September 3rd 2010

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"The precondition to freedom is security."

-- Rand Beers

Friend: Is Your PC Really Protected?

Good morning!

Trent Steele here with all the hottest technology news, software downloads, and your personalized weekly recommendations.

There's no such thing as PERFECT protection.

Even if you have the best firewall and antivirus software available...

Even if you keep it completely up-to-date...

Something might still get through.

And that's why you need to know how to STOP it!

Find out more about what to do when your PC is infected -- or you THINK it is -- in this week's bonus article below.

Enjoy: and have a great week --

Trent Steele

Trent Steele, Site Manager.
http://www.privacy-central.com

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Friend's Recommendations...

Every week, we recommend a series of exciting new hardware and software tools that we think you'll find interesting. Here's what we have for you this week...

Keep Spies At Bay With Spyware IT!

Protect your PC against unwanted intruders! Great software attacks and destroys spyware keeping your machine running smoothly.

www.spywareit.com

Flash Drive Security Software!

Securely lock and unlock the data on your USB -- in SECONDS! A fabulous new utility unlike any other on the market!

www.flashdrivesecuritysoftware.com

The Spy In The Coffe Machine!

A scary treatise about the way technology has eroded privacy, continues to do so, and how we have to learn to live with it!

Amazon - US

Amazon - UK

New Internet History Cleaner!

Keep your PC clean and protected! Erase your browsing history and keep attackers at bay. New Trial Version available!

www.internethistorycleaner.ws

Secure Drive Erase!

Don't take chances! This nifty little program will GUARANTEE that your deleted files are wiped and gone -- FOREVER!

www.securedriveerase.com

The Death Of Privacy!

Faceless corporations trade your purchasing habits, ID numbers and other personal information just like any hot commodity!

Amazon - US

Amazon - UK

Anti Identity Theft!

Avoid the nightmare of identity theft before it's too late. Thwart attackers 24/7 and sleep Easy PC!

www.anti-identity-theft.com

Hit The Panic Button!

Let Panic Button Pro take all the trouble out of hiding your screen, folders and private files from prying eyes!

www.panicbuttonpro.com

How Did My Protected PC Get Infected?

SUPERAntiSpyware found three Trojans on Bill Artman's PC. Bill asked the Windows forum how this could happen when his PC is protected.

There's no such thing as perfect protection.

Even if you have the best firewall and antivirus software available, and keep it up to date, something might get through. But knowing how they'll get through can help you block them.

First, do you really have the best security software? Windows' own firewall, for instance, doesn't protect as well as a good, third-party firewall. I currently use Comodo's free firewall (there's a separate x64 version). It's an annoying product, constantly interrupting my work to ask if I should allow something or other to get through, but the security is worth it.

But just because you like a firewall doesn't mean you should go with the same company's antivirus software. For that job, I prefer another free program, Avira AntiVir Personal.

Of course, you shouldn't just take my word for it. Check out PC World's Antivirus & Security page for more information.

Whatever software you use, keep it up-to-date. It should do this itself automatically, but every so often, check it yourself. Avira pops up a notice every day when it's done updating. You can turn that off, but I choose not to. I like that regular reassurance.

And back up more than just your security software. Other programs, especially browsers, can let malware slip by in such a way that your protection never sees it. So keep your operating system and browser up-to-date.

Be suspicious. Don't click on a link in an email that might not be kosher. If a program you didn't install and launch tells you your PC is infected, assume it's about to infect your PC. Only download software from reputable sites. And every week or so, scan your hard drive with an alternative anti-malware program to get a second opinion.

You probably won't get hit if you do everything properly, but you might. New malware appears in the wild every day, and somebody will get infected with it before their software updates itself. That someone might be you.

Finally, if a scan finds something malicious, keep in mind the possibility of a false positive. I've seen it, where a program that had been sitting on my PC unchanged for years suddenly turned up as containing a brand-new, quite evil Trojan. It turned out to be innocent.

By Lincoln Spector.

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