People who are familiar with ZoneAlarm and have known it to be a firewall and spyware protection program, would wonder at the “antivirus” moniker tacked on next to it these days. Well, Zone Alarm antivirus is a powerful new product that has the blessing of every major standardized certification process out there, Virus Bulletin included. Of course, Virus Bulletin is to be trusted – it is not supported by donations from members of its industry.

The first thing you notice using Zone Alarm antivirus is how unintrusive it is when compared to some of the other top products on the market. For example, there are no frequent alerts about every little thing, the way you would find on Avast . ZoneAlarm antivirus has Windows 7 compatibility and offers free chat support, and antivirus definition updates every couple of hours. Individual users can apply each purchase to three stand-alone PCs, and business users can get larger license clusters too.

So what exactly is it that the Zone Alarm antivirus promises to protect? There is full antivirus protection of course, and then there is a two-way firewall, the one that ZoneAlarm is famous for. Additionally ZoneAlarm offers a download security system, and an OS firewall. One of the most serious complaints ever levelled against antivirus software is the way they take up so much system overhead that the other processes on the computer slow to a crawl. ZoneAlarm seems to slow the system down far less than other competing packages when it does a full system scan. Antivirus tends to slow down Internet activity too. But ZoneAlarm’s protectiveness does not get in the way: it doesn’t block any sites, it only gives you a warning.

Zone Alarm antivirus does a really smart job of downloads. When you set off a download of any kind, ZoneAlarm puts it on hold for a couple seconds while it checks it against a database of all the millions of threats that it recognizes. If the download you request is identifiable, it gives you a warning; but if you insist, it lets you pass. It also does anti-phishing investigation on any website you visit.

Certainly none of this would be much use if you have to be a techhead to use it. Zone Alarm antivirus is famed for its ease-of-use, and that is evident here. For example, the main user interface allows you to turn the firewall on or off with a one-touch firewall button. Gamers should in particular favor the game setting the firewall has: turning it on puts the computer on a lower state of watchfulness for uninterrupted gaming.

When you buy Zone Alarm antivirus you get a very responsive update system, and live chat support when you need it. The one drag on ZoneAlarm’s support system is the way they leave out the telephone support: there is none. But the chat system should keep you going, and they have a great resource page on their website, with knowledgebase tutorials. You could try their 15 day trial, but you can take our word for it that ZoneAlarm antivirus is a winner.

Having a spyware scanner is just a must in today’s online world. Every time you open a website or an email, you’re putting your computer at risk to pick up viruses, cookies, malware, and other things you don’t want. These little programs can create security vulnerabilities, putting your data at risk (you have backed up your computer, right?) and also slow down your computer work every day.

Using a spyware scanner is a fast and easy way to find and get rid of the spyware already on your computer and help make sure you don’t pick up a lot of new problems in the future….

Is your browser behaving strangely of late? If the answer is yes, then you have likely been infected by a spyware or an adware program. Most of these programs are simply Browser Helper Objects or BHOs that run automatically every time the browser is clicked. These small program snippets help to track the web sites visited and send this data back to the web site owners. This might seem to be a good thing, but when you consider that these programs also collect personal information and sell it to online vendors or use for other malicious activities, then you will want to protect yourself. One way to do this is to use a spyware scanner to remove all these code snippets from your browser and the computer. But how do you know if you have been infected in the first place?

One of the surest ways to know that you have some form of spyware on your system is what is displayed the moment you open your browser. Spyware is easily able to hijack your browser and redirect your first web access to its own portal. Sometimes search results may also be redirected and make it very difficult to return the original home page. When such a situation arises, you need to use a spyware scanner to remove all traces of the program, in both the browser as well as the registry settings from where it is initiated. Depending on which browser is used, some spyware will redirect the visitor to a new location automatically using the Internet Information Service. These tools create pages and redirect the browser to the file sometimes without the user knowledge.

Browser pop ups are another common infection symptom for adware that are intended to increase web traffic and capture email addresses. These pop-ups are a great nuisance since they open above the requested web page. Sometimes spyware can make the computer unusually slow and in extreme cases, computer crashes may occur. Since spyware downloads programs without you ever being aware of it, most people are unaware that they have a spyware program running in the background. Use a spyware scanner to detect these behind-the-scenes programs and flash them out before they cause irreversible damage to your system.

Since spyware is sneaky, even your best efforts at reading symptoms may not be successful. Your computer may be running fine and you may not experience pop ups. The spyware may simply be waiting to steal your credit card information. A spyware scanner is the only way to protect yourself from these forms of malware.

