting started with the use of a home computer, you have no doubt heard of the various types of malicious software that can be used to infiltrate your system. This type of unwanted programming is commonly known as malware, and is used by unscrupulous individuals trying to gain access to information [...]

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Size Does Matter…at Least for Passwords

Published on: March 31, 2010 and has 7 Comments

Tape Measure

I have been thinking and talking more about security in recent weeks. For my regular readers you would have noticed that I have been concentrating on securing Windows 7, but one topic I didn’t discuss was that of passwords. It seems everything we do with computers, you will usually need to enter a password at [...]

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Fix: Removing WindowsClick From Your Computer

Published on: May 20, 2009 and has 2 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to fix a computer that was having issues with a virus/trojan/rootkit. I included all three in the list because I had no idea what I was looking at when I first heard of the issues. I was told that when the owner of the machine would perform a search in [...]

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