‘Internet doomsday’ virus

What the ‘Internet doomsday’ virus is and how to fix it

See the article at The Washington Post

Also take a look at the FBI Page

The FBI Page has links that you can go to to check to see if your computer is ‘Internet doomsday’ virus free.

CCleaner

CCleaner, what is it?

A great question...

CCLEANER, by Piriform in their own words, CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download.  Here are some reviews that customers have left, READ THEM HERE.

This is another program that I personally use on my system.   I also used it on 36 laptops when I was in charge of the mobile training lab.

At home I use it a few times a week, or after I have removed programs from my personal system.  It cleans the registry and removes unneeded entries.  When the program asks if you want to save a file I say yes in-case something happened and it removed a line that you need.  By saving you can restore the registry to what it was before.  I would say that the registry cleaner portion of the program should be used by people that have a good understanding of computers, or have been shown how to use this portion of the program.

The cleaning portion of the program, the first page that pops up, cleans browser history.  If you use; INternet Explores, Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Safari, K-Meleon, Rockmelt, Flock, Google Chrome Canary, Chromium, SeaMonkey, Chrome Plus, SRWare Iron, Pale Moon, Phoenix, Netscape Navigator, Avant and Maxthon.

If you need to keep certain cookies on your system such as some banks require for online use, you can keep those specific cookies.  You will need to go to the options section and specify what ones that you wish to keep.  See the photo below.

Using the OPTIONS selection on the right of the screen you will see new buttons, choose the Cookies button, a list of cookies will show in the right hand box, these are currently on your system.  Search the container on the left for the cookie that you wish to keep, then you can either double click the cookie or single click the cookie and then click the arrow to move it to the right hand side.  If you accidentally move a cookie, you can double click the cookie in the right hand box and it will put it back into the left hand box.

Tired of those Pesky Malware Problems

Has your computer ever gotten infected by Malware?

First of all what is Maleware?

Good question...

Malware is a term used for Malicious Software, software that is created for one purpose and that is to make your life miserable.  It is used to destroy or corrupt your computer system.

Several companies claim that they can get rid of all the Malware programs on your computer, most of them want you to pay a large fee.  The trouble is that most programs on the market today only take care of a small portion of the problems.  By the time they infect your computer it is usually too late.

There is hope out there though.  I was told about a program when I worked on post at JBLM, Joint Base Lewis McChord, in Washington State.  The program is called Malwarebytes it is a very effective countermeasure to these Malware programs.  They have both a free version, I use that, and a pay version.  I have installed it on my system and it has saved me from the heartache of having to reprogram my system when I do research on Malware and how to defend against them,

How can I get Malware?

There are several answers to this question...

You can get Malware through the Email system, or by surfing the net.  Although the chances of getting infected are slim it does happen from time to time.

It is my suggestion that you download Malwarebytes free version and give it a test drive.

Welcome to my Freeware Page

Hello,

I have started this page so that I could talk about Freeware that is out on the market.  I will also show you how to use the Freeware that I use.

If you have any suggestions that involve Freeware please let me know.

Thanks you.

Shawn