Links to sites that are useful or just interesting —
All links are unpaid and unsolicited,
Black Hills Computer Consulting, Inc. has no financial interest in any of the sites or products listed
Good passwords are more important now than ever before - Check the strength of your password(s).
Get a high quality password: GRC's Ultra High Security Password Generator
Gibson Research - a variety of tools and information to help make your computer more secure
Gibson Research - Shield's Up! - a good test of how secure your connection is to the internet
Gibson Research - Security Now! - podcasts of Steve Gibson discussing security issues with Leo Laporte.
Check the standards compliance of web pages - W3C Markup Validation Service
Why Bouncing Spam and/or Viruses is a bad idea
DSL Reports - useful information about DSL and cable, including speed tests
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - removes malware from your computer
Windows Defender for Window XP and Vista
Pop-up blocker tests - takes a while to run through all of the tests, but gives a very good indication of how well your pop-up blocker works.
Firefox - web browser - or ftp access to Firefox released files
Thunderbird - email client - or ftp access to Thunderbird released files
SeaMonkey - for those of you that want the email client and web browser to be one application
Open Office - a free suite of applications similar to Microsoft's Office suite. Contains programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.
Avast free anti-virus software
Microsoft Security Essentials free anti-virus software
Eset NOD32 anti-virus software
Eset free online scanner
Recycling -
HP offers a recycling program for any brand of computer hardware
Dell also has a recycling program (when you buy a new system from them).
