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What is an antivirus or security suite? How do you use your computers and devices, safely? How do you protect your privacy?

What is the Performance Impact of System Encryption With TrueCrypt

  • tutorial
  • Radu Tyrsina
One of my recent dilemmas was: if I encrypt my computer, how much will computing performance have to suffer because of it? Will there be a big difference? If yes, in which areas? That's why I decided to run some tests on both my computers and learn more about the impact TrueCrypt encryption has on computing performance. [DC-SUMMARY-BREAK] Systems Being Tested The tests were made on two computers: a desktop

How to Encrypt Your System Drive With TrueCrypt In a Multi-Boot Configuration

  • tutorial
  • Radu Tyrsina
Many people use TrueCrypt to encrypt their systems and maintain their data as safe as possible. Encrypting your computer when you have one operating system installed and one partition is relatively easy, even with TrueCrypt. But, what about encrypting your system drive when using a multi-boot setup? That's really complicated and this guide is here to help. [DC-SUMMARY-BREAK] Prerequisites - What You Must Have Before You Start There are a

How Security Products Are Made - A Discussion with Bitdefender

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  • Radu Tyrsina
One of the topics of interest at 7 Tutorials is security. Not only we write articles and tutorials about how to have a safe computing experience but we also review security products on a regular basis. One of the things we wanted to learn more about, is how security products are made: what are the steps involved? the most important challenges? etc. Luck has it that we got the chance

How to Backup and Restore Windows Vault Passwords

  • tutorial
  • Radu Tyrsina
One way to use the Credential Manager is to export your Windows credentials to another Windows computer, or to back them up and import them after you reinstall Windows, so that you don't have to manually type them again. This can be useful in some scenarios and we would like to show how to backup Windows credentials and restore them when needed. [DC-SUMMARY-BREAK] Backup Your Windows User Names and Passwords

Password Security - Turn Your Dumb Habits Into Geek Habits

  • tutorial
  • Radu Tyrsina
When it comes to computing habits, people are always bad at security and passwords. We keep reusing the same password(s) over and over again and we don't realize how easy we make it for the bad guys to steal our credit card details and other important information. Even after the big fiasco that was the hacking of the PlayStation Network, both people and companies remain dormant and are slow to
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