Computer Spot

When you store important information on a USB device, you take the chance of losing that information. Losing data on a USB can be kind of a mystery, but there are companies out there that can help you get that data back.

These companies use engineering that can recover your lost data over ninety six percent of the time. These companies can even recover data that has been stored on a damaged USB device.

So when you find yourself in a situation where you have lost valuable information you should not assume that this data can not be retrieved. Read the rest of this entry →

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Kaspersky Anti-virus has been a renowned antivirus software for years now. The company that develops the software is known as Kaspersky Labs.

Kaspersky Labs has been founded by professional Russian computer security experts and analysts in 1997.

The company has a reputation to often be the first to identify new viruses and to devise methods to combat them. Kaspersky Anti-virus has long been used in Russia and parts of Europe.

However, with its latest release of version 2009, it is believed that Kaspersky Anti-virus is now one of the most popular anti-virus software in the market, outperforming competing products of most of its US rivals such as Symantec and Trend Micro. Read the rest of this entry →

A mobile phone especially a smart phone or PDA phone is not just that nowadays. Formerly, mobile phone was only used as a mean of long-distance communication.

Now most phones in the market have multi function features, doubling up as organiser, calculator, GPS and internet devices.

A modern smart phone may not cost much in the US. However, personal information, work documents and sensitive data on the mobile are the valuable ones and surely you cannot afford to lose them.

Can you imagine losing your beloved phone or having the data on it stolen or destroyed by malicious attacks? Read the rest of this entry →

Have you experienced any unusual behaviors on your computer system after downloading a file from an unknown source?

Have you had a corrupted data replaced by unknown files stored on your hard drive? Have you had a slow internet connection because of high bandwidth usage?

Well, think again.  These things are possibly caused by malware’s malicious actions.

Malware is any program or software that has malicious actions designed specifically to damage a system.

Malware starts by entering a computer system through different ways like attaching itself as an email attachment or downloading itself once a user visits a malicious web site. Read the rest of this entry →

Phishing is a scam where emails are sent to users falsely claiming to be a legitimate source or company in an attempt to gather private information for the purpose of stealing information or identity theft.

“Phishing” came from the analogy that online scammers are using email techniques to “fish” private information like passwords or credit card number from Internet users.

A typical phishing scenario involves a scammer or criminal sending spam email messages to thousands or millions of email addresses.

These email messages are forged to make them appear to have come from a legitimate or reputable source such as a bank, credit card company or financial institutions. Read the rest of this entry →

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Malware can cause damage to your computer especially if you are not aware of its malicious actions.  Usually they modify and infect other files, propagate through the network you’re connected with and cause unusual system behaviors like frequent system restarts and slow performance.

Identifying a malware program on your computer is hard especially if the program that you are suspecting as malicious is a legitimate file.

Worst thing is , once the suspect file affects your computer, it’s too late for you to prevent its attack.

There are tools that you can use in order to help you identify the malware program and prevent further infections on your computer. Read the rest of this entry →

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 →

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Even though the old definition of a spyware is as a software that monitors user’s behavior secretly, today, spyware functions more than just simple monitoring.

Spyware programs are used to collect personal information including user’s surfing habit, visited sites, redirect browser activity, access websites containing harmful viruses and etc.

Most of the time, spyware is the main culprit in slow connection speeds by changing computer settings. Such spywares are dealed by programs called the anti-spyware software.

Today, there are a lot of programs available in the market for users to protect their computers. Softwares like Ad-Aware SE, Spybot – Search & Destroy, Zone Alarm with Anti Spyware, Windows AntiSpyware, Windows Defender and etc.

Some major anti-virus companies like McAfee and Symantec have also added the anti-spyware features into their product.

Anti spyware softwares protect computers by providing real time protection, preventing the installation of spyware on your computer. 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 →

Did you know that more than 50% of computer users today are spending more time with their computers than with their family?

Also, did you know that they are spending more than 10 hours each month trying to repair computer errors?

There is a high probability that you fall into one of the above categories. Imagine the improvement in your personal life and relationships, if you were able to save a lot of this time and spend it with your loved ones. Read the rest of this entry →