Archive for May, 2009
Keeping your data safe
Posted by Alex in data backups, do it yourself on May 26th, 2009
In today’s digital world, our data is the most important asset we have. Documents, spreadsheets, databases, financial information, sentimental photography, purchased or rare music files and other difficult or costly to reproduce information make up the valuable contents of our hard drive.
The threat of computer viruses
Posted by Alex in computer problems, computer viruses, security on May 20th, 2009
The most significant threat to your security is a virus that you may not even know is infecting your system. Even if you feel that your anti-virus has secured your computer, there are many viruses that are designed to disable the anti-virus and anti-spyware software. Other viruses are so infectious that there is no easy way to remove them without an expert’s help.
Many years ago viruses were written by teenagers in their parents’ basements. Nowadays viruses are written by criminal groups with the intent to exploit their victims.
Cleaning up your hard drive with CCleaner (video)
Posted by Alex in do it yourself, security on May 20th, 2009