firewall
How Do You Protect Your Computer?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Recently, someone over on Lockergnome asked if a router can be used as a hardware-based firewall. The short answer to this is – YES! Your best bet is to always use layers of security, though. A hardware-based firewall – such as [...]
CA Offers Savings to Stay Safe Online
Malware is everywhere. You don’t have to download torrents or visit adult sites in order to have your computer infected. Seemingly innocent sites aimed at kids have been known to have drive-by malicious content embedded within their pages. These drive-bys install themselves silenty onto your machine to do their dirty work. There is no warning. [...]
Top 100 Windows PC Security Tips
There are more threats to the security of your computer than I can begin to count. New types of attacks are released on more than a daily basis… you have to be vigilant. You already know to use strong passwords. You also know to be sure and have a good anti-virus program and firewall installed. [...]
Protect Your Data with Sunbelt Personal Firewall
We know that some of our readers have not jumped to Windows 7 and are staying with their operating systems. For that reason, we want to make certain that some of the best security programs remain available to you. As many Internet users remember, the Kerio Personal Firewall used to be one of the standards [...]
Protect Your Computer for Christmas
Happy Holidays! If you are one of those generous Santas who is giving a computer this holiday season, please remember to protect it with some anti-virus and anti-spyware software. It seems that the hackers / criminals are going to vary and increase their attacks in the new year. It has been reported that file sharing [...]
How Often Do You Check Your Email?
Someone in my chat room earlier asked the crowd how often they check their email. I don’t think I actually ever “check” my email. My email program is never closed. I spend more time with my nose buried there than I likely do everywhere else combined. A lot of my business is conducted via email. [...]
Free Firewall (or a Bargain) from Sunbelt
It is not good enough simply to say that you have a firewall. Not all firewalls are the same. Qualities – and functions – differ. In very simple terms, you want a firewall that protects your computer in two directions. You want to stop unwanted traffic from reaching your computer. In addition, you want to [...]
Prepare for the New School Year by Protecting Your Information
For some of our readers, the new year starts very soon – it’s school time again. And with school, in spite of the economy, there will be purchases of new laptops and desktops. On those laptops and desktops will go some very important files – like lectures, papers, music, pictures and other personal “stuff” – [...]
Save Your Computer from Malware – and Naked Journalists!
Some days, it seems as though there is a never-ending barrage of new malware out there in the cyber-world. Hackers and criminals are increasingly creative in trying to get you to click the links, thus delivering you their malicious code. People using services like Twitter also have to be concerned about malware – just ask [...]
Top-Rated Firewall Back by Request
Some people who spend many hours online fighting malware requested that this top-rated firewall be brought back, as an offer for our readers. It was formerly known as the Kerio Personal Firewall. Now, it is called the Sunbelt Personal Firewall. This firewall was discussed previously. Not all firewalls are the same. They differ in efficiency. [...]
More Malware on its Way – Protect Yourself
Every major news service on the planet is carrying stories about the tragedies and possible escalation of problems concerning the swine flu outbreak. It is a serious problem with the possibility of becoming significantly worse. One of the first responders to this global concern is the hacking / malware community. Hackers and criminals are viewing [...]
Get a Top-Rated Firewall at an Amazing Discounted Price!
What can you buy for ten dollars? It would be difficult to buy a large pizza for ten dollars, let alone much else. However, for a limited time it is possible to buy one of the best firewalls on the market. Those who have been online for a while will remember the Kerio Personal Firewall. [...]
How to Make your PC into a Firewall
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Last week, we shared tips with you on things you can do with your old computers. One of those things was to turn it into a firewall. Of course, in order to do this you’ll also need software. So what is [...]
Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Windows Vista Computer Running Smoothly
Are you using Vista on your computer? If so… have you had any issues with the performance, and how your computer actually runs? These tips were sent in by a community member by the name of Elis. When I used to be on Windows XP, I always had the problem of keeping my computer running [...]
Instant Messenger Virus
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Michael Downing emailed me to say that a friend of his had gotten a virus through Windows Live Messenger. He is wondering if Windows Defender can remove it, and is it for stopping viruses… or just spyware? Windows Defender is just [...]
