Spyware, Malware, and Trojan Horses – three things that should strike fear into the PC user.  Learn what these are, and how to NOT get them.  TheTeachingBox is happy to present the next installment of this great educational video.

The first installment was popular, and here is Video #2 in the Tune Up Your PC Video Tutorial Series.

As with the Introduction Video, this again is a basic introduction into the concept of these three evils that can infect your computer.  I believe the author does a very good job of describing this threat, what it does, and how to deal with it.  

He talks about Keeping Spyware out of your computer and mentions my personal favorite program (Spybot Search and Destroy).  I have had great success with this program, and best of all it is FREE!.  He also mentions Spy Sweeper as a good tool.  To be truthful,  I was not impressed with Spy Sweeper when it first came out a few years ago, but I have read good things about it of late, so I would recommend it if you want to head down the Pay route for Spyware protection.

So without further delay, here is the Link to the Video:

Spyware, Malware, Trojan Horses

Have you experienced un-necessary popups that come out of nowhere when you are simply surfing the web?  Or has your Internet surfing experience slowed down to a crawl?  It’s possible it is your connection, but if it used to be fast and now it’s slow…the problem is likely to be spyware, malware, or some sort of trojan horse.  Now, while you don’t need to know those technical terms, these types of security attacks, generally run behind the scenes on your computer, w/o appearing to you.  Their job is to spy on your, your important data, and what you type, and send it back to the hacker.  So while you can speed up your computer by removing them, you will also protect your personal data.

In order to keep you interested, and coming back.

Here are the Six Video Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Spyware, Malware, Trojan Horses
3. Antivirus and Firewalls
4. Speeding it up:  How to speed Vista up
5. Speeding it up: Internet Browsers and Internet Cleaners
6. Speeding up:  Start Up Programs, Defragging, Buy More RAM

Sit Back and Enjoy!

-Loren

Tags: computers, Education, educational, Malware, Online Tools, Spyware, Teaching, Technology, trojan horse, tutorial, Tutorials

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