Most firewalls are similar. As soon as anyone can remotely accesses a computer at any time, chances are that system in question does not have a firewall. Even basic firewall protection is better than nothing. Although hardware firewalls are comsidered to be more effective, software firewalls are jsut as helpful and improtant. Below are a [...]
08.10.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Today’s viruses, worms, and so-called bots, which turn your computer system into a zombie that does the hacker’s bidding (such as mass-mailing spam), aren’t going to announce their presence. They operate in the background, quietly altering data, stealing private operations, or using your PC for their own illegal ends. This makes them hard to spot [...]
05.17.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
EMSI Software has released “a-squared Free 4.0″, a free tool designed to find and destroy viruses, Trojans, and spyware. The product is free for non-commercial use on any number of computers, and it will remain free in the long term. It runs under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003/2008, and has been redesigned [...]
01.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
