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How to Clean Malware Infections

Nowadays, viruses, trojans, spyware, and other malware is rife. The best defence, of course, is prevention. Keeping a system clean is relatively easy.
But what happens if you realize too late, and you do get your system infected? Note that this is meant for Windows users, after all, I have yet to see a Linux user [...]

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How to speed up a computer as it gets slow over time

Introduction
It’s true, computers do get slower over time, specially if they’re heavily used. There are two major reasons for that: hardware and software.
But hardware is much less of a problem. Most computer hardware nowadays is solid state, which means there are few moving parts that slow down from wear and tear. The hard disk is [...]

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Latest AV Comparatives (On-Demand) results - is NOD32 still the best?

The latest set of results from the well known AV-Comparatives is the set of on-demand scanning results. These results show NOD to have a lower than the top rating. The best possible rating is “Advanced+”. NOD32 v3 got “Advanced” instead.
This result was released a good month or so ago. Why I did not comment on [...]

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An Unorthodox Antivirus Comparative

Background
The computer world proliferates with malware. One of the most important lines of defense is the antivirus program. A good such program can make the difference between an infected computer that cause headaches within a few days of use, or months, even years, of trouble free service.
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So how do you choose such a program? [...]

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