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How To: Securely Erase Your Hard Drive Using DBAN
02 Jul 2009 by Reis Pritchard
It’s likely that at some point in time, you will either sell your computer or install a new operating system on your current machine. In either situation, it’s recommended that you wipe your hard drive clean of any and all information. Most people will tell you to format your computer because it deletes everything from the hard drive, but while formatting does in fact remove information and...
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How To: Block Unwanted IPs with uTorrent’s Hidden Blocking Feature and Blocklist Manager
08 Jun 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 84 Comments
uTorrent – a popular BitTorrent client for Windows – has a little-known IP blocking feature which can help protect you from unwanted observation by anti-P2P organizations or government institutions. The easiest way to block unwanted IPs is to download and install PeerGuardian 2, but this software only works well in Windows XP so Windows Vista and Windows 7 users should follow this g...
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Conficker Worm: How to Check If Your Computer Is Infected
01 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Today is April 1st, and with that comes the fear of your computer being infected with the Conficker worm. Besides following Lifehacker’s tips to protect your PC from Conficker, you can follow a more advanced method of scanning your computer in this guide. UPDATE: There are new and easier methods to scan your computer for the Conficker worm: Online Conficker Detector (developed by authors ...
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