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Texas Medical Office Cuts Compliance Costs with AVG Anti-Virus ... - YAHOO!

We had been using Norton AntiVirus ,” noted Tromley ... I use AVG Anti-Virus Free at home, and have always been happy with the protection it provides, so I went to their website to check out the company’s network offerings.” Great Protection at ...

EarthLink Offers New Free Identity Protection, Powered by White Sky's ... - Yahoo Finance

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--White Sky, Inc. and EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK - News ) today announced that EarthLink will offer ID Vault’s Free Edition, the popular, award-winning online identity theft prevention software powered by White ...

Industry Leaders Harness Sophos to Power Security Products and ... - Yahoo Finance

... Partnership Snapshot: Sophos’s virus protection is offered free for one year to HP Integrity server customers who select Sophos for comprehensive protection against the latest viruses and other malware threats. Unlike many vendors' anti ...

Analyst's View: You Deserve Better Support - YAHOO!

Last year I reported on a significant problem with Symantec's tech support for their Norton products. A number of their support technicians strongly steered all customers toward Symantec's extra-cost virus removal service rather than offering to help ...

Medical Office Prescribes AVG Software to Kill Computer Virus - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 02, 2010 – Fredericksburg, V.A. – March 2, 2010 – Ghedak Ansari, IT manager of Primary and Urgent Care, knows how quickly viruses attack and the damage they cause. Every day the physician team there helps patients ...

Qualys crawls into the malware scanning biz - The Register

Qualys is inviting sys admins to sign up to a new free service, QualysGuard Malware Detection, which provides alerts about drive-by-download attacks and malicious scripts on monitored websites. The service is based on behaviour analysis and offers ...

Book piracy costs U.S. publishers $3 billion, says study - Venturebeat.com

On average, nearly 10,000 copies of every book published are downloaded for free,” the report concludes ... this study should be read with the same skepticism as the weekly alerts from anti-virus companies. Whether or not the $2.8 billion figure is ...

Update: VeriSign and AVG Announce the Integration of VeriSign Trust - Market Wire

Anti-virus software ... Alliances (GSA) group 2010 partner program focused on development, licensing initiatives and strategic partnerships in security, social media and the online community. LinkScanner is available for free and is included as part ...

Hacked off! Lawrence computer users exposed to a variety of hacking ... - LJWORLD

Odds are you’re very careful with that password to your online bank account. But are you equally protective of your other online accounts? Yahoo!, Gmail ... when a student from Free State High School hacked into the LHS account and made dozens of ...

Fixed Mobile Convergence - TMCnet

Resolved Question: Help with avg and yahoo anti-spy!?

I have avg free anti virus plus yahoo's anti-spy powered by computer associates (came with yahoo toolbar). When i ever i scan my computer for viruses with both. Avg usually detects a lot of tracking cookies and yahoo anti-spy never does. Yahoo anti-spy detects a lot of viruses, avg doesn't. What is wrong with both of them? Also i quick scan with yahoo anti-spy once, then quick scan again and it sometimes finds viruses the first time, and sometimes the second time. What should I do? more

Resolved Question: Why am i suddenly getting pop-ups and my free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is not working anymore?

Last week I noticed that I started getting these pop-ups, usually the one about "Congratulations! your the ?(number) visitor." So thought I had some malware and tried to run Malwarebytes. But I can't even open it now! My computer says it cannot find it. So i uninstalled it and attempted to reinstall it won't let me. It says its can't install a certain file. I even installed 2 other free Anti-spy programs, Yahoo Anti-Spy and Ad-Aware and ran them but the pop-ups still come up. I ran McAfee too and there are no viruses. So wats goin on with my computer? more

Voting Question: good non-intrusive yet free antivirus program.?

Ok, so I had AVG Free for awhile, but got really pissed when i relised that i really had no control over it. Meaning that when it found something it thought was a virues(Like a keygen), it would do its thing and not let be involved in the removal process. I had no control over what files it was removing and what files it wans't. I downloaded malware bytes free version and that has been doing me well. though lately, for some reason, it has not been working. So my question to you is, Do you know of any good anti-virus software that will let me do what i want to do, and yet is still good at detecting the virues. thanks. Also, how are you guys liking the new Yahoo answers? more

Voting Question: 'Open With' Problems: Can't access most programs?

