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Get Out And Stay Out! - Part 2

Just Checking...


Here's another quick tip to make sure your PC is as safe as you hope it is. Although keeping firewalls up etc is always good, sometimes the odd bit slips through.

That's where the antivirus and spyware scanners kick in.


Spyware - this hides in your PC and tracks what you do, from surfing the net, or in extreme circumstances it spies on your passwords and forwards them to their creators.

Regular spyware scans need to be done to ensure your PC is clean, (ideally once or twice a week). A good free spyware scanner is Lavasofts Ad-Aware. Make sure you update it frequently to keep it up to date with the latest spyware detectors. - Download FREE Here


Anti-virus - Virus's are nasty things. They can do serious damage, erasing all your files, forcing your computer to shut down or behave differently etc. Enough said really, you don't want your files destroyed do you? well then, ideally you should use Kaspersky or Norton Anti-virus programs, which are around £30 to buy (Kaspersky is my personal favourite and doesn't slow my laptop down, which i found Norton did) however we aren't all able to splash out on software, so here's links to a 100% free Anti-virus program and an online anti-virus scanner:-

Trend Micro - Online Virus Scan

AVG Anti Virus - Free Anti-Virus


Hope this has helped a bit.

Dan

-RWR-

Freeze!

Just a quick tip for now...

If a program seems to have frozen or running very slowly and you want to close it.

- In WINDOWS systems...

ALT + F4 :- will close it

or if for some reason that doesn't work...

CTRL + ALT + DEL :- pressed ONCE!! (twice in a row will restart the computer) will bring up the Windows Task Manager. If you go onto the tab 'Processes', here you can look down the list and stop programs by highlighting them and clicking 'End Process'. Don't go crazy here and start ending everything, some are needed to run the computer but most can be worked out by their names e.g. msnmsgr.exe is MSN Messegner and aim.exe is AOL Instant Messenger.

If a program has frozen totally you can go to the 'Applications' tab and see the status. They should say 'Running' but if one says 'Not Responding' this is normally the one that has frozen, you can then click it and go to 'End Task' and stop it.


Hope this helps some people.

Dan

-RWR-