Today, most of the new users for computers and computer programs are children, but there are some adults that have yet to use one and many need some help getting started. The great thing about many programs today is that they are so much more easy to use than they were just five or ten years ago, and most people can learn on their own after they have had a short introduction to computer programs that they want to or need to learn to use. Whether learning for a job or for school, computers are essential today and are thankfully more user friendly than ever.

Gone are the days of running a computer by putting commands into the computer. They are run with simple mouse clicks that almost anyone can do. In fact, when running an introduction to computer programs for new users, you want to teach them all about how the mouse works and how it is used to do almost anything on a computer. You can start with simple exercises, or perhaps you could start them playing a game like solitaire that uses mouse clicks for the entire game. They will love playing the game while learning to use the mouse well at the same time.

Once someone knows how to use a mouse rather well (don’t forget to teach about right vs left clicking and other mouse functions) you can then show them how to open up a program and do the basics. If someone is learning Word, for example, you can show them how to start a new file, save it, and perhaps how to make sure it prints correctly when they are done. This type of introduction to computer program functions can help them with other types of programs that have the same basic commands. Most word processing programs have the same basics so these are good lessons for anyone starting out on a computer.

Anyone getting an introduction to computer functions should also learn about how to save, store, and then find anything they want to save in My Documents. They should learn how to make sure they organize everything into different folders so that they can find what they need without sifting through a lot of different areas searching for one thing. Many computers today have picture, video and data file folders already in place, but it does not hurt to teach someone how to make new sub folders to make finding whatever they need easy and fast. Nothing is more frustrating then knowing you saved something important but you just can not find where you put it.

There are many other useful and easy lessons you can give someone when doing an introduction to computer programs and basic usage. Think about what you do the most on a computer, such as start and surf the Internet, and then go from there. What you do the most may be the very same things that someone else wants to do or will be required to do for a job. Thankfully, these lessons are not as hard as they use to be, and with so many people being good with computers these days, there will always be someone to answer follow up questions for your student when you are not there.

A DSL modem is a type of modem that is used to connect a personal computer to the internet. Most of these equipments are designed to provide a high-speed internet connection and their internet connections are considered faster than the dial-up internet connections. Another advantage of DSL modems is that they can be simultaneously. This means that one can talk on the phone while accessing the internet. These modems are however not limited to only one user. An Ethernet DSL modem can be connected to a router so that more than one computer can enjoy the same internet connection. USB DSL versions are usually recommended for single computers.

What Are DSL Modems For?

Because they are primarily used to forward data from one medium to another, they rarely need any configurations. Instead, any configurations done are done in the routers. These modems can run anywhere from a few hundred kilobytes to many megabits as opposed to dial-ups and 56K modems that have much lower speeds, usually about 50 kilobits per second. In order to operate, a DSL modem requires power supply, a data connection and circuitry, a DSL digital data pump, a DSL line driver and analog chip, a micro controller and a filter. These components vary greatly in terms on their arrangement and availability on the circuit board. Some modems used by businesses combine network routers, switches and other networking equipment in the same platform.

One of the main differences between user service provided by DSL modems and cable modems is that the later has a shared network loop and as a result, adding users to the loop lowers performance in most instances. DSL on the other hand provides a dedicated connection to each user, meaning that users do not see a performance decrease when new users are added. At the point of saturation, the service provider simply provides an upgrade for additional performance. DSL modems however have the disadvantages of have distance limitation and lower availability. In such cases, the cable and wireless can offer alternatives. There are also variations of the DSL technology that can resolve some of these bottlenecks. These include VDSL, SDSL, RADSL, IDSL and Uni-DSL. The VDSL offers a fast internet connection over short distances that can reach up to 52 Mbps downstream and 12 Mbps upstream. IDSL can cover long distances of up to 6 miles while the Universal DSL or Uni-DSL offers longer distances at ASDSL speeds. In some locations, this technology can provide speeds which are 4 times more than what VDSL has to offer.

Downloading Free Software: An In-Depth Look

Downloading free software is now common on the web and there are lots of free utilities that make it easier. A lot of sites are also dedicated to offering free content. In fact, free software is sometimes offered by commercial software companies for a number of reasons. This however does not mean that being free is necessarily a good deal. Not everything free is good. There are literally thousands if not millions of developers who offer FREE TRIAL software. What could be wrong with free trial software, you may ask?

Risks Of Adware, Spyware, Trojans And Other Baddies That Can Come When Downloading Free Software

There is a lot that could go wrong with downloading free software that is labeled ‘FREE TRIAL’. For one, it could come disguised as free but in reality it is Trojan Horse or spyware or worse a virus. This is a common a problem and most people are wise enough to avoid downloading just about anything that comes with the ‘FREE’ label. However, this is not the only problem with free software. Downloading free software, even from a reliable site can cause an existing software that you have installed to stop working or worse, result in a system crash. This is a problem I have personally encountered quite a number of times. Software generally contains bugs that developers may not have had the time or resources to debug. As a result, some of these free software programs will also leave traces of the programs after an uninstallation which can cause a lot of headaches long after that. I have encountered software that will not even uninstall at all unless I manually delete its registry keys and other files, which can be a risky move if you do not know your way around system files and Windows configurations.

