YAHOO offers FREE SPYWARE Tool

Internet giant Yahoo said it was offering free anti-spyware software to customers who download its "toolbar" onto their Web browsers.
The launch is aimed at helping Internet users become more aware of the problem of spyware, which can "hijack" browsers, track browsing habits, display advertising and redirect search results, sometimes without the user's knowledge.
One recent survey showed 91 percent of high-speed US Internet users had spyware on their computers, even though many were unaware of it.
Yahoo will be offering a beta or test version of the software, called Anti-Spy from a company called PestPatrol.
"Anti-Spy offers consumers a way to identify potentially unwanted software like spyware, then lets consumers decide whether they want to disable/remove, ignore or keep the files that are found," Yahoo said in a statement Thursday.

Written by: AFP

Backing up the Windows Registry

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Backing up the Windows registry

Situation:
You want to make a backup of the Windows registry.

Solution:

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Before you begin: Since the Windows registry is not part of a Symantec product, Symantec provides the following information as a convenience. This information is not intended to replace official information from Microsoft. This document links to several Microsoft documents that contain more comprehensive and up-to-date information concerning the various Microsoft supported tools and procedures associated with editing, backing up, and restoring the registry.

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For maximum safety, Symantec recommends that any time that you edit the registry, you back up the entire registry. This is fairly easy in Windows 98 and Me. However, because Windows NT/2000/XP encrypts some registry keys and Windows 95 does not have a utility for easy registry backups, backing up the entire registry is more difficult under these operating systems. Follow the instructions in the section "How to back up the entire registry" below to create a backup of your registry for your operating system.

As an alternative to backing up the entire registry, you can back up a specific key before modifying it. There is, however, some risk in doing this. You must know exactly which key or keys to back up. And, on Windows NT/2000/XP, you must be certain that none of the keys contain encrypted values. To back up a single registry key, follow the instructions in the section "How to back up a single registry key" below.

If you back up only the key that a Symantec article or technician recommends that you modify or delete, make sure to select the correct key. If you choose single-key backup (described immediately following) and if you are not comfortable editing the registry, obtain the services of a qualified computer consultant.

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