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      <description>These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week</description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norton Internet Security 2009]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/readproductreviews/gr/nis2009.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A review of Norton Internet Security 2009 from Symantec- providing antivirus, antispyware, personal firewall, antiphishing, identity protection, browser security, and more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Disable ActiveX]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/webbrowsersecurity/ss/disableactivex.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A step-by-step guide, with screenshots for visual aid, for disabling active scripting in the Internet Explorer web browser. Turning off ActiveX can protect your computer from malicious JavaScript, VBScript and other Active Scripting malware.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Intro to Firewalls]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/hackertools/a/aa072004_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An article on the basics of firewalls- what is it? how does it work? Talks about firewalls as the first line of perimeter network security to restrict access to your network.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ComSec 101 - Quiz 1]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quizzesandpolls/a/aacomsec101_a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A short quiz to test how much you learned from the first lesson of the Free Computer Security 101 course.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Depth Security]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/newsandeditorial1/a/indepth.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In Depth Security. Using a layered approach to network security provides better protection. An attack that compromises or bypasses one security layer will be detected and blocked by another.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Windows Vista Backup]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/secureyourwindowspc/ss/vistabackup_9.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A visual, step-by-step tutorial to illustrate how to backup and restore data in Microsoft Windows Vista]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unix / Linux File Permissions]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/aaqtunixfile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A brief overview of file and directory access rights in Unix and Linux operating systems and using the chmod command to alter or modify file and directory permissions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Is A BHO?]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/frequentlyaskedquestions/f/faq_bho.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A frequently asked question (faq) explainin what a BHO (browser helper object) is and how they can be used to attack your computer system.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vista Password Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/stepbystep/ss/winpasswords.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A step-by-step tutorial for configuring Password Policy in Windows Vista Local Security Policy - Account Policy settings. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NetStumbler]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securitytoolprofiles/p/aaprnetstumbler.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A profile of NetStumbler, a beggarware software utility to locate and identify wireless access points]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HijackThis Logs]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/popupsandspyware/a/aahijackthis.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[HijackThis is a free and powerful tool you can use to analyze your computers Registry and files on the hard drive to identify components of spyware or browser hijackers. This How To, which is the official tutorial from the HijackThis web site (http://www.spywareinfo.com/%7Emerijn/htlogtutorial.html), will show you how to interpret the information generated in the HijackThis log file.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Free Personal Firewalls]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/personalfirewalls/a/aafreefirewall.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Free personal firewall software to help protect your computer and shield it from unwanted or unauthorized traffic. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Disable DHCP]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quicktip1/qt/qtwifistaticip.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Most home routers, wireless or wired, provide some form of DHCP which automatically assigns IP addresses to devices as they connect. To reduce the possibility of an unauthorized party accessing your network, you can disable DHCP and manually assign static IP addresses to your devices]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prevx Edge 3.0]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/readproductreviews/gr/prevxedge.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A review of the Prevx Edge 3.0 antimalware and PC security software from Prevx.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[P2P Security]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/newsandeditorial1/a/p2psecurity.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A tutorial article providing tips to use peer-to-peer (p2p) networking sites such as BitTorrent or eMule safely and securely.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Help! I Think I&#039;ve Been Hacked]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/disasterrecovery/a/aa061603.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An article on incident response when you think you've been hacked. how do you collect clues and evidence of your perpetrator- when they attacked? what they did? How do you restore your system and how do you protect yourself from future occurrences??]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[5 Steps Secure WinXP Home]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/windowsxp/a/aa042204_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Windows XP Home, like most Windows products for home users, is sorely lacking in security. It is better than past Windows operating systems for home users, but there are still some things you need to do. These are 5 quick steps you can take to make your Windows XP Home operating system more secure]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Erase Your Page File]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/windowsxp/qt/aa071004.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A quick tip illustrating how to configure Windows XP to automatically erase the page file when Windows shuts down to remove any sensitive information]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Configure Internet Explorer...]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/tutorials/ht/ht020203.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How-to configure Internet Explorer Security will walk through a tutorial of basic steps required to configure security settings in the Internet Explorer web browser]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vista UAC Policy Settings]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/secureyourwindowspc/tp/uacpolicy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Explanations of the User Account Control Policy Settings available in Windows Vista Local Security Policy]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stop Pop-Ups]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/popupsandspyware/a/stoppopups.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Tips and tools to help you block pop-up ads while browsing the Web. Using these techniques can help you to reduce or eliminate pop-up ads and other Web-surfing annoyances.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Is A Rootkit?]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/frequentlyaskedquestions/f/faq_rootkit.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A frequently asked questions (FAQ) entry describing what a rootkit is and how they are used legitimately and maliciously to control computer systems.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Using System Restore]]></title>
            <link>http://netsecurity.about.com/od/securingwindowsxp/qt/sysrestore.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If antivirus, firewalls, anti-spyware and other protective measures don't work, you can simply go back in time to a point before your computer had problems by using System Restore.]]></description>
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