Here's a piece of news you probably didn't know: Gaming PCs have out sold the XBOX 360 and PS3 2 to 1 in the last 3 years? Yes, Personal Computer gaming is big, but many of you have been using unprotected PCs because there hasn't been an antivirus solution that will stay out of the way while you are playing. With you in mind Symantec designed Norton AntiVirus™ 2009 Gaming Edition, specializing the newly rewritten much faster (cuz it used to be dog slooooow!) product to accommodate the demands (sometimes called needs and wants but that's just semantics) of your growing segment of PC users.
One of the coolest features of this software when it comes to gaming:
- Gamer Mode suspends alerts, updates, and other background activities to avoid interrupting or impacting game performance.
Finally…to get a copy of this new "gamer" antivirus software Click Here
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As I reached my customer's home in Bonner Springs, KS, I met him in the yard and he directed me to the room which had the computer infected with the Antivirus 2008 malware.
As I began to observe the behavior of the computer, Antivirus 2008/2009 causes the browser to default to about:blank. When you try to navigate to a different website, pop-ups begin. The pop-ups warn you that there are viruses on your computer and try to persuade you to purchase Antivirus 2008. These pop-ups continually appear while trying to surf the web.
Enough of the symptoms, here is how to remove Antivirus 2008/2009. Norman Software has a great tool to remove it: Go here: download the Norman malware removal tool
To stay protected after you have removed the malware pick up a copy of Norman Security Suite.
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In a day when motherboard manufacturers go in and out of business quickly. Not to add the fact that motherboards are discontinued quickly because of new releases. Here is a company and a product that keeps up with thousands of drivers for chipset, usb, video, printer, etc. The product is DriverMagic and you can find out more about it and how to get unlimited use for a reasonable price. This is a nice little product when you have to reinstall your operating system and find that certain drivers are missing and you don't have the disks to install them.
Note: I know this isn't security software; however, it is usually after a virus has ripped your computer apart, you need this software to reinstall the drivers. So this is an appropriate time to mention this software. 
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Registry Mechanic 8 has been released. It brings with it a few features that I am particularly interested in. The features that I am most interested in is the tuning of windows services. For some reason, some of the PCs I work on have a strange pause during boot that cause certain applications to wait an extended amount of time before they can actually start. For example, some machines will not let the printer services nor internet explorer start until some invisible background processing is done. Strangely, other applications such as antivirus, sound control and camera apps start right away. These are the oddities that I look to registry mechanic 8 to solve through this new tune up services feature.
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GhostSurf meets Department of Defense (DoD) standards for computer privacy software's data destruction ability. In a world where individuals and companies are looking to obtain software for privacy, Tenebril works hard to be the program.
Because of the invasiveness of Internet with all of its spyware, adware, etc., online privacy has become a big concern and pc privacy software is now in heavy demand. Online privacy software is a must for those who wish to secure their anonymity on the web. You must have some form of web privacy software to obtain that level of security.
Find out more about the GhostSurf solution I suggest here: privacy security software
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Today, many Internet users are looking for anonymous web search solutions. This is a top Internet user concern. If your computer's internet address needs to be concealed from external eyes, then the Tenebril GhostSurf solution is a product that you may want to to use. This solution can even encrypt your Internet requests, hiding them from anyone who might listen on the network. GhostSurf can also mask IM messages. With a couple free software add-ons, it can mask newsgroup and IRC traffic as well. The product provides several other privacy components to its suite.
I only have one concern: your web traffic flows through Tenebril's servers. However, Tenebril states that no traffic is cached so it should not leave a trace.
Here is a link to a page to get more info on the anonymous web search solution Tenebril GhostSurf.
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If you have reached this website, you already know that you need to do computer registry repair. I have no doubt that you want to clean up Windows as soon as possible.
Here is a computer registry repair program you can freely try today. Give it a whirl to see what problems it will find on your computer. To try this program, just Click Here!.
Once you have gave it a spin, come back a leave some comments on the blog about your "clean up windows" experience!
Much success to you!
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Filed under registry repair by admin
This trojan is also known as: Trojan.Killav.AU, Worm.Win32.VB.ck, W32.Imaut.AA, WORM_VB.DHT, W32/Sohana-G, Worm:Win32/VB.EF
This is another nasty intruder that does all sorts of damage. It tries to delete antivirus files and modify registry entries. It trys to disable regedit, task manager and download more worms and viruses! This one can be removed using the spyware doctor with antivirus download
This little monster also tries to delete the system restore program as well.
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Also known as: Trojan.FakeAlert, Trojan.Win32.BHO.etm, Downloader.MisleadApp, Generic PUP.x, TROJ_ZLOB.EXT, trojan:Win32/BHO
Trojan.FakeAlert will hijack the desktop background with an image alerting the user that their computer system has been infected with spyware. It also changes some settings of windows which include:- disabling permissions for the user to change the background image and setting the active desktop to 'show web content'. It is usually installed in conjunction with a rogue anti-spyware application.
Trojan FakeAlert can be removed with Spyware Doctor With Antivirus download and if you want to protect your machine going forward you can use pc tools internet security to remove this trojan.
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Trojan-Spy.Pophot.WX is also known as: Trojan-Spy.Win32.Pophot.btg, Trojan Horse, Spy-Agent.br.dll, Mal/Behav-024, Mal/Emogen-P, TrojanSpy:Win32/Hitpop.AE!dll
This little bugger registers itself as a system service and collects certain essential information from the system. This is also a keylogger. What this means is that it runs continually and watches keystrokes and anything else that it finds useful and uses it for the creators devious purposes. You can remove this spyware with spyware doctor.
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