6 step how to remove spyware with Windows Defender
Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it’s detected and minimizes interruptions and helps you stay productive.
This guide explains a few basics about Windows Defender and point you two a few important guides that’ll help you get the most out of Windows Defender.
Step1: Windows Defender is part of Windows Vista but it can also be installed on Windows XP SP2 or later. Windows Defender can’t be installed on earlier versions of Windows than XP SP2 and it works only Windows has licence.
Free download
Step2: Select Use recommended settings in Main windows then Complete for select all.
Step3: Scanning Your Computer
Step4:
By default Windows Defender will scan your computer for malware once a day at 2am and automatically remove severe threats. Medium and low threats will not be removed automatically, but it’ll notify you and wait for you to tell it what to do. Windows Defender also protects your computer in real-time from pop-ups and malware.
Step5: Using Software Explorer
If your computer seems sluggish Windows Defender has a tool called Software Explorer that shows you detailed information about running programs. You can also use Software Explorer to stop programs from starting when Windows boots to speed up your computer’s boot time and overall speed.
Step6:
Tips: We use Windows Defender like Task Manager if want to turn of program is running: We use Software Explorer in Category tab select Currently Running Programs and turn off program's running if you want.
MP3 Attachments in Email Can Be Spam
Email spammers are using MP3 attachments to bypass the anti-spam filters. Spammers are taking advantage of the fact that the MP3 format is one of the most common in use today and that most anti-spam solutions do not handle attachments very well because they do not actually analyze the attachment content.
It’s a short, 30-second MP3 file recorded at low bit-rate with a synthetic female voice promoting a particular stock; the voice heavily distorted to avoid signature-based anti-spam approaches.
To address the MP3 spam threat administrators need to deploy as many anti-spam techniques as possible, including Bayesian filtering, while at the same time maintaining a very low level of false positives. Additionally, administrators can block attachments or place restrictions on allowable sizes to weed out unwanted material.
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Learn to make strong passwords for Bank and Mail accounts from Microsoft
Microsoft has some tips to share with us to make our passwords very strong and unbreakable. They have made a password strength analyzer that can help you analyze the strength of your passwords.
I recommend all of you to go through password tips from Microsoft that can help you to make stronger password for your Online Banking account, Mail account and PayPal account.
Secure Your PC Using SecurWall
SecurWall is the most user-friendly PC firewall and personal desktop security solution available today. SecurWall is a must-have security measure for any PC that connects to a private network or the public Internet. Once you've been compromised, your personal data including your home, business and online bank accounts, credit card information or any other confidential material, that rests on your hard drive can become public.. No matter where you use your computer, whether remote or at home, whether dial-up or an always-on broadband Internet connection, it gives you complete confidence that your precious business, personal, financial and other data is safe and secure. SecurWall offers easy to manage rule-based security policy by constantly operating in the background. Rules for applications, trusted IP addresses, ports, protocols can be customized to support and secure any network configurations or requirements. Designed for high performance, but still saving computing resources, SecurWall will always protect you while surfing, chatting, gaming, or any writing emails. If an intrusion attempt occurs, it detects it in real-time and blocks it by default. Also, if unauthorized application try to access the Internet, SecurWall blocks it by default, asking you to take course of action(to allow/deny and/or block it's access to the internet). The personal firewall also offers the possibility to create an anonymous encrypted Internet tunnel for anonymous surfing. SecurWall is extremely easy to use even for not experienced users. It easily installs on your system by automatically detecting your Internet connection and setting.
Download It Here
USB PC Lock : Prevents Unauthorized Person From Accessing Your Computer
What is USB PC Lock ? USB PC Lock is a free ware that turns any USB Flash Drive into a key that prevents unauthorized people from using your computer. USB PC Lock will automatically lock your computer and perform other actions when you step away from it.
USB PC Lock Pro comes with ten plug-ins- like mute audio, lock MSN, start / stop event logger, etc. You can select any of the features you want to enable, and choose any of the USB drive that you want to uses as a lock. And can also be setup to recognize multiple USB drives.
Key Features:
You can download USB PC Lock Pro by clicking HERE..
Useful Firefox Security Extensions
Mozilla’s Firefox browser claims to provide a safer browsing experience out of the box, but some of the best security features of Firefox are only available as extensions. Here’s a roundup of some of the more useful ones I’ve found.
This might be more of a web developer tool, but being able to view in detail the cookies that various sites set on your visits can be an eye-opening experience. This extension not only shows you all the details, but lets you modify them too. You’ll be surprised at how many web apps do foolish things like saving your password in the cookie.
This is an interesting idea — scanning files for viruses before you download them. Basically, this extension adds an option to the link context menu that allows you to pass the link to the Dr. Web AV service. I haven’t rigorously tested this or anything, but it’s an interesting concept that could be part of an effective multilayer personal security model.
