Spyware Review

Posted on Wednesday, 4th May 2011 by Bob

Download Spyware Doctor and save to your Desktop (if you cannot download then bookmark this page and skip to Step 3 to restore your internet)
Rename the file something random, such as ‘redangrybird.exe’
Restart your Computer in Safe Mode with Networking(keep tapping F8 while your system boots up)
Launch Internet Explorer, click on Tools and then Internet Options.
Click on the Connections tab and select LAN Options
Uncheck [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 17th February 2011 by Bob

Windows 7 is a fast operating system that was designed by Microsoft to boot up quickly, without issues. If it’s taking a long time for your version to start up, then your PC is probably suffering from system errors or corrupt files that affect the loading speed of Windows. You could be suffering from booting [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd November 2010 by Bob

If you’re familiar with your Greek history, then you know about the Trojan Horse that was used to win a classic war. Soldiers constructed a giant horse made of wood, and delivered it as a gift to their enemies. The horse was wheeled into the confines of the city, and once nightfall arrived, the soldiers [...]

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Posted on Monday, 28th December 2009 by Bob

Many of the newer Spyware Infections are more and more difficult to get rid of because they block the Task Manager and other exe files, including the antivirus scanners available on sites like this one. This poses a problem, because how is a user supposed to clean out his or her computer if she can’t [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 10th December 2009 by Bob

Some of the new viruses are getting clever in the way that they hijack your Internet Explorer and change your Proxy Settings so that whatever you search for, you are redirected to a different spyware site. You will have to change your proxy settings to get rid of viruses like these, and it will have [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 28th November 2009 by Bob

How To Start In Safe Mode:

Windows 95

* Restart the computer.
* Just after the POST diagnostics and memory count, start pressing the F8 key
* On the Startup Menu, choose Safe Mode

Windows 98/Me

* Restart the computer.
* Just after the POST diagnostics and memory count, start pressing the F8 key
* On the Startup Menu, [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 22nd November 2009 by Bob

Poorly managed computer networks at businesses small and large can lead to viral infections, taking down entire networks and leading to hours or days of unproductive, stressful downtime. Over the last year, from November 2008 to 2009 the worst of these viruses was Conficker. Infection symptoms of Conficker  include:

Security-related website access is blocked
Users cannot access [...]

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