Dear Yahoo Answer Community, I've ben having trouble with my computer lately; you see, I've recently had to deal with the 'XP Anti-Virus 2010' fake anti-virus programs. I got SUPERanti spyware free edition to get rid of it, but now i can't access certain programs without having the 'Open With' window popping up and asking me which 'accessable' programs that it wants me to run it with (this includes the control panel and internet options) I was wondering if someone could help me with this Thank you more

Resolved Question: How do I remove Kollah, Kollah ADV and Sillydl gyi trojans?

I removed my older version 6 or7 Yahoo! Toolbar and installed the new Version 8. I ran the CA Spyware Scan and it indicated 3 different Trojan viruses present. I scanned with just "Live Updated" Symantec Anti virus, Spybot and Windows Defender. They showed nothing. I reran the CA Spyware and it still showed the viruses present. I downloaded and ran 2 different free anti spyware programs then reran CA and it no longer showed the viruses present. Could the CA have showed a "false positive"? Could the viruses imbed and hide from all this scanning? Where should I go from here? more

Resolved Question: howdo i acess my free anti-virus protection?

i was told being signed up with att-yahoo dsl-i have free anti-virus protection..if so-how do i access it for getting up-dates more

Resolved Question: How come everyone always think that an free anti virus and anti spy ware program are better when It's not ?

It's getting pretty annoying because almost everyone thinks that an free anti virus and free anti spyware programs are better than the ones that you pay for at the store. This guy named optimus answered my question very stupidly, he says that saying Norton is protecting my computer is like saying Osama Bin Laden is protecting America. How Ignorant is that ?? He also says I'm not computer savvy while I am really computer savvy, I'm a 1st Year IN College Computer Technology Student so don't call me not Computer Savvy. Also, I've exprienced with free anti virus and anti spyware programs before like Avast Anti Virus And Spybot Search & Destroy and those things did nothing for me when I got infected really bad. Avast Anti virus Lets The virus get into my computer and then alerts me while Norton stops it before it gets into my Computer. I had one hard drive that crashed thanks to Free Anti Virus programs that did nothing. How come everyone thinks that Free Anti Virus And Anti Spyware programs are better than the ones that you pay for ?? In my experience the ones you pay for are more effective and more secure than the free ones. I'm using Norton Internet Security and It has total protection. Can anyone please tell me why people thinks that free ones are better when it's not ?? Check out what he said in my other question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgdkuPDqe38KsozetCybhbfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100213144306AA2gsYm more

Resolved Question: Do I need a separate anti-spyware program with Avast! 5.0 Free Antivirus?

I know that Avast!, like many other anti-virus programs, has spyware protection as well as virus protection. However, many people on Yahoo! Answers seem to think that it is necessary to have a separate anti-spyware program too, like MalwareBytes, Super Anti-Spyware, Spybot Search & Destroy or Lavasoft Ad-Aware. Who should I believe? Any help will be appreciated. Including a link with a trusted site on would be great.Also, is there any dangers of having two programs with spyware protection? more

Resolved Question: I'm looking for a sub £1000 pc i can consider buying?

I made a spec on pcspecialist Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 965 SOCKET AM3 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION Memory (RAM) 4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! Motherboard ASUS® M4A77TD: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79) USB Options 8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) 1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) Case ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79) Power Supply & Case Cooling 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59) Processor Cooling COOLERMASTER V8 EXTREME CPU COOLER - Experience the power of V8 (£44) Firewire & Video Editing 2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel) Monitor 22 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1680 x1050 5MS D-Sub, DVI (£125) DVI Cable 1 x 2 Metre DVI Cable (£6) Keyboard & Mouse Logitech® Cordless 1500 Keyboard & Rechargeable Mouse (£36) Mouse Speakers LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£7) Anti-Virus MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS - Free Basic Protection Office Software FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2007 Professional Edition Warranty 1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return (£5) Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days all this came to £984 including VAT can someone tell me if this is good value for money and wether there is a better alternative?? Thanks Adam (please bare with me if anything is wrong this is my first yahoo post)so whats the point in getting a ssd? only gives you slightly faster loading speeds as far as i've heard more

Resolved Question: Sims 2 please read and Help??????????????????

