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You don't seem to have a firewall program installed. Using a firewall will allow you to give/deny access for applications that want to go online. Select one of these, or another of your choice:
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If there are no further issues, continue below.
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Delete DDS from your desktop, you can keep ATF-Cleaner if you wish....otherwise delete from desktop.
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Clear IE7 cookies
*On the Internet Explorer 7 Tools menu, click
Internet Options. The Internet Options box should open to the
General tab.
*On the
General tab, in the
Browsing History, click the
Delete button. This will delete all the files that are currently stored in your
cache [that includes cookies too].
*Click OK, and then click OK again.
Clear Firefox cookies/cache
• Select "Tools"
• Select "Options".
• Select "Privacy".
• In "Settings" window put the check mark for Cookies,Cache,Browsing history and any others you want.
• Click OK.
• In Private area click "Clear Now".
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MICROSOFT UPDATES
1.Click
Start,
Run, type
sysdm.cpl, and then press
OK.
2.Click the
Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select one of the following options. We recommend that you select the
Automatic (recommended).
Microsoft updates are released every second Tuesday of each month,what is called "Patch Tuesday".
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Useful Information and Programs to keep you safe.
WOT Free helps you avoid disingenuous Internet content by allowing you to learn from others' experiences. WOT shows you website reputations on your browser, telling you how much other users trust a website. This helps you make better decisions while browsing and avoid phishing, malware, and other types of fraud. Reputations can also be added to web search results, Gmail, Wikipedia, and other selected sites.
WOT reputations are computed mainly from user testimonies. Sharing your knowledge with others is just a click away, without ever having to leave the site. We also collect data from hundreds of other sources (including PhishTank) to quickly warn you of emerging threats. Currently, WOT knows over 12 million websites.
For Internet Explorer users:
WOT for IE
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Alternate Browsers
Try the following free alternate browsers rather than Internet Explorer
Avant
Firefox
Opera
K-Meleon
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Free Antispyware Products
SuperAntiSpyware
Malwarebytes ' Anti-Malware
SpywareBlaster to help prevent spyware from installing in the first place.
- Install & update SpywareBlaster with the latest definitions.
After you have updated, click the button - enable protection for all unprotected items
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The
MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file with one that will
restrict known ad sites from serving you
unsolicited advertisements. Basically, this
prevents your computer from connecting to those sites by redirecting them to
127.0.0.1 which is the IP of your local computer.
Note that if you use a company provided HOSTS file you should not use the MVPS HOSTS file.
If your having trouble downloading & extracting,see link below for guidance:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm
Once you have extracted the host file,double click on it and a new window will open.
Double-click on
mvps.batand follow the prompts
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Winpatrol - Download and install the free version of Winpatrol. A tutorial for this product is located here:
Using Winpatrol to protect your computer.
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SnoopFree is a programme that informs you when another programme is wanting to log your keystrokes or read your screen.Only for
XP users.
Update all these programs regularly. Without regular updates you will not be protected when new malicious programs are released.
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Secunia PSI is a programme that will alert you to vulnerabilities and outdated programs you have installed, such as Java, Flash Player and many more.
It can also alert you if you have not installed the latest patches from Microsoft.
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Also, please take a look at this well written article:
PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need?
**Be very wary with any security software that is advertised in popups or in other ways. They are not only usually of no use, but often have malware in them.
Please reply to this thread once more, as we may mark this as resolved, thanks.