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Archive for June 30th, 2008

2008
30
Jun

Free PC scan

'font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Ethan Hunter

As soon as you start to browse the Internet, you are risking attacks not only from virus, but also from those creepy malware, and you start to have the immediate effect. Your PC slows down, and your monitor screen suddenly turns blue. There could be other effects too. Your firewall could have been tampered with, and it could be sending out strange traffic. The virus with your email could be hacking your computer with your personal information being siphoned off by some people somewhere in the net.

Virus or worms, as they are sometimes called, may take over your PC and start mass mailing to all the addresses you have in your address book. If you are within a large corporate network, the virus can also initiate a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to disrupt your network operation. Several web-based free PC scan utilities are available on the Internet which can detect various kinds of Internet security threats in your computer, including viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware.

'font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Patrick Robinson

There are so many reasons why people should search public criminal records online. This is primarily done for protection. Imagine the scenario where you and your family are living in the suburbs, and someone new moves into the house beside yours. At first bat, you find the new neighbor quite familiar, but you just cannot place where you have seen him before. After a few days, you suddenly realize that this man resembles the man you saw on the news, the same one who is wanted for murder in another state. By this time, you already know that your new neighbor goes by the name of Matt Richards. To put your worries at ease, you can then choose the option to search public criminal records online, and determine for yourself if your neighbor is indeed who he says he is.

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