Until recent times we should not care about antivirus apps for mobile device. But now situation changed. There are only few viruses for Android, iOS and BlackBerry mobile operating systems while the number of malware apps for Windows Mobile and Symbian increases rapidly. Here is the list of most effective mobile antivirus solutions for WinMo [...]
Phishing becomes one of the most widespread online threats. Fraudsters try to acquire information such login/password, credit card details by masquerading false sites as a trustworthy ones. These sites look the like original ones and have analogous web addresses like google.com and gooqle.com. Fortunately present-day web browsers have better security than some year ago and [...]
Recently Google launched its Public DNS service. But why do we need it? First Google Public DNS is needed to make Web pages load faster. Every time you enter website address in your browser the request is sent to your Internet provider that processes this request. So Google asserts that its DNS will work faster. [...]
1. Antivirus software should be installed before Internet connection setup. Often viruses get in your computer before you download antivirus application or updates. Local network connection also should be disabled.
2. It is recommended to use antivirus that has real-time scanning functions. Such kind of antivirus software requires more system resources but provides more reliable protection. [...]
Here is the list of 10 free applications that help you to secure and control you personal computer.
Secunia Personal Software Inspector
This application scans scan, detect, checks and secure all software installed on your computer looking for vulnerabilities and gives you direct links to update programs that are older and potentially not secure. This tool analyses [...]
I’ve just found this site. Here you can learn about almost any process. This library helped me to detect two new trojans on my PC. You can also visit this page for faster navigation in the library.
To close open ports choose “Traffic Policy” in left column of the window. There is a list of current options. Then press “Add” under the list of options to create new one. Double click on “Any” in “Destination” section will open this window.
Press “Add” and enter “localhost”. The press “OK”. Double click in “Action” section [...]
Open application. Press “Firewall” in the left menu of main window than press “Expert”.
Here you have to select protocol and type a name of port you want to close.
Using this method you can close all open ports you want.
When you are surfing the global network uses opens a number of ports. The most of software applications are intended for using of fixed port. As you can see on this picture Interne Explorer uses 80 port. Mail delivery applications such as Outlook and The Bat! use 25 and 110 ports. If you install [...]
Almost all Internet users face problem related to passwords and personal data storage. Usually we use a lot of different services and most of them ask you to inter your unique password and username. Some people use the same combination for all sites and services they use but it is clear that such method is [...]
Present day viruses can infect not only your computer but also for your mobile device. Kaspersky Lab has just reported about detecting of three variants of new trojan application for mobile phones. It is Trojan-SMS.SymbOS.Viver. This spyware sends paid SMS messages to premium number. Thus money is transferred from users account to fraudsters account. This [...]
Today we have to pay for almost everything, but there are still some pleasant exclusions. I have to note that all free antivirus applications doesn’t guarantee maximum security and defend your computer only against the most widespread viruses. It is said that more than 200 of new scumware applications appear each day. So the key [...]
