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AVG Tutorial

Security
AVG is offered in both a professional subscription version and a free home edition. Both offer free updates for the life of the product. AVG is available for most operating systems. AVG helps keep you protected from viruses and spyware. Scanning and updating are easy with the simple graphical interf

Spyware Blockers - Do You Need One?

Security
Have you noticed your computer being slower than usual lately? Have you ever had your home page changed or tried to visit a site and been redirected? This can happen when you have malicious files on your computer. The worst thing about spyware is that it can sit on your computer totally undetected b

Computer Security 101

Security
This article is about viruses, worms, trojan horses, backdoors and other malicious code. It discusses antivirus software and techniques including heuristics. The impact of virus hoaxes is also discussed. This is the 6th in a 10-part series on computer security from your About.com Guide, Tony Bradley