GREAT MUSIC ON YOUR COMPUTER

I am bringing this old post back to life, because it is a great web site which allows you to listen to any kind of your favorite music gender, while you work on your computer. Please try it:

If you enjoy music, and I mean any kind of music, you can have it playing along as you work on your computer, by joining PANDORA.Folks this is an incredible website. Try it by going to:http://www.pandora.com/You'll thank me you did it!George Freire

GLOBAL WARMING? MAY BE THE GREATEST HOAX EVER DEVISED?

Check the following link and you'll see why:

http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/38574742.html

ANOTHER GREAT UTILITY PROGRAM FOR FREE

This is a great utility program. To download it go to: http://www.ccleaner.com/

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :)

Cleans the following Internet Explorer
Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.

Firefox
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history.

Google Chrome
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history.

Opera
Temporary files, history, cookies.

Safari
Temporary files, history, cookies, form history.

Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.

Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature.

Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more...

100% Spyware FREE
This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

George Freire

GREAT SECURITY SOFTWARE FOR FREE!

Good security/anti-virus software is in most cases expensive and requires annual fees for renewals.

Well my friends, there is an anti virus free software which stands out and works as well as the "big boys". This anti-virus program includes many varieties of shields, safe-surfing tools, real time virus protection which is automatically updated on a daily basis.

The name of this beauty is AVAST and can be downloaded for free at http://www.avast.com/ .

When you log to the above website, do not select any of the professional editions of the software. Instead go to the last tab on thr right, "Free Software" click and download the Home Edition, which as I said above is totally free for your use.

This is not a time trial type software, it is free for as long as you keep it and works with Windows XP and Vista.

I have it installed in my computers and frankly, when the time comes for renewal of my other security software, whose name I am not going to mention, but that costs $69.00/year to renew, I'm going to pass...

Have fun,

George

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR SYSTEM?

When you decide to upgrade certain components in your computer, wouldn't it be nice to first make sure of what you have inside that box in great detail?
That can be very easy to do: go to http://www.cpuid.org/ and download and install a free very, very handy utility called CPU-Z.

This freeware will in a split of a second gather information on the main devices of your computer system such as:

CPU
Name and number.
Core stepping and process.
Package.
Core voltage.
Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
Supported instructions sets.
Cache information. Mainboard
Vendor, model and revision.
BIOS model and date.
Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
Graphic interface. Memory
Frequency and timings.
Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table. System
Windows and DirectX version.

Let me know if you have a problem downloading this free sofware.

George Freire

NEW INTERNET WORM

There is a new Internet worm, (a malicious software program), that has swept through corporate, educational and public computers all over the world, (more than 9 MM computers ) and is spreading quickly.



This worm has been named Conficker or Downaup. It is spread by a recently discovered Microsoft Windows vulnerability, by guessing network passwords and by hand-carried gadgets like USB flash drives.



This type of worm harness infected computers into unified systems called botnets, which accept programming from their clandestine masters. Many computer users may not notice that their machines have been infected: The worm operates in the background to send spam or infect other computers and steal PC user's personal information.



Back in October 2008, Microsoft rushed an emergency patch to defend the Windows OS against this worm, but because not every user has installed this patch, the worm continues to spread at a very fast rate.



Security researchers, have estimated that at least 30% of Windows OS based computers linked to the Internet remain vulnerable to infection because they have not been updated with the patch.



Once infected, the computer will allow someone to remotely command it without the computer owner's knowledge.



Our advice: MAKE SURE TO GO TO MICROSOFT.COM AND CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR SOFTWARE UPDATES; ONCE THERE, DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL ALL UPDATES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INSTALLED.



If you have questions on how to do it, e-mail me at gfreire@att.net and I'll be glad to tell you what to do.



George Freire

GOOD COMPUTER STUFF IS THERE ALL THE TIME!

PC World Magazine Web Sites are like a bible for computer folks like you.

There you can find information that will blow your mind.

There you'll find free downloads of wonderful computer utility programs, the latest news from the computer/software/electronics world, good advice and analysis etc...

Just visit the following sites:

http://www.pcword.com/blog.html

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/downloads.html

You will enjoy it!

If you visit the above sites, let me know about your experiences and whether you took advantage of what is available!

George Freire