Useful Things to Know

Accessing the Motherboard's BIOS - you're generally in trouble if you have to do this, but here's an invaluable chart that tells what keystrokes you need.

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You may have to boot to Safe Mode in order to remove some viruses.  Press the F8 key repeatedly in order to get to a boot menu.

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Some websites and scumware attempt to trap you by hiding the "Close" button.  Use Alt + F4 to exit.

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Often malware will come with an uninstall icon.  Clicking on the icon OR using the Windows Add/Remove control panel will result in the "uninstall" routine calling home - probably to attempt another installation.

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You can safely run with both a hardware firewall on your router and a software firewall on your computer, but please DO NOT run 2 software firewalls at the same time.  It might work just fine, but you're asking for trouble.

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