Tuesday, May 12, 2009

How Do Virus Removers Work in Getting Rid of Viruses From Our System?

We all use antivirus to prevent our computer systems from getting infected by any malicious program. It is mainly used to scan files that are suspicious and harmful. It is a very good idea to understand the functionality of an antivirus program. Here's a low down on how do virus removers work. Most of the conventional antivirus tools work on two basic techniques. The first technique is the regular function of antivirus software that is, scanning files to detect known viruses. This is done with the help of virus definitions installed in the system when the antivirus is installed which helps it to find known virus. The second basic technique is determining suspicious behavior or activities that are recorded within the system. Most of the competent antivirus software works on both the above mentioned techniques.

In the first type of technique in which the software uses virus definition, it looks for matching codes in the computer. This method of virus removers' work in such a way that it tries to find out any malicious code present in the computer that match with the pre-defined virus definition of the antivirus. Once a match is found, the antivirus will show notification on the screen or terminates the infections by itself. It may also quarantine the virus so that no other files in the computer can access this quarantined file and get infected with the virus.

The second approach that is the suspicious activity determining approach of the virus removers does not actually intend to search for existing infected files but in contrast it stops any suspicious program from performing malicious activities. For example, any program that tries to manipulate with .exe files is considered as malicious action. Any such activity is notified by antivirus software and asks for appropriate action to handle the error. Such antivirus software is very useful to keep your computer working fluently. You can set the scanning schedule for these tools so that it may start the scanning process on the set time. You can easily avail this software from the market. Internet is another option that may help you get an antivirus tool. You can download such software from various sites on internet; you may get this software for free or at a nominal cost.

The author of this article, Silki Garg, has written many high rated articles on Online Security. You will surely find her recent articles on a free PC Security and Windows Security interesting to read.

Windows Vista System Hangs When SD Card is Inserted

Secure Digital or SD card is the flash memory card, available in capacities range from 1 MB to 4 GB. These are non-volatile memory cards used in different portable devices. But SD cards might get corrupted if you forcefully remove it from a computer system. Such situations cause critical data loss as to solve these problems; you need to reformat the SD card. You will need to restore lost data from the recent data backup available. But if backup seems to be invalid or you don't have any backup, use commercial Photo Recovery tools.

As an instance, your Windows Vista based computer system is in Hibernate mode (also called as S4 power state) and you resume it from this mode. After this, when you attempt to restart or shut down the computer, it might hang and stop responding. Alternatively, you might observe that when you resume the system from Hibernate mode, some of the applications hang.

Cause

The above symptoms are observed when both of the below conditions are true:

• You have inserted an SD card into your Windows Vista based system
• You have not installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP 1) or later

Solution

To recover the system from such state, you should perform these steps:

• Remove the inserted SD card or power down the system forcefully
• Install Windows Vista Service Pack (SP 1) or later

After recovering the system, reinsert the SD card in system. If it gives any corruption errors, it might be corrupted due to unexpected shut down. To solve this problem, you need to reformat the corrupted SD card and use the recent data backup available for restoring lost information.

At times, data backup exists in invalid or incomplete state; consequently you cannot use it to restore data. Thus, you should use Digital Photo Recovery to perform full data recovery. These are advanced recovery applications, designed with powerful Photo Recovery technology. Embedded with user-friendly options and exceptionally realistic interface, these software serve as comprehensive products to recover lost digital files from all types of media cards and other storage media.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a powerful Photo Recovery tool, available for Windows (Windows Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000) and Mac (Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard, 10.4.x Tiger, 10.3.9 Panther). It is a non-destructive tool with self-descriptive interface.

Shaun Pattrik has 6 Years of Experience in the Software Technology researching with Stellar Info. System Ltd which offers Photo recovery, photo recovery software, Mac photo recovery and digital photo recovery.

Monday, May 11, 2009

5 Days to Internet Marketing Success

The main reason that people fail at internet marketing is because they never take action OR they do not sustain focused action. If you have never heard it then you may have experienced it. There are a number of reasons that this lack of action or sustained action takes place. Sometimes it simply information overload. The fact that there is so much information on a topic that a person just doesn't know where or even how to begin. They look at everything that is involved in getting started and become overwhelmed at the immensity of it all. Hopefully this article will help you see that you can achieve internet marketing success in just 5 days. (5 days at a time that is)

I am going to give you the plan that I use to help me keep on track and stay focused. I freely admit that I think I am a little A.D.D. because I like to have multiple projects going on at the same time. However, if you are just starting out I would not suggest this. I would work out a plan similar to mine but stay on one project until you have it completed. Once you have completed your first project you will be on top of the world, even if you never make a penny, simply because you FINALLY completed something. That is the goal - complete a project!

