My Online Computer Tech

Gosh! It seems a lot of people being infected by spyware nowadays. Most of the time people are busy doing the following activities:
1. Reading E-mails
2. Doing Research
3. Downloading softwares, videos, and audios
4. Online Transaction

Little did they know that they are likely to be infected by  Spyware. This nasty program can hurt you in terms of information leaked out and worst case is IDENTITY THEFT.  Today I found this useful video about Spyware. The video explain the different types of spyware and its method of infection.

As simple pc user, computer virus detection is quite tough to detect since it try to avoid detection by mimicking hardware or software problem that will mislead us to believe that our computer are faulty which is not cause by a computer virus.

Here are some tell-tale sign that your computers are infected:
1.   Computer take time to boot up.
2.   Directory/Filenames are altered.
3.   Computer hanged frequently.
4.   Longer Disk Access Activities.
5.   Strange graphic display (i.e. Pop-up Banner, memory error, driver error, etc.)

You got problem with your network redundancy? One way to achieve near 100 percent network up-time is to use Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), it is a Cisco’s proprietary high availability protocol for Cisco routers. The free video provided below which also shown from westgatenetworks.com, will show you exactly how to configure it, step by step…it’s not that complicated as you think…enjoy the video…please feel free to leave a comment afte viewing the video.

Next stop, i will be sharing with you technical knowledge on the following:

- How to configure VLAN with Cisco switches?

- How to upgrade the Cisco IOS?

- How to recover or reset lost password of Cisco routers?

- How to configure router on a stick? and many more…. 

Keeping your password effective and secure will keeps those hackers away and will protect your sensitive information protected from within the organization and from outside threats. Here are some personal guides for having an effective passwords.

• Do change your passwords in a regular basis(i.e. monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis).
• Do use or create at least 7 character password that contains a mixture of capital and lower-case letters, numbers and punctuation.
• Dont use common words or word found in dictinary books.
• Dont use the word ‘password’, names of people, children name and pets name for your password. password.
• Dont use the same password for computer, emails, atm account, credit card, and bank account pin.
• Dont write your password in a paper and other media that can be viewed by people.
• Dont give your password to your friends, and colleagues.

Spyware is a computer program that resides on PCs that poses a serious threat to one’s privacy by tracking the movements of users while browsing the web. It steals important data like username, password, and other important data like bank account and credit card information without the knowledge of any computer users. This leave the users unprotected with this menace which is also comparable to virus and worms in terms of negative impact to a person’s privacy. Other things that a spyware can do to your computer are browser hijacking and unwanted advertisement displays.

Here are some simple guides that will help to protect you from those nasty spywares:
1. Update your web browser regulary.
2. Update your Windows regularly.
3. Keep a up-to-date Anti-virus software running in your computer.
4. Avoid Clicking of pop-ups while browsing the Internet.
5. Avoid downloading free music from unknown and untrusted sites.
6. Avoid downloading shareware from unknown and untrusted sites.

We created this site to help computer user with different skills level from novice to advanced level in providing them technical knowledge and know how in the following areas, namely:
1. PC Maintenance
2. PC Optimization
3. PC Repair
4. PC Protection and Security
5. PC Networking
6. Office Productivity

Our objective is to educate you to become your own technical support specialist and get rid of your dependence with other people. This will save you TIME and MONEY by using this site!

For Your Learning Success!!!

MyOnlineComputerTech Team