The Coroner’s Toolkit–How The FBI Recovers Deleted Files Using Free Software

The Coroner’s Toolkit–How The FBI Recovers Deleted Files Using Free Software The FBI recovers deleted filesto help with investigations and prosecution. Bad guys will never stop trying to cover their tracks by deleting files–so the good guys developed a suite of free tools that let anyone recover deleted files. The tools presented in this article were used in FBI investigations that processed 1,756 terrabytes of data as part of over 4,500 cases in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available. Recovering Deleted Files Basics: What Happens When A File Gets Deleted For whatever reason, you decide to delete the file foo.docx from...

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Top 10 Tips to protect yourself against computer viruses

Top 10 Tips to protect yourself against computer viruses When your computer gets infected with a virus it can be a devastating experience and this is exactly why you need to protect your computer from viruses. A virus can consume your precious computer files and even damage your computer hardware. Is this worth ignoring? I don’t think so! Even sites like www.lifelock.com will tell you the same. Anything you can do whenprotecting your computer from viruses has to be a good thing and is well worth spending your time on. We all know prevention is better than a cure so I am going to share my top 10 tips on how to protect...

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10 Best Internet Safety Tips to Keep Your Computer Secure

10 Best Internet Safety Tips to Keep Your Computer Secure Keeping your computer secure is essential to your online internet safety. It minimizes the risks of catchingviruses and having spyware installed on your system. Computer security has to take a variety of paths and you should pay attention to all of them to maximize your own safety. With that in mind we’ve put together a list of internet safety tips dedicated to keeping your computer secure. The funny thing is, Internet safety tips are usually easy to implement but are often ignored. 10. Firewall One of the best internet safety tips is to use your firewall...

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What’s the difference between a slow computer and a slow internet connection?

What’s the difference between a slow computer and a slow internet connection? I am sorry I have to mention this topic but it is my pet hate. I often get calls for computer help, mostly from my friends and family as I do not have a computer repair business any longer. When they ring me I get straight to question time and steer the conversation the way I want it to go. Unfortunately when you ask someone about their computer problem, they all like to ramble on and tell the life story of the computer. The reason I have to “cut to the chase” is because people think that having a slow internet connection means that they have a slow computer. Well it does not! You can have a bad internet connection that can make it look like you actually have a computer problem and it is deceiving. It is best...

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