18/07/2007 by swordfish.

I found this news item today which clearly shows that surfing the net with an unprotected PC can be extremely dangerous -

There is now a 50% chance of being infected by an internet worm within just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC, according to Sophos, one of the big anti-virus companies. That’s how bad it has become. Even the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness team says “the average time-to-exploitation … for an unprotected computer is measured in minutes.”

A recent study found that over 90% of computers are infected by some type of malware picked up from internet usage.

Check out our software reviews page to get your defences against viruses, adware, spyware and hackers.

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18/07/2007 by swordfish.

We have been busy adding a few more articles to the QBS PC Help website. The latest additions will help all our visitors to properly maintain their computer equipment.

Some of the most recent additions are:

• Adware & Spyware removal
• Backing up your PC
• Cleaning your Computer
• Surge Protectors

We will add new articles over the coming months. Some in the pipeline include:

• How to share a broadband connection
• How to upgrade a graphics card

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