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Malware threats are something to keep aware of. A good web page to keep up with the details is: http://www.hal-pc.org/alerts.php From their page: More reasons to uninstall Java A new attack that targets a security vulnerability in Oracle’s Java is spreading through the hacker underground.Fake Microsoft calls claiming your computer is infected. Below are some web sites on the subject. Trying to unmask the fake Microsoft support scammers! Microsoft Windows Support Call Scams: 7 Facts  Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India  Reveton malware still active. FBI Issues Ransom Malware Warning After Being "Inundated" By Victims The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an urgent warning about a major ransomware campaign after being "inundated" with complaints from U.S. consumers locked out of their PCs. By John E Dunn Sat, August 11, 2012 " The malware causing the damage is called Rev...

About a year ago, I started a volunteer computer repair program at the college. I am fortunate to have two very skilled lab assistants that have it humming along nicely. We have the opportunity to work on student computers that are so infested with viruses that it is impossible to boot from the infected computer and run an anti virus program. (Our record holder had over 22,000 infected objects on it!) Often we pull the disk drive and hook it up as a data drive on another computer to clean the viruses. You see, booting up an infected operating system disk makes it much harder to clean the drive. For the typical home user this is beyond their skill. However, you can use a boot-able CD virus scanning rescue disk instead. Here are four of the best virus scanning rescue disks. 1) Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 - Best user interface, has an update button to get the latest virus database updates. 2) AVG Rescue CD - The user interface is not as slick, but it too has an update button. 3) F-...