It is really boring and annoying if you find your computer is no longer as good as when you first used it. When your computer show signs that it took time before your windows can be booted, then your PC is suffering from “Computer running slow syndrome”.
There are several reasons why [...]
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Why Your Computer is Running Slow and How to Fix it Quickly
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain
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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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Boot Sector Virus
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Security, Storage
A boot sector virus is a computer virus which infects the boot sector on hard disks, floppy disks, and theoretically also other bootable media such as CD’s and DVD’s.
A boot sector virus does not need to be able to successfully boot the victims computer to infect it. Because of this, even non-bootable media can spread [...]
What is a stealth virus?
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Security
A stealth virus is one that, while “active”, hides the modifications it
has made to files or boot records. This is usually achieved by
monitoring the system functions used to read files or sectors from
storage media and forging the results of calls to such functions. This
means programs that try to read infected files or sectors see the
original, [...]
How Computer Viruses Work
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology
Strange as it may sound, the computer virus is something of an Information Age marvel. On one hand, viruses show us how vulnerable we are — a properly engineered virus can have a devastating effect, disrupting productivity and doing billions of dollars in damages. On the other hand, they show us how sophisticated and interconnected [...]
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