So what can you do before downloading free software to ensure that you lessen the chances of encountering these problems? One is by considering the developer. Do they have website? And if so, check their portfolio. Consider also if you really need the software, what others are saying about it and if you would actually consider buying the full version. OF course, there are many legitimate free software resources out there. All other things being equal, the fact that free software results in zero purchase with total ownership is what really matters. By using common sense and a little research, you can avoid the heartaches associated with downloading free software.

The world of business is ever-changing, new companies come up, companies merge, new markets come and new security threats appear challenging the integrity of whatever security solutions had been in place. In a market where security is highly regulated, getting a head start on future security challenges should be the goal of any business network security administrator or consultant. In order to ensure to that you are always ahead of any future threats, there are a number of things that should already be place way before the threat even shows its ugly head.

One is that your hardware and software should be both scalable and extensible. What does this mean? Scalability means that ease of adding locations or users without hitting the ceiling. Extensibility means that any adjustments and additional features can be made as the security needs dictate. In order for a system to be both scalable and flexible, it is essential that it should be kept up-to-date and this while protecting the original hardware and software investments. Any business network security solution that is adopted should also be offered by a vendor who continually develops tests and improve the product. Vendors who specialize in large enterprises usually have no problem giving ongoing support to their products. In addition, they will usually have tested these solutions extensively. Moreover, they will usually have developed products for small, medium-sized and large enterprises, each designed to meet their clients’ security needs.

As mentioned in the beginning, business network security is dynamic and your security needs will no doubt change over time. Selecting a security partner that is aware of this and one that will provide this ongoing assistance is crucial. This is one who will help you identify security challenges before they are mainstream. They know how to properly install and monitor solutions and will recommend the best solutions to solve a particular need. Such a partner is also one who will resolve security problems quickly. The last thing you want is to lose customers or delay transactions due to slow security efforts.

Generally, a business network security will have a Firewall, an integrated internet browsing and e-mail monitoring service and data security software where necessary. Having these three will ensure that only qualified traffic is allowed onto the network, no visited sites contain viruses or malware and that customer information is used appropriately. With this foundation in place, any business network security solution can be deployed successfully.

There was a time when “chatting” actually meant chatting, but these days it’s almost synonymous with online instant messaging. Chatting isn’t just between a couple people in close proximity anymore—as long as you’re near an internet connection you can chat with practically anyone in the world. Instant messaging also doesn’t have the demands of real life conversation because you’re allowed to let your attention drift. People can multitask while chatting, and they usually do. They can check e-mail, surf the internet, talk on the phone, or play games, and every so often they’ll check the chat box and respond with a delayed IM, and then turn their attention back to whatever else they were doing. Instant messaging has effectively eliminated awkward pauses from social interaction.

Problems With Instant Messaging

But chatting has its vices, which instant messenger users soon realize. Some find it sad that people don’t have as much face to face interaction as they used to. Facial cues are no longer a part of communication except in the form of emoticons, so sometimes things can get misinterpreted or misrepresented. Also, while people can distract themselves from IMing, IMing itself can also be a distraction. Many people are obligated to block instant messaging at work or they self impose it, which usually isn’t as effective.

There’s also the issue of who you’re chatting with. Anyone is able to chat with you as long as they have your screen name, which sometimes results in interactions with people you’d rather not talk to. A common way to solve this problem is to block instant messaging from that person by putting their screen name on your block list. It used to be that you would get a notification that you were blocked when you tried to IM someone, which led to much awkwardness, but now you can make it so blocked users can never tell that you’re online, so when you block instant messaging it just looks like you’re not on when they are. However, this could become a sticky situation if you have user friends in common. If you’re conversing with a friend while blocking someone else, your friend might accidentally let it slip to the blocked user that they’re IMing with you when it looks like you’re not on. That’s another super awkward situation.

Some other ways to avoid interactions with certain people is to switch to conventional forms of communication, to avoid them physically, or to straight out tell them how you feel instead of just trying to block instant messaging from them, but these could all be just as awkward. When you think about it, fending off undesirable people is an awkward situation in general and it’s a problem way bigger than instant messaging.

