Computer Update March 2010
Just a Bit of an Update Equipment Security
Download Sites Cnet.com Zdnet.com Majorgeeks.com Tucows.com Filehippo.com
Your System Security Review ◦ Anti Virus: Resident Avast AVG Cloud Panda Spyware ◦ Spybot Search and Destroy ◦ Ad-Aware
Your System ( Con’t) Malware ◦ Malwarebytes ◦ IObit Malware Fighter ◦ Stopzilla $ ◦ Webroot $ ◦ Kaspersky $ Beware of Fakes – Ransomware
Your System (con’t) Firewalls ◦ Microsoft (XXX) ◦ Zonealarm*** ◦ Panda $ ◦ Trendmicro $ ◦ Semantic/McAfee $ ◦ Webroot $ *** ◦ Lavasoft $
Your System (con’t) Other Stuff ◦ Keylog Detector KL-Detector ( ◦ Rootkit Killer Kaspersky TDSSKiller (
Your System (con’t) Rescue Me.... Be prepared for the unexpected AVG Rescue CD or USB Drive ◦ Free Software ◦ Removes infections, repairs files and recovers systems ◦
Security Sites Trend Micro – blog.trendmicro.com/ Lavasoft - ◦ Kaspersky - ww.securelist.com/en/weblog Microsoft - blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/ CERT -
Rogue Security Software Signs ◦ Your Regular Security Software disabled ◦ New Security Popups ◦ Notification your computer is Infected ◦ Offers to Run Computer Virus Scan ◦ Pay for Full Version to get rid of Virus
What Do I Do Now? Try to close the Program from the Task Manager ◦ Don’t Close with X ◦ ( Cntrl F4 or Control –Alt-Delete ) Close in applications Tab Run security software – Malwarebytes/ IOBit/ Stopzilla 1.May require Boot Scan 2.You might need to rename Security Software install name Use a Rescue Disc AVG Rescue Disc Wipe Drive and Reinstall from Back Up
What ya got System Inventory ◦ Belarc Advisor (
Your System (con’t) Hard Drive ◦ Space Utilization Ridnacs download.cnet.com/RidNacs/ _ html Defraging ◦ Smart Defrag ◦
Your System (con’t) Clean up: ◦ Ccleaner Cleaning and optimization tool (Files & Registry) Start Up ◦ Whatinstartup download.cnet.com/WhatInStartup/ _ html
Your System (con’t) System Optimization ◦ Soluto Runs as a background service that watches your PC detects slowdowns and trying to analyze the cause. Analyzes Boot process, Web Browser, Remote Actions and Crashes Tells you what is happening
Your System ( Con’t) Duplicate Cleaner ◦ download.cnet.com/Duplicate-Cleaner/ _ ◦ Find and delete duplicate files, mp3s, photos, old documents and much Clone Spy ◦ Free Duplicate File CleanUp Tool for Windows ◦
Your System ( con’t) Permanently Erase Files ◦ Eraserdrop Portable eraserdrop-portable.en.softonic.com Drag and drop eraser ◦ Filekiller Completely removes a file from your disk without leaving any track
Delete Your Accounts Look for Your Accounts ◦ Spoekeo - people search engine Delete those Accounts ◦ Information on how to delete your account from all of the major social networking, blogging, shopping, etc. sites and services across the web. ◦