System Tuneup Guide

While sometimes you can’t prevent something terrible from happening to your PC, there are many things you CAN do to “Be Prepared”:

Sooner or later, you’ll probably have the wonderful experience of having your PC fail or ‘meltdown’ on you…this has happened to me several times in the past, and I wish I had a photo of the look of unimaginable horror on my face when I realized I couldn’t get my computer to startup and operate normally.

Computer disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from a damaging power surge, to and even more frightening theft of your personal data by someone to create a false identity.

10 Days to become a PC Disaster Response Specialist

That’s right, over the next 10 days we’ll be covering many critical issues on how to successfully restore a a dead PC to life, and we’ll also cover the area of computer security, and how to prevent break-ins and safeguard your data in ways that would make Fort Knox proud!

Are Your Components to Blame?

Many disasters can be caused by your hardware. The good news is it IS possible to revive a dead PC due to hardware failures, simply by identifying and replacing the malfunctioning components. Nothing is worse that typing a report that took you 3 hours to create, only to lose it because of a power outage or computer freeze. We’ll show you the options you have to diagnose and repair irritating errors that can be just as destructive as major hardware failures.

We’ll show you how to recover items or files that you deleted accidentally and want back. Like digital camera photos. We’ll look at how to repair scratched disks and how to use your recovery console to start your PC if it doesn’t boot. We will also show you how to create a recovery CD so you can examine an unbootable hard drive for your valuable data.

PC Security & You

We’ll also cover specific security concerns and what to do if your PC has been hacked or you know that someone else has helped themselves to your data. We’ll show you how to avoid spyware in all its ugly forms, and give you advice that will help you to protect yourself online. Wireless connections pose a major security threat today because most people simply don’t bother to encrypt their connections, which allows others to use your bandwidth without your knowledge.

So sit back and relax as we educate and entertain you these next 10 days…you’ll be better prepared to deal with any computer disaster after we’re done with you!

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FACTS AND FIGURES:

While statistic in 2005 indicated that most identity theft still took place off-line…we are now well into 2007, and the methods and techniques thieves have developed to steal your identity for whatever reason keep getting more sophisticated.

“Half of all identity thefts are committed by someone the victim knows. “

That means you need to be especially careful with your credit card numbers, social security card, etc. around your friends and associates (for the sake of avoiding a prolonged post, I’m assuming you can trust your immediate family members!)

• Credit card fraud was the most common form of identity theft, accounting for 28 percent of thefts reported.

• Phone or utilities fraud was next, accounting for 19 percent of identity thefts reported.

• Bank fraud followed, accounting for 18 percent of identity thefts reported.

Financial Crimes:
Identity thieves also include crimes like these in their repertoire of dirty tricks.

• They make long-term financial commitments, like taking out mortgages or buying cars, using their victim’s credit history.
• They establish, use, and abandon dozens of charge accounts—without paying.
• They may run up huge amounts of debt, then file for bankruptcy on their victim’s name, ruining their victim’s credit history and reputation.

When Money’s Not the Object:
Sometimes, the thieves aren’t after money. They may use your identity to commit crimes like these:

• They may threaten national security or commit acts of terrorism. The September 11 hijackers used fake IDs to board their planes.
• They use stolen personal information to forge military identification cards, as recently happened at an army base near Washington, DC. This was a potential threat to national security.
• They pile up traffic tickets in your name with no intent to pay them.
• They commit felonies using your identity. Victims of identity theft have been arrested, even jailed, for crimes they didn’t commit.
• They may obtain a passport in your name to bring someone into the country for any one of a number of illegal reasons—human trafficking, for example.

What Should You Do?

By now it should be apparent that preventing identity theft must be a priority for you, especially online. While you don’t have control over a merchant’s database being broken into that you recently completed an online transaction with, and having your credit card number stolen, you can prevent any kind of illegal and damaging access to your PC by prevent Spyware or Malware of any kind from installing itself on your PC.

“9 out of 10 PC’s connected to the internet have some form of Spyware installed on them.”

What is the best way to prevent Spyware? By installing a spyware program that monitors your PC in ‘real-time’ and prevents spyware from ever installing itself to begin with. THe best program we have discovered for this task is Paretologic’s Anti-Spyware download. You can get the full details on this vital PC utility here.

Want the full skinny on how else to best protect against Identity theft online and off? Download our free identity theft PDF report.

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Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?

It comes in many different varieties:
Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

It seems like nothing will remove these files…even closing down all running programs or rebooting windows will sometimes not work. Unlocker is a program that is very effective at deleting ‘undeletable’ files on your computer, like spyware. Just make sure and backup first in case you delete something you weren’t supposed to!

Get the Free Unlocker Download

1. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker

2. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear

3. Simply click Unlock All and you are done!

If you are looking for an easier way to remove spyware & adware from your PC (Spyware is traditionally very stubborn to get off your PC manually), then you may want to consider downloading the Free Top rated Paretologic Anti-Spyware scan. It will monitor your PC in real-time and automatically remove any spyware related files from your computer for you (over 225,000 varieties!)

If you spend any amount of time online (especially on file sharing sites) please do yourself a big favor and make sure you are running a spyware remover that will monitor your system in real-time. I recently ended up having to reinstall my entire operating system because I didn’t have a spyware remover/detector installed. Paretologic Anti-Spyware has made a huge difference on my machine, and by keeping spyware off my PC completely, gives me greater speed & performance than I had before.

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