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Autorun Viruses / Trojan Horse Malware

January 24th, 2009 Comments off

Do you regularly plug-in your USB pen / thumb drive into your computer. Then you are at a greater risk of autorun viruses.

These viruses embed themselves to the system by modifying the autorun.inf entry files of all or some local drives / partitions and run whenever you double click or open your drives. It works in the background and many a times an anti-virus software doen not detect it but it keeps infecting all the removable devices that are connected to the infected computer. This in turn spreads the infection and keeps the virus chain alive.

If you try to delete the autorun.inf file from your drive then you cannot access the drive directly by double clicking. And the virus automatically creates a new autorun.inf file to keep itself *ALIVE*

Now some free tools available on the internet help your PC to be protected before it gets infected with such kind of viruses.

Below are the links for downloading the Autorun Virus Removal Software.

Protect your Computer against this threat……

To Download Autorun Virus Remover –> Click Here

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Spyware, its effects, cure and prevention

January 19th, 2009 No comments

Spyware: Meaning and its effects

Most people know about viruses which can harm their computer and so they install an antivirus software and think

that their PC is now protected.

But, the story doesn’t end here, there is another breed of harmful programs which can actually “spy” on all your

activities like your internet surfing session, it can log your keystrokes and in the extreme case your system may

be vulnerable for a attack from hackers.

So, there is an Immediate need to Arm your Computer against these type of attacks by using an Antispyware Software.

There are many available on the Internet which claim to clean your computer but actually they are “Spyware”

disguised as an “AntiSpyWare” software.

If you use your computer for shopping on the Internet then you are at an greater risk as they can steal your credit

card information. It is done by logging whatever keys you type on your keyboard and then it is sent to a remote PC

which is controlled by a unknown person.

So why stay at risk, Get yourselves an Antispyware.

I have been using “SpyBot Search & Destroy”, a free software which is really effective and has a very large

database of spyware. It also has a resident scanner which scans all the incoming and outgoing packets when

connected to the internet and protects the registry and alerts you whenever an un-authorised change has been made

to your system.

Get SpyBot Search & Destroy Here –> Click Here

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What is a Firewall…

January 15th, 2009 No comments

A firewall is a program, which protects your computer against hack-attempts and keeps your PC secure.

A firwall sits between your computer and the Internet and Scans all the incoming data as well as it protects all the open communication ports for the Internet.

Hence if you use Internet connection and want your PC to remain secure from threats from the Internet then you must get a FireWall for your PC.

There are a lot of FREE firewall software available which have good performance.

Personally speaking the Best Firewall that I have come across is ZoneAlarm Firewall. But alternatives such as Comodo FireWall are also great.

Below are some links to such free firwalls.

Download Comodo Firewall —> Click Here

Download ZoneAlarm Free Firewall —> Click Here

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