Tech Support Software for Virus and Spyware Detection, Identity Theft Prevention, Computer Security and Computer Safety

These articles contain good advice on computer security, virus / spyware removal, and protecting your identity. Your lack of security can seriously impact someone else. Computer spyware can find information you have on your friends and family. Not only do you need to make sure you have a security package, it must be kept up to date. I see systems everyday that owners tell me they have a security package installed only to find it's the free version that was shipped with the computer and expired two years ago. Purchase the latest version of your security software every year. It will have the latest detection methods as well as the latest virus and spyware lists. Renewing your software will not do this.

Here's the three most important pieces of advice you will ever get concerning your computer.

BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP

Every computer has one of two type of hard drives. One that will fail or one that has failed. If yours is still working, then you have one that will fail. Imagine turning your computer on tomorrow and NOTHING happens. You've just lost all your pictures, tax documents, emails, bookmarks, accounting records, etc.