[Sly's]

About :
This is more or less a guide on protecting your computer; it's more of an
information type of guide. Do not get all worried because of the above bold
text.

Infections :
Most of the people don't know what attacks there computers.
Below I will write definitions to certain infections.

Virus : The term computer virus is used for a program which has infected some executable software and which causes that software, when run, to spread the virus to other executable software. Viruses may also contain a payload which performs other actions, often malicious.
Picture of a computer Virus

Worms : A worm, is a program which actively transmits itself over a network to infect other computers. It too may carry a payload.
Picture of an E-mail Worm

Spyware :Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent.
Picture of a Spyware

Keylogging :Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is a method of capturing and recording user keystrokes. Keylogging can be useful to determine sources of errors in computer systems, to study how users interact with systems, and is sometimes used to measure employee productivity on certain clerical tasks. Such systems are also highly useful for law enforcement and espionage—for instance, providing a means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypassing other security measures. Keyloggers are widely available on the Internet.
Picture of Keylogging

Trojan :In the context of computing and software, a Trojan horse, or simply trojan, is a piece of software which appears to perform a certain action but in fact performs another such as virus.
Picture of a Trojan Horse

Cookies :HTTP cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or the contents of their electronic shopping carts. The term "cookie" is derived from "magic cookie," a well-known concept in UNIX computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.

Adware :Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used. Some types of adware are also spyware and can be classified as privacy-invasive software.
Picture of an Adware Infection

Protection :
Lists of free softwares and utilities.

Firewalls :
Comodo
ZoneAlarm
Agnitum
Sunbelt

Anti-Virus
Avira
BitDefender
*Avast
Clam

Anti-Spyware :
*Ad-Aware
*Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Doctor

[pro-hax]

Lol, you lazy person, you could have hyperlinked those tools.

[monk fish]

how do i use dese hacks do i press deh butan and it kew da computer?

[Rong]

Originally Posted by monk fish

how do i use dese hacks do i press deh butan and it kew da computer?

you really fail

[exileshadow]

Originally Posted by monk fish

how do i use dese hacks do i press deh butan and it kew da computer?

Rong its not fail its epic.

[RockDemonZ]

Sly's nice and good info and suggestion you posted. =) Now i know the details.

[PermanentlyBanned]

Originally Posted by pro-hax

Lol, you lazy person, you could have hyperlinked those tools.

No, I think Sly's just wanted people to learn to search for themself.

[Xeffar]

Originally Posted by PermanentlyBanned

No, I think Sly's just wanted people to learn to search for themself.

Shut up, Sly's.

[CcZero]

Adding to that list, For antiviruses, Kaspersky 7.

For links, Spybot SD [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

AdAware [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Comodo [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Kaspersky [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Nod32 (Good for detecting Rootkits and Keyloggers) [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Zone alarm [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[LightHazard]

Very nice bump..