I'm planning to go buy more Sims 2 games today. I gonna buy Sims 2 best of Business collection and Sims 2 seasons. But my question is can I download them when my computer is infected? I already have the Sims 2 expansion pack, Bon Voyage and Sims University downloaded on my computer. But a couple a months before the file for does games became infected with a virus and couldn't be played but then it started working again after like 2 months. My Anti spyware and thing of that sort had expired and I didn't know and I was downloading the yahoo games and the free dell games that came with my computer and that messed up my computer. So now my computer has many viruses and infections. And I wanna but the bit defender 2010 for my computer protection but it cost like 99 dollars and I don't have that, and I don't think my dad will buy it for the computer at my mom's house(I live with my mom), so will the games work even if the computer is infected badly. more

Resolved Question: Sims 2 Games??????????????????????? plz help!!!!!!!?

Voting Question: i'm trying to find the free mcafee anti-virus protection provided for at&t/sbc Yahoo! subscribers.?

Is this free anti-virus protection still available with McAfee? more

Resolved Question: If I have an anti-virus program do I still need all these other programs on my computer (See details)? On my c?

If I have an anti-virus program do I still need all these other programs on my computer (See details)? On my computer I have: Windows Defender Windows Firewall Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Microsoft Security Essentials CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy I have Windows 7 with IE 8 and the anti-virus is CA. The anti-virus is just the trial and when it's up I was just gonna try all the different free trials from the Microsoft Partners page so I see which one I really want before buying. So, if I have any anti-virus, do these other programs still benefit me? I heard before that you should never have more than one anti-virus because they can counteract each other. So, would these other programs do this? Also, do I really even need an anti-virus program at all being that I already have these other programs? more

Resolved Question: Where can I download free anti-virus program?

Whenever my computer start up and I want to log in Yahoo Messenger or play my online games, I've have to wait until there's a red shield that said "Your computer might be at risk", and the I can log in and do stuff I want. more

Resolved Question: Best Anti-Virus & Firewall?

********ONLY FREE ONES******** Yeah yeah i know there are millions versions of this same question on Yahoo Answers but i need to make one to express my feelings towards certain Anti-Virus & Firewall programs I'm a Avast free user (Former AVG free user) and I'm really loving the big update that came out this week for it. I am but I'm reconsidering cause I'm hearing good things about Microsoft Security Essentials and the best thing i hear about it is that it is very lightweight and as a Hardcore Gamer that is a necessity I'm using Zone Alarm Firewall and I'm loving it, its lightweight and its not too much of a bother but if you can recommend something better go for it! Microsoft Security Essentials Is it any good? I'm thinking about replacing Avast with it but I have mixed feelings on this due to the fact that the XP Firewall sucks, Internet Explorer has alot of vulnerabilities. So for me Microsoft + Security=Bad Now i have heard about Avira and Kaspersky and all these other ones but I'm kinda worried that due to the fact that they are just free versions of paid programs that they wont be doing their job the best Please help me out here and don't recommend a RAM Hungry Anti-virus or Firewall unless its really that good cause i need my computer running fast due to the fast that I AM A GAMER. i am running XP SP3 and i use Firefox as my Main Browser************REMEMBER FACTS ARE PREFERRED OVER OPINIONS************ more

Resolved Question: Computer anti-virus/Spyware/Trojans Etc.Etc. software that does it's job?

Lookin' for a FREE program that does it's job, and does it WELL. If you cant provide a direct link make sure you leave enough information for me to be able to pull it on on Google.Yahoo, etc etc. Note No smart a** comments please, post something that's on subject or don't post at all. Thank you Also if you are leaving a suggestion for a program leave some experience you have with it also is you can... -Crys. more

Resolved Question: Help me with the best free softwares and applications?

Help me with the best free softwares/applications for the given categories Given in brackets is what i use 1)Mail service( Gmail) 2) Messenger (yahoo) 3)Anti Virus( Avira Antivir) 4) Media (VLC) 5)Browser( Firefox) more

Resolved Question: If I have an anti-virus program do I still need all these other programs on my computer (See details)?

