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Spyware Doctor
Spyware Doctor is an advanced adware- and spyware-removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of potential Trojan horses, keyloggers, cookies, spybots, and trackware, spyware, and adware programs and other malware from your PC. The Spyware Doctor remover tool allows you to remove, ignore, or quarantine identified spyware for free in the trial version. It has an option to immunize the system against hundreds of privacy threats and can perform fast detection on Windows start-up to alert you with a list of potential threats.

Lava Soft Ad Aware Spy-ware removal tool
Scan your computer for online ad ware and spyware programs.
With its ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware can easily rid your system of these tracking components, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.

Spybot Search and Destroy Soft Ad Aware Spy-ware removal tool
Scan your computer for online ad ware and spyware programs.
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot can also clean program and Web usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer with other users. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included file shredder, ensuring complete elimination from your system. And for advanced users, it allows you to fix Registry inconsistencies related to adware or malicious program installations. The handy online update feature ensures that Spybot always has the most current and complete listing of adware, dialers, and other uninvited system residents.

Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Windows Defender is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Zone Alarm Software Firewall
Hackers lurk everywhere on the Internet, waiting for an "in" into your personal and financial information. Even legitimate Web sites have sophisticated methods of snooping, such as cookies that track your identity and browsing habits. You need nothing less than the industry's best protection—ZoneAlarm Pro. It offers you the award-winning firewall that Zone Labs is famous for. Plus, it stops annoying and potentially malicious cookies and pop-ups from invading your system.

Security FAQ
Broadband Security. This whole site is a good one, so take a look around. But this particular page is excellent, and something everyone with broadband Internet connections (DSL, cable modems, etc.) needs to be aware of. This FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions) covers security questions that people with broadband might have. "If I am on the net 24 hours a day, will I get hacked?" and "I think my computer is infected or hijacked. What should I do?" and " How do I secure a wireless network?" The answers to the questions are good, detailed, and at a level that most can understand. An excellent resource.

Symantec Security Check
Scan your computer's exposure to online security threats and viruses and learn how to make your computer more secure.

Windows XP Upgrade Center
Should you upgrade to Windows XP or not? Is you computer compatible or not? Here you have all the information to take a decision; and if you still don't know call us at (847) 265-9058 or send us an Email and we would be glad to help you make a decision.

Windows Update
Keep your Computer up to date and scan your computer for the latest updates available for your operating system, software, and hardware.

Download.com
The most comprehensive source for freeware,shareware and software downloads on the Web. Download themes, screensavers, and more. ...

Whatis.com
Definitions on thousands of the most current IT / computer related words.

Wikipedia The Free Encylopedia
An open-content encyclopedia in many languages.

Mt. St. Helens Volcano Cam
Click here to see a real time image from Mt. St. Helens taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The Observatory and VolcanoCam are located at an elevation of approximately 4,500 feet, about five miles from the volcano. You are looking approximately south-southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley.

JTrack Java Space Tracker
A service of NASA, JTrack is a java-based tracking screen that shows you where various satellites are. The space station, for instance: you do know there are guys up there right now, right? When might it fly over your house so you can see it?

20Q.net
Twenty Questions Computer version
In this experiment in artificial intelligence, the computer tries to guess what you're thinking of by asking simple questions. Think of an object and give it a go; you could be surprised by what it can guess.

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