The key to my 5 day plan is to divide up the large tasks into manageable chunks and then complete one chunk at a time. When you do this you feel a sense of achievement and you will eventually begin to see real results.

Below I have outlined some common tasks that many internet marketers are involved in daily or at least regularly. You can use this list as a starting point and adjust it for your own business.

  • Create a blog post. If you have more than one blog you can take one day out of your week and create numerous articles that can be "dripped" into the blogs you have.
  • Comment on other people's blogs to create back links to your sites.
  • Be an active member of forums for your niche. This allows you to make friends, help others, meet possible future JV partners, and by using a signature you can also gain valuable back links to your site.
  • Write an article and submit it to an article site.
  • Create messages for an autoresponder list.
  • Research/review products on Clickbank or other affiliate sites so you can review or promote those products on your own site.
  • Create a video promoting a product that you have created or are promoting. It could be an informational video as well that adds value to your own site. Not everything has to be about selling.
  • Submit your sites to social bookmarking sites. This should be done for EVERY post or article you create and do it as soon as you are done so you don't forget.
  • Write down or record everything that you think of during the day. As you are doing these internet marketing related tasks your mind will be working and coming up with new ideas or better ways of doing things.
  • Write one page of a product you're currently creating.
  • Update your status on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.
  • Write a short report that can be given away.
  • Read something that will help you succeed (not a sales letter for the newest product out there)
  • Review and organize the massive amount of material you have collected on your computer.

Once you have completed the list of things you need to get done for your business, take and make a daily list of tasks to get done. Be sure it is achieveable. Don't put more on the list than you can actually get done each day. Set your list up for the next 5 days. By writing down all your tasks for the week you will help ensure that you see the big picture as well as the individual pieces of that picture.

If you are able to get all your tasks done each day and you want to start on the next day's list that's fine but don't burn yourself out. Allow yourself time to relax and rejuvenate so you have the stamina to continue all week, every week.

I suggest that you track your list and the completion of your tasks. This will help you see just how much you are getting done and keep you on track so that everything that needs to get done actually does. You will also see your project progress to the point of completion which will help motivate you to continue.

That's it! Create a simple daily task list (to do list) and make it for 5 days in advance.

Make a plan to follow and then follow your plan!

To see how this can really set you up for success let's evaluate some of the tasks you completed and the results after just 6 months of effort.

  • 1 article per day submitted to an article directory = 120 articles which means 120 back links to your site and who knows how much traffic will be driven to your site because of those articles.
  • 1 blog post per day = 120 blog posts which builds content that we know Google and the other search engines love. Not to mention you are building up a following and if you have created an opt-in list then you are also creating future sales.
  • Create 1 full product per month = 6 products of your own that you can keep 100% of the money for each sale or use affiliates to sell your product and bring in even more revenue.
  • Find 2 products per month to review/promote on Clickbank or another affiliate site = 12 products that can be promoted via your blog, website or customer list.
  • Comment on 3 blogs per day = 360 comments which equals 360 links back to your site. You are now learning how to drive some traffic.

Do you see how these little chunks can add up to big time traffic and sales? This business is not difficult. It just requires a little discipline, focus and time.

If you are tired of reading "fluff" and want some meat when it comes to information marketing stop by: http://homebasedbusinessadviser.com and get your fill.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Transform Your Domains Into Complete Websites

Have you ever landed on a parking page? Chances are, yes, you have. And the chances are that you also instantly closed the window, without looking or clicking at the ads displayed there. This is a very bad not only for sponsors, but for domain owners too. You are losing domain value, losing valuable traffic, and most importantly, losing money.

Most domainers agree that parking your domains it's not the best way to generate revenue. In fact, it's the worst way. But statistics say that 80% of domainers have 90% of their domains parked. If they know that parking it's not the best way, why they are still using this obsolete method? Because it's cheap. It's fast. And, honestly, we don't have any good alternative!