On my computer I have: Windows Defender Windows Firewall Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Microsoft Security Essentials CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy I have Windows 7 with IE 8 and the anti-virus is CA. The anti-virus is just the trial and when it's up I was just gonna try all the different free trials from the Microsoft Partners page so I see which one I really want before buying. So, if I have any anti-virus, do these other programs still benefit me? I heard before that you should never have more than one anti-virus because they can counteract each other. So, would these other programs do this? Also, do I really even need an anti-virus program at all being that I already have these other programs?CA Anti-Virus program is on the Microsoft partners page http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/windows-7.aspx Odd how you have never heard of it as it runs Yahoo!'s anti spy programCA Yahoo! Anti-Spy comes in the Yahoo Toolbar by default, or at least was default when I first got the toolbar, it's still there now and very handy for me.Also, I'm not downloading anything that is not on the Microsoft partners page ad websites such as downloads.net or whatever are kinda iffy to me. I like verified download sites. more

Voting Question: Browser locks up after hour or so?

Hello. I'm having constant daily problems with my browser, any browser as I have 3 installed on my laptop. After about an hour and a half or so, I go to click on my web page, or open a new browser tap, and the page won't open and the browser just locks up. I can do anything else on the computer, and even continue chatting on yahoo messenger, no problem. But the browser just goes into retirement. Mostly I use Google Chrome where the wee revolving circle (to the right) indicates the tab is opening, but when it locks up the circle just revolves slowly to the left and if I try to close the browser with the white cross, red square I have to do so lots of times before the thing will close. The only way to resolve the problem I've found is to reboot the laptop then it's fine again for another few hours. Very weird. In case it's of any consequence I have Zone Alarm free edition firewall, Avast free edition anti-virus, I run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Spy-bot Search and Destroy for spy-ware but not running at the time. Anything else you want to know just ask. There seems to be no pattern to what I'm doing at the time. Any advice appreciated. Thank you. AlfI forgot to mention I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on a Packard Bell laptop, with 3GB Memory more

Resolved Question: Help! do i have a virus?

i was signed into my yahoo messenger and i couldn't move my mouse on my laptop. than some how my yahoo messenger window opened and it messaged everyone that was online by it's self saying something like "i got a puppy look" than sent a link. than closed right away as soon it was sent! it has already done it 2 time already. and i want to know if it is a virus how do i get ride of it? i already have AVG Anti-Virus (Free). PLEASE HELP!!!! THANK YOU! more

Resolved Question: Why is my computer running so slow? What can I do (myself) to make it not so sluggish? Thanks in advance!!?

I use the internet for all types of things -- as many of us do. I watch video's, email and some data processing from time-to-time. I would tell you though, for the most part, I use the internet to watch television shows that I have missed and sometimes movies. I have AVG Free Antivirus program, I have used AVAST anti virus programs before and McAfee must be on my comp8uter because from time-to-time a pop up will appear asking me if I want to run it. Because my computer (for the last couple of days) has been running really sluggish I googled what to do. I defrag'd my computer and it helped for about a day. Today, however, I was sending an email (Yahoo) and the text was running so slow -- but didnt completely seize up my computer -- not to the point that I needed to reboot-- but WOW...!! It was slow! While I was typing and the computer / text seemed to be suspended for a few seconds, I could hear my computer doing some kind of gurgling sound -- as if it is trying to process something. One of my tech friends said that's called latent (as in running behind) and although I *get* that! (Grin) I want to know what I can do (for free) to unclog my computer. I apologize for the ignorant description I have given -- but I'm not a computer geek -- but I absolutely love using my computer! Could someone explain what's going on? I empty my cookies every day and sometimes more than 1 or 2x a day. To whomever is able and willing to respond -- will you kindly be patient enough to explain the solution Step-by-Step (on what to do to fix it) and in terms that I can understand??? Talk to me like I'm from another planet! I wont be offended! Ha ha. I will be SO grateful if someone can help me!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!! more

Resolved Question: Where can I get free anti-virus software online?

Where can I find free anti-virus software online that are FREE? not trials or monthly payment. Which software are recommended most for anti-virus software? If payment is the only way to get protected, which program would be a cheap price for a great program? How much does it usually run to? Thanks Yahoo community. more

Voting Question: m.www.yahoo.com, is this what's making my pewter slow?

we have been using free version of AVG anti-virus. more

Resolved Question: Infected files/virus popup - anyone know what this is?

