security
A security utility program is a computer program that is designed to protect your computer against harmful things.
Common activities of security programs are: removing all things from your computer, such as viruses, root kits, spyware and Trojans; offering a firewall to deny access from incoming connections from the Internet; creating backups, and restoring your system if something dangerous were to happen to it.
There are numerous security programs, like Avira Anti-Virus, AVG Anti-Virus, McCafee Anti-Virus, and Norton Anti-Virus. Other programs include Spybot: Search and Destroy and Spyware Blaster.
Common activities of security programs are: removing all things from your computer, such as viruses, root kits, spyware and Trojans; offering a firewall to deny access from incoming connections from the Internet; creating backups, and restoring your system if something dangerous were to happen to it.
There are numerous security programs, like Avira Anti-Virus, AVG Anti-Virus, McCafee Anti-Virus, and Norton Anti-Virus. Other programs include Spybot: Search and Destroy and Spyware Blaster.
virus protection
Antivirus or anti-virus software is a software used to prevent, detect and remove malware (of all descriptions), such as computer viruses, malicious BHO’s, hijackers, ransomware, key loggers, backdoors, rootkits, Trojan horses, worms, malicious LSP’s, dialers, fraudtools, adware and spyware. Computer security, including protection from social engineering techniques, is commonly offered in products and services of antivirus software companies.
Most antivirus programs include an auto-update feature that enables the program to download profiles of new viruses so that it can check for the new viruses as soon as they are discovered.
Most antivirus programs include an auto-update feature that enables the program to download profiles of new viruses so that it can check for the new viruses as soon as they are discovered.
firewalls
A firewall can either be software-based or hardware-based and is used to help keep a network secure.
Firewalls can keep your computer safe from harm by setting up filters to detect and block intrusion attempts from hackers on the web or on any other network, public or private. Firewalls can also track and keep logs of attempts to access the network, adding to their security functions.
Firewalls can keep your computer safe from harm by setting up filters to detect and block intrusion attempts from hackers on the web or on any other network, public or private. Firewalls can also track and keep logs of attempts to access the network, adding to their security functions.
tools to clean up cookies
A cookie is the term given to describe a type of message that is given to a Web browser by a Web server. The main purpose of a cookie is to identify users and possibly prepare customised Web pages or to save site login information for you.
Cookies normally do not comprise security, but there is a growing trend of malicious cookies. These types of cookies can be used to store and track your activity online. Cookies that watch your online activity are called malicious or tracking cookies.
These are bad because they track you and your surfing habits, over time, to build a profile of your interests. Once that profile contains enough information there is a good chance that your information can be sold to an advertising company who then uses this profile information to target you with interest specific advertisements. Many antivirus programs today will flag suspicious spyware or adware cookies when scanning your system for viruses.
All recent versions of popular browsers give users a level of control over cookies. Users can set their browsers to accept or reject all, or certain, cookies. Users can also set their browser to prompt them each time a cookie is offered. The main browser types include Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape and AOL.
In addition to choosing different settings for first-party (normal) and third-party cookies, you can edit cookie settings on a domain/server basis or even edit individual cookies by clicking the ‘Manage cookies’ button.
Cookies normally do not comprise security, but there is a growing trend of malicious cookies. These types of cookies can be used to store and track your activity online. Cookies that watch your online activity are called malicious or tracking cookies.
These are bad because they track you and your surfing habits, over time, to build a profile of your interests. Once that profile contains enough information there is a good chance that your information can be sold to an advertising company who then uses this profile information to target you with interest specific advertisements. Many antivirus programs today will flag suspicious spyware or adware cookies when scanning your system for viruses.
All recent versions of popular browsers give users a level of control over cookies. Users can set their browsers to accept or reject all, or certain, cookies. Users can also set their browser to prompt them each time a cookie is offered. The main browser types include Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape and AOL.
In addition to choosing different settings for first-party (normal) and third-party cookies, you can edit cookie settings on a domain/server basis or even edit individual cookies by clicking the ‘Manage cookies’ button.
internet history
Your Internet history is a list that details every website you have ever visited and it’s stored deep within the depths of your hard drive. Originally, this list was created to make web surfing more convenient. However, the problem with Internet history is that it can also be viewed as a big invasion on your privacy, since anyone who looks at it can see your online past.
