Tag Archive

antivirus basic computer maintenance computer basics computer freezes computer maintenance Computer Optimizer Disk Cleanup disk defrag disk defragmenter faster computer free computer maintenance free computer maintenance software Free PC optimizer hard drive make computer faster malware microsoft Microsoft 7 Microsoft Windows optimize PC optimize Windows 7 pc maintenance PC Optimizer pc performance ReadyBoost remove programs slow computer software uninstallation speed up computer speed up my PC spyware uninstall windows Windows 7 Windows 7 security Windows 7 tips Windows 7 tutorials Windows Backup Windows Firewall Windows optimizer Windows Security Windows tips windows update Windows Vista Windows XP

Windows is Now More Secure Than You Think

Published on August 12, 2011 By Michael Garrett

You hear it all the time. It’s almost considered common knowledge that Microsoft’s Windows operating system is insecure, unsafe, and an easy target for hackers. But now, according to renown security firm Kaspersky Lab, that conventional wisdom is just plain wrong. In their latest quarterly malware report, Kaspersky Lab’s discovered that none of the top [...]

What Is A Firewall?

Published on April 1, 2011 By Stephanie Rockafellow

For centuries, the term “fire wall” implied an actual wall that was constructed with fire resistant material that would actually contain a fire to a certain location of a structure, vastly different from a Windows firewall or Microsoft firewall. The Internet brings people from around the world together through technology, but along with that unfortunately [...]

How Windows Firewall Protects Your Computer

Published on February 22, 2011 By Jamie K Wilson

You’ve heard that you need virus protection and spyware protection for your computer, but the Windows Firewall may seem like overkill. It’s not. Because of the way computers work, you can never have too many protections on your system, provided they do not slow it down too much. While viruses and spyware help clean things [...]