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August 29, 2009

Firewall Protection

Filed under: System Support/Firewall

Firewalls are used to control inbound and outbound network traffic, i.e. control connections sending information to and from your computer. For example, it helps stops connections sending ‘bad’ information to your pc, and prevent connections going out from your pc.
If you currently do not have a firewall, you should get one now. A free firewall which you can try to download and install is Comodo Firewall.
As of today, the latest version of Comodo Firewall is version 3. However, there have been reports that some people have trouble getting version 3 of Comodo Firewall to work with their pc. In such a case, you should try downloading and installing the slightly older version of Comodo Firewall 2.4 at the FileHippo site.

August 23, 2009

Protecting your computer from spyware

Filed under: System Support/Antispyware

Besides obvious attacks from computer viruses, computers may also be attacked or have already been invaded by more subtle programs called spyware. Although some antivirus programs can also help remove or prevent spyware infection, most of these will not be as effective as actual antispyware programs.

For this reason, I recommend all users also install a antispyware program (from a trusted source) (please do not just download any old antispyware program) on their computer.

** Many spyware, viruses, trojans and other ‘baddies’ will pop up advertisement or have sites which state that they are antispyware or antivirus program (so please ONLY download programs from trusted or reliable sources, preferably straight from the actual website of the actual software, and preferably only after you read at least a few of reviews from a few trusted sites)

One antispyware program I can recommend is SUPERAntiSpyware.
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August 22, 2009

Protecting your computer from viruses

Filed under: System Support/Antivirus

I previously thought use of antivirus programs to protect against computer viruses was common knowledge, but as a tech support guy, I’ve now realise there are still many people out there who either don’t have an antivirus program or are not using it properly.
So I’ve posted this for the sake of educating those about antivirus programs and how to use them properly.
Hopefully, with greater knowledge, you’ll be better able to protect your computer and the important project, video, music, and other files.
** First of all, if you do NOT currently have an antivirus program installed on your computer, get one NOW!!! A free and good antivirus program you can download and install is Avira.
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