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1• Avoid fake Wi-Fi access points

By Andy Walker. Your computer seems to become an access point for a network, which it isn't.

2• FTP to the rescue

By Andy Walker. Large e-mail attachments tax some e-mail systems' resources.

3• 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?.

4• 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.

5• Chip overclocking makes PC faster, but be careful.

By Andy Walker. Overclocking a PC doesn't make time go faster -- it makes your processor run faster than it was meant to.

6• 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.

7• Get used to employing safe-surfing habits

By Peter Ehm. The cyber-world is not as dangerous as the many headlines would make us believe, but it's still too dangerous to keep us entirely comfortable.