Torrents is a short form of the term bittorrent, which is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. That is to say, using torrent files it is possible for someone to locate hundreds, or even thousands, of other people who are downloading the same file. Given this knowledge of others who are downloading the same file, the …
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Jul 03
Ubuntu Live CD – Data Recovery Tool
Ubuntu Live CD is intended to be the demo and installation disk for those considering switching to the Ubuntu operating system. While I do highly recommend making this switch, this disk can also be used to recover data from a hard drive riddled with viruses or a computer with a failing operating system.
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Jun 01
How viruses work
In extremely basic and general terms, a virus is any program which replicates itself. A broader term that better encompasses the many programs which are designed to cause problems on your computer is, malware. Malware can be a virus, adware, spyware, or any of a number of other more specifically defined types of software. Some …
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