The Wild, Wild Web: Seven HUGE Web Dangers and How To Avoid Them

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Danger

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The W3 is a lawless frontier.

There are monitoring agencies but they aren’t very effective. The web hosting industry is unregulated, and a hurricane can bring down your site and you’re plain out of luck. (Read the fine print of your host’s TOS).

It’s a dangerous place where you can be hacked, cracked, tracked, spied-on and have your business identity and hard-earned reputation ruined in about three seconds by some script-kiddie using dictionary malware to hack into your site. Happens every day. .

What dangers does your web business face? And how can you protect yourself? Some suggestions. .

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Squeeze Your Site: Eight Tips To Monetize Your Digital Turf

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Hey, good for you. You put up a web site to sell your goods, market your services or promote your cause. Welcome to the neighborhood. It’s fun.

However, if you rely solely on making direct sales and signing up new buyers, clients and adherents, well, you’re not taking full advantage of that little piece of digital real estate you now own. The fact is, there are lots of ways to generate revenue from your web site. Here are just a few:

1. Google Adsense. You see the ubiquitous blue cube skyscrapers on every search engine result page (SERP) and on lots of web sites. You can add these cubes to your site, as well, and collect every time a site visitor clicks.

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System Security Virus Removal

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System Security

The System Security virus can be extremely frustrating. This virus hides on your computer until you are online. When this virus activates, you will get a pop-up message that says you have a virus. You can’t close the pop-up message, and it won’t let you click anywhere else on your screen. Your computer is dead in the water until you click on the message. If you do click on the remove button, you will wind up being taken to a website where you’ll be asked to put in your credit card information in order to buy a product called System Security.

Fortunately, the system security virus removal process is a relatively quick and easy one.

1. The first thing you need to do is get out of the system security virus trap. Press Control-Alt-Delete to bring up your Windows Task manager.

2. From there, you will click on the tab labeled “processes.” This shows you the list of all tasks that are currently active on your computer. You’re looking for a process with a name that you don’t recognize that doesn’t fit any of the other programs you were previously running, and that isn’t a system process. Click on it and then click “end process” to stop the process.

3. Once you’ve ended the process, you need to remove the virus. The best thing to do, at this point, is to restart your computer. Click “Start” and then “Shut down” and then “restart.” Your computer will then restart.

4. When your computer gets to the very first screen, usually a black screen with white letters that may state the brand name of your computer, get ready. You need to hit the F8 key in order to bring up the computer’s boot menu. Once the boot menu is up, you will see a list of boot options. You need to select the one that says, “Safe Mode.”

5. Your computer will then start in Safe Mode. It may take a while, as your computer has to start in a very specific sequence when starting in Safe Mode. When your computer does come up, you will do a couple of things. First, you will run your antivirus program. This program should detect the System Security virus and remove it. If it does not, you may need to update your antivirus program.

6. After you’ve run your antivirus program, you should also run your spyware or malware detection program. This will insure that any spyware that may be on your computer, including any spyware that may have been installed alongside the System Security virus, is removed as well.

7. Once you’ve cleaned your computer, you can then restart it. The System Security virus removal process should be complete, at this point.

***If you notice that you are still getting the System Security virus pop-up after you restart, update your antivirus program and your spyware detection program and repeat the System Security virus removal steps.***


40 Beautiful & Free Blogger Templates For Blogspot Users

Art, Blogosphere

Paper-Craft

When it comes to blogging, everyone will think of creating a blog using Blogspot as it is free and easy to use. While it’s hassle free, most of the themes are plain and doesn’t differ yourself from the other bloggers. What you need to succeed online is to have something that belongs to you; Something that will help you to create an unique identity for yourself.

It requires a lot of time and skills to design a good Blogspot template, but they are several kind-hearted designers who loves designing as their own hobbies. To find one is easy, but to find the one that suits you requires a lot of effort to dig into their personal collection. Here are the 5 reasons why you should read this list :

It’s personally handpicked by myself
It’s professionally designed
It’s pretty
It’s awesome
It’s FREE!

Can’t wait anymore? Time to browse the wonderful 100 beautiful free blogger templates for blogspot users

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15 Websites That Offer Free And Beautiful Twitter Backgrounds

Art, Web 2.0

Twitbacks

Content is king. Everyone knows that, and in fact that’s one of the method to convert any random visitors into loyal readers. To get more visitors, you can spice up your blog content with delicious news and hot tips, but with so many probloggers out there, no one read every word you write and tend to focus only on keywords.

There’s an old saying which says ‘Never judge a book by it’s cover‘, but all human are born to be superficial (Not sure about you but I am :P ) Who loves Ugly Betty when there’s Jessica Alba? Same theory applies to your Twitter account. With a beautiful and attractive Twitter background, it will leave a deep impression for the visitors and who knows, maybe this is one of the reason they decide to follow you on Twitter!

List of 14 free and beautiful Twitter backgrounds after the jump.

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