Lately, a few alternatives started to appear. Some domainers started to create mini-websites for their domains, with a few articles and information related to their domains, contact information and banners. This significantly increased their revenue due to three main reasons:

  • Websites are indexed by search engines, this means more traffic
  • Relevant content makes the traffic stay on your website, and eventually, come back
  • Advertising solutions like AdSense give targeted ads to the visitors
Simple as that. However, it's not so simple to create a mini-site. It's very time-consuming, and you need some skill to create an website and write good articles. Of course, you can outsource the website creation and pay article writers... but will you have money to do that with your 500 domains? Or time? I don't think so. Mini-site creation only works for a few domains of your portfolio. Not your entire portfolio.

The Solution

We needed a service that allowed us to create mini-sites for our domains, just like the way we park domains. We tell them the domain name, we tell them what the domain is about and we change the DNS. Done. Simple, fast, affordable.I'm not asking too much, am i?

Well, I guess the guys at Parking Revolution thought exactly what I thought, because they recently came up with a solution for this dilemma. Their service allows you to, literally, transform your domains into complete websites, without having to spend too much time or money. The "transformed" domains are real websites, full of relevant content, such as articles, news, images, videos... it's the revolution in domain name parking.

As a domainer, you really should check their website and see for yourself what the service can do for your portfolio. I'm a happy customer, and I'm betting you will be one too.

David Holland is a domain entrepreneur with 8 years of business experience. He writes about domaining for 2 years and works at home.

Can I Make Money Online? If So, How?

"Can I make money online" is a question being asked me by basically three different groups of people:

  • Folks who have lost their job and the prospects for a new one are not good.
  • Those who find that there are always more bills than money to pay them.
  • Jealous types who know someone living the enviable lifestyle that can come from making your living online.

The people in the first group have an urgent need and are highly motivated, even desperate. The second group has some urgency but probably a bit more latitude in acting. The last group is a real wild card. I hope this article will satisfy the basics of the question for all three groups.

There is no doubt in my mind that almost anyone can make money online. The follow up question that comes after that is HOW can I make money online. Good question.

For the sake of brevity, I am going to assume that one is NOT asking about selling a product or service that they already sell offline, online. Nor are we talking about cleaning out the attic on eBay or Craigslist. Tip: forget garage sale-ing on eBay. That leaves us with essentially three methods to make money online:

  1. Build a blog or website of valuable information, get lots of traffic and sell to the website visitors through various methods. Expect this method to take the longest of the three, take an incredible amount of work developing the content. Then learn search engine optimization (SEO) and promote the daylights out of the site.
  2. Pay Per Click or PPC advertising of a product or service that you become an affiliate for. That means you do not develop, ship or ever touch the product or service, just send potential customers to the sales page of the business that does. This method can be the fastest method but also the most costly as you have to pay for the clicks of advertisements you buy on the search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing. You need extensive knowledge, or money to hire the work done, to build a website, do research, write ad copy, and carefully monitor your campaigns.
  3. The third method is article marketing. This last method is my favorite for anyone who is not wealthy already. But then again, why would anyone wealthy be reading this article? With article marketing you can get started with no money, just a computer and internet (borrow one at the library even). This method can generate income in as little as one day, but can certainly take a week or two as well.

So as you can probably figure out from reading about the three methods to make money online, my answer to "HOW can I make money online" is typically to suggest article marketing.

Article marketing is not only a great way for beginners to start making money online, it is also a great way to supplement other methods you may currently be using with some success. But it really shines for the newcomer.
With Article marketing you can do a little research about products you have an interest in already and probably have purchased in the past, then look for businesses that will pay you a commission to drive potential customers to their website.

Once you have the product or service to promote, just start writing some articles as if you were typing a note to a friend and tell them about the product or service. Give information that saves them time digging up on their own and you will be deserving of the commission when they buy.

These articles, when done right, end up showing up in search engine results and getting read by people looking for information that you have provided in the articles.

The question is not so much can I make money online, because you probably are aware that a great number of people already are. What you really want to know is the how.

It really is a fairly simple procedure from start to finish to make money online with article marketing. How quickly you succeed and whether you suffer and frustration is the next topic of discussion.

I spent two years looking before I finally found a guide to step through the process from start to finish in an easy to understand video format that I could recommend to all the people asking Can I make money online?

Once I found it I created a website to let everyone know about it. I have a FREE BONUS for those who want to join me making money online at http://www.HowToEarnMoneyVideo.com.