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Welcome |
 Welcome
to our final edition of Keep Your PC Healthy for
2008. It's been an exciting year for us here, beginning
with the launch of PerfectDisk 2008 back in January.
We've seen our subscriber base continue to grow
throughout the year, and we appreciate all our readers
and the great feedback we receive.
Remember, if
you have a "Cool Tool" nomination, let us know, so you
can be wearing our cool t-shirt.
Thanks for
reading, and we wish you all a wonderful year end and
holiday
season.
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Reader
Feedback |
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Hi,
I
just wanted to thank you for the advice on the system
health reporting tool. I was able to use it and find a
couple of hardware problems that saved me a good deal of
time and frustration! Please keep bringing us more of
these tips.
Carlos Vasquez
Madrid,
Spain
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Don't
forget! Low Memory
Problems |
Poor
system performance? Low memory or out of memory
notifications from Windows? Display problems? If you are
experiencing any or all of these, chances are your
computer is suffering from low memory
problems.
Low memory problems occur when your
computer runs out of RAM and becomes low on virtual
memory. RAM (Random access memory) is the place in a
computer where the operating system, application
programs, and data in current use are kept so that they
can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. The
size of RAM varies from machine to machine. If there is
not enough RAM, then windows uses virtual memory.
Virtual memory moves information to the hard drive in a
file called a paging file. When both become low in
memory then you can start to experience performance
problems.
Microsoft has outlined many ways to
prevent low memory problems.
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Spyware
- how did that get here? |
This
is a follow up to a spyware article that was previously
released. http://www.raxco.com/new/newsletters/healthyPC_vol01-iss12.html
The
first article defined spyware and showed programs that
can remove it. This article discusses where spyware
comes from and ways to identify if you have spyware
installed.
Spyware may be found bundled inside of
shareware or freeware applications. To protect the
shareware or freeware programs, the supplier usually
inserts a small line in the end user license agreement
showing that they will be installing "other software".
Be sure to scan the license agreement to ensure that
there is nothing "extra" being installed. Spyware can
also come in free versions of normally licensed
applications.
Another way is through peer-to-peer
(P2P) and other file sharing programs. Some applications
that are known to include Spyware are: CoolWebSearch,
Gator, SaveNow, BargainBuddy, NewDotNet, HuntBar,
HotBar, Bonzai Buddy, Morpheus, WebHancer, WinMX, Zlob
and Wild Tangent.
Most machines show signs of
having spyware installed. Of course, there are machines
that show no symptoms at all, but most do. You can tell
that you have spyware installed when you notice new
toolbars that you did not install, your home page or
search program changes, you type the address of a
website but you are taken to an unrelated website, you
see pop-up ads even if you are not connected to the
internet, or your computer suddenly starts running more
slowly than it normally does.
Remember there are
plenty of anti-spyware programs to combat spyware such
as Ad-Aware 2008 or Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.
You can find a list or spyware removal programs
here:
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Cool
Tool of the Month T-Shirt
Winner |
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By
nominating a Cool Tool, you could become the very next
winner of this fine t-shirt (Click here to see it in
detail). So, be sure to send us
your nomination for Cool Tool of the Month. Click
the link above at top left to nominate your choice.
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Here's
to your healthy
PC,
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Raxco
Software Inc | 6 Montgomery Village Ave. | Gaithersburg | MD |
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