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Learn the skill of registry repair and 5 tips how to select the correct
tools to fix your broken Windows Registry; You really don’t want to do
it manually, let the software do the job for you, but you must know
where and how to find the correct software.

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Going beyond the monthly Internet connection charges, there is the threat of computer viruses and other forms of online destruction, such as spyware. While it is not our intention to face these computer annoyances, we might not be as safe as we believe. There is a high possibility that a scan of your hard drive will reveal a collection of viruses and spyware. But never fear - this is what virus removal tools are made for.

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Here is your weekly summary of security alerts, fixes and threats you need to know, to play safe on the Internet.

Thinking of Vista? Better Read This!

If you are using Windows Vista or planning to make the jump soon, you had better know that the operating system is spying on you. Some 20 or more programs, features and services are busy collecting data about you and your work habits.

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One comment that I hear over and over again in my IT career is something similar to this “Hey, I need to buy a new computer! This one has tons and tons of spy ware and viruses on it and I have no idea how they got on my computer! I always get pop-ups and Internet Explorer loads up a porn site whenever I open it! What do I do?”

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Before Internet access became widespread, viruses spread on personal computers by infecting programs or the executable boot sectors of floppy disks. The first worms, network-borne infectious programs, originated not on personal computers, but on multitasking Unix systems. Unlike a virus, this worm did not insert itself into other programs. Instead, it exploited security holes in network server programs and started itself running as a separate process.

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In today’s computing environment including but not limited to internet browsing you must consider security measures to protect your data and your computer.

Vulnerabilities can include email, communication ports, wireless networking, spyware, viruses, and securing the computer from local access.

We will review each in detail in this series. This article is designed to help protect you and your computer in hopes your computing experience will be a more pleasurable and safer one.

1.Email

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Adware

Adware and spyware are similar to viruses in that they can me malicious in nature, however, people are now profitting from these threats making them more and more popular. Adware is usually just an annoyance, but in some cases can cause greater difficulties. Adware refers to types of marketing applications, downloaded to a consumer’s personal computer either as a stand-alone application or as part of a software bundle, whose primary purpose is to deliver advertising content and messages that may or may not be based on an individual’s internet activity. Adware in this form does not operate surreptitiously or mislead the user, and provides the user with a specific service.

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A week or so ago we got a call from one of our customers who wanted to know if we did ‘email capture’. We explained that his website visitors can sign up for a newsletter, request information or enroll for an event and when they did that they supplied their email address.

No, that’s not what he was looking for, he said. He had heard about some software that could be put on a web page that would spy on visitors and capture their email address. This is a form of spyware. And no, we don’t offer anything like this. But it raises some important questions about email and why you need to be completely permission based with your email marketing.

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Before Internet access became widespread, viruses spread on personal computers by infecting programs or the executable boot sectors of floppy disks. The first worms, network-borne infectious programs, originated not on personal computers, but on multitasking Unix systems. Unlike a virus, this worm did not insert itself into other programs. Instead, it exploited security holes in network server programs and started itself running as a separate process.

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Approximately 90% of people who actively surf the internet have computers that are infected by spyware. So what is it and how does it get into your operating system. Spyware is constantly spreading and is infecting lots more computers every single day.These types of programs come in many different sizes but all have a couple of things in common. While you surf the internet your compuer can become infected without you even knowing about it.It can additionally get access to and transmit your personal data from your personal pc to other computers without you even knowing, and apart from the fact that it can be very difficult to find it, trying to uninstall or disable it with success can be a mission.

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