Spyware and Viruses

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5 Ways To Speed A Computer

In my work I run across a lot of people that have severely neglected their computer for years. Here is a list of the top five tips as a computer tech that I would recommend for any user to help maintain their computer and keep it running great.
There is a lot you can [...]


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What is Rogue Antivirus and How To Remove It

Rogue Anti-virus applications are being produced in ever increasing numbers each week now. Why? This is a scam that works big time! Rogue Anti-Virus scams are able to steal money, credit card numbers and sometimes entire identities.
Below you can see the life cycle of a Rogue Anti-Virus scam.
1. You get infected with a [...]


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Remove Vundo and Virtumonde Using Free Software

Virtumonde is a pernicious Adware Trojan that is usually installed into your windows pc (Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista) via an outdated Java Runtime Environment. Vundo, also known as Virtumonde and Virtumondo creates random letter DLL’s in C:windowssystem32 (tyeyavv.dll for example) that inject themselves into the winlogon.exe process as well as the [...]


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If These Problems Sound Familiar, You Might Have A Spyware Problem

In today’s world, it’s very common to have a computer that doesn’t perform quite as well as it used to. In fact, it’s even more common for a computer to not perform even half as well as it used to. Usually, this can be chalked up to a major spyware problem. If any of [...]


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4 Ways Spyware Programs Make Money Off You And How You Can Stop Them

A common question people ask when they are dealing with a spyware infection is, ‘Why do spyware makers even exist? What purpose does cluttering up people’s computers serve?’ The answer, as I’m sure you might have guessed, is profit related.
1. They sell advertising to other companies
Spyware makers know that they have a large number of [...]