This keeps popping up on my friend's computer every few seconds. - http://f531.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f15255%5fADcxvs4AAMwMSzO7ogJFrQK956k&pid=2&fid=Inbox&inline=1 It started by McAfee popping up and running a scan. And it said like 30 things were infected but she only has the free trial, and she knew it just wanted her to buy the software, so she just closed it. And then after that that box started popping up. When she presses yes, it just brings her to an anti virus thing, not McAfee. And if she says no it just keeps popping up. She can't open her control panel through ctrl+alt+delete to end it, and she can't open some other things such as her pictures and Paint, it says they're infected. It's an HP laptop, and it has Windows Vista. Is there anything she can do for it? Does anyone know what it is?Sorry, here's the link to the picture of it. I put the wrong link originally. - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/kippergirl/download.jpgAnd it's Norton antivirus 360, not McAfee, sorry. McAfee was her old software. more

Resolved Question: Yahoo Messenger file transfer doesn't work?

I'm using Y!M 10 on XP Pro SP3. I discovered that file transfer isn't working (I cannot send or receive files). I made the upgrade from v9 (which worked perfectly). I'm also using Avast Anti Virus (free) and Spyware Terminator (latest versions). I installed Pidgin for my Y!M account and the results were the same (no file transfer in or out). My Internet connection was through a proxy server, but now I had to cancel proxy settings and use ˝no proxy˝. What can I do?. Thanks more

Voting Question: What could be the problem when there are no background colors in your internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox?

Not just the backgrounds in any website actually, also the ads, pictures, and even the ask, answer, and discover logos in Yahoo Answers! Is it a problem with a virus? in settings? I haven't use my internet explorer and firefox for about 2 and a half months and when I open it, only chosen pictures have colors, you can't even see the Google logo in its home website. Do I have to download some anti-virus or any application, but please make sure its also virus-free for my comp. Thank you! more

Resolved Question: I have AVG "Free", should I switch to Microsoft Essential, Avast? Or leave free anti virus altogether?

Someone showed me the new Microsoft Security Essential anti virus recently, and I began to do research on my own anti virus program, AVGFree. A lot of people love it, and a lot of people say its detection rate is the worst, even for a free antivirus software. Personally, I'm fairly careful online so I haven't had too many problems with it, but more than once, I've had to double scan my computer, to catch something AVG missed. My question is, how realistically bad is AVG, should I switch to a different free antivirus software, or if I was to buy one, which one should I buy. I only want factual information of why one is better than the other, and not just because its worked for you so far. All the other Yahoo answers about similar subjects are so full of personal opinions that it is impossible to figure out the facts. Thanks, I hope you can help! more

Resolved Question: IE8 won't open secure sites (like gmail or mail.yahoo.com).?

Not sure when it started happening, but would like to know what programs other than spybot that I can run. Currently running Avast! Free Home edition anti-virus. Have also already run Malware-Bytes Anti-Malware. BTW, Firefox works fine, but I believe that this issue may be affecting other programs (like giganews accelerator).@Jasper, Those settings are already set, and I did a full reset of all IE settings too.@Bacalao, Thanks for your suggestions. I will try those programs. Giganews Accelerator is a Usenet program provided by Giganews (a Usenet provider) to allow the use of compressed downloads of news binaries headers). The program was working before I had the IE problem, but I'll try re-installing all programs that I can that are associated with the problem.OK. I've downloaded Kaspersky (the security suite) but it won't update. The solutions on the site aren't helpful as it asks to check whether you are connected to the internet or not. Clearly I am, because I am typing this from the computer in question. more

Resolved Question: How to fix Windows 7 programs randomly minimize/unselecting?

Ive been having some issues lately with programs i run on Windows 7. They're kinda divided into 2 different problems; for example, if im on the internet/using yahoo im (something in a window), the program just randomly unselects itself, then i gotta click on it again to continue what im doing. Now if im playing a game that requires a full screen, the actual game will just randomly minimize itself, showing the desktop. No messages, it just minimizes for no reason that I know of. Does anyone else have this problem/know how can i fix it? Note: I have AVG Free Edition, just came to mind that my anti-virus might have a role in this. more

Resolved Question: I keep getting pop-ups when I am on firefox, I am pretty sure it's a virus. I don't know how to fix it, help?

