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This post is primarily an attempt to bring out 5 posts from the Archives. The posts listed here have been popular with the readers since the time they got published. Hope you will enjoy reading/ glancing through them again.

• Microsoft Windows: More fun with the HOSTS file : In this post, i have tried to describe a few more ways of having fun with the Hosts file. The post talks about blocking websites using Hosts file and also about interchanging the websites getting loaded using Hosts file.
  

• Computer Viruses: How do they work? : This post is one of the most read posts from the archives, it explains the lifecycle of a computer virus.

• Microsoft Windows: How to Process Idle Tasks : This post describes a way to process idle tasks in Microsoft Windows. It kills the threads associated with the tasks already closed and therefore gives you a better performing PC.

• Open DNS: A big DNS Cache : This post talks about OpenDNS which is a free, faster, secure and reliable DNS service. Read this post, to get a faster and safer internet experience.

• How to get free available memory in Java program : Being a Java programmer and a bigtime Java enthusiast, i have given this post also a place amongst the five posts from the Archive.

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Vaibhav

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