Some Ergonomic Exercises for Computer Users

“A healthy mind in a healthy body” – this saying is true even for computer users. While working on the computer, your body is at rest and gets typically no type of Ergonomic Exercises. Computer users tend to go out of shape and gain weight apart from the other health problems discussed throughout this book. In the long run, these lead to all kinds of ailment.

Why does this happen? Because you become so engrossed in your work that you forget how long you have been sitting in front of the machine! And most badly, you don’t get time for workouts in the mornings or evenings due to the tight work schedules.

We have time for anything and everything, but when it comes to workouts, we hardly have time. Let’s have a look at some common and refreshing exercise, that keeps you fit all day long. These can be done even at your work place during your micro breaks and short breaks.

Eyes

To the sides: Focus both eyes to your sides, together. Do so to the left and right sides alternately five times each, without turning your neck or head.

Up and down: Similarly, do so to top and bottom five times each alternately. Ensure that your head and neck are steady and are not moving while you move your eyes.

Rotation: Now, rotate your eyes as to form a circle, both eyes focusing together at each point, five times in the clockwise direction and five times in the anticlockwise direction. This type of Ergonomic Exercise can be done at your own comfortable pace.

Neck:

To the sides: Breath in, turn your neck to your right side and bring back to the normal position while you breathe out. This is done five times each to both right and left sides alternately.

Up and down: Similarly, breathe in and tilt your neck up so as to look at the roof. Now, bent down so that your chin touches your body while you breathe out. This is done alternately up and down five times each at your own pace.

Rotation: Now, rotate your neck as to form a circle while you breath normally. While you rotate, your head should be bent down first taking it to one shoulder, then bending back, now touching the other shoulder, and then coming to the initial position.

This is done five times in the clockwise direction and five times in the anticlockwise direction. Never overstrain yourself while you do this type of ergonomic exercise. The number of times can be reduced according to your convenience and health.

If you have any exercises that work for you and want to share them with others, please let us know and we’ll make sure they are listed here.

Worms and viruses, oh my!

This is the one article you won’t want to miss. This will list the latest threats and solutions to protect your computer from these nasty and costly bugs. According to AVG Technologies, each day thieves create 200,000-300,000 new web sites with embedded infections, just waiting, like spiders in their webs, to snag the innocent and curious. These sites will remain active for only a day or less, too briefly to register in anti-virus software catalogs of evil sites, and the number of sites is increasing at an alarming rate; up by half in the last three months alone. These people make a living by stealing unsuspecting victims’ identities, stored passwords, bank account numbers and even your e-mail contacts! The most important thing is to make sure your computer has the latest updates from Windows, or Mac if you’re using an Apple.

The most important thing is to make sure your computer has the latest updates from Windows, or Apple if you’re using a Mac. Below is a list of the most current viruses circulating around the web.

Gumblar Botnet

Gumblar, known in Japan as Geno, is a unique botnet - it not only creates a botnet of compromised PCs, it also backdoors compromised websites enabling continued remote access and manipulation.

Koobface Botnet

Koobface spreads through social networking sites, most prevalently through Facebook. Generally, Koobface relies on social engineering in order to spread. The Koobface message is designed to trick recipients into clicking through to a fraudulent website and either (a) enter their Facebook (or other social networking) credentials or to accept the installation of malware disguised as a video codec o…

Zeus Botnet

Zeus, often spelled ZeuS, is a crimeware botnet typically engaged in data theft. Zeus is also often referred to as Zbot. Zeus is not a single botnet nor a single trojan, but rather refers to an entire family of trojans and their respective botnets.

Storm Botnet

The Storm bot is a backdoor component that allows remote surreptitious access to infected systems. The Storm-infected computers (collectively, the Storm botnet) are outfitted with a spam relay component (to send spam through infected computers) and a peer networking component (to enable the remote attackers to communicate with the bot infected computers).

Mariposa Botnet

Mariposa is Spanish for butterly. In computer lingo, Mariposa is a botnet created by the Butterfly bot kit. Mariposa is typically spread via instant messaging, peer-to-peer file sharing networks and as an autorun worm.

Waledec

Waledec, also spelled Waledac, is the name of a botnet used to relay malicious spam. The Waledec distributed spam often consists of fraudulent greeting cards and breaking news events.

CDC / H1N1 Vaccination Scam Infects Victims

Attackers are sending email disguised as correspondence from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The email claims an H1N1 vaccination registration is required. Those who comply with the request won't be registering with the CDC - instead they will be infecting their computer with a version of the Banker trojan

	Questions and Answers
	Microsoft Windows XP professional users The below steps for changing the mouse speed on Windows XP. This can be done on both Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional. 1.Go to Start > Control Panel 2. When the Control Panel window opens, click on Printer and Other Hardware, click on Mouse (if you’re using the classic theme for Control Panel, click on Mouse) 3. When the Mouse Properties window opens, click on the Pointer Options tab. 4. Under Motion you will see a speed slider that ranges from Slow to *Fast, slide it back and forth, trying it out at each interval. 5. Make sure that Enhance Pointer Precision* is selected (read above for notes on this feature). 6. When you’re done, click OK. Questions about a certain program? Maybe some shortscuts by using the keyboard? We can help by answering your questions right here. Just send us an e-mail and we'll post it right on here. e-mail: tpc.it@megalink.net

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