Although computers are virtually necessary for nearly everything these days, you have to make certain you keep yours healthy if you want it to function properly. This is where anti virus software downloads come into the picture. Many individuals with PCs utilize these downloads to protect their IBMs, Gateway laptops, Dell desktop computers and Sony notebooks. It’s all about staying on top of things and understanding what the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware programs do.

What Happens If You Never Download Anti Virus Software

At some point you may have noticed your computer functioning at a ridiculously slow pace. This sluggish behavior could be due to a virus or spyware of some sort. You see, even though you do not remember your PC getting infested with a Trojan horse or oodles of spyware, it still may have occurred. It commonly happens to people when they are visiting websites and opening emails. Whether you realized it or not, there are many negative files encrypted in these places. Countless emails are sent out to individuals all over the world containing corrupt files or data every day. It is up to you as a computer user to obtain the latest anti virus software downloads to protect your PC.

How Can You Get Spyware and Viruses?

Always remember to avoid shady websites that may contain spyware and viruses. In reality, a virus can literally obliterate the data on your hard drive. If this occurs, how will you get to all that crucial information that has been stored on your PC for years? It would be utterly horrible to lose all that data, whether it is work related, photos, emails, or fun stuff. As for spyware, this is more or less a way for someone to get into your computer. They may be able to see what you are doing, what sites you are viewing, have access to your bank account information and site passwords, and even be able to track your every key stroke. It is time to acquire the latest anti virus software downloads.

Get The Right Anti Virus Software Downloads

Be sure to know what anti virus software you are getting. Although a few of these downloads are free of charge, most of them cost money. However, sometimes these anti virus software downloads are corrupt themselves. So be sure that none automatically begin downloading when you view their website. If this occurs you need to put a stop to it. Therefore it could be a virus itself. Some individuals cloak viruses in the form of anti-virus software. Ones you can count on are Norton anti virus software, and Symantec Client Security for PCs. No matter what route you choose, just be sure to protect that precious data on your PC’s hard drive. The last thing you want to deal with is losing all of your information and having to purchase a new computer.

The owner of the small business – always insecure, always frugal, ever aware of how any upheaval or rocking of the boat can upend a carefully thought-out business plan. But nothing can quite upset carefully laid-out plans as can a computer malfunction from a malicious malware attack. You wouldn’t leave your front door unsecured at night, and you shouldn’t let one of the 20 million viruses out there find their way into your unsecured compute either. An infection when you get it, (and not if), affects not only you, it also affects all your business partners – your suppliers, your customers. But bet that you didn’t know this, a lot of viruses out there today are custom-made for the small business. Imagine that, hackers out there rubbing their palms together in glee thinking of how much devastation they can wreak on a small individual businessman. One of the first steps to making a pick, even before you read a bunch of anti virus reviews for products specifically aimed at the small business, would be to put together a list of what to look for in this kind of software.

Well to begin with, not every antivirus package out there is even intended for every general-purpose situation. When you read your anti virus reviews, look for software that offers real-time protection, and goes to the trouble of taking action proactively on undefined threats. They call this advanced heuristic behavioral detection. When you do look at anti virus reviews, the best place to head for first is a trusted third-party testing organization, like the ICSA. Resources like CNET are invaluable too.

Imagine that you have your eye on a package that performs well, but is only designed for the individual user in mind. If you want to install it on 50 computers in your enterprise, that will mean a lot of work; it will also mean buying expensive single units. Software designed specifically for businesses makes it easy for you to buy bulk licenses at wholesale prices, and allows you to install it on all your computers all at once. Software that is not designed for businesses, small or big, is not going to make it any easier on you managing the whole thing. Not only is it important to have centralized installation facilities, it is important to be allowed to manage things remotely – just think about what life will be like running around dozens of computers tweaking this or checking that. And having support designed for the bulk customer too.

So now that you have all of that under your belt, let us offer you our best anti virus reviews for the small business. Right now, Kaspersky, Bit Defender and ESET NOD32 are the three best- performing and most cost-effective brands out there. For the small business, Kaspersky offers you bulk licenses for up to 150 computers, while ESET lets you scale it up to 10,000 computers. For the best technical support, Kaspersky is hard to beat and all three allow you to make a rescue boot disk should things fail catastrophically. These three are also certified by all three important certification authorities, ICSA, West Coast Labs, and VB. An unconventional way to think about this would be to switch over to a platform that doesn’t quite suffer as much an infections – the Macintosh. The Macintosh platform will need its own antivirus software to for business users, but you’d find so few threats, you might even do without.

