If you have forgotten your LinkSys router password, the easiest thing to do is to reset your router to the factory default settings.
To restore the router configuration to factory defaults, hold the reset button on the unit for 30 seconds.
Once your router is hard reset, you will need to login and configure it again.
To reconfigure your LinkSys, connect a PC to one of it's Ethernet ports, load a web browser, and go to the URL http://192.168.1.1/. This will take...
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Introduction to BIOS Passwords
The best method to reset a BIOS password depends on what BIOS the computer has. Common BIOS's include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS's do exist, but these are the most common.
Some BIOS's allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed.
The general categories of solutions to reset a BIOS password are: Using a Backdoor BIOS...
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The most important difference between a trojan virus/trojan horse and a virus is that trojans don’t spread themselves. Trojan horses disguise themselves as valuable and useful software available for download on the internet. Most people are fooled by this ploy and end up dowloading the virus disguised as some other application. The name comes from the mythical "Trojan Horse" that the Ancient Greeks set upon the city of Troy.
A trojan horse is typically separated into two...
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A proxy server is one that receives requests intended for another server and that acts on the behalf of the client (as the client proxy) to obtain the requested service. A proxy server is often used when the client and the server are incompatible for direct connection. For example, the client may be unable to meet the security authentication requirements of the server but may be required to access some services. It may also be used for screening purposes to enable the administrator to control...
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To change your Yahoo Password, visit Yahoo: Change Password.
Changing your Yahoo password will change your password all of Yahoo's personalized services, including:
Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! Messenger
Yahoo! Chat
My Yahoo!
Yahoo! Finance
The instructions to change your Yahoo password will only work if you know your current Yahoo password. If you have lost your Yahoo password, please refer to How does Yahoo password recovery work?
Yahoo! For Dummies, 2nd Edition hits the shelves...
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Deleting your Internet history clears the record of what web sites you have visited.Delete Internet History in Internet Explorer
By default, Internet Explorer keeps your Internet history for 20 days.
To delete your Internet history in Internet Explorer, open the <Tools> menu, select <Internet Options>, click the <Clear History> button, and finally click the <Yes> button.Video: Delete Internet History in Internet Explorer
Delete Internet History in Firefox
To...
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Many programs prompt you to save passwords on the computer. These range from browsers such as IE and Firefox to instant messengers such as Windows Live Messenger. Often, you may want to recover passwords that were lost because of forgetfulness, or because a co-worker left.
Finding stored passwords can be as simple as clicking on some option buttons, or could require brute-force and dictionary attacks to crack them. This document discusses ways in which you can find existing passwords...
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Keylogger is a dangerous software that executes almost invisibly as a low level system process. It is usually started up in an invisibility mode when your computer is booted - so there is no way the user can detect it. This program logs all the key strokes that you type on the keyboard and then transmits the logged information to the intruder who infected the computer with the keylogger program.
Keyloggers are extremely dangerous and can be used to steal personal information such as your...
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Many businesses and government institutions use a content filtering program such as Websense to keep employees from visiting certain websites while at work. These programs can either prohibit the use of certain websites or monitor all of the sites that employees do visit while in the office. Websense is designed to block websites in several categories, such as adult material, entertainment, drugs, games, sports, internet communication, peer-to-peer file sharing, gambling, instant messaging...
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An anonymous proxy is a piece of software designed to protect the privacy and anonymity of web browsers from web site operators, Internet snoops, and even unfriendly governments.
The anonymous proxy software resides on a proxy server. The web browser connects to the proxy server and the proxy server connects to the web server.
The web server does not know who you are, it only knows who the proxy server is. The proxy server does know who you are -- so you had better choose a proxy server...
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