Archive for September, 2010
Say Neigh to the Trojan Horse!
The Trojan horse type of virus and malware gets its name from the classical tale of the Trojan horse. In the story, a horse is sent to the city of Troy. The horse was a cover rather than a gift; it contained a number of soldiers planning to destroy Troy.
That is why calling this a Trojan horse virus is particularly appropriate. Initially, a lot of them seem perfectly normal. However, truly they are malicious and enable hackers to enter a person's computer and do damage.
You could get a virus by downloading a simple screensaver. When run, the screensaver runs hidden programs, scripts, commands, and functions that the user doesn't know about. These programs may be able to usurp your virus protector and get into your computer.
Deleting Trojans can be a problem because they come in so many forms. However, there are a lot of programs available.… Read More
Windows XP Registry Repair Software-Easy Repairs You Can Do
As popular as Windows Vista is with new computers, there are still millions of machines that are running Windows XP. In fact, many computer pros actually prefer Windows XP since is has be a stable computing platform for many years. The main problem most users of older computers have is speed- or a lack of it! Windows XP registry repair software can come to your rescue and breathe some new life into that old PC.
Older PC's that have had lots of software installed and removed are prone to slowdowns - particularly on Windows XP. Registry repair software can scan your machine and find invalid entries in the all-important system registry - the central database that your PC uses to store all of its configuration information. When this database has errors, your computer starts to slow down, lock up and becomes a general nuisance to use.
When your registry… Read More
Google’s Forecast For A Speedier Internet
Google is currently the top search engine company in the industry, both in terms of market share and technology. To reach the top spot in an Industry which analysts predict could balloon in to a multi-billion dollar one, it took a Google that has an abundant supply of innovation, great foresight and to a big extent, a stealthily-developed arsenal of one the best and most advanced Search Engine Technology the whole Industry has ever seen (or not seen, since Google is trying its best to keep competitors in the dark about the true extent and power of their biggest weapon - their clusters of datacenters). Although they're at the front of the pack right now, Google and its army of engineers are in no way sitting on their laurels. Innovation is what brought them where they are now, and innovation is definitely what they're continually using to bring the… Read More
How To Back Up Files On Your Computer
Have you ever experienced working for hours on a single project, sweating gallons over it, only to find yourself crying at the end because your desktop computer or laptop suddenly went blank? Prevention is always better than cure folks, so if you are working on something really important, it is a must to back up your files and avoid starting from scratch. How do you do this? Well, read on and you might just learn how to Backup Files on your computer.
These are some things that you could do when working with electronic files:
If you have only one hard drive, the most basic thing you can do is have two partitions on it. Then store your files on the drive that does not contain the operating system files. For example, if you have drives "C" and "D" and your OS files are in… Read More
