Malicious software, or
malware, is likely the most widespread problem faced by computer
users today. As a computer technician, I find that about three out
of four jobs I do for home computer users are to remove malware in
one form or another. Malware programs come in several forms:
Spyware and adware track your activities when surfing the Internet
and bombard you with pop-up advertisements. Hijackers change
browser start pages and redirect you to unwanted web sites. Viruses
and trojans erase data and allow hackers to access your files. In
many cases, the end result is that your computer becomes unusable
and in need of repair.
Question:
How do
I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?
Answer: When you play a video
file (such as .mpg, .avi, .wmv, .avi, and .asf) with a recent
version of the Windows Media Player, it stores certain information
about the video to improve performance the next time the video clip
is opened. If the video changes, however, either due to editing or
replacing the file, Windows Media Player will continue to use the
old data, which may affect the video controls or even disable the
clip altogether. Read More
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Disk Bench tests your hard drive speed in a real life situation
not in a benchmarking environment. All it does is copies a file
from A to B, times the time it took, and deletes the file from B
again. Optionally, you can also run a benchmark by creating a file
with a user-specified size.
EraseTemp is a utility that
automatically deletes old temporary files from your computer.After
helping people with computer problems I discovered that many
computers had a lot of old temporary files.
This wastes space on your hard drives and could be a stability
problem.
One solution
to this can be to just delete them in Autoexec.bat but some
installations depend on files in the Temp directory to finalize an
installation. A simple delete could make these apps to stop
working. Thats why we started working on
EraseTemp.
Chat
Controller is a parental-control application, that enables you to
limit the use of Instant Messengers on your computer. It allows you
to restrict usage based on the user, application and day/time. The
program is compatible with all popular chat applications, including
AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Miranda IM, MSN Messenger,
Skype, Trillian, Windows Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger. You can
create individual rules for different users, restricting some,
allowing others as needed. Chat Controller also includes an audit
tool that will find all supported Instant Messengers installed on
your PC, including version and install location. The program runs
as a Windows Service.