Posts Tagged with 'Security'

December 25, 2006

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Top FREE Personal Firewalls for Your System’s Protection

Windows XP systems already have a built-in firewall software but is not a complete firewall product and also lacks many advanced features that a dedicated firewall software has. Mentioned below are some popular personal firewall software products that are full of important features and serve the purpose of having a dedicated firewall software. 1. [ZoneAlarm] – Very easy to use, updates automatically from the ZoneAlarm’s website for latest security patterns and software updates. I personally use it and am very

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Posted in: Software/Apps | Tools/Utils | Windows

November 13, 2006

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Phishing: Basics of Phishing and Preventive Measures

Phishing is a kind of activity through which phishers [an attacker] make attempts to obtain sensitive information such as your credit card details, passwords of your mailbox or bank account by pretending to be from a legitimate source. Phishing can be both socially and technically engineered. A person pretending to be from a bank and asking for your account information for regular maintenance is an example of socially engineered phishing. Where as, an email which seems to have come from

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Posted in: Internet

November 11, 2006

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Simple steps to keep Spywares, Adwares and Viruses Away!

Unable to get rid of spyware and Adware from your system? Do you clean everything you can and still find those annoying things back in the system? Not anymore! Let’s look at some tools that will make your life easier and hopefully you shall not see any of those again. The tools, tips and tricks are solely my recommendations and since I have not been hit by any spyware, Adware or Viruses in last two years, I hope following my

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Posted in: Internet | Tools/Utils | Windows






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