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1• Do I really have to reformat and reinstall?

By Andy Walker. Maybe you don't have to reformat your hard drive reinstall Windows.

2• Survivor tools

By Staff. More and more websites are available now that can ferret out viruses and spyware on your computer.

3• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1

By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.

4• How to detect and remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Arm yourself with the knowledge and the tools to protect yourself from spyware's malicious work.

5• How to repair your MBR

By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.

6• More ways to clean up Vista

By Cyberwalker staff. Wiping your system clean and reinstalling Windows Vista is a time-consuming project.

7• Get help with your computer problem

By Staff. Cyberwalker.

8• Good old DOS to the rescue

By Andy Walker. Rebuild your Master Boot Record and keep your computer running.

9•  How to remove unwanted pop-up ads

By Andy Walker. Stop spying software from installing without permission.

10• Video: How to clean spyware and stop future infections

By Andy Walker. In this video, learn how to clean out your computer and remove spyware, adware and other nasty stuff that may be infecting your computer using thre different products, two of which are free!.

11• Opening photos that come in your e-mail is easy

By Andy Walker. If Auntie Jennie e-mailed you that old photograph of you naked in the bathtub, could you open it? Would you want to? Learn how, as the CyberWalker shows you the ropes.

12• How to remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Has your computer started running slowly or just plain acting strange? You may have spyware.

13• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus (Free Edition)

By Ted Gallardo. You get more than you've paid for: yes, Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus free edition lacks dedicated technical support, but it does keep your computer clean, and that's what matters most.

14• BO2K and Trojan Horse viruses

By Andy Walker. A Trojan horse can be a program that appears to be helpful, but actually is destructive in nature.

15• Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic AntiVirus

By Ted Gallardo. It is straightforward and easy-to-use and navigate, but it does tend to get lost from time to time.

16• Save up to 25% off with our August 07 coupons

By Craig Worden. This month we offer three coupons up to 25% off on handy software tools, including an antispyware program, a driver update tool and an icon editor.

17• Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2007

By Ted Gallardo. While it does what it promises to do, and then some, this version of Norton's AntiVirus hogs too many resources and slows your computer down.

18• CIH virus deletion: The answer to your worries

By Andy Walker. Win95.

19• Yep, it's a virus.

By Andy Walker. Just when you thought it was safe to relax your computer security, you find out you were wrong about that.

20• Alwil Software's avast! 4 Home Edition AntiVirus

By Ted Gallardo. Blending two tasks, such as antivirus protection and adware/spyware blocking may sound nice, but it slows you down .

21• Sometimes frightening virus warnings are just hoaxes.

By Andy Walker. Anyone who has emailed much at all has probably fallen prey to at least one emailed hoax.

22• Be wary of the Hare virus.

By Andy Walker. Some viruses are set to launch themselves on a scheduled date or to be triggered by certain events.

23• How to protect yourself against the Love Bug

By Andy Walker. The Love Bug, a/k/a the "I Love You" virus, is one of the latest in an annoyingly persistent series of viruses with malicious payloads.

24• How to repair your master boot record if it's infected with a virus

By Andy Walker. Learn how to fix, recover and repair the master boot record if it is infected with a virus.

25• How to fool e-mail worms and stop them cold

By Andy Walker. Sometimes there are little tricks you can do to keep viruses at bay, but are they worth it?.

26• A beautiful Vista with a word of caution

By Andy Walker. New OS certainly an improvement over the older ones, including XP, and it does wow most of the time, but it still has a ways to go before becoming an ideal.

27• Real alarm? Hoax?

By Andy Walker. With so many viruses and hoaxes floating around the internet these days, it's more important than ever to learn about how to know what is coming into your email inbox.

28• Stop annoying ads on your desktop

By Andy Walker. Do ads pop open on your computer even if you're not doing anything? You are infected with spyware.

29• Wobbler virus: another hoax

By Andy Walker. The Wobbler virus was a hoax.

30• Imagine if your cat had an ip address

By Andy Walker. IPv6 is coming, and wow, that's a lot of numbers.

31• Trialware anti-virus program misses virus

By Andy Walker. Trial versions of software are great for "try before you buy", but if you want to get the full benefit, it only makes sense to get the full version.

32• Better safe than sorry

By Chris Blackwell. The more we depend on computers, the more we depend on their security.

33• W32.Kriz is not a virus hoax

By Andy Walker. The W32.

34• Ten Commandments to keep your computer healthy

By Jason Kerluck. They all make common sense, but not every computer is aware of them: basic rules to help your computer keep running in top form.

35• The Melissa macro virus

By Andy Walker. With apologies to all the very nice ladies named Melissa, this virus was bad news for a lot of people.

36• LabRats #095: Trojan horses: ancient Greece going modern

By Cyberwalker staff. Never open an attachment that landed in your inbox from persons unknown, and better check with your friends when they send you something like that, if they really, really DID send the file that looks too good to be true.

37• What is a hoax and what isn't

By Craig Worden. Why people do it, nobody knows, but many send out warnings about this or that deadly virus, flooding the Web with pseudo-danger announcements.

38• Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

By Randy Walker. Many computer users like Windows applications so much, they want to be able to run them even on Mac computers.

39• Cyberwalker Radio Episode 034

By . December 19th, 2006: Consumer electronics, gift ideas, iPods, DSL, and software fixes.

40• Viruses now a money maker

By Andy Walker. Progress reaches the underground world: virus and other malicious software writers get paid to sell their stuff so criminals can abuse computer users big and small more efficiently.

41• LabRats #079: Software surgery

By Cyberwalker staff. Usually, you uninstall software.

42• Speed up a slow computer

By Andy Walker. Learn why you system may run slow, what causes it, and - most importantly - how to fix it.

43• Service Pack 1: will it deliver Vista to its glory?

By Jason Kerluck. It took two service packs to make Windows XP the good, old and reliable benchmark it is today.

44• Get Personal Help from Cyberwalker

By Andy Walker. Get personal help from us.

45• There are ways to fight cyber criminals

By Andy Walker. From identity theft through abuse of your e-mail system, and then some, there seem to be no bounds to computer criminals' weird imaginations.

46• Cyberwalker Radio Episode 008

By staff. Uninstalling, spyware, memory leaks, and more!.

47• Cyberwalker Radio Episode 004

By staff. TiVo in Canada, spyware removal, worm infection on fresh install, virus cleaning in safe mode.

48• Get the fear out of Internet browsing

By Jason Kerluck. Security packages help us defend our computers against spyware and viral attacks.



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