People who hold out on installing antivirus software on their computers have lots of good reasons to do so: antivirus software can slow down your computer, it can often make a nuisance of itself if you don’t choose the right brand, and so on. But sometimes, when your computer slows down or becomes flaky, you do want to make sure that it is a malware issue before you relent and buy antivirus. Some more trusting folks do have antivirus on their computer, but still have a nagging suspicion that the slowdown they notice in their computer’s performance comes from overactive antivirus, and not from some undetected virus lurking in the system. For people in these dilemmas, scammers have a little special treatment in mind – rogue antivirus scanners. Let us first explain what these are, and then do an antivirus comparison – for software of the rogue variety.

The rogue antivirus concept takes many shapes. And they always bear evidence of the same modus operandi. Some modify the coding in your Internet browser, and pop up what looks like a Windows system notification that asks you to do something; it is just other annoying pop-up though, that wants to make you believe it is legit. Some other lowlife attempts are occasioned by a virus infection, or an ActiveX script, and will take on the appearance of a properly installed application. Whatever they look like, they all do the same thing: they tell you that they have found a terrible virus on your computer, and will ask you to press a button to address the issue. When you do, they ask you for a small $25 donation, and then disappear with your money.

One of the worst offenders is Antivirus 360, that plies its trade by trying to look and sound like software you already trust. The name itself is a take on Norton 360, and they hope you’ll think that it is connected to the genuine article because it has the same number. When they pop up a window on your browser, they make it look exactly like XP’s Security Center. And exactly where XP’s real Security Center would have a virus protection section, right next to where the real “Recommendations” buton would be, they have a little link to buy their product. All they want to do is get your credit card number to take you for as much as they can. But a rogue antivirus comparison should bring up stuff that is a lot worse than this. Antivirus 2009 spreads mainly through spam. They put out increasingly alarming warnings with realistic-looking graphics, and when you offer to pay them for their cleanup services, they flood your computer with viruses.

In a fake antivirus comparison, Win32/InternetAntivirus always has to bear special mention; Microsoft put out a special warning against this beauty a couple of months ago. Microsoft describes it this way: “A rogue program that displays false and misleading alerts regarding malware, in order to convince users to purchase rogue security software”. Once you purchase their rogue security software, they install a password stealing virus on your system called TrojanSpy:Win32/Chadem that performs as promised, and steals your stuff. It is no real use keeping an eye on the websites either that these come from. They keep changing. But just in case it does any good, here are a few of the top names in the fake business: WinCleaner 2009, Malware Doctor, Spyware XP Guard, Spyware Remover 2009, Total Protect 2009/Total Defender/Total Security, Virus Shield 2009/Virus Shield Pro, and Windows Security Suite. Heads up.

Spyware protection is becoming more and more of a concern for people online, so adware removal software is an important part of any computer’s array of tools and programs. Spyware is a malicious software that attaches itself to a user’s computer without their knowledge. The software then monitors keystrokes, sites, and other information. This monitoring can lead to important passwords being stolen and accounts accessed by someone other than the user. In many cases it can lead to identity theft.

If you are using a computer that accesses online sites at all you need to ensure you have some sort of spyware protection on your computer. Don’t think that just because you don’t download things that your computer cannot be infected. Spyware can be hiding in the code of your favorite website and you would never know it. When the site downloads to your computer the spyware is brought with it and downloads to your computer, installs and begins tracking every move you make.

How To Find Adware Removal Software

Adware removal software can be found very easily. First place you need to check is the virus software that you are running on your system. Every system needs some form of virus software running constantly on it. Many of the newer versions of virus software have some form of spyware checker too. The larger name brand virus software will monitor every page and alert you immediately if a threat of any kind is detected.

If you have a cheaper adware blocker, or an older version of virus software, you might have to look elsewhere for your spyware protection. There are several places online for you to look for free or cheap spyware protection.

Spyware is no laughing matter. People have lost their entire “lives” online because they didn’t take the time to download some spyware protection on to their computers. Don’t be a victim of theft, monetary or identity. Spyware protection is easy to get and install. A good adware removal software doesn’t have to cost a thing and you can keep you and your computer from becoming another statistic.

Whatever software you decide on always does your research. Just because its free doesn’t mean that all of it is equal. Believe it or not there are people out there that will write a adware removal software with spyware as part of the software. Their code won’t find the spyware imbedded so do your research.

Protect your computer, protect your passwords and accounts, but most importantly protect your identity.

Spyware, a bane to online internet surfers anywhere, requires heavy duty artillery, namely Adware removal help in the form of specific spyware protection software. Spyware is probably more malicious that an out and out virus. These nasty software programs can steal important information from your computer. How can you make sure that you and your families’ information, passwords and accounts are safe?

The first thing you need to do is to check and see if you have a spyware protection software already installed on your computer. If you are running a newer computer with newer anti-virus software you are probably already covered, adware removal software is sometimes included. Many of the top brands of anti-virus already include spyware protection in their package. The definitions for spyware update with the virus definitions and your computer is checked for both viruses and spyware at the same time when the software is ran. You will be notified of all if any instances are found and you will have the same options to remove the spyware as you would viruses or adware.

