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Cyber criminals are found creating various forms of scams to frighten computer users into purchasing fake antivirus software with a seemingly genuine security warning, which is one of the fastest-growing types of Internet fraud today. When users choose to buy this program, they will find that it will either do nothing or it could compromise their computers by installing malicious software onto their system. To avoid falling victims to this type of scam, users should know this: few legitimate Internet security companies use ads to tell you about a virus on your computer. XP Internet Security Pro 2013 is such an instance. It is a fresh rogue program that was designed by inventors of Vista Security Plus 2013 and Win 7 Internet Security Pro 2013. It tries to frighten you into purchasing fake security software with a fake security warning. The inventors of this fake security program uses networks of compromised computers under their control-to push out the fake sof...

In our continuing quest to fix and finesse some of Windows 8  frolicsome foibles, we turn at last to the Start menu  that beloved button that has staked out the bottom left corner of your desktop for almost 20 years, only to be ignominiously removed from Windows 8 and replaced by the desktop-hating Metro Start screen. Despite Microsoft’s best efforts to ensure that the Start button and menu remain dead, a bunch of third-party replacements have emerged. Really, it just goes to show how devoted the Desktop Windows user base is  Microsoft company completely stripped out the underlying Start menu code to quash potential Luddite revolutionaries, and yet just weeks after the release of Windows 8 there are dozens of Start menu and Start button replacements. Let’s take a look at the best, cheapest, and most authentic apps for bringing back the Windows Start menu and button. Classic Shell Classic Shell is free, open-source donationware...

Did you know that, back in the Windows 3, 95, and 98 days, you could simply type in your password to log into your computer? It sounds crazy, I know, but it’s true. Since Windows XP, the process has become steadily more convoluted — picking your avatar from a list, or hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del before being allowed to log in (this was actually a security feature, believe it or not). Windows 8 is the worst offender yet, positively spitting in the face of keyboard users — but fortunately, it’s quite easy to disable the new Windows 8 lock screen. In essence, the new Windows 8 lock/login screen is meant to act as a dashboard, flashing up notifications for new email, IMs, and so on. On a tablet, where you swipe the lock screen away and then begin typing, this makes perfect sense. On a desktop PC, though, the lock screen is clunky (you might say this is a bit of a recurring theme in Windows 8). Yes, theoretically you only have to tap a key and it slides away, but for some reason Microsoft intr...

Just one mistake and you probably might end up losing a lot of money, or maybe a subject of harassment. To prevent such misfortunes you must be aware of providing any vital information regarding your privacy. Here are some tricks that you can do to protect your privacy online: 1. Create a strong and secure password. The more complicated the password, the better it is. A secure password which you need to create should ideally consist of upper case or lower case letters, numbers, spaces and other characters such as a hyphen, exclamation point or an underscore to make it tricky and difficult to crack. You have to use different passwords if you have various accounts or email addresses. As a backup measure, you need to note down your passwords as well as your accounts. This will come handy in the future in case you forget your passwords. 2. Do not use your main email address in public. When sending messages or posting information to websites, chat rooms or other unknown groups where ...

To enjoy the best and most outstanding performance from your PC, you must buy a performance optimizer. Of course, the market is flooded with countless varieties so it is important that you understand more on these software utilities which enable the PC to work with the best performance capability. By streamlining all the resources such as hardware, system settings and so on, there is immediate improvement in the way that your PC system works. The crashes are minimized. The slow downs rarely happen. You get to enjoy the experience of a speedy, clean and stabilizing scenario which doesn’t harm your system in any way. Performance optimizers is a valuable tool which assesses how the CPU processes information which is required for accessing and decides the ideal configuration for your computer. You would be able to eliminate system clogs that turned your computer slow like a snail. There could be certain performance optimizers which perceive the threat of a spyware and scans your sy...

Is your computer or Internet running slowly? Are you frustrated waiting for your computer to respond or web pages to load? Youre not alone. This is a very common problem, and often times it is not because your computer or Internet connection is too slow. There are many things that can cause your computer and Internet to run slowly: . invalid files . computer errors . computer viruses . spyware . adware . fragmented disk drive . registry problems With all the possible causes, its difficult to pinpoint the real issue and be able to fix it. And if these problems get bad enough, your computer or laptop could start crashing altogether. If youre like me, you cant live without Internet access. Nothing upsets me more than when my Internet is running slowly. I could lose my car keys or my wallet, but please not my Internet connection. If youre screaming make my internet faster, there is hope. You dont need to be a tech geek or spend days flipping through computer manuals to lear...