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1• Wipe adult content from your PC

By Andy Walker. Need to delete your Internet Browser history to keep those nosy people from tracking your web surfing habits? This guide will show your how to do so.

2• Survivor tools

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

3• How to repair your MBR

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

4• Cyberwalker.com Frequently Asked Questions

By . Are you having difficulties finding your way around our site? We have the answers to your questions right here.

5• 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.

6• Video: Clean your memory and turbocharge your PC

By Andy Walker. If you computer runs really slowly -- but it never used to -- then it may be time to clean out your system memory.

7• How to defragment your computer's hard drive

By Andy Walker. Part of your computer housekeeping should be to run Disk Defragmenter regularly.

8• Back Orifice Trojan horse explained

By Andy Walker. True to the historical version, a Trojan horse can attack your computer without your realizing anything's going wrong.

9• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls

By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.

10• Emergency Tech Support

By Andy Walker. Having trouble with your computer? No fear! Tech support is available from Cyberwalker.

11• Free up space on your hard drive: FAQ

By Andy Walker. You can recoup large amount of space if you know exactly what you can delete from your hard drive.

12•  How to remove unwanted pop-up ads

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

13• 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.

14• 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.

15• 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.

16• How to remove spyware

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

17• Uniblue's SpyEraser 2

By Jason Kerluck. There are many anti-spyware applications out there and it's wise to use more than one of them because there are many spyware writers out there.

18• 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.

19• iMac not immune to viruses

By Andy Walker. If you're a Mac user, don't be lulled into a false sense of security -- your machine could still be infected with viruses.

20• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Spyware Free

By Ted Gallardo. A solid, dependable anti-spyware application that is easy for any level of computer user.

21• 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.

22• CA Internet Security Suite 2007: go for it

By Ted Gallardo. Fighting viruses, spyware and spam behind one firewall is rather attractive but ability to concentrate its controls into one spot would be even more helpful.

23• Keep your PC running in top form

By Andy Walker. A clean and organized computer is a happy computer.

24• 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 .

25• 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.

26• 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.

27• 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?.

28• Windows XP Service Pack 2

By Andy Walker. The latest update to Windows XP comes in the form of Service Pack 2.

29• CIH virus deletion: The answer to your worries

By Andy Walker. Win95.

30• How to fix Windows time problems

By Andy Walker. An incorrect clock is a serious annoyance.

31• 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.

32• 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.

33• 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.

34• 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.

35• 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.

36• CA Anti-Spyware 2007: old friend's back

By Ted Gallardo. Its predecessor, eTrust PestPatrol, used to be more robust, but still, this application is one of the musts these days.

37• Using CA Personal Firewall 2007

By Ted Gallardo. There are other security applications that keep would-be hackers at bay and away from your computer better than this one.

38• CA Anti-Virus 2007 a must tool

By Ted Gallardo. The layout of the settings window is easy to use, navigate and understand, but the help file, while helpful, should be an integral part of the controls.

39• 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.

40• Better safe than sorry

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

41• Responses to Back Orifice 2000

By Andy Walker. Hackers released Back Orifice 2000, and the good guys had a fix out within a few days.

42• W32.Kriz is not a virus hoax

By Andy Walker. The W32.

43• New worm out in the wild is lethal.

By Andy Walker. ExploreZip is a worm so aggressive that it caused more than one company's email system to crash.

44• 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.

45• Symantec responds to Trojan horses

By Andy Walker. Symantec, a major computer security vendor, has developed antidotes to Trojan horse infestations.

46• How to clean your computer

By Andy Walker. A how to on keeping system damaging dirt down to a minimum.

47• Software Savings for Safe Online Shopping

By Staff. Three different software to keep you happy and safe during the holiday season, without robbing your bank account while online shopping.

48• 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.

49• Browser-jacking endangers us all

By Cyberwalker Staff. The DSSAgent might send over 10,000 Internet requests in 15 minutes, slowing network traffic, and not only that: when you go to go a perfectly innocent site a hard-porn page show up instead.

50• Use common sense to stay safe

By Chris Blackwell. With our dependence on computers growing in leaps and bounds, so should our awareness of risks that lurk behind the oh-so friendly facade.