Many people turn to peer to peer file sharing sites to get premium music, software, and other digital files without having to put out hard earned cash. There are significant dangers involved with using LimeWire and BitTorrent. Over 90% of the computers I work on for virus removal have either LimeWire or BitTorrent installed. This an explanation of those dangers.
Category : Safe Computing
Warning Your’re in Danger!: You just can’t make up something like this. this particular virus strain places a warning on the user’s desktop and does not let them change it,. Most individuals who have this error also are infected with the fake security client System Security 2009. desktop background highjackings first hit the main stream back in the day with a virus called Smitfraud. The smitfraud.exe tool actually will restore the desktop settings to the default mode and also resolve the issue of not being able to bring up the task manager.
Category : Software
Trojans found on brand new computers after downloading Windows 7 themes right from the Microsoft website. Caution must be used whenever downloading anything from the Internet even when you think the source is a trusted website.
Category : Safe Computing
From home computer repair to educating people on computer use, those are the things I love to do. Now more than ever seems to be a growing need for safe computing education. There are constant threats online and bad things can happen instantaneously even to good people. A little paranoia will go a far but the proper education will take you even further.
Category : Safe Computing
