Complete Computer Security with Anti-Virus, Firewall and Spyware Protection

You probably feel pretty secure right now sitting at home in front of your computer. All your windows and doors are locked. Maybe you even have a home security system. Nobody is getting inside your castle that you don't want, right? You might be right but at the same time you'd be very wrong.

The most likely intruders will come through your phone line then through your door. And they can cause just as much damage - and in many cases more - to your life and personal assets.

An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance Online Safety Study found that 81% of home PCs lack at least one of the three critical protections -- updated computer virus software, spyware protection, and a secure firewall necessary to help guard against viruses, spyware, hackers, and other threats.

That means you need to start with a good Computer Firewall software to automatically protect your computer against hackers, Trojan horses, and other malicious outside attacks keeping the information on your PC safe and private. The Firewall also prevents any programs on your computer such as spyware and adware from sending any information to the outside world without your permission. This way your personal data stays safe.

Second, you'll need a good Spyware and Adware Removal software that can detect and remove unwanted spyware/adware programs from your computer. Many of these programs get installed - usually without your approval - while you are surfing and downloading software online. The programs at best collect and send basic information about you to someone. At worst, they can cause damage or help steal your personal and financial information.

Finally, you'll also need a comprehensive Anti-Virus software that continuously monitors your computer and detects spyware and viruses before they can cause damage. Make sure you have a way to get periodic updates so your anti-virus software knows about the latest viruses. New viruses are developed and unleashed daily. If you cannot get the latest updates from the software provider, your anti-virus software becomes ineffective very quickly.

CD Earth can help you make more sense of this.

CD Earth: Free Bible Study, Bible Verse and Bible Commentary Software

During this Easter and Passover holiday season, it's a good time to talk about Bible Reference and Bible Study software. Many of us want to improve our knowledge of Bible verse and other spiritual material.

All students of the Bible will find religious software invaluable. Religious software can be a great addition to any spiritual collection. With most Bible Study software you can search for a specific verse, compare texts, find all passages that reference a certain word or character and much more.

You can find free bible software and free bible study online. Many of these products come with dozens or even hundreds of bible texts, commentary texts, lexicons, bible dictionaries, and even daily devotionals.

Example of Bible texts include:

• King James Bible
• American Standard Version
• Darby Bible
• A Conservative Version
• World English Bible
• Webster Bible
• and many more

Commentary texts include:

• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
• Luther's Commentary on Galatians
• Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
• Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
• Darby Translation Notes
  
• and many more

Lexicons & Dictionaries include:

• Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary
• Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary
• Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

What's most incredible is that you can spend over $1000 on books to compile a similar collection that usually comes free with the software. Bible software also makes it easy with all the texts in one location so you can search for a certain passage, look up your favorite Bible verse, then cross-reference it with your preferred commentaries or look up its meaning in one of the specialized Bible dictionaries.

CDEarth: Free Food Recipes and the Recipe Software to Manage Them

Still clipping recipes out of magazines and storing them in a shoe box? Maybe you're really organized and have them in one of those accordion-style folders with labels for each recipe type. By now you know we have an easier way, right?

You can have your entire recipe collection on your computer in a recipe manager software. Then you can quickly find the recipe you want, put together and entire holiday dinner or add your latest pumpkin pie recipe you just found in a magazine.



The best part is that you can download thousands of free online food recipes from dozens of recipe websites right into the recipe software. You can then search all recipes through the recipe software by categories, recipe name, nutritional information and more. With a click of a button, you can automatically generate a shopping list from the recipes you select. You can add your own recipes and finally get rid of your recipe shoebox. Some of the products even let you calculate nutritional information for your recipes using the USDA food database.

Just a few of the recipes you will find in this collection:

• Appetizer recipes
• BBQ and Barbecue sauce recipes
  
• Beans recipes
• Cakes recipes
• Casseroles recipes
• Chicken wings recipes
• Beef recipes
• Chicken recipes
• Cookies recipes
• Dessert recipes
• Fish and other Seafood recipes
• Holiday recipes (Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving)
  
• Pizza recipes
• Pork recipes
• Salads recipes
• Sandwiches recipes
• Vegetarian recipes

You will find thousands of dishes from around the world including Afghan, Cajun, Chinese, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Middle East, Polish, Russian, and Satay/Thai recipes.

You can also find thousands of drink recipes and special diet recipes including low fat recipes, sugar-free, diabetes recipes and Kosher recipes. There are recipes for Crock pots and slow cookers, microwaves, barbecue grills and smokers and some you can just mix with a spoon with no other equipment required.

Some of us often come home late and find that last set the best...when we're not speed dialing the local Thai place. ;) When we do cook, we start at our home computer before we ever pickup a utensil. We don't remember what cookbook even look like anymore.

Free Desktop Backgrounds and Wallpapers to match your personality

How would you describe your personality? Would a bland blue screen do it?

No? Yet millions of us have the standard blue screen background that came when we first installed our computer. We have hobbies like fishing, sports and scrapbooks. We have love movies, books and art. We proudly display our family and travel photographs on our desks and throughout our house. We decorate our homes and offices to showcase our personalities.

Yet our computers - most likely how we spend most of our work and many of our personal hours - remain solid color blue.

You can find beautiful free desktop backgrounds and wallpapers online. There are many websites where you can download free photo backgrounds, beautiful nature backgrounds, 3D backgrounds, animal backgrounds, futuristic backgrounds, space wallpaper, artistic backgrounds, animated backgrounds, airplane wallpaper and thousands of other choices.


How to change your Windows desktop background:

1. Right click your mouse anywhere on the empty part of your desktop. A small menu will pop up.
2. Click on "Properties" and the Display Properties screen will open.
3. Select the "Desktop" tab, if using Windows XP. Windows 98 users can select the "Background" tab.
4. Choose a background you want. On the lower left half of the Display Properties Window, you will see Background (Win XP) or Wallpaper (Win 98). You can choose a background from the menu list by clicking on the background/wallpaper design you want.
5. Click "Apply". The background you selected will appear in the preview monitor in the Display Properties screen.
6. Click "OK" to close the Display Properties Window.

Choosing a personal photo or picture as your Desktop Background or Wallpaper:

1. Find a picture or photo you want to make your computer's background.
2. Right click on it.
3. Select and click on "Set as Desktop Background" in the menu.

Now you know how to customize your computer's background or wallpaper. You can change them everyday if you like. The hardest thing will be deciding which one of your great photos or pictures to use.

You'll never have to stare at a boring background again.