Microsoft Critical Vulnerability Detected

Microsoft has discovered a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow criminals to seize control of computers and steal private data. Secure your computers by applying the critical update released by Microsoft to fix this.

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Beware of Facebook virus

Your friend sends a video starring you through a private message on Facebook, however, you know you have never made a video with him. What do you do? Since the beginning of December, the Koobface worm has been plaguing the Facebook social networking site by using this method. The McAfee Avert Labs found the worm on December 5. This new discovery is a resurgence of Koobface, which was reported by Kaspersky Labs back in July. Kaspersky says that this worm is part of a malicious payload that transforms infected machines into zombie computers that create numerous botnets that cause spamming on the network.

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Tips on maintaining PC health: Computer viruses

Computer Cold

[cough cough], you turn to see your computer coughing and running with a fever looks like it’s caught a cold more specifically a computer virus. Most computer users have had their computer a bit under the weather: losing information off their hard drive, slower computer performance, and a whole list of other symptoms. Over thirty years ago when computers were just starting to make a rise in people’s lives computer viruses were harder to catch but with the internet an ever growing part of society it becomes more and more common for people s computers to get viruses.

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What Are Computer Viruses & Easy Steps To Prevent Them

There certainly are a lot of different things that can go wrong with a computer. In fact, it is unusual if you do not have to have something done to the system on a regular basis. One thing, however, that all of us would like to avoid, are “Computer Viruses”. Unfortunately, these little programs take over far too many computers and not only harm personal computers, it can take down an entire business. Because of the danger that is involved, you might be wondering, how does a computer get infected? Knowing the answers to this will help you to avoid trouble, if at all possible.

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Ways That Computer Viruses Spread

Author: Jordi Shoman

For a virus or similar program to have any great impact it needs to be able to spread from one machine to another. They are specifically designed to get access to parts of your computer system that allow for communication with other machines. Below is a discussion of some of the most common methods.

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