How to protect from Internet Spam and phishing

Internet is great but you have to be careful not to be cheated.

Here's some good article about protecting yourself while using Internet :-

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/secureyouremail/Secure_Your_Email_and_Protect_Your_PC_From_Phishing_and_Spam.htm

DVD burner stop working?

Here's some problems that you may face while using your DVD burner. Take a look, it may solve your problems.

However, most of the time damaged DVD burner can't be repaired and should be replace by a technician.

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7586_102-574917/what-s-causing-my-cd-dvd-burner-to-suddenly-stop-working/?tag=nl.e497&s_cid=e497

How to change (upgrade) desktop PC RAM

Here's how to change or upgrade RAM.

Make sure you know what type of RAM you PC is using.

Here's a reference of RAM type

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM

If you don't know what RAM your PC have, it's a good idea to take out the existing RAM and take a picture and show it to the shop.

Make sure shut down the PC and turn off power supply and unplug the power plug before doing any repair or upgrade operations. Stay safe.

Video how to change motherboard

This is a good video to share with everyone.

How to protect data in my external hard disk?

The story,

The are people having nightmare of losing their external hard disk. Their files and documents all gone to the wrong hands. I recently left mine at our site office and worried that the people there might open my files.

You may try this free open source program called Truecrypt.

Here's a CNET discussion that may interest you.

How can I secure my external hard drive?

How to remove Babylon Search in Internet Explorer

The Story,

My office PC Internet Explorer suddenly gets infected by Babylon Search. It changed my default Google search to Babylon's own.

This is a Malware as I never installed the program myself. Here's a few ways to remove it :-

• Computer newbies forum: Unwanted search site
• How do I remove the Babylon search engine from my browser?

Speed up Firefox

The Story,

My Firefox browser is getting slower and freezes sometimes. Do you have the same problem?

Here's a DIY remedy for you.

A quick-and-dirty way to speed up Firefox (a lot)