computer safety

hi all new to the forums and need help. I am tired of my son downloading programs on my computer on his account so I disabled the admin privileges on his account. It was working cause he would call me down when the pop up box asking for my admin password and if I felt it was okay I would enter...

Hi i'm paranoid i got a keylogger or malicious software in my computer for something i did, but the Antivirus did not detect anything wrong, also got recently Zemana antilogger just to be safe and seems everything is okay my question is: found two processes i don't know what they are or what...

Hi I have purchased my share of utilities,tune up and maintance software since i got my windows 7 home premium 64bit.And i must be a slow learner,because every single time,i has ended very suddenly with:re-install windows because of errors in OS.I forgot to mention one type of software:Driver...

I am using Windows 7 and would like to know how I can set the PC to lock when not in use after say 10 minutes

Looks like a brand new Worm called Morto is using RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and port 3389 (default listening port) as an attack vector to infect some machines and subsequently using some type of brute force password guessing mechanism to further compromise these computers. A good reason why...

Again!?? According to Microsoft's July issue newsletter (Security for home computer users), it seems that we've got more scareware products on the horizon. We've probably all seen them before in one version or another while browsing the web, you get a pop up warning that some form of malicious...

IDG News Service - The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Link Removed...

If you’ve been looking for just the right motivation or evidence to convince your company’s IT department to upgrade to Windows 7, this may be it. The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a datasheet of best practices for keeping your computer and network safe and secure, and one of the...

Use the built-in Parental Controls in Windows 7 to restrict access to certain programs and games on your computer from your child (or other user). In addition, you can also restrict the amount of time your child users the computer making sure they are not online all the time. Link Removed

I am wondering,,,,,i have Win 7 installed ! If the user account i use suddenly catches a virus, does that mean the rest of the accounts on this computer are affected too ? I want to use a specific guest account just for experimentation ! I would like to know if tampering with the guest user...

I have a new Dell Inspirion 540 computer (running Windows 7) that is now infected with Adware-Isearch. When I transferred the files from my old computer which runs Windows XP using a Belkins Easy Transfer cable, the adware was transferred over. When I run McAffee antivirus, the Adware-Isearch...

Hi, this really really has puzzled me for several days, so my sister has asked me to install some form of parental control on her two computers. It seems she caught her son looking at... things. I've offered to examine all these sites for suitability and got a shocking look!!! Seeing as how he's...

Hi all, here i am again and this time i need some "anti-hacker" solution,ive been a hacker victim since 2007,so ive been attacked frequently by those and even if i implemented those regs hacks to avoind syn attack and other it keeps getting echo request,ive already removed prints driver and...

Worried about Trojan Horses? Has anybody used "The Cleaner"? by MooSoft Development. Trojan Horse Attacks