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You’ve probably seen it on webpages here and there: webmaster who think they’re protecting their email addresses by somehow “masking” the ‘@’ symbol. I wonder what makes them think that that is going to protect them in any way.
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It happens to the best of us: one click too much and that document that you thought you had a backup of is gone. The desktop trash can is empty, the backup isn’t there or doesn’t contain the file… in short: you just erased, worst-case, a week of work and you’re not sure you can even redo it, if need be. But there’s another option: simply turn back time and “unerase” the file. Read on to learn how to undelete files you thought were gone for good.
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I read somewhere that we’re all idiots when it comes to certain things. The things we are idiots about differ from person to person, so while I might be an idiot at, say, installing a burgler alarm, the next guy might be an idiot at cooking spaghetti.
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Spyware Doctor is the anti-spyware solution from PC Tools. Its abilities include detection and removal of and protection from malicous software of all kinds.

Expert reviews of Spyware Doctor indicate, that there have been some problems with prior version of the software. Now, with version 6.0, these problems seem to have been addressed, which resulted in an overall expert rating of 8 out of 10.
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In the ever-growing market of registry optimizers, Advanced Registry Optimizer 5 from Sammsoft scores very favorably with experts. Tucows.com, download.com and softpedia.com have reviewed the registry repair tool and have given it scores from 4/5 to a perfect 5/5.
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Genuine Spyware and Adware are bad enough, but malware developers have “solutions” in store for you, even when you’re trying to get rid of their crap. If you’re out looking for tools to remove spyware or adware from your computer, you better watch out that you don’t jump out of the frying pan into the fire, as that tool you downloaded might not do as advertized but rather installing spyware in itself.
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