Backup or restore your files in windows

What’s the difference between using “Back up or restore your Files” in Windows 7 and buying a portable hard dive featured in your website like Seagate or Western digital?

What is the point in buying a portable hard drive if one can back up everything for free using Windows backup as described in this link?
 Backing up your files using the above method is a good way of preserving an additional copy of your important files. But, although this will provide protection against accidental deletion, it offers no protection against other common causes of data loss such as hard drive failure or theft of your entire PC.

The Notes section of the page to which you have linked, provides a clue to the answer: “We recommend that you don’t back up your files to the same hard drive that Windows is installed on”

If you make a backup copy of your data onto the same hard drive as the original files, consider what happens when that hard drive breaks down – both the original and the backup copy will be lost and you will have no way of recovering your data.

Backing up your files on to an external hard drive means that, when your PC’s hard drive fails, you can buy a new one and then restore all of your carefully backed up data from the external drive.

If you keep your external hard drive away from your PC, then there’s a good chance that if your PC were to be stolen, the external hard drive might be left behind. This means you would be able to restore your data onto a new PC. Microsoft recommends a “fireproof location separate from your computer” – leaving a second copy with a friend or neighbour would be even more secure.

A more convenient way to back up your data offsite, would be to use one of the many available cloud storage services. See also: Top 20 cloud storage services

This method automatically backs up your data to secure online servers and gives you the added benefit of being able to access your data from anywhere in the World. Most of the time you can also access your files on the move via smartphones and other mobile devices.

Backing up your files via the Internet does take much longer and costs will depend on the volume of data you need to back up.

There are however many ways to back up data online free of charge. For example, if you sign up to Microsoft’s SkyDrive service you will get 7GB of free storage space. Microsoft suggest that this is enough to store around 20,000 Office documents or 7,000 photos.

You could also use Dropbox.com, which will give you another 2GB of free storage that can be increased for free if you refer the service to friends.

If you have a lot of photos, you can upload them to Flickr.com. Signing up to the service will give you 1TB of free storage; room for around 500,000 smartphone photos.

02:19   by cyb3rnoob ·   1

how to stop cryptolocker

Your concerns are valid as CryptoLocker is a particularly nasty piece of malware that can effectively destroy files on Windows-based PCs beyond the ability of any data recovery process (see our other feature: how to protect yourself from CryptoLocker). Unlike other viruses, which may simply delete your files, allowing for the possibility of some file recovery, CryptoLocker will securely encrypt them, making recovery impossible without the encryption key held by the attackers. This is offered only in exchange for a ransom payment.

Paying the required fee is also no guarantee that your files will be decrypted and restored to you. Other malware has employed similar tactics in the past, but CryptoLocker's encryption is much more secure and is currently not possible to crack.

The steps to guard against CryptoLocker are essentially the same good practices that should be employed to guard against any malware attack or hardware failure:

Make sure you're using antivirus software and that it's kept up to date. Thankfully, most antivirus applications can now detect and remove CryptoLocker, but are only of use if they catch it before the encryption occurs.

Also make sure that you regularly back up all your data. These backups should be in a form that's disconnected from your computer, as CryptoLocker will seek out any connected USB drives and network shares, and attempt to encrypt those files, too. This can also apply to files being synced to Cloud services, although you should often be able to retrieve previous, and therefore unencrypted, versions of these files via the Cloud service provider. Users of Windows starting with XP Service Pack 2 may also be able to retrieve previous (and therefore unencrypted) versions of their files, by right-clicking on an encrypted file and selecting Properties, then 'Previous Versions'.

For peace of mind, it's a good idea to perform an image backup right now and store it on a USB drive that you don't keep permanently connected.

Email is CryptoLocker's primary mode of attack, so avoid opening any email attachments from untrusted sources or that appear in any way suspicious. This should include attachments sent from banks or financial institutions and, particularly in the case of CryptoLocker, from courier companies or from Companies House. Also ensure the email scanning feature of your antivirus software is configured and enabled.

If you want to check right now whether CryptoLocker has found its way onto your PC, you can download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. This will scan for the Trojan and remove it for you if discovered. If CryptoLocker has already encrypted your files, then it will display a message demanding payment. Unfortunately, by this time it's too late to recover your files if they are not backed up. You will then have to consider whether to give in to the attackers' demands for the slim chance of receiving a decryption key.

02:13   by cyb3rnoob ·   0

2015/2016's best antivirus & best free antivirus for PC and laptop UK

2015/2016's best antivirus & best free antivirus for PC and laptop UK

Best antivirus: Why you need antivirus - What is antivirus?
Antivirus software detects, and then prevents, disarms or removes malicious programs or malware, often referred to as 'viruses'. Antivirus doesn't offer a perfect solution to the problem of malware, but it is a critical first step to securing your PC or laptop. To help prevent viruses infecting your PC you must install antivirus, and then regularly update your antivirus software. All of the antivirus software reviewed here will update automatically.

Best antivirus: what's the difference between free antivirus and paid antivirus? 

Our tests focus on paid-for and free AV products. Paid-for AV products usually offer better technical support and more comprehensive protection features than free programs, but free is free. Internet security suites go further still, offering firewalls, parental controls, identity theft protection and more.



15. ESET NOD32 Antivirus


ESET NOD32 Antivirus is a sound antivirus product with some useful extras, though it’s a bit surprising anti-spam isn't included in the product. The software is easy to use and doesn't disrupt the normal function of a PC it’s running on. Technically, it's a strong contender, without being in the front rank.