I don't know think I downloaded anything, but I think it's a website I went on to watch a free movie. Anyway, now every time I log on to firefox mozilla, pop-ups appear, saying things about amazon.com, windows registry services, yahoo questionnaires, etc. I have a anti-spyware system XoftSpySE that I downloaded, which was the cheapest I could buy and every time I do a quick scan, it finds a virus that the pop-ups gave me. I don't know what to do, I've cleared my internet cookies and everything and I'd really like to keep all my files I have on my laptop. Can someone help me fix this issue? I really don't have much money to go to a store. more

Resolved Question: I have an irritating virus or malware that keeps redirecting my Yahoo and Google searches...see details?

It redirects me to other random pages with recommended searches back to the major search engines and just cycles and even has a pop up when I search occasionally. 1. This all happened and kept happening while I was running AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0.704 after full scans with updates. I uninstalled it using add remove programs because it wasn't working. 2. Installed Super Anti Spyware .....same as above 3. Installed (what I currently have) ESET NOD32 4.0.468.0 .....still the same thing Can someone please help me out here? I uninstalled each before installing the other including Norton that came with the laptop. Any advice would be appreciatedIf you happen to revisit my question. EVERY program I ran detected trojans and claimed to delete or quarantine them. As far as my knowledge I don't visit any malicius websites. Yahoo, Google, Basic web pages. I do visit a sh*t load of video gaming sites but they're well recognized nationally. Anyway I can search and read all most of you have said, but a few suggestions I'll review further especially Adam's lol more

Resolved Question: Where can I download free anti virus software?

I really need anti-virus software on my computer but AVG costs money. There used to be a yahoo search and destroy software but I can't find it anywhere. Are there any other virus scanners that I can download for free? Links to the downloads would be very much appreciated. Thanks!Also, I am not looking for AVG. I am aware that AVG is a very good virus software but I am looking for another one. Thank you everyone who has given me answers. It is all very appreciated. more

Resolved Question: Why do Google and some Americans confuse "free speech" with what is obvious racism?

in ref to: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-obama25-2009nov25,0,98932.story This is not a simple matter of where do we draw the line on censorship. This is a matter of the distortion of rights. It's INTENTION that reveals racism, and racism is a form of violence. The news article says an image (manipulated to make the face of Michelle Obama look like a monkey) was posted on a blog called "Hot Girls" (may have been removed), but currently the website linked to the gross image is a forum that's ridiculously over-the-top anti-government. The thread that was supposed to have contained the image reads like it was written by a Timothy McVeigh, or maybe the person you'd see at a G8 summit riot. Big quotes from civil rights leaders and news of their assasinations, lots of talk about "globalist pigs" and the government using "psychotechnology," mind control programs, social engineering, etc. The moderators of the forum apparently removed the image because it's no longer there, but Google thinks it's appropriate to leave it up on image search, apparently in the name of freedom of speech. About Google blogs from the news article: "Rubin [Google spokesperson] said Blogger users have to adhere to the site's terms of service, including a ban on hate speech, which the agreement defines as "content that promotes hate or violence towards groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status or sexual orientation/gender identity. ...a determination of hate speech, under company terms, would heavily rely on whether a site was 'attacking or advocating attacks on a person.' 'An image alone may not provide enough context to constitute a violation of the policies,' he added. A different website containing the same altered image of Obama was banned by Google several days ago, but only because the site was deemed to contain malware that could spread a virus or similar online malady. When a site is dropped from Google's index, the search engine will not present it as a result." --The spreading of a computer virus is intentionally inflicting harm, and this is the same intention with the manipulation of an African-American's face into that of a monkey. It would be sheer ignorance to not know in American culture that this image is intended to do harm. Google is allowing people to spread harm through the Internet, in support of people who don't understand what racism is. This is not simply about "freedom." It's freedom without responsibility. Even Yahoo Answers realizes you can't just let all people say whatever they want without there being consequences for what is obviously intended to be harmful! Why do some Americans believe that the "right" of free speech gives them the "right" to engage in a form of violence and racism and cause obvious harm? Do they just think there's no such thing as racism?Dan: Racism is not making fun of the "Hill Billie." Do you understand what racism is? It's a form of violence against African Americans. It's not INTENDED to be funny, it is intended to inflict harm.FleetTech: You're suggesting racism shouldn't be disturbing in a culture that so values freedom? Absolutely wrong. Racism is just as wrong as any inflicted harm. more

Resolved Question: Message from webpage!!!?

