PCPitstop Overdrive - Free PC Tune-up

PCPitstop have changed the format of the Free PC Tune-up. It is now even easier to use and is a great one-stop site to visit and test your machines health, configuration and performance.

The tests only take a few minutes and are 100% safe. You will be prompted to install the PC Pitstop Utility which you must accept to carry out the tests after which you will again have the opportunity to create an account which can be useful for comparison when used again.

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UPS Email Infected - High Risk Threat

There is an email apparently from UPS going around with an attachment: invoice_8712.zip#670639117 which contains the Win32:Zbot Trojan.

Email reads:

‘Unfortunately we were not able to deliver postal package you sent on July (date varies) in time because the recipient’s address is not correct.
Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office

Your UPS’

The invoice ‘copy’ is in a .zip file. Please do NOT open this attachment as you will be infected with the Zbot Trojan. If you receive one of these emails simply delete it.

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Try Clipperz Password Manager

Clipperz is an online password manager where you have total control. You access it through a Master Password (Passphrase) that YOU create, should you forget it then you have a real problem as you are the only one who knows it, it isn’t stored which also means that it cannot be retrieved.

All the information that you enter into the browser window is fully encrypted and secure. Also, this is the first web-based application that has no knowledge of the users or their data.

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Defrag With Defraggler

Many defragmenting programs you have to defrag the whole drive, but with this one you have the power to defrag specific files or folders as well as the complete hard drive if you want to.

Being small and compact it will also run from a usb flash drive, no need to install it on each machine to run it.

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Avast AntiVirus Configuration and Scanning

Once Avast Anti-Virus is set up it will run itself, monitoring in realtime and will warn you of any known incoming threats that may compromise your system.

The tutorial videos will show you how to configure Avast and then how to complete a manual scan, although for most of the time the Resident Shield offers superb protection.

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Safer Surfing in 'Virtual' Environment

With normal surfing information is loaded from your hard drive and then through your browser where information is then written back to your computer, if it’s a malicious site then you will also have malware written to your drive.

What if you could use a ‘virtual area’ in which you can run your browser, email reader, instant messengers and programs in complete safety. The information is loaded from your hard drive into the 'virtual' environment, from there the read/write operations are carried out within the 'virtual' environment and never back to your computer.

Well..........you can........Full details Click Here