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In today’s age of digitized information, it is essential to ensure your personal data remains secure. Thousands of people each year are victims of identity theft, often because their digital personal information has been compromised. Fortunately, there is an easy five-step process that you can follow to keep your computer secure. This can be done for free, [...]
1. Reboot Your Computer
Since many of today’s PC’s and Laptops now have Power-Save options, it’s natural to forget that your computer needs to reboot occasionally. When you make changes to your computer’s settings, or install new programs, it can help to reboot your PC to help these changes to take effect.
2. Perform a Virus Scan
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It’s estimated that around 75% of all Americans use their computer on a regular basis. However, a significantly smaller percentage of computer users are aware of the important steps needed to protect their computer’s security. A computer that is vulnerable can be negatively affected by computer viruses, spyware and hackers. In some cases, an improperly secured [...]
If you’re a regular internet user, you have most likely already heard of the term “Spyware”. Though many people are aware that spyware can negatively affect the performance of their computer, a very small percentage of internet users actually understand what it is. In fact, some people even believe that it involves “hackers” infiltrating their [...]
When it comes to computer security, navigating the complicated realm of computer security software can be extremely confusing. There are hundreds of products that are advertised as being able to make your computer “hacker-proof”, or to protect your personal information. However, other security software aside, having a firewall installed on your computer is perhaps one [...]
The internet is an extremely valuable tool, which can be used for social networking, informative research, and keeping up with current world events. However, just like all tools, browsing the internet does require a measure of caution. There are many things that you can do to improve the safety and security of your internet browsing, [...]
A computer virus is a small program that is injected into your computer when you open or run an infected file. It is important to protect your computer from viruses as they can crash your computer, prevent your computer from booting up and in the worst cases can delete critical system files from Windows.
Symptoms [...]
As children become increasingly computer literate, keeping your child off of the internet is no longer an option. The internet is an extremely valuable tool, which children can use for research, entertainment and other activities. However, with this type of freedom also comes some significant risks. Instant messaging is not in itself dangerous to children, [...]
The internet is a valuable tool, being the source for information, news, entertainment and obtaining new knowledge. Today’s children have access to the internet at an earlier age than ever before, with some elementary schools even having programs designed to familiarize children with using the internet’s resources. However, responsibility browsing the internet can be difficult, [...]
If a stranger approached you and asked for your address, phone number, and birthday, you wouldn’t give it to him. You don’t want him to have your personal information. You don’t want any stranger to have information like that. Yet, what do you publish online for thousands of strangers to look at?
In a world where [...]
How many different passwords do you have and use every day? There are passwords to log into your computer, passwords to get on your email, passwords to check your Facebook page, and passwords to use your debit card. Unfortunately, “Open Sesame” isn’t enough of a password. Your passwords need to be confidential and difficult, because [...]