Apple Computer: Being Smart

As many will know and acknowledge Apple Mac computer is a
class of its own. Its like driving a Pagini Zonda and a Mazda.
Not just the looks, Mac now comes with Time Machine for your
back-up needs and also BootCamp for dual boot between
Mac OS X and Windows platform as illustrated below.

Being smart with Mac.
Apple comes with installer CD/DVD and this means that you can
and you are allowed to partition your Mac and load the Mac OS X
on each drive. You may also load the Mac OS X on an external
harddrive.

The purpose of doing this is to have a parachute ready, just
incase the Machine unable to start( this scenario only refers to
software issues) and you have an urgent assignment or closing
a million dollar deal , just pull the rip-cord and start with the Mac
with the alternate drive and like a ginie in a bottle, the beautiful
Mac incon will appear at your command. No stress, just relax with
a cuppa of your favourite Starbuck latte and you are ready to
make that million dollar deal.

I will show you how to do that in my next blog.

What are Trojans and How To Get Rid of Them?

Trojan horses are notorious today for their use in the installation
of backdoor programs. Simply put, a Trojan horse is not a
computer virus. Unlike such malware, it does not propagate by
self-replication but relies heavily on the exploitation of an
end-user (see Social engineering). It is instead a categorical
attribute which can encompass many different forms of codes.
Therefore, a computer worm or virus may be a Trojan horse.
The term is derived from the classical story of the Trojan Horse.

A particular Trojan will disabled or hang your anti virus pro-
gramme like Norton Anti Virus. This just happened to one
of my customer's laptop and I was called to fix it. Well, jus for
a few hours of work, you may save a few hundreds of dollars.
I actually did charge the company a few hundred dollars.

You will need anti spyware/adware programmes to get rid of
Trojans. The one I recommend and tested is SuperAntiSpyware.
You may download and run the installer at the suggested link
below. The free download version is only for home user, and does
not have the same functionality as the Professional version. That
is sufficient if you perform periodic scanning. You also need an
anti-virus software.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Antivirus: Kaspersky

Like fruits in a basket, there a numerous antivirus flavours to
choose from. Which one gives a better bite and crunchier
interms of relaibilty, control, ease of use, robust, cost effective
and up-to-date update definition? I have explore severals anti-
virus programmes and nothing come close to the Russian product.
Just like the AK47, Kaspersky Anti Virus will protect your computer
and domain like the old faithful AK47 sub-machinegun. But nothing
sub about this programme when install unto your machine. Nothing
beats the hourly updates, and Kaspersky technical staff work
round the clock to ensure that all updates get updated in 60 minutes.

Kaspersky Anti Virus Free Trial
First, when they say free trial, it's true! You get update access
right away, which gives you a full sense of how well the product
works. Next, it finds even the most hard-to-find trojans and
knocks them down. Above all, this product had the least amount
of software conflicts on your system.



This is the scanning done on my customer's laptop.
Notice over 5000 viruses detected durin 90% of the scannin
phase. After tota scanning, 7000 over viruses captured.

Here is the link for for Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/globalstore?ipcountry=SG

For purchase of 10 licences and more, you may contact me through my email address in my profile or you may contact Byteworks for Singapore and Philippines corporate customers. Here is the link for Byteworks. http://www.byteworks.com.sg/