Archive for February 25th, 2008
Windows XP Security Center Part 5 of 5
Prevent Spyware
Where does spyware come from?
Spyware is most commonly installed as a component of freeware and shareware applications. Whenever you install something on your computer, make sure you carefully read all disclosures, including the license agreement and privacy statement. Sometimes the inclusion of spyware is documented, but it may appear at the end of a [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 4 of 5
Some question the usefulness of the software and view signature-based offerings in a particularly dim light. Others cite the performance effects that anti-virus tools have on PCs. Anti-virus proponents, however, believe that the technology will endure as a component of a layered defense strategy, pointing to the addition of behavior-based scanning.
As long as viruses exist, [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 3 of 5
Installing Antivirus Software
Viruses are the most well known of several catagories of maliciously targeted programs (generically called malware); most malware programs install themselves through vulnerabilities in the operating system, software, or through plain old social engineering. Characteristically, once installed they will deliver some sort of a payload (from simply spreading itself again to installing a [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 2 of 5
Antivirus software is a computer program that detects, prevents, and takes action to disarm or remove malicious software programs, such as viruses and worms. You can help protect your computer against viruses by using antivirus software.
Computer viruses are software programs that are deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 1 of 5
What is Windows® XP Security Center? And why should I know about. Well, the internet has opened many wondrous & exciting electronic doors to explore. Medicine, Science, the Arts, History, fun places to go, etc. And this is only the beginning. We are able to visit (digitally) many parts of this world, make new friends [...]
Public Domain Music
In todays modern age and music with its’ DRM, its a pleasure to come across public domain music that has, in my opinion, STYLE. But much of this music is in the form of very old and scratchy sound or of sheet music.
Enter pdmusic.org . This site belongs to Benjamin Robert Tubb. Here you will [...]
