Showing posts with label spyware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spyware. Show all posts

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Outlook Mail Recovery

I always encounter problems with my laptop particularly in the operating system. It's either it is corrupt by a malicious spyware or viruses or sometimes it will just shut down and will not function for how many days. It is very disturbing for me when this circumstances occur because I work from home and being out of access in my computer for how many days has s huge effect on my work. It is more hassle to me when I sent it out for repair and pay an extra buck from the damage occur. A friend of mine told me that I can do it on my own and it is not really hard to recover my operating system. The problem is I am not a computer enthusiast and can't perform a certain task to recover a loss on my computer. But out of curiosity, I did search for a solution just in case my computer breaks down again. I came across this website which tackles about this amazing tool that recovers a pst files from Microsoft Outlook which is my main problem all the time. I am glad I found this and I am pretty sure it will help me learn and perform a task on my own without paying an extra buck anymore. This tool is called Outlook Mail Recovery. This powerful tool could recover files even after the file becomes corrupted because the .pst file is too big which normally happened. It could also recover even if the .pst file becomes corrupted in transit over the network, if you have accidentally deleted messages, contacts and notes, if the .pst file header has become corrupted, if the .pst file become corrupted during compression and if the incomplete recovery of .pst file because of heavy disk fragmentation. Amazing! This is exactly what I need for my computer works at home.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Do you know this?

Computer-virus infections don't cause your machine to crash anymore.

Nowadays, the criminals behind the infections usually want your computer operating in top form so you don't know something's wrong. That way, they can log your keystrokes and steal any passwords or credit-card numbers you enter at Web sites, or they can link your infected computer with others to send out spam.

Here are some signs your computer is infected, tapped to serve as part of "botnet" armies run by criminals:

• You experience new, prolonged slowdowns. This can be a sign that a malicious program is running in the background.

• You continually get pop-up ads that you can't make go away. This is a sure sign you have "adware," and possibly more, on your machine.

• You're being directed to sites you didn't intend to visit, or your search results are coming back funky. This is another sign that hackers have gotten to your machine.

So what do you do?

• Having anti-virus software here is hugely helpful. For one, it can identify known malicious programs and disable them. If the virus that has infected your machine isn't detected, many anti-virus vendors offer a service in which they can remotely take over your computer and delete the malware for a fee.

• Some anti-virus vendors also offer free, online virus-scanning services.

• You may have to reinstall your operating system if your computer is still experiencing problems. It's a good idea even if you believe you've cleaned up the mess because malware can still be hidden on your machine. You will need to back up your files before you do this.

How do I know what information has been taken?

• It's very hard to tell what's been taken. Not every infection steals your data. Some just serve unwanted ads. Others poison your search result or steer you to Web sites you don't want to see. Others log your every keystroke. The anti-virus vendors have extensive databases about what the known infections do and don't do. Comparing the results from your virus scans to those entries will give you a good idea about what criminals may have snatched up.