Sheryl Canter

About

Sheryl Canter joined PC Magazine as an Associate Editor in 1991, and has been a Contributing Editor since 1993. As a speaker, writer, and editor, her specialty is in demystifying computer technology to make it interesting and accessible to a wide audience.A software developer since the early 1980's, Sheryl is currently writing programs for Windows and the Web. .For more on Sheryl Canter, go to www.SherylCanter.com.

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Recent Articles

Hiding Your Identity

September 16, 2003

You may know anonymous remailers from their somewhat shady association with spam, terrorists, child porn rings, and so on. But remailers—tools that let you send e-mail and post to newsgroups without revealing your identity—have practical and legitimate applications. For instance, they can be useful when you need to blow the whistle on corrupt practices in […]

Applications

Effective Immunity

August 19, 2003

Think a virus checker is all you need to keep your computer safe? Think again. Virus checkers can protect only against known viruses. Even if you regularly update your virus definitions, theres always a lag between when a virus (or a worm or a Trojan horse) appears and when protection against the virus is available. […]

Cybersecurity

Protecting Web Images

June 30, 2003

You dont need to own a Web-based photo gallery to worry about image theft. If youve paid an artist thousands of dollars to design custom graphics, you certainly dont want the images turning up on your competitors site. And even if all you have is a small family site, you probably dont want pictures of […]

IT Management

Clean Up Your Internet Tracks

February 25, 2003

Internet Cleanup 3.0 ($29.99 list) deletes—and shreds—almost anything on your system that might reveal what you do. The software can eliminate your cookies, history, cache, and recent documents—even wipe out your entire C drive if you want. The products most unusual feature is its ability to list and delete ActiveX controls and browser plug-ins. Statistics […]