Unless you are a computer security researcher, you probably do not have any ideal how many threats are released on the internet per day. Ever since the bad guys have found out that there is a lot of money to be made on the internet through exploits, they have come up with new and unique [...]
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Securing Your Computer From Online Threats
January 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
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The Different Types of Computer Viruses
October 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
The reason that viruses are constantly floating around the Internet is their ability to replicate themselves. They can make copies of themselves in various types of data files. A virus may start harming your computer the moment that the file that it has corrupted is executed. This can cause serious damage to your computer although [...]
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How to Protect Your Computer From Viruses and Worms
October 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
Viruses and worms are programmed by disgruntled or malicious software programmers. It is because of these people that worms and viruses are such a big threat to computer users all over the world. These programmers enjoy sending out their malicious software to unsuspecting computer users. They can cause a massive amount of damage to computers [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Computer Files Safe
October 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
As more and more things we value get stored on our computers, such as digital photos and Quicken financial data, the consequences of losing files have dramatically increased. Here are some simple ways you can make sure you never lose your important files. 1. Make sure your files are backed up using online data backup [...]
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What Is a Polymorphic Virus?
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
A polymorphic virus is a computer virus which is capable of mutating itself when it replicates, making it more difficult to identify with ordinary antivirus software. To effectively find such viruses, antivirus software needs to have more complex algorithms available to help it identify distinctive patterns which can betray the presence of a virus even [...]
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