http://www.technologyfix.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:50:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to online security and preventing against threats to your computer system in general. All we hear about are computer viruses, trojan horses, adware and spyware. These are all important and sure, you wouldn't want your computer system infected with any of these malicious wares, but to me, ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/the-art-of-phishing/ The anti-virus software market is extremely popular. There are 10+ large players in the industry and no one company really has a monopoly on the others. This is quite rare when it comes to computer software in general. There is normally always one major player but in the anti virus ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/anti-virus-software/ There are two things that need to be done when it comes to protecting against computer viruses. The first is simple, be careful what you download, receive and open. The second, install a good virus scanner. These might sound obvious but viruses are still being made as people are still ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/protecting-yourself-from-computer-viruses/ Unfortunately these days, AdWare and SpyWare in general is becoming a real problem. For the most part, Internet users are learning how to spot potential adware / spyware offenders when viewing / running online applications, but there is still a large chunk of web users worldwide who will download and ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/spyware-removal/ The Trojan Horse, as you might have guessed gets its name from the Trojan Horse used in the Trojan war. A Trojan Horse in computing terms works in pretty much the same way as the original Trojan horse. It first appears to be something of value to the user but ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/understanding-the-trojan-horse/ I have been using computers for the best part of 15 years, I have been online for at least 10 of those and during that time have tried many weird and wonderful virus scanners and virus prevention applications. I used to just use the free ones that you could download ... http://www.technologyfix.co.uk/bitdefender-virus-prevention-software/