But if you are not running a newer anti-virus program or you are using a lesser known brand then you might want to invest in a separate spyware protection tool. If you have adware on your site, you might need to get a newer adware removal software to see if you can get rid of it. Perhaps your built-in spyware protection wasn’t working, or wasn’t updated recently enough. You can find a multitude of spyware protection tools on the internet by doing a simple search.

You might notice that many of the ones that appear after you do your search are free and some might cost money. From here it’s all about the research. There are some very good free versions out there as well as good pay versions. But with the good there is the bad. You need to make sure that you check out the ones that interest you most before you click the download button.

Among the thing s you want to check out is first off check the reputation of the company that manufactures the spyware tool. Are they a good company? Do their products live up to their claims? And most importantly, what are the complaints against them? You will learn more by reading the consumer complaints than you will glowing review after glowing review.

After you have checked out the companies that produce the spyware tools you are considering checkout the reviews of the actual software. Does it catch all spyware? Is it laced with spyware itself? Is it easy to use? And how often does it update the definitions and can it do so automatically? These are important questions that must be answered.

When you have it narrowed down you have to decide to pay or not to pay. If you can find a good quality free software by all means use that one. Free does not equal bad. Protection is the key.

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This site may be hyper-linked to other sites which are not maintained by, or related to, our Company. The inclusion of any hyper-link to a third-party site does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by our Company of that site. Hyper-links to such sites are provided as a service to users and are not sponsored by or affiliated with this site or our Company. Our Company has not reviewed any or all of such sites and is not responsible for the content of those sites. Our Company also makes no representations about the availability of hyper-linked sites. Hyper-links are to be accessed at the user’s own risk, and our Company makes no representations or warranties about the content, completeness or accuracy of these hyper-links or the sites hyper-linked to this site. If you hyper-link to a site, please be aware that you willl leave our Company’s web site and will become subject to the rules and conditions of the linked site(s). We recommend that you make yourself aware of the Terms of Use of any sites you link to from our Company’s site.

Submissions

You hereby grant to our Company the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display all content, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to our Company through this site (together, hereinafter known as the “Submission”), and to incorporate any Submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. Our Company will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and may use any Submission in its business (including without limitation, for products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or any other consideration of any kind, and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Company operations. By making a Submission, you are guaranteeing to us that you have the legal right to post the content in the Submission and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity.

Our Company will treat any personal information that you submit through this site in accordance with its Privacy Policy as set forth on this site.

Child Safety

Protecting the online privacy of children is especially important to us, and those under the age of 13 are protected by federal law. For that reason, our Company does not knowingly permit children under the age of 13 to become registered members of our sites, or to buy goods and services on our sites, without verifiable parental consent. Our Company does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information about children under 13, except with their parent’s express consent.

If we ever include children under the age of 13 as part of our intended site audience, those specific web pages will, in accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), be clearly identified and provide an explicit privacy notice; and we will provide processes to obtain parental approval, provide access to information and allow parents to request removal of their children’s personal information.

Downloading Material

You understand that our Company cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Internet will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to this site for the reconstruction of any lost data. Our Company does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the Internet.

Disclaimer

THE COMPANY MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH REGARD TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, AND ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE FURNISHED OR TO BE FURNISHED VIA THE SITE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE SITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT, OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.

Limitation On Liability

COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE OR INCOME, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS, TO ANY PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE APPLICABLE CONTENT, PRODUCT OR SERVICE OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.

Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, content providers, service providers, employees, agents, officers, directors, and contractors (hereinafter known as the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any breach of these Terms of Use by you, including any use of Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use. You agree that the Indemnified Parties will have no liability in connection with any such breach or unauthorized use, and you agree to indemnify any and all resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards, costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees of the Indemnified Parties in connection therewith. You will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims brought by third parties arising out of your use of the information accessed from this site.

Information You Provide

You may not post, send, submit, publish, or transmit in connection with this site any material that:

• you do not have the right to post, including proprietary material of any third party;
• advocates illegal activity or discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
• is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or indecent;
• does not pertain directly to this site;
• threatens or abuses others, libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
• seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise;
• infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person, including violating anyone’s copyrights or trademarks or their rights of publicity;
• violates any law or may be considered to violate any law;
• impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
• advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g., offering for sale products or services) or otherwise engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services) except as may be specifically authorized on this site;
• solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
• includes programs which contain viruses, worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
• disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via this site;
• includes MP3 format files;
• amounts to a ‘pyramid’ or similar scheme;
• disobeys any policy or regulations established from time to time regarding use of this site or any networks connected to this site; or
• contains hyper-links to other sites that contain content that falls within the descriptions set forth above.

