Did you get a new computer for Christmas? Are you setting up a new computer for someone? We got a list of free programs that you should put on the new computer for the not-techie person and a list for the techie person.
The first thing you need to do is uninstall all those programs that come on the computer that are shareware and trialware and just advertisements. Directions for removing all this junk software is in a great PCWorld article.
Hak5 is a video podcast on the Revision3 network. Hak5 is a show about computer and network security, Do-It-Yourself, home-brew, open source, and generally just wanting to know how and why things work. They speed a lot of time explaining how easy it is to hack into a network (lately mostly wireless network) to show how easy it is unless you take the necessary steps to be secure.
Hak5 is a weekly show hosted by Darren Kitchen, co-hostess is Shannon Morse, and the occasional guest. The same people bring up HakTip a bi-weekly show that is a shortened version of Hak5.
The world of computer virus and virus writers is getting more serious everyday. The US Pentagon has stated that a cyber attack could be classified as an act of war and could lead to a military response.
Now this does sound extreme to say this when you think of a virus as something that erase your kids pictures or slows your Internet down. You might change your mind after you watch the following video about the Stuxnet virus.
Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.
Microsoft, in its effort to provide better security with their products, has created Microsoft Security Essentials. This is a free download.
If you visit The Security Essentials website you can they have videos and directions for downloading, installing, and using these programs.
You can also find more information at the Microsoft Malware Protection Center and Microsoft Security website.
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