139 articles on "virus"

Burning Bridges is Bad, But Firewalls are Good

Burning Bridges is Bad, But Firewalls are Good by: Heather Wallace When you signed up for that ultra-fast DSL or Cable connection there was probably one very important piece of information that your ISP failed to mention. By accessing the Intern...

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Prolific Viruses

Anti-Virus software gets a great deal of coverage in Click because ultimately it's a very important component of any computer system and choosing the right program to protect your computer should be carefully considered. Whilst most understand i...

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PC Doctor+ Guide 1 Viruses

Get Some Protection: Part 1 Viruses There was a time not too long ago when viruses still had a certain novelty factor. Not so now.The facts are simple enough - if you connect to the Internet then sooner or later your computer will come under attack ...

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Virus Hoaxes

Have you ever gotten an email message like this?BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor"It is a virus that will erase your whole "C" drive. It will cometo you in the form of an E-Mail from a familiar person. I repeata friend sent it to me, but ...

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Help! I Can't Handle One More Virus!

"There are 500 new virus/worms created each month",according to the McAfee.com website. Whenever I learn outabout another virus or worm that has developed into "mediumor high" status, I shake my head in disgust. Have you everwondered what would happe...

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The Move to a New Anti-Virus Model

This is the first in a series of articles highlighting reasons why today’s anti-virus security solutions don’t work. Reason #1: the Basic ModelAnti-virus software vendors still rely on yesterday’s methods for solving today’s problems: they wa...

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Is Your Computer Sick

Viruses and spyware usually show up on your computer one oftwo ways. Either they invade your system with a frontal assault likethe Huns attacking the Romans, or they sneak in a back doorlike a cat burglar. Either way, once a virus or piece of spyware...

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The Never Ending Spyware Story

The Never Ending Spyware Story by: Doug Woodall It’s been with us since 1993, it’s gotten more intrusive, more complicated. It’s created a whole ecosystem, so to speak. A person sits somewhere, writing a new virus, a new application of Sp...

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The computer virus that could take advantage of you

Do you know there’s a brand new computer virus that can get into your computer without you knowing even if you have AntiVirus and AntiSpyware installed? And when you try to get rid of it, it totally wrecks your system?I didn’t know until a few da...

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How Safe is Your Critical Business Data on Your Computer System

Network security company, Internet Security Systems, recently issued a report stating that "security events" (an "event" being anything from a computer virus to a major attack on your computer network) increased by more than 80% in the first quarter ...

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