Make your computer tell you when a program starts!

How do you know when an application has started without your knowing it? It happens quite often. A bad guy will take advantage of this and run something in the background where you do not see it. Spyware, mellware and viruses will do this so that they can keep hidden from you.
You can setup your computer to make a sound whenever a program starts up. In Windows XP and Vista you will click start, control panel, system then sounds. Look in the list and find Open Program. Click once on it to highlight it. Now you are able to choose the sound you want to hear whenever a program starts up. Keep in mind that when the computer starts up you will hear this sound multiple times.
In Windows 7 you will click start then control panel, click on hardware and sounds. Under sounds choose change system sounds.
Now you will know when a program is starting up. This is useful if you did not start the program you self.

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New phishing scam hits Facebook

People are tricked in to clicking a link that will steals your email and password.
Read the more about it here People are tricked in to clicking a link that will steals your email and password. Read the more about it here

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Showing hidden file extensions

Today when talking about what some believe to be a security flaw built and windows. By default windows hides file extensions. Because of windows hiding file extensions many people who write viruses and spyware are able to take advantage of this. There are times when you download program believing that it one thing but it is really another. They may call the file pitcher point in reality it’s an executable file used to install mellware, spyware or a virus on your system. You look at this file and you see picture.jpg but in reality it is picture.jpg.exe. Because file extensions are hidden you are unaware that you have just downloaded an .exe file. Not all that BXE files are bad, there are many times when you intend to download an .exe file. It is those times that you wanted a pic but instead got bit that it would have been nice to have seen the file extension.
To turn the show file extensions on you will need to go to a folder like my documents then click on tools then folder options. In there you will find a tab named View. Click on the View tab and under Advance settings remove the check mark from (Hide extensions for known file types). Now you will see the file extension of the files you download and can be sure that the file is what you expect it to be.


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Fake Facebook site scams users

Fake Facebook site scams users in to giving user name and password. Any site you go to will start out with (http://www. The name of the site you intend to go to.com/,net,/edu) then maybe some extra info after that. If is starts out with any thing else, it may not be the site you intended to go to. read more here

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Disable Adobe JavaScript

OK some bad guys have found a way to use JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat to run vishes code on your system. The good thing is you can turn off JavaScript in Adobe it will do every thing you need it to do with out it. The way you turn it off is very simple. First open Adobe Reader or Acrobat, then click edit on the menu bar at the top. Next click on Preferences. You will see a check in the box next to (Enable Acrobat JavaScript or Enable JavaScript. Remove the check mark and click OK.
There is another option. The program is called Foxit. I runs PDF files just like Adobe Acrobat or Reader but with more options and with less security issues. You can get Foxit Here click the FREE Download.

It is better to be safe then to loos all your work.


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What is scareware?

In the past few years there has been an increase in what is now being called scareware. It starts with a small piece of spyware that then gives you a popup that informs you that you may be infected, that is where the scareware comes in. The authors of the scare tactic would want you to think that you are infected and even will offer to scan your system for free, (well that is nice of them.) After the scan which is not really a scan but just a way to add more spyware on your system, they will tell you that you have problems and that the only way to get rid of infections is to buy their product. The truth is that you may not have anything wrong with your system at all except that first piece of spyware that started this scare tactic in the first place.

How do you get rid of this scareware and spyware? Install and run a good antivirus like Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html or AVG http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html . You should also have a good antispyware program like Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html the other thing that you will want to do is run Windows updates. New Windows updates are released ever second Tuesday of the month. You may want to run Windows updates in between as well as Microsoft will release updates on other dates as well. Remember if something on the internet is telling you that you are infected, they are most likely the ones that infected you. A clean computer is a happy computer.

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Windows 7 CR

Windows 7 CR was released on 5-5-2009 to the public. I am running a dual boot of Windows 7 and Vista and as of now Windows 7 seems to be running very smoothly. The one thing that I noticed is that it dose not feel heavy or bogged down. The installation was very smooth and quick. It only took about 20 to 25 minutes to completely install Windows 7. It has a very nice feel to it. Lets hope that HP, Dell, Gateway, and all the other PC makers don't fill it with crap. I think it was Leo Laporte that said (they crap it up) and it is true. If you want your copy you can get it here Windows 7



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