This extension doesn’t do a whole lot, but what it does is important — showing a tooltip when you roll over a form submission button of the form action URL. Extending this further to visually differentiate submission buttons that submit to SSL URLs would be really nice (as suggested by Chris Shiflett).
Flash hasn’t been quite as popular an attack vector as Javascript, but it still potentially could be a threat, and it’s often an annoyance. This extension disables all embedded Flash elements by default (score one for securing things by default), allowing you to click to activate a particular one if you like. It lacks the flexibility I’d like (things like whitelists would be very handy), and doesn’t give you much (any?) info about the Flash element before you run it, but it’s still a handy tool.
LiveHTTPHeaders is an incredibly useful too for web developers, displaying all of the header traffic between the client and server. Header Monitor is basically an add-on for LiveHTTPHeaders that displays a chosen header in Firefox’s status bar. They’re not really specifically security tools, but they do offer a lot of info on what’s really going on when you’re browsing, and an educated user is a safer user.
This restores some of the granularity Firefox users used to have over what Javascript can and cannot do. I’d like to see this idea taken farther (see below), but it’s handy regardless.
This extension is pretty smooth. Of all the addons for Firefox covered here, this is the one to get. NoScript is a powerful javascript execution whitelisting tool, allowing full user control over what domains allow scripts to run. Notifications of blocked execution and the allowed domain interface are nearly identical to the built-in Firefox popup blocker, so users should find it comfortable to work with. NoScript can also block Flash, Java, and “other plugins;” forbid bookmarklets; block or allow the “ping” attribute of the tag; and attempt to rewrite links that execute javascript to go to their intended donation without triggering the script code.
The one thing I’d really like to see from this extension would be more ganularity over what the Javascript engine can access. Now it’s only “on” or “off,” but being able to disable things like cookie access would eliminate a lot of potential security issues while still letting JS power rich web app interfaces. Also read Pascal Meunier’s take on NoScript.
Places handy little buttons in the status bar that let you quickly enable or disable Java or Javascript support. Note that this will not work with the latest stable Firefox (1.5.0.1). Hopefully a new version will be available soon.
This is another tool that isn’t aimed at security per se, but offers a lot of useful information. ShowIP drops the IP address of the current site in your status bar. Clicking on it brings up a menu of lookup options for the IP, like whois and DNS info. You can add additional web lookups if you like, as well as passing the IP to a local program. Handy stuff.
The idea with this extension is to make it easier to catch spoofing attempts by displaying a very large, brightly colored “You’re on ” in the toolbar. For folks who know what they’re doing this isn’t wildly useful, but it could be just the ticket for less savvy users. It requires a bit too much setup for them, though, and in the end I think this is something the browser itself should be handling.
Much like LiveHTTPHeaders, Tamper Data is a very useful extension for web devs that lets the user view HTTP headers and POST data passed between the client and server. In addition, Tamper Data makes it easy for the user to alter the data being sent to the server, which is enormously useful for doing security testing against web apps. I also like how the data is presented in TD a bit better than LiveHTTPHeaders: it’s easier to see at a glance all of the traffic and get an overall feel of what’s going on, but you can still drill down and get as much detail as you like.
Protect your PC from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other unwanted intruders
Latest trial offer from Microsoft to keep your PC safe from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other unwanted intruders, Windows Live OneCare. [ install ]
The trial period is for 90 days, so that users can get a real experience of the security offered by
Windows Live OneCare.
The system requirements for Windows Live OneCare is given below:
But not so happy news for x64 bit version users of Windows XP and Vista, Windows Live OncCare doesnt support you currently. Don't worry, definitely, they will do it in near future.
Steps to Disable File and Printer Sharing in Windows
It is very important, when you use wireless network, to disable the "File and Printer Sharing". Other wise all the users in your wireless network may get access to your shared data.
Here I have shared the steps you need to follow to disable "File and Printer Sharing" in your Windows machine.
Tips to identify a spam mails and email scams.
We have some tips to identify whether the mail you received is a part of email scam or
a spam mail. If any of the following conditions are true then the mail you received might
be an email scam or spam mail.
So try to implement these tips and save your self from spams and email scams.
Spyware Terminator
Free Spyware Terminator provides effective real-time detection and removal of spyware and incoming threats on your computer. Reliable and user friendly, it’s for personal and commercial use. Uses minimal PC resources and performs ultra fast scans of computer hard drives, memory, process and registry. Protect your computer, privacy and personal information!
There are two versions of Spyware Terminator available on the software's download page: a version of Spyware Terminator bundled with Web Security Guard and an adware-free version, without Web Security Guard.
Download it from here - http://www.spywareterminator.com/dnl/landing.aspx
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