Internet Safe Surfing

 Cleaning Computer, security, troubleshooting, virus, virus hoax, windows 7, windows xp  1 Response »
May 092012
 
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Remember to be careful which website you access. There are many websites on the internet that are there to do harm to your computer/ laptop. These websites can infiltrate some nasty adware, malware and trojans viruses into your computer/ laptop. It is recommended that you install some very cool plugins on your browsers apart from the already installed anti virus, security software and firewall in your computer / laptop.

Have a read on one of my post virus hoax about a particular e-mail hoax that has been sent many times to many e-mail addresses.

Here is a list of some of the tools, utilities and programs I recommend.

  1. Ccleaner To clean all the rubbish and maintain a healthy registry
  2. Comodo Internet Security for anti virus, firewall and secure my system
  3. AVG is the antivirus tool that I am using with my windows 7
  4. Spybot search and Destroy to clean and control adware, malware and spyware
  5. Partedmagic I use for editing my partition and troubleshooting other issues that might arise in windows or linux
  6. Ubcd I use to test and troubleshoot issues with windows and linux
  7. Filehippo to monitor some of my tools
  8. Virus Total: VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware
  9. Spyware blaster
  10. Trend Micro
  11. HijackThis A very cool little tool that helps you check to see what is going on in your boot up sequence. It also checks to see what is running in the background.

Here are a some links to websites that provide information in regards to e-mails, shopping online and websites. This is very important as many keep falling for hoax e-mail and reveal very sensitive data and purchase products that don’t exist. Remember the GOLDEN RULE if it is too good to be true chances are that it is a hoax, fraud and a lie.

  1.  Hoax-slayer: Hoax-Slayer is dedicated to debunking email hoaxes, thwarting Internet scammers, combating spam, and educating web users about email and Internet security issues. Hoax-Slayer allows Internet users to check the veracity of common email hoaxes and aims to counteract criminal activity by publishing information about common types of Internet scams. Hoax-Slayer also includes anti-spam tips, computer and email security information, articles about true email forwards, and much more. New articles are added to the Hoax-Slayer website every week.
  2. Snopes:Welcome to snopes.com, the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Use the search box above to locate your item of interest, or click one of the icons below to browse the site by category.
  3. Review FBI: Ultimate Reviews On Wholesale, Dropshop & More. This link is very important if you do a lot of online shopping and some sites offer drop shipping.

If you require any information about protecting your computer/ laptop running windows operating system or have some issues with your system leave a message here and I will be glad to assist you. If you have other recommendations please share with everyone by posting here.

Have a safe internet surfing experience :)

Windows Software Recommendation

 security, software, troubleshooting, windows 7, windows xp  No Responses »
Mar 102012
 
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Latest addition to the list Advanced SystemCare Free 5.

These are the tools and software I recommend to run a safe, secure and troubleshoot a Windows environment. You will notice that some of these tools will help you with your linux environment as well. The tools below are the tools I have been using on my old computer running windows XP Home and my brothers computer running vista. I now have upgraded to windows 7 Home Premium and have tested them on windows 7 and they run well.

Be aware when you partition the hard disk in Vista and 7 using gparted found in Partedmagic. You will have to use the vista or 7 recovery disk to fix an issue with the partiton table. Also please make sure that you back up to an external hard disk all your important data before you resize the partition.

  1. Ccleaner To clean all the rubbish and maintain a healthy registry
  2. Defraggler to defrag the hard disk
  3. Comodo Internet Security for anti virus, firewall and secure my system
  4. AVG is the antivirus tool that I am using with my windows 7
  5. Spybot search and Destroy to clean and control adware, malware and spyware
  6. Easeus I am using with windows 7. A very good tool to create a hard disk image.
  7. Partedmagic I use for editing my partition and troubleshooting other issues that might arise in windows or linux
  8. Ubcd I use to test and troubleshoot issues with windows or linux
  9. Filehippo to monitor some of my tools installed in my system running windows 7 and keep them up to date
  10. Advanced SystemCare Free 5 is a wonderful tool to have and it is free with many utilities added to this system care package. 

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If you need any help with the list above, just drop a line and I will be glad to help you.

Create Recovery DVD’s for laptops and computers

 Hardware, security, windows 7, windows xp  1 Response »
May 252011
 
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I want to share with you information about buying laptops or computers. If you buy a brand name machine that comes with a recovery partition, “No Software supplied with the package” I suggest that the first thing you do is create the recovery DVD’s using the manager software that comes with your laptop or computer. This is very important as it contains your operating system, drivers, utilities, security software and applications. Too many people are buying laptops and computers without creating the recovery DVD’s.

Please be aware that if you are creating the recovery DVD’s it will take a few hours to complete so go and make yourself a cup of coffee or tea :) . It is worth spending this time because you don’t want your system to become corrupted and find out that you can’t use the recovery partition because it is corrupted. You also might want to create your own partitions and if something goes wrong you can use the recovery DVD’s to configure your machine back to it’s original settings.

If you have any questions please leave a message. Good luck ?

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