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		<title>OpenDNS FamilyShield Protects You and Your Family from Porn (and more)&#8211;for Free</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2010/06/24/opendns-familyshield-protects-you-and-your-family-from-porn-and-more-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenDNS recently announced a free, simple-to-setup service called FamilyShield which not only blocks pornography sites, but also proxy and anonymizer, phishing and some malware sites. OpenDNS FamilyShield versus OpenDNS Basic OpenDNS has 2 free services, OpenDNS Basic and OpenDNS FamilyShield. Unlike OpenDNS Basic, which requires you to create an account, FamilyShield requires no account, as]]></description>
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		<title>Secure Facebook in One Easy Step with SaveFace by Untangle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 04:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook has been rightly criticized recently for its increasingly complicated privacy settings. Several high-profile users in the tech community have left Facebook (after carefully deleting their posts). Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says, &#8220;In the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use.&#8221; But what can you do now to ensure]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox Add-on UntinyFox Reveals Those Shortened URLs Automatically</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URL-shortening services such as bit.ly and SnipURL have been around for a while. They&#8217;re very handy for shortening long links, but they do present a risk, since they disguise the original website address. Clicking on an innocent-looking bit.ly link could result in browsing to a site that could infect your computer. How can you protect]]></description>
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		<title>No Longer Using Internet Explorer? Lock It Down!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you live in the European Union, your Windows computer will have Internet Explorer installed. Maybe you no longer use Internet Explorer for browsing, and have moved on to a more security-conscious browser like Chrome or Firefox? You&#8217;ll still need IE, or rather, Windows needs IE for downloading patches. Also, programs like Microsoft Outlook are]]></description>
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		<title>Untangle for Windows: Step-by-step Setup</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2009/10/10/untangle-for-windows-step-by-step-setup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The skinny: Untangle for Windows is a Unified Threat Manager (UTM), which acts as a gateway to filter all web traffic on your small (up to 10 computers) network. It&#8217;s available as a free download from Untangle&#8217;s site. Untangle for Windows doesn&#8217;t need a dedicated computer (it runs in the background). Based on which options]]></description>
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		<title>5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook http://bit.ly/gDrPH]]></description>
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		<title>The 2nd Most Important Thing a Home Computer User Should Do: Create a Standard User Account</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2009/09/19/the-2nd-most-important-thing-a-home-computer-user-should-do-create-a-standard-user-account/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a home computer user, your most crucial task is to make sure your data is backed up, and that you&#8217;re backing it up regularly. The 2nd most important thing? Create and use a standard user account. By default, Windows (XP, Vista and now 7) create administrative accounts as part of the initial setup. These]]></description>
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		<title>Untangle for Windows &#8211; Free Unified Threat Management For the Rest of Us!</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2009/09/04/untangle-for-windows-free-unified-threat-management-for-the-rest-of-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PreparedPC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The skinny: Untangle for Windows is a free way to protect your home/small office network (up to 10 computers). It leverages open source software to give you advanced control of your network that until recently was only affordable to larger corporations. Its features are impressive, especially for a free download. Unified Threat Management (UTM) software]]></description>
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		<title>Bogus Firefox Add-on Poses As Flash Player</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2009/08/30/bogus-firefox-add-on-poses-as-flash-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PreparedPC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Adobe Flash Player 0.2&#8243; is not what it seems. It has been posted on various forum sites. Unsuspecting Firefox users who have installed this (assuming that it&#8217;s gotten past your anti-virus/anti-spyware software) find themselves infected. (To check, in the Firefox menu, choose Tools > Add-ons and look for &#8220;Adobe Flash Player 0.2&#8243;). This bogus add-on]]></description>
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		<title>Control Flash Cookies with BetterPrivacy Firefox Add-on</title>
		<link>http://preparedpc.com/2009/08/18/control-flash-cookies-with-betterprivacy-firefox-add-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PreparedPC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe Flash animations are used in many of the most popular web sites. The Adobe Flash plug-in can be used to store information in Local Shared Objects, or &#8220;Flash cookies,&#8221; which are very different from traditional browser cookies. Traditional cookie behavior can be controlled through settings in your browser, or deleted after the fact using]]></description>
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