Is Your Computer Sick?
Viruses and spyware usually show up on your computer one of two ways.
Either they invade your system with a frontal assault like the Huns attacking the Romans, or they sneak in a back door like a cat burglar.
Either way, once a virus or piece of spyware gets on your system, getting it off can rate harder than curing a severe case of trench foot! Viruses, malicious programs designed to disrupt normal computing, and spyware, programs intended to literally "spy" on your activities, can enter your computer a number of ways.
Most commonly they enter your system through an email attachment, by sharing files with an infected computer by disk, as a "ride along" with a 3rd party program you install, or through a "back door" port in your computer. Regardless of how they get on your system, once in place, they cause no end of headaches and frustration.
The following represent typical signs you may suffer from infection by a virus or piece of spyware.
Your computer starts acting oddly by doing things it never did previously. Your modem starts trying to dial out to the Internet without you initiating a surfing session.
You notice that files start disappearing, the system stalls, runs slowly, or even crashes frequently.
Your computer takes progressively longer to boot up every time you start it or you notice that your available hard drive space has disappeared.
Strange popup windows appear, even when you're not surfing the web, or you delete a program and it "magically" reappears next time you boot the system. If you suspect you a virus or a piece of spyware has invaded your computer, follow these steps to first identify and then delete the offending code: Step 1 - Back up your important files, but remember to scan these files for viruses before reinstalling to avoid accidentally re-infecting your system. Step 2 - Update your anti-virus definitions and perform a scan of your hard drive.
If you don't carry virus protection, or you suspect your anti-virus software got corrupted somehow, then log on to www.pandasoftware.com and use the free Panda Active Scan service to check your hard drive for viruses.
Follow the instructions for quarantining and removing the offending files.
Step 3 - Scan your hard drive with an adware, scumware, or spyware detection and removal tool like Adaware www.lavasoft.de/support/download/ or Spybot http://spybot.safer-networking.de/. Step 4 - In many cases, when the virus or spyware program gets installed with a free utility or game you download from the Web, you must usually uninstall the utility or game to finally get rid of the problem once and for all. Step 5 - Avoid re-infection by keeping your anti-virus and firewall up-to-date at all times. As a last resort, if you run into a program you simply can't get rid of, but can figure out the offending file's name, do a search for the file name on Google.com. Often you will find you're not the first victim and may get valuable advice for cleaning up your system.
However, be very careful of the information you find and think twice before modifying any system files..
Free Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included with Subscription to Antivirus E-mail's Email and ISP Services
Fort Lee, NJ (ContentDesk) June 29, 2005 -- Antivirus Email, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, is now including pop-up blocker software as part of its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Antivirus Email.Antivirus Email recognizes the inconvenience of constant pop-up windows. Now with Pop-up Killer Pro, software designed to stop unwanted popup window ads, customers can surf the internet rapidly and with ease. Once the Pop-up Killer Pro software is downloaded, it provides the user control over what goes on their PC.Additionally, Pop-up Killer Pro comes with added bonus items to further protect the PC against Spyware, and annoying pop-ups.A standard monthly Antivirus Email subscription rate is $14.95 a month for four email accounts and ISP service along with the free online protection software bundle. The entire package includes anti-virus software, PC Cleanser, Spyware Slayer and internet accelerator...
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Privacy Protection on the Web
Protecting Your Privacy On The Web, by Lin Stone may be reprintedin newsletters, on web sites and in print media without charge or obligation as long as the author's resource box remains intact at the bottom.
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Peer Software Releases Peer-ISR Server Edition, Providing Immediate “One Step” Disaster Recovery
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announces the release of
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Linotype Announces Release of FontExplorer™ Version 1.0 for MAC OS X
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Yet Internet opinion is still sceptical: Linotype has clearly spent some serious money developing this, they will surely start charging for it soon. In conjunction with the official launch, Linotype Managing Director Bruno Steinert dispels these concerns once and for all: Our philosophy...
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AIRlok? Invulnerable to Flaw that Could Crash the Internet
In response to recent announcements by the US and UK governments that a flaw affecting the Internet's "Transmission Control Protocol" (TCP) could be exploited by hackers to bring down the Internet, Lok Technology announces that its AIRlok(TM) Network Infrastructure Appliance is invulnerable to these threats. The AIRlok Appliance may be the solution for vulnerable networks that use popular routers and firewalls provided a number of networking equipment manufacturers including Cisco and Juniper...
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Florida Nursing Students Association and AfterCollege Healthcare Partner to Create Online Destination for Largest Audience of Student Nurses in Florida
AfterCollege Healthcare, the nation's largest career network specializing in healthcare recruitment at the college and alumni level, and the Florida Nursing Students Association, serving Florida's largest audience of nursing students, have partnered to create a new online destination and job resource center for the association. The Florida Nursing Students Association (FNSA) website, located at http://www.fnsa.net, will act as the portal and communication...
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