They might not be the most productive Twitter accounts in the world but they will follow you back adding to your follower count. This will give any Twitter newbie a great start by adding 1,001 followers to their account in just a few hours and will allow the more seasoned Twitter user to add valuable [...]

The first time the phrase “spyware” was used was in Oct. 1994. At that time, the phrase was used in a post and jokingly referenced Microsoft’s business model. After that, the term “spyware” generally referred to Spyware later came to allude to equipment used to spy, such as hidden cameras, small recoding devices, etc. The [...]

After you open and run an infected program or attachment on your computer, you might not realize that you’ve introduced a virus until you notice something isn’t quite right. By then, some damage is done, which explains why it is important to be proactive protect your computer by using anti-spyware. If you’re computer is left [...]

Viruses and worms are the most well known of the Malware family, and as the name implies, they “crawl” through your computer and infect it. Originally, the term computer virus was used for a program, which infected other executable software, while a worm transmitted itself over a network to infect computers. Viruses and worms are [...]

The term “Malware” is just short for malicious software and it refers to software designed to “infect” a computer and cause damage to the computer’s hard drive, server or even its entire network (if applicable). Malware includes “viruses,” “spyware,” “adware” (when it takes the form of spyware and tracks, reports and sales a user’s activity), [...]

In laymen’s terms, a Windows Registry is a centralized database used in Microsoft Windows 9x, Windows CE, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 to store settings and options for the operating system. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the PC. The Registry contains information that Windows refers back [...]