Posted in Antivirus, Security | Comments Off on How hackers can use your web cam to invade your privacy
There is a famous saying, everyone gets a least 15 minutes of fame. But with the internet, that rule has been turned on its head. We all have a chance to be known now. With all of the media that we are able to create with our computers, your voice can easily be heard by Read more…
Posted in Security | Comments Off on Keep your data safe using Truecrypt on Windows
Even though everyone may think about security when they use the computer, they may not know the best way to achieve it. Most people have not studied computer science or computer security for a living. They do not understand the many things that it takes to secure the whole of your computer. When they see Read more…
Posted in Antivirus, Security | Comments Off on Catching a virus from a hardware install disk can happen, here’s how to avoid it
We allow many things to access our computers these days. From the data that flows to our system from the internet, to the data that comes into our system from a USB disk or DVD, there are many ways that corrupted malware has a chance of entering our machine. We are used to hearing about Read more…
Posted in Antivirus, Windows 7 | Comments Off on Three folders in Windows 7 where viruses like to hide at
When we use our computer on the internet, we are allowing it to potentially be infested by one of the many dangers that float around on the World Wide Web. So to try and prevent that, we set up programs on our system that are supposed to seek out and stop dangers such as this. Read more…
Posted in Firewall | Comments Off on Which programs should you allow to have access past your firewalls?
When we use a firewall on our computer, it gives us the ability to effectively become a bouncer with our system. We have the power to selectively decide who is able to get in to or out our system through the internet. If there is a program that is installed but we do not expect Read more…
Posted in Security, Spyware | Comments Off on Your system is vulnerable to keyloggers, what you can do to avoid them
As you can probably tell from the title, keyloggers are very dangerous programs. But they are programs that you do not hear about every day. They do not get the same press as a computer virus does. If you are involved in computer security then you should be very familiar with them. To the public Read more…
Posted in Antivirus, Firewall | Comments Off on Firewalls and antivirus, the key to a secure computer set up
If you are a person that worries about the set up of their computer, then one of the first things that you do is to make sure that everything is secure. As we all know, in the age of the internet, security is the most important things that we can think about when it comes Read more…
Posted in Security, Windows 7 | Comments Off on Securely transfer your files through the use of a VPN on Windows 7
With the rise of wireless network everywhere, there is becoming a need to be able to transfer your files in a safe and secured manner. A lot of people falsely assume that you are as safe on a remote network, as you are on your home version. This simply is not true. There are a Read more…