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    5 ways to beat browser errors.

    You've come across messages on the Web that block the pages you're trying to find. These are browser error messages. Like T.V. and radio stations, Web Sites sometimes experience technical difficulties. Fortunately, you might be able to sidestep these snarls by using one of these 5...
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    A Memorial Day PSA for anyone who loves a WWII Vet

    They have a wonderful aspect to the WWII Memorial, electronic kiosks which list WWII Vets, and where family and friends can look up their loved ones and see their service records and awards. The key, however, is that only Vets who died in action or who are officially listed as missing in action...
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    Spyware, AdWare, Pop-Ups. etc. etc.

    Some ask about Spyware, some want to know about AdWare, and then others talk about being infected. Spware example, a trojan. Typically this is a file one has already accepted into the system, knowingly or unknowingly. This piece of code makes it pssible for some unknown entity out in lala land...
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    Sasser Worm

    There's a new worm that's been out since yesterday, it's very fast moving. UPDATE!!!!
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    Provocation and Negotiation.

    I want to underline that I'm not in the least trying to outrage or upset anyone and I certainly don't want a tribe of spineless namecallers descending on me, it's just a "What if???" There is a perception that the only way to deal with terrorism is to continue a policy of uncompromising non...
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    New Virus!!!

    A computer worm referred to as Gaobot, is currently infecting computers across the Internet. In response, we strongly urge you to take the following security measures: 1) Use a personal software or hardware firewall to protect your computers from network worms and intruders. 2) Download and...
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    Homepage Hijacks

    If your Home page changes unexpectedly, you have a "HomePage hijack", and will see this page each time you invoke your browser. What the hijacker has done is to change the registry key: In the Root key HKEY_CURRENT_USER, the key Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main has a value "Start...
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    Kazaa

    If you are serious about protecting your security and privacy, as well as just keeping your computer from crashing, you need to steer clear of all P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing programs (such as Kazaa). Here is why: Firstly, using P2P software is an excellent way to download a virus or other...
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    Internet Fraud: Fraudulent Email: SwiftPay just received $785 for you

    ----[ beginning of spam ]---- User icare24 just send $785.99 USD with E-mail to you: SwiftPay UserID: icare24 Transaction#: 0115910 Date: 23-07-2003 Comments: Your profile with us indicate that you are not satisfied from us, per our EPI policy we are sending money as compensation to you, your...
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    Internet Fraud: Fraudulent domain name expiration notices

    Domain Registry of America seems to have pioneered this marketing "tactic" in the internet domain name registration field (technically not fraud). If you have one or more domain names registered do not be surprised if you get a "renewal notice" from a company you have never heard of. These...
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    Internet Fraud: Fraudulent Email: eBay Account Verification

    I received this email over the weekend. The "from" address was "spoofed" so that it appeared to be from aw-confirm@ebay.com, which I know to be a valid email address that eBay uses quite frequently to send certain auction notices. It looked very authentic as well. This email informed me that my...
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    Internet Fraud: "Phishing" scam uses USA Patriot Act

    If you get a message purportedly from the FDIC telling you that one of your bank accounts is going to lose its FDIC insurance because of a possible violation of the USA Patriot Act, ignore it. It's a scam that is trying to get you to enter your personal financial data on a malicious web page...
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    Asking for money on-line.

    I've seen about 3 or 4 threads about borrowing money from other peeps on this board, or posts from peeps asking if anybody would front money to cover bets. Do people really fall for that scam??? The WWW is flooded with peeps trying to scam money in one way or another, there are people that...
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    Patches

    When vendors become aware of vulnerabilities in their products, they often issue patches to fix the problem. Make sure to apply relevant patches to your computer as soon as possible so that your system is protected!!! What are patches??? Similar to the way fabric patches are used to repair...
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    Downloading Windows Updates

    FOR: Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows 98 The Windows Update feature can be a convenient way to make sure you have all the latest patches and bug fixes that Microsoft didn't bother including in the boxed version of Windows. However, if you have more than one computer, OR you have a...
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    Stop Windows from wildly accessing your Hard Disk

    FOR: Windows ME Windows 98 Windows 95 Many people complain about Windows seizing up for up to a minute because of random, pointless disk activity. This is due to the way that windows is set to handle disk caching and virtual memory. Although windows instructs you to "let Windows handle disk...
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    Things that slow down your system bootup.

    You don't have enough free RAM, you should have a minimum of 32 megabytes for Windows 95 and Windows 98, 64 MB for Windows Me, and 128 MB for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Your hard disk is too slow - try optimizing it using Defrag. If your able, you might want to invest in a new, fast, huge...
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    Understanding Anti-Virus Software

    What does anti-virus software do??? Although details may vary between packages, anti-virus software scans files or your computer's memory for certain patterns that may indicate an infection. The patterns it looks for are based on the signatures, or definitions, of known viruses. Virus authors...
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    Google Toolbar (Dr. Strangelove) (LONG)

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    Fyi

    Some elements of the Windows Operating environment, although not critically necesssary to it, have been integrated so well into the OS itself that it is not possible to remove all traces of these modules without rendering the system inoperable. The modules I am refering to are the fancy GUI...
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