"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons." - unknown, Popular Mechanics, March 1949

The IT staff at Klatt & Associates recommends these file/service links:

• Update Microsoft Windows: Windows Update

• Update Microsoft Office: Office Update

• FREE online virus scanners: Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, Panda, BitDefender, Kaspersky Labs, RAV and CA

• FREE (for non-commercial, home use) virus scanners: AVG Free Edition, Avast! Home, and Antivir

• FREE personal firewall: Zone Alarm, and Kerio Personal Firewall

• Give your PC a checkup: PC Pitstop

• Check your firewall security: Gibson Research Corporation (Shields Up!), and DSL Reports

• Check your internet speed: DSL Reports, PC Pitstop, Speakeasy

• FREE E-mail accounts: GMail, Hotmail and Yahoo!

• Stop Internet Explorer "pop-ups": EMS Free Surfer MK II, Google Toolbar

• Block / Remove spyware: SpyBot Search & Destroy, AdAware, Windows Defender

• Block spam: Cloudmark, McAfee SpamKiller, MailWasher

• Secure your email with a FREE email certificate: Thawte

• Create your own PDF documents, FREE: PDFCreator

• View PDF documents with this FREE reader: Adobe Reader

• FREE office productivity suite (Similar to Microsoft Office): OpenOffice.org

• Get a safer alternative web browser (FREE): Mozilla Firefox

• Get a safer alternative email program (FREE): Mozilla Thunderbird

• Use PGP to encrypt and protect your email: gpg4win

More good information can be found at these links:

• See how the Internet is doing today:

  • Our own Internet Status page

  • Talisker Computer Network Defense Operational Picture

  • The Internet Health Report

  • The Internet Traffic Report

  • The Internet Storm Center

• Review The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities (SANS)

• Review The National Security Agency's Security Recommendation Guides

• Review The Federal Trade Commission's anti-spam guidelines

• Review The Microsoft Security Home Page

• Review The Symantec Security Response Home Page (formerly Symantec Antivirus Resource Center or SARC)

• Learn about the Thawte "Web of Trust"

(Last Updated Tuesday, September 12, 2006)

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