Hey, check that router!

If your router, or DSL modem, is still set to use the default password, and/or is set to allow remote administration with a default or weak password, then you are stark naked on the Internet baby!

So button up. It is free. It is easy. Do it now!

Give your router some clothes, give it a strong password.

PS: While you are getting dressed, it doesn’t hurt to add an extra layer of clothes: It is called a firewall.

Think of it this way. A router, or DSL modem generally provides a rudimentary hardware firewall. This is like putting on your underwear. (If it is secured with a strong password).

Adding a serious software firewall, like Zone Alarm, or a serious hardware firewall, like SonicWall, is like putting on your clothes.

So dress up already!

Panda Software’s new scanning engine, called NanoScan, is astoundingly fast and offers scanning for over 600,000 viruses and malware infestations. In tests, it scanned complicated systems in about one minute.

NanoScan requires an ActiveX control, that must be downloaded an installed.

NanoScan can be found at the following link:
http://www.nanoscan.com/

Highly Recommended.

After scanning with NanoScan, Panda offers an even more thorough scan, called ActiveScan2, or a number of more narrowly targeted scans. ActiveScan2 claims to be the most through online scanner available. ActiveScan2 will require between 5 minute and an hour to scan the typical system, depending on the options selected.

Also Highly Recommended.