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Malware is used to refer viruses, Trojans and worms or any programs that have malicious actions.

Worm, a type of malware, propagates through the network.  This means that worms can propagate via file sharing, instant messaging, downloading applications from unknown sources and visiting malicious web sites.

An example of network-infecting worm is Slammer that spread around the world in less than 15 minutes!  Internet traffic caused by Slammer in its search for computers to infect caused slowdown of the Internet and affected telecommunications and some financial networks.

Trojans and viruses, also types of malware, are not capable of propagating through the network but they can modify and infect files.  They can possibly cause data loss.

Data is very important on businesses and contributes to a business’ profit growth.  If these malware infectors can cause data loss, they can also be a factor to profit loss. Read the rest of this entry →

Computers are now necessary for college students as books. Nowadays lots of professors will allocate online work & homework. Few colleges even have online classes that you can take.

The common queries from college students are “What is best computer for the college students?” I would like to state there is not precisely one computer that is best for all the college students.

There is huge variety of computers available to select from. Here are some suggestions what you should look for buying computer. Read the rest of this entry →

If you are someone who loves to play games like Fate, Diablo, Law & Order, Chainz, Luxor, Zuma, Mah Jong, etc. and don’t need anything overly fancy, then you might not be faced with the need of purchasing over-priced gaming machines and any decent configuration should suffice.

However if you are a hard-core gamer, who needs extreme graphics support and high-end configuration then you need to consider many aspects in your gaming PC.

Rendering 3D graphic environments and displaying complex animations requires enormous processor power and memory.

So even though your PC works fine for everyday tasks like e-mail, Web browsing, and playing music, it might not be able to run many of the latest games.

But don’t worry many ways you can tweak your system so it can rise to the challenge. Read the rest of this entry →

When the discussion comes to securing your computer from viruses and malware, the obvious choice that comes to our mind is surely using any “anti-virus” and keeping it up-to-date.

However if you consider your options and weigh them, then no wonder you would realize that there are other stuff that you can really do…

These are rather more effective than just installing an effective up-to-date anti-virus, so let’s see all the options one by one…

• Anti-Virus

Firstly when you say the word Anti-virus, it is basically a software designed to protect your computer against known viruses, but with one or the other new virus emerging on a daily basis, anti-virus programs need regular updates. Read the rest of this entry →

Would You Use a Tennis Racket to Drain Pasta?

You could…but it would be unnecessarily difficult. Yet that’s what many people do when they choose to store their passwords in a system that is not meant as a password manager.

If you store passwords in any of the following…

1. a file labeled passwords on your desktop
2. an excel file on your computer
3. a folder in your email account
4. post it notes by your computer

…your password is at risk of being compromised. Read the rest of this entry →

As technology matures, it always yields better results. Proceeding on similar lines, since the featured web browser from Google, Chrome is still currently in beta form.

You’ll find precious little news on just why Google believes the technology incorporated in Chrome is advancement on the existing web browsers, notably Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and the Mozilla’s Firefox!

There are lot many reasons that may be listed out but here are my Top 10 Reasons to try Google Chrome includes:

1. Open source

I know it sounds strange, and Firefox is open source too, but as a matter of fact, Internet Explorer isn’t! If you don’t know why open source can be a good thing, then you’d better read this…

2. Crash control

Every tab the user opens, runs independently in the browser, consequently if any application crashes it doesn’t take anything else down with it.

So it can be considered to be highly stable, on the other hand I have personally experienced Firefox crashing totally many a times, which is quite annoying! Read the rest of this entry →

Google Chrome has quickly become one of our favorite browsers occupying 1% market share on the very first day, but don’t be overwhelmed with this fact as there are many potential threats involved with the beta version currently.

Although the hot and happening web-browser from Google has barely entered the world, security researchers have been quick enough to find flaws in Chrome, which was supposed to be Google’s shiny foray into the browser market.

Before proceeding with the discussion, you can download the Google chrome beta version here & check it out yourself! Read the rest of this entry →

If you are also sick and tired of all this browser security stuff, and browsing restrictions at the work place then here’s some good news for you… In fact not “SOME”, but rather ‘PLENTY’ of good news for you

Internet censoring is now prevalent almost everywhere and even in my office sites like Orkut are blocked.

Some Countries routinely block many websites and interestingly entire blogger.com, orkut and other similar sites are usually banned in office throughout the world. No wonder many of us are looking for ways of accessing blocked websites.

A free web proxy is basically something to get around school/work filters to sites like Myspace and Bebo. Web proxies are also used to stay safe and hide your identity on the net. Read the rest of this entry →

While an operating system is a central part of your computer system, knowing the definition of an operating system is not integral to knowing how to use one.

However, when you do know the definition of an operating system, you can better understand what it is doing inside your computer to make it run and to make using it easier for you.

In its basic form, the definition of an operating system is as follows: a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer system. Read the rest of this entry →

For one of you who are present here are having problem in wireless network installation of your Operating System called Vista system, and then you do not have to care at all about that problem, as here is the systematic direction for you to solve your problem.

Step 1

Primarily you require confirming that your PC or notebook computer like laptop possesses the unwired component either connected to the PC or any component that is inbuilt.

Numerous new PCs and the notebook computers are available with the inbuilt hardware components in the market. Read the rest of this entry →