October 2007


THIS MONTH





Fighting Phishing


Phishing schemes are increasing in complexity. What are the bad guys doing? Castle Cops is fighting back.





Digital Gangsters and Scams


Online criminals hide in digital back alleys, concocting schemes to scam you out of your money. Caution ahead!





Wireless Wars!

The world has gone wireless,
but why
do we get dropped signals and phone silences? The explaination is here!

OCTOBER 2007 NEWSLETTER



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BITS FROM BILL




Malware Strongholds


Malicious programs may have infiltrated your PC through your Scheduled Tasks.


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Free Spyware Scan



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Personal Data Profiler



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PC Profiler

Learn what others may discover about you!

Driver Scan



Driver Scan


PC Update

Improve system functionality & stability.

Full Test



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PC Checkup

Most complete PC analysis available

Win Patrol Free Trial



WinPatrol


PC Watchdog

Who is watching your PC’s front door?


PC TRENDS





Floating Point Faux Pas


Excel has a floating point problem that results in severe calculation confusion. What’s Microsoft doing about it?




Do You Know Your PC?


September’s survey results reveal just how intimate people are with their PCs.




Driver Updates = Quick Fix


How often do you update your drivers? What drivers impact your PC’s performance?



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TECH TIPS






PC Process Explorer


Track and kill the process that’s hogging your CPU quickly and easily with this handy Microsoft tool. Thanks to mme!






Control Panel Add-ons


Add some great PC tools directly to your PC’s control panel with this download. This tidbit brought to you by Porthos.





How To: Build Your Own PC


Thought about building a computer? This picture-laden tutorial gives directions step-by-step. Thanks to stormy13.


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Better than WinZIP



Save space on your HD with this compact compression tool! WinRAR can considerably reduce the size of data and e-mail transmission time.




Roboform



FREE TRIAL! Still logging in by hand? Let Roboform log in for you! No keystrokes to track, no hassle for you.





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Shrink My Tunes



Make more room on your MP3 player by shrinking existing songs while maintaining great quality!



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