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7 Steps to Securing a Microsoft Windows 7 computer. These steps can be used for a new or used system, and if you are attempting to secure an already used computer there is a chance the process could cause you to lose valuable data so first backup the computer. Backup: To guard against data loss a full backup or your hard drive is [...]  What are computer parasites? ‘Parasite’ is a shorthand term for “unsolicited commercial software.” Computer parasites are an unwanted program that gets installed on your computer which you never asked for, and which performs tasks for someone else’s profit.* Computer Parasites or unsolicited software can cause the following problems. Causes unwanted advertising pop ups. The following tips are intended to help you maintain your computer in top working condition. DO NOT turn your computer off with the power switch, use the Windows shut down feature. I see way to many people use this method. Why? Windows cleans up temporary files and cleanly closes programs as it shuts down, minimizing the [...] Win32 Alureon and it’s removal from Windows computers This past week MLD Services ran into a particularly nasty virus called Win32 Alueron that was installed on a clients laptop. Symptoms of the infection were the disabling of the free version of Avast and redirects from the website the user was trying to view to infected sites attempting to install more malware. Here is Microsoft’s definition: Does your computer have problems? The biggest problem with your computer might just be you! When was the last time you ran a disk cleanup, defragmented the hard drive, or emptied the cache in Internet Explorer? Sure there are a lot of third party tools that make a lot of promises and some do deliver, but today let’s [...] It’s true, it’s true. If you are using Windows 7 then you no longer have to have a 3rd party utility to burn an ISO image file to a CD or DVD. Simply double click; or right click the ISO file and it will launch the “Burn Disc Image” utility, and from there it is quite [...] |
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