You can maintain the computer by taking these following steps. We have websites helping you out to clear your doubts. You can use their articles and software’s in them. We need some software’s and hardware devices like Screwdriver, Nose flyer to maintain the computer. We can learn some thing about them here.

Software tools:

If you install good antivirus software’s in you can guard your computer from virus attack. We can buy quality software like Norton antivirus, McCabe. If you don’t wa...

Whenever we get news about viruses some are referred as viruses and some are referred as worms. Therefore many do not know the difference between virus and worm.

Viruses are computer programs that multiply themselves. These programs will get embedded into other programs and hide inside them. Some viruses even enter into Operating Systems and function as per their commands. But viruses cannot spread from one computer to another computer unless it is attached purposely in an email and send to an...

Microsoft announced a warning about hackers in the name ofKB925568. Accessing the files from others computer with out their knowledge are called as Hackers. They will enter into our files through Internet Explorer or OS of Microsoft. After that Microsoft find a decision for this.

Recently KB925568 warning declared that the vector graphics is used to designing the graphical website. By using this weaker position of graphics hackers entered into it. Creating a new website for attracting the comp...

‘My Doom‘ is a virus that spreads very fast. My doom spreads faster than many other viruses. Microsoft announced that they will award US$ 1 million for anyone who identifies the person who developed the my doom virus. This virus spreads through emails. The subject line of infected emails contain one of the following phrases.

• test
• hi
• hello
• Mail Delivery System Mail Transaction Failed Server Report
• Status Error

And the body of this email contains any of the following message

• Mail transaction faile...

There two ways your computer can be attacked. Firstly by Viruses and secondly by Hackers/Crackers. To protect your computer you need Anti-virus softwareand a firewall which can be either software or hardware.

Whenever you connect to the internet, there is possibility of your computer being attacked by exploiting security holes in your computer. To find out whether your computer is well protected or you have security holes the following websites can be used to check.

Sygate Tests ( http://scan.s...

Windows XP is one of the favorite Operating Systems for home as well as office users. No doubt, the look and feel of Windows XP is sexy but that is not the only reason for its popularity. Most importantly Windows XP has many features that were not in the previous versions of Windows. It is not true that the Windows XP is not secure. It is also not true that Windows XP is totally secure. There are crackers and hackers who continuously exploit the security holes in the Windows OS to take contro...

Most of the internet websites make it compulsory to register and issue you with an username and a password to login to their website. We may have to remember many such username/passwords for different websites. When accessing these websites the computer will prompt and ask you whether you want to save these passwords for future use. If you say ‘yes’ then the password that you key in will be stored in your computer. The next time you visit this website and key in the first letter of your u...

We use internet for many purposes. In many websites we use different login names and passwords. For example, if you use any of the free web emails such as gmail, yahoo or hotmail then you will have to login with your login name and password before accessing your email inbox.

Similarly, if you use any commercial websites for internet shopping such as Amazon or eBay then you may have to use your credit card details before buying online. Only then can you buy online. If we lose credit card relate...

Are you a frequent Internet user? Do you download and use many free software and applications from internet? If YES, then be aware that your information may be stolen without your knowledge. Understand that those information that you willingly give may be sold to third parties.

Programs capture your personal information

Most of the free programs and software that you download from internet fall under any of the following Categories; Shareware, Demoware, Freeware or Adware. Among these Adware is...

No matter how many firewall or Anti-virus software you have installed in your computer, still your computer can be attacked. Talking about computer security, there are many terms that are used quite often. You hear about them often or read about them but still if you are not very sure about their meanings then you have come to the right page. Here we will see the definitions and meanings of these terms.

1. Anti-virus: Anti-virus is a software application. It will scan the computer and tell us if ...

Is it safe to download skin and themes for my computer?

What is a skin? What is a Theme?

Skin is s most often used word by computer users. You may wonder what can be the relation between a computer and skin? What is the meaning of Skin. Now what is the literal meaning of skin. Skin is used to cover our body. Isn’t it? Similarly, the term skin in computer is used to refer to the interface or look and feel of any program or application. There are many skins available in the internet that can be...

When you are not near your computer other people can enter and read your files in your computer. They may edit them or even delete them. They can read you emails. They can format your hard disk. They can do anything they want with your computer.

In an office environment, this type of computer sabotage is possible. There are many software and applications related to ‘Desktop Security’. If you install a ‘Desktop security’ application in your computer, then you can prevent others from usi...

Using computers for long hours may cause eye problems and spinal cord problems. Some of the common health risks in using computers are Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Repetitive Stress/Strain Injury (RSI). Pain from shoulders to fingers, numbness, numbness at the wrist, Shivering and shaking while holding objects in hands, Waking up often during nights are also problems faced by some computer users. The main symptom of CTS is the pain in the hand muscles. Pain, straightness, swelling, numbne...

You can give a password to your screen saver and make it active whenever your computer boots up. Those who do not know the password cannot enter your computer. Let us see how you can protect your computer from unwanted users accessing your computer.

To create Screen Save with Password

Right click on the blank space of your desktop and select ‘Properties’. In the new dialog box, click on the ‘Screen Saver’ tab. Select any screen saver of your choice. For example let us assume you chose â...

Do you know? The free program or application that you just downloaded from internet may have Trojan Horse, Spyware or Key Logger hidden inside. This may seriously affect you. Your secrets may be stolen. Every computer and Inernet user should be aware of these enemies and how to tackle them. Let us see what these enemies do and how you can remove them.

1. On the exterior the program which hides the ‘Trojan Horse’ may look very normal. But the enemy is hiding inside. Whichever task this enemy i...

You may have read news about planes being hijacked. For example a passenger plane which is supposed to go to London may be hijacked by terrorists and flown to Turkey. The hijack virus does just that. If you key in a website address in your browser’s address bar and press ‘Enter’ then instead of going to that website the browser may open some other website such as an adult website or an advertisement website or a search engine website. If this happens in your computer then your browser h...

While your computing is booting, you can instruct the computer to boot in ‘safe mode’. Safe mode refers to secure mode. You may then ask, is our computer not secure when we boot normally. Let us see how is safe mode more secure than the normal booting.

When your computer gives problems and you want to identify where is the problem, then you can use the safe mode for this. In safe mode, only limited number of driver programs are enabled. Therefore you cannot use CD drive. You cannot use the...

To keep computer files, internet connections and other resources just to ourselves, we use passwords. Some people use the same password for everything. This is a very bad practice. Because if someone comes to know about this password then they will get access to all your resources. There fore it is essential to have different passwords for different purposes. But this poses another problem. It becomes very difficult to remember all these passwords. Some write these passwords in their diary or...

We have seen in James Bond movies that doors can be opened by giving voice copmmands. In some hollywood movies, you would have seen thumb impressions are used to open doors. All these are nothing but Biometrics.

Think of these scenarios.

1. You go to a bank to withdraw money. You fill up the withdrawal form, sign it and give it to the bank clerk. Your signature is used to verify your identity
2. You are shopping using your credit cards. While paying the photograph on the credit cards and the signature...

Health risks while using computers?

Using computers for long hours may cause eye problems and spinal cord problems. Some of the common health risks in using computers are Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Repetitive Stress/Strain Injury (RSI). Pain from shoulders to fingers, numbness, numbness at the wrist, Shivering and shaking while holding objects in hands, Waking up often during nights are also problems faced by some computer users. The main symptom of CTS is the pain in the hand muscles. P...