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  3. Simple Steps For Taking Care Of Your Computer To Avoid Virus

    in Spyware/Adware Information

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    If you are going to work and do a lot of browsing on the Internet, the first thing you need to learn is how to take care of your computer.

    It is far better that you take the trouble to look after your computer regularly, rather than have it freeze or crash when you lose everything on it, at which time you'll have to pay out a lot to have it fixed.

    Here are some tips to prevent disasters:

    1) Set your virus checker to update itself automatically. This way, it is always updated with the latest protection.

    2) Scan your computer daily when you finish working on it.

    3) If on a certain day you happen to download many pages, software, programs, zipped files, exe files, etc., immediately after downloading everything, scan your computer. This way, just in case a virus existed in anything you downloaded, you will catch it in time before it infects your entire Hard Drive.

    4) Use your online scanner to scan your computer once a week.

    5) Use your adware/spyware checker once a week.

    6) Do not open any attachments in emails from people you do not know.

    7) Do not open any attachments even from people you do know, if you are not expecting anything from them.

    8) A virus could replicate itself to everyone on the address book and send itself out by email, without the owner even knowing this has been done.

    9) Do not download free music on the Internet - these free sites are always infected.

    10) Do not download any free games from the Internet.

    11) Adult sites are particularly prone to viruses.

    12) Back up all your data on a daily basis. Use floppy disks, flash drives, memory sticks, zip disks, CD-Roms, etc.

    13) Print out contracts, payment forms, agreements and all legal documents and file them away in a ring-binder.

    14) Try not to keep anything to do with your finances, payment details, payment processor passwords, credit card details, etc. on your computer.

    15) A hacker could easily access all these details, if they are anywhere on your computer.

    Sadly, despite all these precautions your computer might still get infected, as the people who invent these malicious programs are getting even sneakier.

  5. Hottest Multifunction Printers In The Industry

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    Printers have evolved as a very important part of today’s infrastructure of any company. Traditionally people have to invest separately for different products required in an office (essential ones also). There has to be a printer, a fax machine, a scanner….but now as the technology is converging, so are the products. We have today a Multi functional Printer that does all the tasks like faxing, copying, scanning and printing for us. In short the world today wants a compact device that adds much value to their daily printing , copying,scanning and Fax needs at a much affordable cost.

    A multi functional printer is a combinational product comprising of a printer, scanner, copier, and sometimes also a fax machine. It is a very useful product as avoids the maintenance of numerous machines. Printers are typically classified in two categories based on the technology (widely used today) - Inkjet printers ,Laser printers and DMPs or shall we say Dot matrix printers.

    Where Laser MFPs are a little expensive, Inkjet printers are cheaper in comparison and similarly in functionality.

    This article will help you to figure out the companies in multi functional printers that are leading marketers in India:

    HP OfficeJet 5610 – this is an inkjet multi functional color printer that provides 4800x1200 dpi. It uses A4 size paper and provides an optical resolution of 1200x1200 dpi for scanning. Its printing quality is good and is available for Rs.85, 00 but uses an expensive cartridge.

    Canon Pixma MP180 - this multi functional printer comes with a bubble jet printing technology that allows color printing with a maximum resolution of 4800x1200 dpi and an optical scanning resolution of 1200x2400 dpi. It also comes with the features like Card Direct and Camera Direct for printing straight from a memory card. It is available in market for Rs.7, 995.

    Canon Pixma MP 600 - this inkjet multifunctional color printer provides a high quality print with a resolution of 9600x2400 dpi. It supports flash memory and can copy up to 30pages/min. It is available for Rs.6, 995.

    HP LaserJet M2727nfs – this multi functional laser technology based printer uses laser-monochrome printing technology with an optical resolution of 1200x1200 dpi and is a digital copier type. It better suits to small offices and houses. It costs $700 which is considered a bit expensive for this type of printer.

    HP Officejet 9120 multifunction printer – this multi functional printer inkjet color printer with color resolution of 4800x1200 dpi has an Ethernet print server and prints 22pages/min. The market price for this product starts from $470.

