Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters January 21st
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This week’s online articles include:
- Beware of the Fake News Story Emails
- Updates Last Week discusses updates from Microsoft and other software publishers whom I track
- Windows Defender Problem
- CounterSpy versus “something else”
- Sound Card Toolbar Problems
- My Computer Security Software Recommendations updated.
- Print Problems from Web Browser
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As I work and have a place in both the US and Baja CA in Meheeco, I took to using only webmail exclusively as that takes care of syncing from multiple locations.
The benefit I found though was the enterprise level virus and malware scanning done makes me just that much more secure.
Though of course I run protection on my computer – Spyware Doctor for Malware and McAfee for anti virus and firewall (it came with the computer), and Prevx1. I have the firewall in my 2Wire 1070B residential gateway (DSL Modem) set to “stealth” mode as well.
There is also a very good tool that I have been using for three years now and it is free, SysInternals Autoruns program, it well tell you what is running and where in the registry it is and it well let just uncheck the item so that it does not run and you can add it back in by putting the check mark back in if you want to later if you find out you really need the item for some reason. It can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx
it is still free.
Sounds like you’re set up pretty well, Danny.
Of course, using webmail means you have to have a pretty big inbox if you want to keep emails. I see you’ve got Gmail, which is a good choice because of the 2.8GB+ they give us for our mailboxes.
I use webmail often when travelling, too. One of my favorite tricks is to move all my inbox emails into a folder once I’ve reviewed (not necessarily read) them. Then, when I get home, I move them back to the Inbox so I can download them to my email program.
Terry
Gene,
You’re right about the Sysinternals programs — they were so good that Microsoft bought the company!
We can still download them via http://www.microsoft.com but the license has become a little more restrictive.
I particularly like their program Process Explorer, which I write about at http://www.terryscomputertips.com/computers/see-whats-running.php
I get the same code regarding ‘Defender’ and I have Defender as a part of Vista and, as such, I cannot remove and reinstall.