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Antivirus software is a class of program that searches your hard drive and floppy disks for any known or potential viruses.Anti-virus is the name given to software that detects and removes viruses from messages. By removing viruses at the email server, all internal mail clients are protected AND all customers are protected from receiving viruses too. Computer Viruses are written by people who wish to gain control of your system resources and are continually updated to try and break through any barriers you may have installed. There are several Antivirus available for free to download. Some of the Antivirus are: 1) avast! 4 Home Edition 4.8.1368 -Free antivirus for home noncommercial use - scans for viruses, worms and Trojans. 2) AVG AntiVirus Free 9.0.707a1765 -Use the AVG Anti-Virus System to reliably protect your computer. 3) Comodo Antivirus 2.0.17.58 Beta -Eliminates all known Viruses, Trojans, Worms. 4) Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update 12-08-2009-This is the latest virus

The main purpose of a firewall is to control access to or from a computer for security purposes. A Firewall is a barrier between you and the internet. There are two main types of firewall: these are software or hardware firewalls. They filter the traffic from your home network and the internet. You need to use a firewall whenever you access the internet because it provides you with invaluable protection.The normal use for firewalls is to protect your computer from public networks such as the internet. Some of the Freefirewalls available for download are : 1.Online Armor FREE - A powerful free Firewall for Windows. 2.PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.86-A free firewall to protect your computer from intruders. 3.ZoneAlarm Free Firewall 9.1.007.002- Keep hackers and data thieves out of your computer with this free firewall. 4.R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53 -R-Firewall is free and effective solution to secure your on-line activity. 5.PrivateFirewall 6.1 - Personal Firewall and Intrusion

Go to Start / Settings / Network Connections Right click on the network connection you want to change Select Properties Click on the Advanced tab Uncheck the box in Internet Connection Firewall

Go to Start / Settings / Network Connections Right click on the network connection you want to change Select Properties Click on the Advanced tab Uncheck the box in Internet Connection Firewall

Go to “My Computer ” and right click on your hard drive . At the bottom of the window that opens, you should see a check box titled “Allow Indexing Service to index the disk for fast file searching.” Uncheck it . Press OK and you’re done! Your computer should be a little faster after a restart.

Chkdsk (Chkdsk.exe) is a command-line tool that checks volumes for problems. The tool then tries to repair any that it finds. For example, Chkdsk can repair problems related to bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory errors. To use Chkdsk, you must log on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. You can also run Chkdsk from My Computer or from Windows Explorer . Click the start button Right-click "My Computer" and select "Explore" Right-click the disk you want to check and select "Properties" In the properties dialog click the tab "Tools" Click " check now" The " checking disk" dialog appears, check both options and click start You will probably see a message that chkdsk wants exclusive access to the disk and therefore wants to begin first thing after you restart your computer. Accept by clicking ok. Restart your computer When your computer restarts you will see ch