Although under no obligation to do so, our Company reserves the right to monitor use of this site to determine compliance with these Terms of Use, as well as the right to remove or refuse any information for any reason. Notwithstanding these rights, you remain solely responsible for the content of your Submissions. You acknowledge and agree that neither Company nor any third party that provides Content to Company will assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by Company or such third party with respect to any Submission.

Security

Any passwords used for this site are for individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of your password (if any). Company will be entitled to monitor your password and, at its discretion, require you to change it. If you use a password that Company considers insecure, Company will be entitled to require the password to be changed and/or terminate your account.

You are prohibited from using any services or facilities provided in connection with this site to compromise security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited. If you become involved in any violation of system security, Company reserves the right to release your details to system administrators at other sites in order to assist them in resolving security incidents. Company reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of these Terms of Use.

Company reserves the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Company to disclose the identity of anyone posting any e-mail messages, or publishing or otherwise making available any materials that are believed to violate these Terms of Use.

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS COMPANY FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY COMPANY DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Claims of Copyright Infringement

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider’s Designated Agent.

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of Nevada, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. You specifically consent to personal jurisdiction in Nevada in connection with any dispute between you and Company arising out of these Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject matter hereof. The parties to these Terms of Use each agree that the exclusive venue for any dispute between the parties arising out of these Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject matter of these Terms of Use will be in the state and/or federal courts in Carson County, Nevada. If any part of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to this subject matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any additional terms and conditions on this site will govern the items to which they pertain. Company may revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting.

PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is very important to us. We want to make your experience on the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want you to use the Internet’s vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with complete confidence.

We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy describes how our company collects information from all end users of our Internet services (the “Services”), including those who access some of our Services but do not have accounts (“Visitors”) and those who may purchase Products and/or pay a monthly service fee to subscribe to the Service (“Members”). This Policy also explains what we do with the information we collect, and the choices Visitors and Members have concerning the collection and use of such information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is Used

Introduction

Members may be asked to provide certain personal information when they sign up for our Products or Services including name, address, telephone number, billing information (such as a credit card number), and the type of personal computer being used to access the Services. The personal information collected from Members during the registration process (or at any other time) is used primarily to provide a customized experience as you use our Products and Services. Your information will never be licensed or sold to any third party. However, we may make limited disclosure of personal information under the specific circumstances described in the “Disclosure” section below.

Disclosure

We may disclose Member and Visitor information to the following third parties, under the following circumstances:

• Companies who work on our behalf: We contract with other companies to perform business support functions on our behalf, which may involve limited access to your personal information. We require these companies to use the information only to provide the contracted services; they are prohibited from transferring the information to another party except as needed to provide those services. Some examples of these business support functions include order fulfillment, coupon fulfillment, award and rebate fulfillments, customer survey execution and information systems management. We also may make aggregate non-personal information available to select service providers.
• Subsidiaries and joint ventures: A subsidiary or a joint venture is an organization in which we own at least a 50% interest. If our Company shares your information with a subsidiary or joint venture partner, our Company will require that they not transfer your information to another party for marketing purposes or use your information contrary to your expressed choices. If you have indicated that you do not want to receive any marketing information from our Company, we will not share your information with our subsidiary or joint venture partner for their marketing purposes.
• Co-branded and Partner Pages: Our Company may share information with partner companies who jointly present special offers or promotions on co-branded pages within our site. You will be notified of this sharing when you are asked to furnish personal data on such a page. The partner’s use of any information you submit will be governed by the partner’s own privacy notice, which you can review before submitting your information.
• Business Transfers: Our Company reserves the right to transfer your personal information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets. If the business is sold or transferred, our Company will give you an opportunity to tell us not to transfer your personal information. In some cases, this may mean that the new organization will not be able to continue providing to you the services or products that our Company provided.
• Law Enforcement: Our Company may disclose personal information to third parties without your consent for any of the following reasons: to comply with any law, regulation or court order, to cooperate with Government investigations, to help prevent fraud or to enforce or protect the rights of our Company or its subsidiaries.
• With Your Consent: In all other cases, our Company will obtain your express consent before sharing your information with third parties. For example, our Company may conduct a joint offer or contest with a third party and you will be asked whether your personal information should be shared with that third party.

Online Shopping

If you order services or products directly from our Company we will use the personal information you provide only to process that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.

