The History list is a file, and therefore it begins to take up space as it grows larger. This is particularly true if you set a fairly long expiration time. It makes sense to clear the list every now and again. To do this, open Internet Explorer and click “Tools / Internet Options / [...]

The “money order scam” or “nigerian money order scam” are both the same thing. Basically someone gains your trust and sends you a money order (no kidding, you actually receive a money order and it may be for 2000 or 3000 dollars).

ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item. ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened. ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.

Phishing is when a website “fakes” a financial site to try and trick you into entering your passwords or bank account information. Normally they do this by emailing you with spam, saying “your account is overdrawn” or “your account will be terminated”, etc. These are all obviously fake but many people continue to fall [...]

First off, internet cookies are basically written on your computer when you visit some websites. Now some good things come from cookies, this is how sometimes you do not have to enter your password again when you visit a website, it knows who you are because the information is on your computer in a [...]

Adware is simply software that displays popup ads or other ad related screens in your web browser or on your desktop. It arrives on your pc without your consent it has no easy way to uninstall or intentionally reinstalls if you remove parts of it, changes your pc and browser settings without your consent, [...]

Routers – You absolutely must be using a router if you have broadband internet access (through cable, dsl, etc., anything access except dialup). This is the simplest and most effective security measure anyone can take. Routers are small boxes, can cost anywhere from $20 to $80 depending upon many factors, and can be found [...]

First off, one of the most common spyware programs that people get is called about:blank. You will know when you have this as your IE browser will begin pointing to about:blank no matter what you do.

Microsoft’s outlook email program stores data in your document and files directory path. All your emails and contact information can be found here (just follow through the path to find your user name folder, then look for the Microsoft folder, then finally either Outlook Express folder, or Outlook folder, depending upon which email program [...]

1. Disable Unnecessary Services Because Windows XP has to be all things to all people it has many services running that take up system resources that you will never need. Below is a list of services that can be disabled on most machines: