========================================== Business Marketing Bulletin ========================================== October 9, 2007, Issue #71 Terri Seymour, Publisher http://www.seymourproducts.com mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com © 2007 All Rights Reserved Worldwide ========================================== In This Issue ========================================== 1. Top Sponsor Ads 2. Privacy Policy 3. What's New? 4. Feedback 5. Freebies & Biz Helpers 6. Feature Ad 7. Article: The Beginner's 5 Step Plan 8. Feature Ad 9. eCommerce Tips & Info 10. This 'n That - Little Bit of Everything! 11. Subscription Management & Contact Info ========================================== Top Sponsor Ads ========================================== Get Rich With Vitamins! Start a business in the Billion-Dollar health & wellness industry for under $30.00! $100,000 annual potential! 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Use Antivirus Software An effective, up to date antivirus program is the single most important key to your computer's healthy operation. As well as scanning for and detecting viruses that may have found a way on your machine, they will also remove or quarantine the vast majority of them efficiently. A scanning service that is built into your antivirus program should always be running. This service allows the antivirus program to compare the data coming into your system with a list of known viruses and malware and can usually shut the connection down before it finishes loading. Antivirus programs have quarantine folders to hold those infected files it cannot actually delete. Use a Spyware Utility Hand in hand with the antivirus software is the spyware- malware detection software. Not only will this software clean up leftover cookies on your computer, they will search for the many types of trojan horse programs that sit on your system and steal data and information from you. They will perform checks for traces of virus worms that may have spread to other files. Usually a good spyware- malware utility program can fix the problems as well. Clean the registry The way a computer keeps up with what it is doing is by keeping a record of all the operations it performs. This will eventually cause your computer to slow down because it is taking longer for it to read through the list to get to where it stored the operation you just commanded. A good registry cleaner will find entries from old, deleted or moved files and can remove this useless data from the list. Defrag Newbies to the web generally have a tendency to download stuff like its going out of style and then delete it when they realize its junk. Therefore every newbie should be introduced to the defragmentation program that comes with their operating system. It is just the way computers work that they stash data in the first unused slot they come to and then spread it out from there. Defragmenting your harddrive once a month will also help keep your system from slowing down to a dial-up speed crawl. These few simple processes and programs are a good way for even first time computer users to take care of their machines. It increases the usefulness and pleasure of the computing experience and prevents huge repair expenses that could easily be avoided. There are always problems that can develop that need the attention of a good computer doctor. Taking care of your system will help him not have to fight through a thousand conflicting trojans to get your machine up and running again. ***** Ron Barrett is the owner of Ron's Computer Service at http://www.ronscomputerservice.net your online helpdesk for computer related problems. He is Certified Help Desk Analyst, CompTIA A+ Certified and has earned a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology. He has worked for several companies in the role of help desk analyst, desk top support and network/email administration. In his free time he enjoys trying to perfect his golf swing, building his computer support website and spending time with his wife and three boys. Not necessarily in that order. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you would be interested in any of my articles for reprint or reference you can see the complete list at http://www.seymourproducts.com/articles/index.shtml Feel free to use any of the articles you feel are appropriate. Also, if you would like to be added to my personal mailing list for articles only, terri@seymourproducts.com What is the nearest galaxy to our own? mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=answer ========================================== Feature Ad ========================================== Secrets Hidden for Nearly 100 Years Want abundance in your life? 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