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This article looks at the real threat of viruses and what you can do to protect yourself.

Where do computer virus myths come from? It’s hard to say. One minute you think you know how they work, and the next you’re being told you can get viruses from cookies, Javascript on Web pages, viewing GIF files, and so on. All nonsense of course, but it’s understandable to feel concerned. And it’s a lot healthier than completely assuming you’re safe from computer viruses, because unless you get rid of your PC that certainly isn’t true.

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Everyone hates device drivers. They are out of date as soon as they are written, they come with no documentation and they are always full of bugs. This article takes a look into the world of the device driver.

A device driver is a piece of software that translates vague requests from the operating system, such as ?draw a red circle on the screen at this position and with this radius’, to specific instructions that the hardware understands.

Before you jump to clean the registry, please remember to backup your
registry with regedit, create a restore point in your windows and
perform a hard disk imaging backup. Without this 3 step, you are
putting your Windows at risk and may be corrupt until a full reinstall
of the operating system required!