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		<title>Do The Right Thing Facebook and Put a Stop to This Garbage Before it is too Late!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
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Fox News posted an article about Facebook today alerting everyone to the fact that groups like NAMBLA are now prevalent on Facebook.   See the full article here:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/09/28/pedophiles-find-home-social-networking-facebook/
These groups like NAMBLA and others are associated with Child Pornography and Pedophilia.      "Facebook says it has a strict policy against the posting of content that  supports groups [...]


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		<title>Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Download Internet Explorer 9 Beta</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=229</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
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Today Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9 Beta for Vista and Windows 7.    IE 9 Beta is not for Windows XP users.  For regular home users you do not and should not download it.   It is a beta program and may contain bugs that may not allow your Windows or Internet Explorer to operate normally.  Beta [...]


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		<title>Email Viruses, Worms and Spam</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=224</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>
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Spreading of Viruses, Worms, Malware and Spam through email is one of the most effective means of infecting a PC.    Since everybody uses email it has become one of the easiest and most common ways to contract an infection for your PC.    Anything can be sent via email, whether it be a Virus, Worm, Malware [...]


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		<title>Should I turn off my PC at the end of the day/night?</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=222</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hibernate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pc sleep]]></category>

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This is a debate that has been going on for quite some time.      Mostly I would say it is a matter of personal preference as to whether  or not you want to shut it down.
Most computers will shutdown on their own and go into Sleep or a  Hibernate [...]


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		<title>64 Bit Systems No Longer Immune From Rootkits</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=219</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[64 bit]]></category>

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As 64 bit systems become the norm for PC users, it is only logical to assume that the virus creators would try to find ways to penetrate the extra security provided by a 64 bit system.    A recent article by Technibble gives the full story.  Read it here:
http://www.technibble.com/tdl3-rootkit-x64-goes-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-20496
While 64 bit systems have always been vulnerable [...]


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		<title>Viruses That Attack and Disable Antivirus Software</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=213</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virus removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antispyware]]></category>
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It is quite common to see infected PC's that have their antivirus software disabled by a virus.     The creators of viruses/malware are aware of many of the tools and software used to protect your PC against infections.  The creators of viruses/malware  can specifically write their virus to disable your Antivirus software and others.  Viruses can [...]


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		<title>Compressed Air and How it can Save Your PC</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=207</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleaing your PC]]></category>
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Recently I had a customer who was  experiencing an overheating video card only while playing certain games on his PC.   These games used to play with no problems before but now were playing for about 10 minutes or so and then crashing the system.     The customer had updated with the latest drivers for his video [...]


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		<title>Why Do People Create Computer Viruses and Malware?</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=200</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer Virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC infected]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virus]]></category>

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This is a question I get asked very often when cleaning a computer for a customer.    An article from Technibble explains that there are primarily 5 reasons or categories that explain why people create computer viruses and malware.

To take control of a computer and use it for specific tasks
To generate money
To steal sensitive information (credit [...]


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		<title>It Only Takes One Click to Infect Your PC.</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=194</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Updating Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virus removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antivirus]]></category>
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Over the weekend, I had a customer who had contracted a nasty virus.  He attempted to fix it on his own by doing a clean install of Windows.  The Install failed and he contacted ZolexPC for help.   We were able to load a fresh copy of Windows for him.  In addition we installed Security Software [...]


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		<title>Twitter and Facebook Being Used By Scammers to Spread Infections</title>
		<link>http://zolexpc.com/blog/?p=185</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Calvi - ZolexPC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>
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A recent article from TechCrunch mentions how Twitter is now being used by Scammers to lure potential victims to their scams.   Read the full article here:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/28/twitter-crime/
Most people already are familiar with Facebook and the infections that can be spread through it.  Just yesterday I worked on a customer's PC with the Koobface Worm. In [...]


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