Global Security Watch > Spyware & Viruses Changing Consumers’ Online Habits

http://www.heritage-tech.net [HTNet] Finally, after years of getting infected with spyware and viruses, consumers’ online behaviour are beginning to change. People are more cautious...

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http://www.boredguru.com [Boredguru.com] BoredGuru.com : Downloads : Software Utilities : PC Security ...: With simple explanations and real-time graphs for all vital system resources, SpeedUpMyPC identifies performance bottlenecks in minutes. With a heavy-duty arsenal of optimization tools, such as RAM recovery, CPU optimization, startup management, and automatic crash recovery, SpeedUpMyPC is THE must - have utility for both beginner and power users.

Mercola.comhttp://www.mercola.com [Mercola.com] Is Your Computer Being Hijacked? 5/14/03: Trojans open ports on infected machines and allow malicious users to access data on that system remotely. A more mainstream use of this technology is called spyware, ad-serving software that (in the best case) allows advertisers to update and target advertising on your computer or (in the worst case) allows advertisers to track your Web habits for sale to other advertisers.

Sodabob.com[Sodabob.com] Deep Thoughts - 03.05.2002 Internet Privacy & Security: What it does is, after you first install it and it's running, it won't let any program access the Internet without you first giving it 'the okay.' At that time, you can either give it full permission (so that that particular program can ALWAYS access the Internet), you can tell it to prompt you each time that program wants to access the Internet, or you can flatly deny that program from being able to access the Internet (and you can, of course, modify these permissions at any time thereafter). In addition, like other firewalls, it prevents hacker attacks coming in from the Internet, and logs those attacks along with the originating server so that you could, theoretically, go after the attacker

Pcpitstop.comhttp://www.pcpitstop.com [Pcpitstop.com] Safe Surfing: Emphasize to your kids that safe surfing doesn't have to mean depriving yourself of fun. If they encounter, say, a lyrics site that insists you download an ActiveX control to continue, they should just back out, go back to a search engine, and find another site that doesn't try to fool them into downloading software they don't want and don't need.

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