Utilities, Tips & Tricks about Windows Security

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When it is time to get a 2nd opinion on a file that might be infected, visit www.virustotal.com (imo, it's worth adding it to your favorites)

This awesome site uses over 30 different well-known scanners to analyze the submitted file.

Step 1: Submit the file in question by clicking on Browse button to locate the file and select it.

Step 2: Click Send button to have the file uploaded and queued for processing.

Step 3: Wait for scanning to complete; STATUS should read COMPLETED

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This page covers pretty much all launch aka startup points in all versions of Windows Operating System:

http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_launchpoints.html

Important: This info is more for advanced users so if you are not sure, please get an expert's help before modifying these settings in the registry!
Also, it is always wise to make a backup of the registry before you make any kind of changes to the registry.

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List of Internet Parental Control Utilities (free to my best knowledge):

Naomi:
http://www.radiance.m6.net/oldindex.html

OpenDNS Parental Controls:
http://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/solutions/parental/

File Sharing Sentinel:
http://www.akidthaine.com/

Safe Families Parental Control:
http://www.safefamilies.org/download.php

K9 Web Protection:
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

B Gone Parental Control:
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=bgone


Note: If any of the freebies ever become commercial products then check for their last free version here.


Enjoy!