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The Danger Of Letting Your Guard Down

Currently I am working on a big job for a client. The client has a computer that is approximately three years old. I got a cry for help last week saying "it is really bad". This is how cases like this normally start off. By the time I get called they are in deep trouble. This ...

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How to Avoid Computer Security Issues

This week there were major rumblings in the blog world that one of the biggest blogging platforms had a security vulnerability.  A lot of people would figure this was major commercial software – even Microsoft being involved. Believe it or not the product was not a Microsoft ...

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Microsoft Security Essentials Suite

Last night I installed the Beta of the Microsoft Security Essentials Suite. The software runs really well and it should not be discounted because it is from Microsoft. If you are running any of the free anti virus products such as AVG or AVAST the Microsoft product should be looked at once the final release ...

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Microsoft Anti Malware Solution

Microsoft release today the Beta copy of their Microsoft Security Essentials Suite. The Beta is available for the first 75,000 downloads. Time will tell how good the suite is. I have installed the suite on my current machine and I will be posting a review on the suite this weekend. To download the suite click on ...

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Nod32 Initial Observations

I installed Eset's Nod32 30 day evaluation last night. The product really does have a low resource requirement. It runs great:) The install was pain free and did not even require a reboot. I am testing it on my Windows Vista System for now and we will see how the next month goes.

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Security Suggestions

I thought I would do a special blog on talking quickly about some ways to secure your personal computer.  This Blog is directed at Windows 2000/Windows XP or Windows Vista users. I am going to focus on some free security tools and a low cost option to secure your pcs at home. This will focus ...

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What I Use For Computer Protection

Many people have asked me over the years what I use for computer protection. Well I use a pile of free utilities plus one paid utility to do my yearly backups. The following is what I use: Virus Scanner - AVG Free Firewall - Zonealarm free. Spyware Scanners - Adaware/Spybot - both free. Spam Blocking - Gmail - all ,y ...

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