If you complete an order for some other company(ies) that may be linked to our Site, such as an online gift order sent directly to a recipient, you may be asked to provide information about the recipient, such as the recipient’s name, address, and phone number. Our company has no control over the third parties’ use of any personal information you provide when placing such an order. Please exercise care when doing so. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the Privacy and Terms of Use policies of any other company(ies) whose web sites you may access from our site.

Online Advertisements

Our company may display our online advertisements. In those cases we share aggregated and non-identifying information about our Visitors and Members collected through the registration process as well as through online surveys and promotions with these advertisers.

Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated and non-identifying information to deliver tailored advertisements or joint ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture company tells us the audience they want to reach and provides us an advertisement tailored to the audience. Based upon the aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, we may then display or send the advertisement to the intended audience. Our company does not share personal information about its Visitors or Members with these advertisers or joint venture companies. Information about how to opt-out of online advertisements you may receive from our Company will be contained in the ads themselves.

Responses to Email Inquiries

When Visitors or Members send email inquiries to our company, the return email address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Our company does not use the return email address for any other purpose and does not share the return email address with any third party.

Voluntary Customer Surveys

We may periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types of products and services we offer and how we provide them to you. Your personal information and responses will remain strictly confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a third party. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary. Information about how to opt-out of surveys will be contained in survey communications.

We may take the information we receive from individuals responding to our customer surveys and combine (or aggregate) it with the responses of other customers we may have, to create broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such as gender, age, residence, hobbies, education, employment, industry sector, or other demographic information). We then use the aggregated information to improve the quality of our services to you, and to develop new services and products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying information may be shared with third parties.

Automatic Collection of Information

Cookies: Our Company may use ““Cookies” to collect information. Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive, at a web site’s request. Our Company Cookies do not contain any personal information, but are used primarily as follows:

• to keep track of temporary information. For example, Cookies allow us to keep track of the pictures you upload and download;
• to register you in special programs. Cookies allow us to remember you when you login to the places on our site that require Membership;
• to remember your country and language preferences;
• to help us understand the size of our audience and traffic patterns;
• to collect and record information about what you viewed on our Web site and what you viewed in our e-mail;
• to manage and present site information and the pictures displayed on your computer, and
• to deliver information specific to your interests.

Web Beacons: We may also place small “tracker gifs” or “beacons” on many of the pages on our website, in online advertising with third parties, and in our email. We use these beacons, in connection with Cookies, to collect non-personal data on the usage of our site including but not limited to the date and time of the visit, the pages visited, the referring web page, the type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, NetScape), the type of operating system (e.g., Windows, Linux, or Mac), and the domain name of the visitor’s Internet service provider (e.g., AOL). This information is collected about thousands of site visits and analyzed as a whole. This information is useful in, for example, tracking the performance of our online advertising such as online banner ads and to determine where to place future advertising on other web sites.

Disabling Cookies and Beacons : If you are uncomfortable with the collection of such information through the use of Cookies and Beacons, we recommend disabling these features through your browser preferences, though please understand this will limit the performance and functionality of our Company’s Web site. Your browser documentation should provide specific procedures for disabling cookie and beacon support.

Child Privacy

Protecting the online privacy of children is especially important, and those under the age of 13 are protected by federal law. For that reason, our Company does not knowingly permit children under the age of 13 to become registered members of our sites, or to buy goods and services on our sites, without verifiable parental consent. Our Company does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information about children under 13, except with their parent’s express consent.

If we ever include children under the age of 13 as part of our intended site audience, those specific web pages will, in accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), be clearly identified and provide an explicit privacy notice; and we will provide processes to obtain parental approval, provide access to information and allow parents to request removal of their children’s personal information.

Our Company encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to participate in their interactive activities and interests.

Public Forums

Some parts of our site may enable you to participate in public services such as discussion boards, chats, and live events. Please use discretion when posting personal information about yourself when using these services. Be aware that when you disclose personal information at these sites, such as your name, member name, email address, etc., the information may be collected and used by others to send unsolicited email. The services are open to the public, and what you post there can be seen by anyone and is not protected. We cannot control the comments that you may receive while you participate in these services. You may find other people’s comments to be offensive, harmful or inaccurate.

Our Company’s Commitment to Data Security

We implement a variety of administrative, managerial, and technical security measures to help protect your personal information. Our Company has various internal control standards which relate specifically to the handling of personal information. These include certain controls to help safeguard the information we collect online. Our employees are trained to understand and comply with these controls and we communicate our Privacy Notice, practices and guidelines to our employees. However, while we strive to protect your personal information, you must also take steps to protect your information. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal information while you are on the Internet.

Services and Web sites we sponsor have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining this information.

Where to Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us through the contact information provided on this Web site. Revisions to This Policy Our Company reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Terms Of Use & Service agreement, and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating this posting.