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\n Fighting Phishing<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Phishing schemes are increasing in complexity. What are the bad guys doing? Castle Cops is fighting back.
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\n Digital Gangsters and Scams<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Online criminals hide in digital back alleys, concocting schemes to scam you out of your money. Caution ahead!<\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Wireless Wars!<\/strong><\/a>
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The world has gone wireless,
\n but why
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OCTOBER 2007 NEWSLETTER<\/b><\/font><\/center>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n Optimize<\/strong><\/a>—<\/font>
\n Speed up your PC!<\/b>
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\n Is your PC operating at maximum performance? Find out what will speed up your PC with our FREE scan!<\/font>
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\n BITS FROM BILL<\/b><\/font>
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\n Malware Strongholds<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Malicious programs may have infiltrated your PC through your Scheduled Tasks.
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\n \"Disk<\/a>
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\n Disk MD<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Drive Refresh<\/b>
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\n Keep your Hard Drives working at full speed!<\/font>
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\n \"Free<\/a>
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\n Exterminate<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Anti-Spyware<\/b>
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\n Stop Spyware from slowing your PC.<\/font>
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\n \"Personal<\/a>
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\n Erase<\/strong><\/a>
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\n PC Profiler<\/b>
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\n Learn what others may discover about you!<\/font>
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\n \"Driver<\/a>
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\n Driver Scan<\/strong><\/a>
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\n PC Update<\/b>
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\n Improve system functionality & stability.<\/font>
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\n \"Full<\/a>
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\n Full Test<\/strong><\/a>
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\n PC Checkup<\/b>
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\n Most complete PC analysis available<\/font>
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\n \"Win<\/a>
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\n WinPatrol<\/strong><\/a>
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\n PC Watchdog<\/b>
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\n Floating Point Faux Pas<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Excel has a floating point problem that results in severe calculation confusion. What’s Microsoft doing about it?
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\n Do You Know Your PC?<\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n


\n September’s survey results reveal just how intimate people are with their PCs.
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\n Driver Updates = Quick Fix<\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n


\n How often do you update your drivers? What drivers impact your PC’s performance?
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\n TECH TIPS<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n\n

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\n PC Process Explorer<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Track and kill the process that’s hogging your CPU quickly and easily with this handy Microsoft tool. Thanks to mme!<\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Control Panel Add-ons<\/b><\/strong><\/a>
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\n Add some great PC tools directly to your PC’s control panel with this download. This tidbit brought to you by Porthos.<\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n How To: Build Your Own PC<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Thought about building a computer? This picture-laden tutorial gives directions step-by-step. Thanks to stormy13.
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\n $100<\/strong> goes to the best tips<\/a> each month.<\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\n SPECIAL OFFERS<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n Better than WinZIP<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Save space on your HD with this compact compression tool! WinRAR can considerably reduce the size of data and e-mail transmission time.
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\n Roboform<\/strong><\/a>
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\n Hey Bike Lovers!<\/strong><\/a>
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\n If you find our newsletter interesting, perhaps a friend or colleague would as well.
\n Refer a friend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

© 2007 PC Pitstop, LLC
\n (https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com<\/a>)
\n was formed in February 2000, and offers users a unique way to make sure their PCs are running fast, stable and
\n secure–all through a free, Web-based interface.<\/font>
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Fighting Phishing
\nDigital Gangsters and Scams
\nWireless Wars
\nBits from Bill: Malware Strongholds
\nTip: PC Process Explorer
\nTip: Control Panel Add-Ons
\nTip: Build Your Own PC
\nNew Survey: Drivers
\nSurvey Results: Do You Know Your PC?
\nResearch: Floating Point Pas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3803,3804,103,1264,3805,1747,3424,3806,280,2101],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-back-alleys","tag-castle-cops","tag-control","tag-driver-updates","tag-explaination","tag-october","tag-panel","tag-pc-trends","tag-phishing","tag-roboform"],"yoast_head":"\nOctober 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fighting Phishing Digital Gangsters and Scams Wireless Wars Bits from Bill: Malware Strongholds Tip: PC Process Explorer Tip: Control Panel Add-Ons Tip: Build Your Own PC New Survey: Drivers Survey Results: Do You Know Your PC? 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