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You can also decide on which firewall is most effective for you by running them through a free "online leak test". There are plenty to be found now if you google for them. The GRC one was and probably still is the industry standard.

Thanks heaps for the "Type Numbers While On the Letters Keyboard" tip. It's a real pain typing my name on the iPhone and I try to avoid it whenever possible. I won't be doing that anymore. I've noticed the tips can apply to the iPhone so I am sharing a couple of my own that I have found very...

As good practice you should export the keys to a safe place before deleting them, or use a free registry back-up utility such a eRunt. Probably too late for the advice but handy for future reference. If you have kept system restore active on your pc, with some luck you should be able to...

As good practice you should export the keys to a safe place before deleting them, or use a free registry back-up utility such a eRunt. Probably too late for the advice but handy for future reference. If you have kept system restore active on your pc, with some luck you should be able to...

With Xp the firewall is only one-directional, which means that any infection is able to phone home but shouldn't get there in the first place. It is a well known fact that Xp does get infected so I always erred toward the side of caution and installed a third party firewall. I used to use...

Navigate to: C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and rename mbam.exe to mbam.com If you are using Xp double click mbam.com to run. If you are using Vista or Win 7 right click and "Run as administrator" Try both in normal mode or Safe mode and let us know if you still get the blue screen.

More information. 1. Camera make and model? 2. Operating system 32 bit or 64 bit? Once you have this information go to the camera manufacturers website and look for the DRIVERS

You can also upload the files to Jotti or Virustotal to rule out any false positives, although it is highly unusual to have so many at any giiven time. If you want to do this you may need to enable display hidden files and folders to do this.

Another option is to install WinPatrol by BillP studios. After install when the application opens you will see a box that can be check marked named "Display Secret Startup Locations (Advanced mode)), place a checkmark in it. It is under the "Startup Programs" tab. This should display the...

Sony are pushers. One could almost see them thinking... Let's bait them, hook them then reel them in. Corporate greed knows no bounds.

Remember that guy in the movie Se7en that was tied to the bed and was deliberately starved but kept alive? Seems a befitting punishment for the likes of these two. Let the punishment fit the crime.

ID the toolbar with HiJackthis (HJT) and remove the entry. HJT will keep a .reg file to undo the operation just in case. Remove only what you are sure of, in this case any entry ASK related, as it is a very powerful tool and can cause system inoperability if incorrectly used. If you are...

Canuck, I come across your other thread in regards to the virus. Those rogue antispyware malwares are becoming more and more difficult to combat, they usually cause quite a bit of grief when they attack. I can unerstand your frustration. As good as MBAM is, the team at malwarebytes.org do have...

Neither Avira NOR MBAM detected a virus and something else did? What was the name of this virus and what caught it? What 2nd opinion did you get that this was a virus? Did you upload the infected object to virustotal or jotti? Did you run an online scan to confirm your suspicions? You'd want...

There are a few things that Windows 7 does now that never used to be done (pre-Vista) while the PC is idle. It was a significant issue with Vista as there would actually be quite a bit of noise, disk thrashing occuring. The disk thrashing issue is somewhat resolved with 7 but the processess...