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How to Guard Your Email from Hackers By Michael Horowitz | Article Published May 6, 2010 Protecting your email, both personal and professional, against prying eyes requires some basic caution and few specific techniques. Top 10 Ways to Protect Your PC: Defense in Depth By Michael Horowitz | Article Published April 27, 2010 Protecting your PC against malware and data theft requires an approach called defense in depth -- and plenty of skepticism. Securing Windows Autorun/AutoPlay: Good Method vs. Bad Method By Michael Horowitz | Article Published November 18, 2009 Many Windows users don't know that there are two different approaches to disabling autorun/autoplay -- a dangerous lack of knowledge. Free, Comprehensive Windows Patch Notification: Secunia By Michael Horowitz | Article Published November 2, 2009 Microsoft issues patches for its own software, but Windows apps from other vendors remain a problem. Secunia offers a free online software inspector for patch notification. Consider Linux for Secure Online Banking By Michael Horowitz | Article Published October 14, 2009 The open source operating system offers a number of advantages in terms of data protection. Sandboxie: Keeping Malware Off Your PC By Michael Horowitz | Article Published October 9, 2009 Malware can infect your PC from anywhere on the Web, but the free Sandboxie application effectively blocks it. Help! Chinese Hackers are Attacking my PC By Michael Horowitz | Article Published July 10, 2009 A security expert looks at this log file and sees alarming evidence of attempted cyber attacks. Defending Firefox from Interest-based Ad Cookies By Michael Horowitz | Article Published May 7, 2009 Although enabling cookies in your browser gives you a lot of advantages, you may still want to block certain cookies. Here’s a guide. Living with a Netbook: Battery Life to Screen Resize By Michael Horowitz | Article Published April 6, 2009 Okay, so you've bought that new Acer or Samsung netbook, but how do you extend the battery life, get the best apps and easily resize the tiny screen? One Guy, 3 Netbooks By Michael Horowitz | Article Published November 24, 2008 Reviews of the Acer, Asus and MSI Wind netbooks from a tech reporter who purchased all three. |
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