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Get a
Firewall
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- What is a firewall?
- A firewall is a device or program that
interfaces the network to the outside world
and shields the network from unauthorized
users. The firewall does this by blocking
certain types of traffic. For example, some
firewalls permit only electronic mail traffic
to enter the network from elsewhere. This
helps protect the network against attacks
made to other network resources, such as
sensitive files, databases, and applications.
- Firewalls are a
must, they help keep intruders from gaining
access to your computer without your
knowledge.
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Comodo Personal
Firewall
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Totally Free Personal Firewall
application from Comodo. (Free for
personal and business use)
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The download is a 30 day trial of full
features, but it continues to work with
most functionality after the 30 day trial
period. Comparison between the free and
pay version can be found here.
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Zone Alarm
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Really nice Free personal firewall from
Zone Labs.
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Personal Firewall
Plus
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Non-Free Firewall Software provided by
Mcafee.
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Get an Antivirus
Program
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- What is an Antivirus Program?
- An Antivirus Program is a
program/software distributed by
different software manufactures to help
protect a PC from being infected with a
virus. Live updates and weekly virus
scanning is essential.
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Comodo
Antivirus
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Totally Free Antivirus Software
provided by Comodo. (Free for
personal and business use)
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AVG Antivirus
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Free Antivirus Software. (Free for
personal use only!)
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NOD32 Antivirus
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Non-Free Antivirus Software
provided by eset.
(If your willing to pay for AV we recommend NOD32)
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Remove
Adware/Spyware
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- What is Adware/Spyware?
- Adware/Spyware is software
that may have been installed on
your computer by a remote site.
Many free utilities that you
download from the Internet will
install hidden software that
sends details of the websites you
visit and other information from
your computer (which can include
your email address) to
advertisers so they can target
you with popup ads and spam.
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Adaware
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Free for personal use.
Lavasoft also offers a
professional version for a
small fee. Which runs in the
background to stop Adware on
the fly, much like an
antivirus software would.
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Spybot Seek &
Destroy
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Completely Free
Adware/Spyware removal tool.
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Spy
Sweeper
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Spy Sweeper unfortunately is
not a free application; but
when the free applications
don't do the job this one
will.
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Other Useful
Utilities &
Links
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LINK:
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DESCRIPTION
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7-Zip
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Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives.
Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked.
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TUGZip
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TUGZip is a Free
alternative to the
popular archive
management software
Winzip.
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CCleaner
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A simple program that removes unused and temporary files from Windows machines.
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Empty Temp
Folders
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Emtpy Temp Folders is
a piece of software
that will
automatically remove
temporary files on
your PC that
could
make it run slower
and make programs
randomly crash.
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Password
Generator
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Small web based
program that will
create more secure
passwords for you to
use. (Opens in a new
Browser Window)
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firewall.bat
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*NOTE*
Only works with
Windows XP Service
Pack 2!
This is a
batch file I wrote
with a menu that lets
you check the status,
enable, and disable
the new Windows XP
built in Firewall.
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aboutme
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Aboutme is a small
shell script I wrote
that displays a lot
of information about
the machine it is ran
on. Including uptime,
disk usage, processor
type, kernel
information, to name
a few. Screenshot
opens in a new
window.
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Vim
Cheat Sheet
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If you use a *nix
operating system,
this is my editor of
choice. It's a little
overwhelming at
first, but this cheat
sheet will help you
understand vi / vim.
Thanks again to
http://www.ssel.montana.edu/HowTo/
for the sheet.
Another really helpful cheat sheet for vim.
Viemu Cheat Sheet
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