Protect Your PC and Privacy

This post was written by admin on April 25, 2007
Posted Under: Free PC Security, personal information, privacy

You may think that you are reasonably safe as you surf the net, but windows has many gaping flaws that do not protect your privacy, and it it far too easy for a hacker to gain access to your privacy and others to harness your ISP etc.

There are some simple steps outlined below which will allow you to surf much safer, as well as guiding you through various tweaks to help you.

AVG free Anti-Virus is the most popular antivirus, personally I prefer Avast Free4Home Edition

Also worth using is PC Tools Firewall Plus - Free or Online Armor - Free.

SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster and MRU-Blaster available for free from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/products.html

Also check your PC for free at pcpitstop

Without your knowledge or explicit permission, the Windows networking technology which connects your computer to the Internet may be offering some or all of your computer's data to the entire world at this very moment! You can check your open Ports, File Sharing etc for Free at http://www.grc.com/default.htm

Simply scroll down the page to *Hot Spots* and click on ShieldsUp.

Finally for now, I would also recommend the use of CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.

It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.

The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a few seconds to run) and Free.
Cleans the following:

Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
Recently opened URLs and files.
Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...
Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... Backup for registry clean.
Windows Startup tool.

Download CCleaner Here