I constantly keep recieving this mesage; Warning!!!! Your computer contains various signs of viruses and malware programs presence, you sytem requires imediate anti viruse check! system security will perform a quick and free scanning of your pc for viruses and malicious programs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have looked up previous YAHOO questions etc - i am using my TASK MANAGER to end ask each time it prompts up BUT HOW DO I STOP THIS HAPPENING? I have a free Mcafee from o2 Windows Security centre all turned ON- firewall,auto update,malware protection and other more

Resolved Question: Why does my laptop computer automatically write "ccc" and "bbb"?

I have Toshiba Sattelite L300 laptop which automatically writes these letters "cccc" and "bbbb" (ONLY these two letters). I bought this laptop 11 months ago and it is still under 1-year basic guarantee that will expire within few weeks. Few months ago, I began to notice that frequently while I'm writing (whether in Microsoft Word, yahoo notepad, Google documents, or simply writing my ID's and passwrods online) and after finshing the sentence, sequences of c "ccc" and sometimes b "bbb" automatically written without pressing the letter keys. I thought that it was Windows problem, and so I ran Toshiba Recovery twice, and the problem remained. It could happen once everyday, and it could happen even more frequnetly (e.g. 5-50 times a day!). I was told that it must have been sticking keys on the keyboard causing the problem. I contacted Toshiba technical support who kindly replaced the keyboard and returned the laptop back to me. I was surprised that the problem was not sorted out. Someone on Yahoo Answers told me it might have been a virus. Therefore, I replaced my anti-virus with Avast! (free version), and downloaded 2 anti-spyware/malware (Spybot and Ad-Aware also free online) and scanned my computer. However, the problem is still there, coming and going, and sometimes very frequent to the extent that when the curser is at any place whether online or in Word, it writes big number of C's "cccccccc" and sometimes "bbbb". The noticeable thing is that never any other letter is automatically written! Just these 2 letters (b and c). The only thing that happended to this laptop few month ago is that my 2-year child stood upon it while it was closed and I don't know whether this had anything to do with this writing problem. The problem is terrible because MOST of what I do on my laptop is writing...What do you think? Has anybody gone through this painful, hateful experience? Any suggestions? I really hate this to happen, especially because I'm writing my PhD thesis and I don't want to be obsessed with reviewing every single paragraph in case that this might have happened...Serious and/or expert answers please! Thanks so much in advance. more

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Resolved Question: I need some anti virus help?

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Resolved Question: which anti virus should i install on my computer?

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Resolved Question: How to turn off windows security?

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Resolved Question: AVG free anti virus and Yahoo home page?

I have my home page set to www.yahoo.co.uk. I have had AVG anti virus installed (the free version) for a while now but just recently (the last day or so) when i open Firefox it seems to jump to another page and then a warning from AVG pops up and won't let me load this page 'cos of a threat??? it mentions the following... Results Danger: AVG Search-Shield has detected active threats on this page and has blocked access for your protection. The page you are trying to access has been identified as a known exploit, phishing, or social engineering web site and therefore has been blocked for your safety. Without protection, such as that in the AVG Security Toolbar and AVG, your computer is at risk of being compromised, corrupted or having your identity stolen. Please follow one of the suggestions below to continue. IP Address: 77.238.174.11 For additional information click here. Suggestions: * Click the “Back” button on your browser to return to the previous page and choose another link (recommended). * If you would like to ignore the warning and continue to the page, click here (not recommended) Note: AVG will continue to block dangerous content associated with this page. Does anyon know what has happened recently to make this happen? more

Resolved Question: About ant-viruses, PC maintenance and personal firewalls?

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