    Samsung SCX 4200 – this multi functional laser printer provides an optical resolution of 600x2400 dpi scanning resolution. It provides a good print quality and good print speed. Its price range starts from $55 to $200.

    Samsung SCX 4100 – this multi functional printer is laser monochrome and provides a resolution of 600x600 dpi. It has some other features like auto-fit, poster printing and clone copying. Its market price is Rs.8, 900.

  7. Secure Shopping Online

    in Spyware/Adware Information

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    Shopping online is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of bargain hunting for many. In 2007 Britons spent a whopping £55.3 billion via the web – an increase of roughly a third on the previous year – and we have already dropped £13 billion into web retailers’ (or etailers’) tills in the first three months of 2008, according to IMRG, the trade body for UK online retailers.

    The problem is, as spending increases, so does fraud and the number of online Del Boys trying to relieve us of our cash. Losses from “card not present†fraud, where criminals use stolen credit card details to buy goods online or over the phone, are approaching £300m a year, warns Apacs, the banking payments trade body.

    The good news is that there are plenty of simple steps you can take to protect yourself from the scammers or from finding yourself at the sharp end of iffy practices by even the biggest etailers. We’ll show you how to enjoy the best of the global bazaar yet steer clear of any infected web pages, pay for goods securely and unearth the best guides to your extensive consumer rights if it does all go wrong.

    PROTECT YOURSELF

    The web can seem benign, but it is full of nasties lying in wait to ambush the unprotected shopper. A growing trend is for scammers to lure you to a fake website that looks like a well known site and then steal your credit card details – a practice known as “pharmingâ€. Others try to get your computer to inadvertently download dodgy software (or “malwareâ€) that later steals your personal details. Even legitimate websites have been “injected†with similar malware.

    So how should you protect yourself? Get Safe Online, the government-backed consumer website, is a crucial pit stop. It advises you to always download the latest version of your web browser as these have built-in filters than can spot many fake websites. To be sure of exactly which site you are visiting, download and install SpoofStick, which will then display the real name of the website in the top of your browser window.

    Antivirus software and a firewall are also must-haves. Yet a 2006 YouGov poll for Get Safe Online found more than a fifth of UK internet users didn’t employ a firewall and a sixth lacked antivirus software. Many companies sell a bloated suite of internet security software that often slows your computer down. So before you rush to invest, take advice on what you need. The market for one-stop security suites is competitive but ZoneAlarm 7 is hard to beat. Many providers offer free versions of specific software in the hope you will buy their full package later.

    AVG antivirus from Grisoft is an excellent program that even automatically scans links on search results to see if they lead to known scammer sites. McAfee Site Advisor is an unobtrusive tool that uses a traffic-light system to warn you about the validity of any link before you click on it. Want a firewall configure or spyware protection ? Try Comodo Firewall Pro or Spyware Terminator.

  9. Whats The Best Processor I Can Throw On My Mobo ?

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    Since all the new stuff is coming out in a month or so, I have decided to wait it out for the better pricing !

    In the mean time, I want to try and see if I can beef up my dinosaur and get it to run AoC on the lowest setting(just to get started)

    Whats the best processor I can throw on this mobo and get it to work? intell says the 3.06 p4...Intel® Desktop Boards - D845PECE

    Would it even be worth it ??? if I pick one of those up on the cheap and overclock it to 3.5.... will I be ok ??

    the rest of the computer has a 128MB AGP Radeon 9800 , 378mhz GPU clock speed (stock)

    and 2 GB of pc2700 333mhz ram on a 19'' monitor I believe....I can use my 17'' if its too much for the 19''.

    would I even be able to get playable frame rate???

  25. Can Pc Parts Be Replaced

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    About 2 years ago i built my PC. It has inevitably started to slow down and I am now starting to get into some video editing on Premiere and also wanting t use After Effects but my computer doesn't really like it because it starts to run really slow when i try to use them. I was wondering if it is possible to just replace certain parts to make my computer "good as new" if possible.

    Thanks