Getting rid of your Internet history is a lot more difficult than you would think. Even when you tell Windows to erase Internet history, only the references to your Internet history are deleted. The actual files are still kept on your hard drive. Getting rid of your Internet history completely requires going into the DOS and working from the command prompt.
PC Confidential is the solution to keeping your privacy intact, as it completely erases all of your Internet history – even the hidden files deep on your hard drive. PC Confidential also deletes cookies and cache and other sensitive files that could jeopardise your privacy. It is a program that was designed for the purpose of managing and deleting all the files on your computer that a hacker could potentially use to build a profile for you and steal your identity.
PC Confidential can erase your Internet history; clear your personal search history; delete online tracking cookies; clear Internet cache; delete temporary Internet files; erase all media player history (videos watched); destroy all online chat logs; erase recent documents lists; delete the locked index.dat file; permanently erase files, and much more.
You can also set PC Confidential to erase history and all of your private information every time you exit your web browser. This means you won’t have to worry about leaving sensitive information behind.
Getting rid of your Internet history is a lot more difficult than you would think. Even when you tell Windows to erase Internet history, only the references to your Internet history are deleted. The actual files are still kept on your hard drive. Getting rid of your Internet history completely requires going into the DOS and working from the command prompt.
PC Confidential is the solution to keeping your privacy intact, as it completely erases all of your Internet history – even the hidden files deep on your hard drive. PC Confidential also deletes cookies and cache and other sensitive files that could jeopardise your privacy. It is a program that was designed for the purpose of managing and deleting all the files on your computer that a hacker could potentially use to build a profile for you and steal your identity.
PC Confidential can erase your Internet history; clear your personal search history; delete online tracking cookies; clear Internet cache; delete temporary Internet files; erase all media player history (videos watched); destroy all online chat logs; erase recent documents lists; delete the locked index.dat file; permanently erase files, and much more.
You can also set PC Confidential to erase history and all of your private information every time you exit your web browser. This means you won’t have to worry about leaving sensitive information behind.
defragmentation
Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation; maintaining your computer’s file systems. It does this by physically organising the contents of the mass storage device used to store files into the smallest number of fragments next to each other. It also attempts to create larger regions of space by using compaction to obstruct the return of fragmentation. Some defragmentation utilities try to keep smaller files within a single directory together, as they are often accessed in sequence.
Defragmentation is advantageous and relevant to file systems on electro-mechanical disk drives. The movement of the hard drive’s read/write heads over different areas of the disk when accessing fragmented files is slower compared to accessing the entire contents of a non-fragmented file sequentially without moving read/write heads to seek other fragments.
Defragmentation is advantageous and relevant to file systems on electro-mechanical disk drives. The movement of the hard drive’s read/write heads over different areas of the disk when accessing fragmented files is slower compared to accessing the entire contents of a non-fragmented file sequentially without moving read/write heads to seek other fragments.
hard drive formatting
Formatting a hard drive means to prepare a storage medium for reading and writing. When you format your hard drive, the operating system erases all bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure all sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors, and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information.
When a computer’s hard drive is formatted or reformatted, all data on the disk is completely erased and a fresh copy of the system’s operating system is reinstalled. Even after all of the operating system files have been copied onto the formatted drive, you will notice a considerably larger amount of free space on your hard drive.
This extra room is the result of the formatting process deleting unnecessary system files that were previously taking up space on the hard drive. Computers run faster and more efficiently when there is more room on the hard drive, so formatting the drive can increase the computer’s performance in terms of data storage.
When a computer’s hard drive is formatted or reformatted, all data on the disk is completely erased and a fresh copy of the system’s operating system is reinstalled. Even after all of the operating system files have been copied onto the formatted drive, you will notice a considerably larger amount of free space on your hard drive.
This extra room is the result of the formatting process deleting unnecessary system files that were previously taking up space on the hard drive. Computers run faster and more efficiently when there is more room on the hard drive, so formatting the drive can increase the computer’s performance in terms of data storage.
improving the performance of your
computer system
Security utility programs ensure that threats are avoided and don’t slow down your computer. Anti-virus software programs protect your computer from viruses that could potentially destroy your system, much like Anti-Malware protects your computer against Malware. Firewalls stop threats from installing themselves into your computer system. A defragmentation speeds up your computer’s reading time. Registry cleaners clean invalid registry keys and temporary files and remove temporary rubbish that slows your computer down.