14. Webroot Internet Security Plus 2015
 
It’s not possible to compare Webroot’s offering with the others in terms of AV efficacy, as we have no test results, but the company’s claim to scan fast and leave a light impression looks fair.
13. Panda Global Protection 2015

 
Panda Global Protection 2015 is a good option, if you need to protect a range of different devices from Windows PCs to Macs and Android machines. Not quite as generous as McAfee's ‘as-many-as-you-like' offering and a point off the perfect score in AV-Test's testing, the Panda product costs £20 less, too and is particularly easy to use.

12. G-Data Internet Security 2015

G-Data Internet Security 2015 is relatively inexpensive for a full-featured security suite. It's not the most successful at beating out web threats, but it is sufficiently good to be worth installing. A decent purchase, if not the best.

11. McAfee LiveSafe 2015

 
If you run a couple of home Windows PCs, a Mac, a tablet and a smartphone, or a similar combination, McAfee LiveSafe 2015 is an economical way of protecting them all and providing anti-theft facilities on the mobile devices. While the feature set of the IS component of the package may lack back-up and PC tune-up, the power of its AV protection can't be denied.

10. AVG Free Antivirus 2016

AVG Free continues to be one of the best free antivirus programs you can download. It offers a good selection of key protections, though you do have to be careful to install the right product.

9. Avast Free Antivirus 2015

Avast Free Antivirus 2015 is one of the best free security products you can install. It offers a surprising range of free goodies, including application and browser app analysis and, separately, an excellent Android suite, covering AV and anti-theft. A better than average AV-Test rating

8. Panda Free Antivirus 2016

Panda is one of the leading antivirus providers and this free offering includes a couple of interesting extras. We were surprised at the time it took for both the initial and follow-up test

7. Qihoo 360 Total Security 2016

  If you want the extra features that Total Security 2016 offers over and above a plain free antivirus product, then Qihoo isn't a bad choice. And if you do install it, you should head straight into the settings and enable the Bitdefender scanner.

6. Trend Micro Internet Security 2015

  With such a good performance and the lower asking price, Trend Internet Security 2015 represents very good value, even though it misses out on certain extras offered by some of its competition.

5. BitDefender Antivirus Free Edition 2016
BitDefender Free Edition will suit a certain kind of user, one who just wants to install the software and let it do its job, without recourse to setup changes or manually scans. Since it has such a high protection score, it’s safe to do this, but if you prefer to have more hands-on control, you may find this approach frustrating.

4. Avira Free Antivirus 2015

  Overall, this is one of the best free AV applications you’re going to find. With perfect scores from AV-Test, a good range of facilities for a zero-cost suite and a well-designed interface which is easy to use and direct, Avira Free Antivirus 2015 is a great choice to protect your PCs.

3. Kaspersky Total Security 2015

  A three-device, full protection IS suite for under £50 is good value and when that includes cover on all the major platforms, it should be flexible enough for most. Kaspersky Total Security 2015’s technical strength can’t be faulted, with only Avira Anti Virus Pro matching it in the AV-Test group.

2. Malware Bytes Antimalware 
Malware Bytes Protects you from various types of malicious softwares like worms , viruses, trojan horses and also recomended  by security professionals .

1. Symantec Norton Security with Backup

Offering excellent value with 10 licences to cover all your devices, Norton Security with Backup also offers a strong feature set and very good protection from viruses and other malware. Recommended.

02:01   by cyb3rnoob ·   0

Downloading Windows 7 ISOs officially for free from official sources along with checksums and md5 hashes

Hello Guys In this tutorial I wanna Walk u through the downloading step of Windows 7from official sources without spying or without malicious stuffs  (:


For years, Microsoft allowed us to download Windows 7 ISOs. They did it using their content delivery partner, Digital River. On February 2015, the company decided to take down those links. Thankfully, there is an independent mirror where we can download Windows 7 ISOs, legally and for free.

Even though it would work, downloading Windows 7 from questionable sources is never a good idea. For all we know, it could contain a host of malware: rootkits, trojans, keyloggers,etc etc whatever you name it.

That's why it was a big deal that Microsoft allowed us to download Windows 7 as an ISO through Digital River. We could download Windows 7 and be sure that the ISO was clean and untampered.

And then, in early February 2015, Microsoft decided to take down the Digital River ISOs, for good.

Sure, they have set up the Microsoft Software Recovery website, the "official" way to download Windows 7


The clean way to download Windows 7

The good news is that whatever goes up on the Internet, never really goes away - for better or for worse.

The German mirror http://mirror.corenoc.de/ has done an exceptional job gathering the Digital River ISOs and uploading them as torrent files. They have all the different English versions and even a few in other languages.Now Enjoy your Downloading and Stayed Connected

08:37   by cyb3rnoob ·   0

Downloading Wndows 10 ISOs directly from Microsofot Server withour Media Creation Tools .

In this tutorial I am going to show u how to Download windows 10 iso directly from Microsoft server without media Creation Tool .

Step 1 : By using Chrome Browser First of All go to Microsoft Official Site.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Now Open the web inspector tool in chrome from menu or Direct from command CRTL+SHIFT+C .

Step 2 : Now Click on the mobile Phone icon located in the Top right of the Window and Select the Device Apple Ipad from the Drop Down list.and Refresh the page to view the site on Apple Ipad view.

 

Step 3 :Now you can see the option Select Edition . select your desire Edition in my case i choose Window 10 and click confirm .it will load for a while now u will see select language . Select your desire language and confirm.

Step 4 : Now u can See two option for Download for different OS 32 or 64 select your choice and go . Now it will Start Downloading . 

Thats it .Enjoy !

10:21   by cyb3rnoob ·   0