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Dec 2011
In This Issue
Do you need to pay to ensure adequate Anti-Virus protection?
Computer Tune Up and Virus Removal Class Schedule
What do Texas, Computers and 12,000 AD have in common
Quick Links
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Please enjoy this month's newsletter, in which you can learn about:

"Do you need to pay to ensure adequate Anti-Virus Protection?"

"Computer Tune Up and Virus Removal Class Schedule"

"What do Texas, Computers and 12,000 AD have in common?"


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Do you need to pay to ensure adequate Anti-Virus protection? 

  

This is a common question and we would like to share some information with regard to current Internet and Anti-Virus protection for computers. 

There are several different ways to acquire protection and there is nothing wrong with any one. Choosing the right path should be determined by the users comfort level with computer security and how powerful the computer currently is.
 

Free - Free Anti-virus software such as AVG Free, Avast, and Avira are great programs if you are a cautious surfer on the internet and want something that has a low impact on your computer's performance. The companies mentioned also offer paid versions of these products with enhanced protection features.

Pay Cash Money
Should I Pay?

Subsidized - A few internet service providers include a protection package as part of their monthly service. Currently AT&T is providing a full McAfee Internet Security Suite for qualifying Customers. It's a great solution but be aware if you're computer is lacking in resources, especially RAM, as it can slow down your computer. If you computer is current and has the resource then Mcafee is a reasonable offering. Comcast Xfinity provides Norton Security Suite free of charge. This should provide a good level of protection without too much load on your computer.
 
Paid - Paid applications such as Trend Micro, Norton, and Kaspersky usually have many extra protection points and because it's a paid program you will always have access to updates and features as long as your subscription is current.  We tend to like Trend Micro, as experience has shown it to have a low impact on the performance of your computer while providing top notch protection. 
If you want to add protection for your Mac against Malware and Phishing scams Trend Micro also has a product called "Smart Surfing for Mac".

 

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Leisure Learning Center

If you're waiting more than a minute to boot your computer, you're waiting too Chip Runninglong. That's just for starters. Virtually every computer, including new ones, can be sped up by 25% and computers that are two years old or older can be sped up by 50% or more. The Lightning Fast Computer Tune up Class will show you how.

 

In 2012 we will be introducing the Virus Removal Class. This class will help you understand the different types of virus and malware, how they infect a computer, and how you can help protect against and remove them.

 

Leisure Learning Unlimited and Need Computer Help? have teamed up to offer these inexpensive classes for only $69.

 

Here are the up and coming dates.

 

Virus Removal Class:                      Wed Jan  18th 6:30 - 9:30pm

Lightning Fast Computer Tune Up:    Wed Feb  22nd 6:30 - 9:30pm  

Virus Removal Class:                      Thu Mar  22nd 6:30 - 9:30pm
Lightning Fast Computer Tune Up:    Mon Mar  26th 6:30 - 9:30pm

 

For additional information please visit http://www.llu.com/ or you can click on the Class name beside the date of interest to go straight to the sign up page. 


 

What do Texas, Computers and 12,000 AD have in common? 

 

Danny Hillis is a Polymath Inventor and Computer Engineer, among other things. In 1986 he imagined a clock that would tell time accurately for 10,000 years.

 

The Clock of the Long Now, also called the 10,000-year clock, is the proposed mechanical clock designed to keep time for 10,000 years. The project to build it is part of the Long Now Foundation.

Clock of the Long Now Prototype
Prototype Long Now Clock in London

 

The first prototype of the clock began working on December 31, 1999, just in time to display the transition to the year 2000. At midnight on New Year's Eve, the date indicator changed from 01999 to 02000, and the chime struck twice. That prototype, approximately two meters tall, is currently on display at the Science Museum in London.

 

Two other prototype clocks also exist and can be seen at the Long Now Museum and Store at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.

 

The first full-scale clock is currently being manufactured and constructed with funds donated by Jeff Bezos and is located in West Texas on land he owns.

 

The Clock is one of a number of projects of the Long Now Foundation. The Foundation hopes to promote long term thought that goes beyond our rapidly short view of here, now and the future.

 

Please do follow the links and at least have a quick, (or maybe a Long Now), look at the websites regarding the Long Now Foundation.

 

 

Thank you.

 

Robert Moss.

(832) 533-2304