Category: Security
Freeware Foxit pdf Reader too will now install Ask toolbar … else get crippled ! Feb 25th, 2009. The Foxit pdf Reader took the freeware world by storm and became very popular. Compared to its rival the Adobe pdf reader, …more >>>
With Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft finally addressed a security hole which allowed malicious websites to read and steal your clipboard data. Yes, your Clipboard text can be stolen, as erstwhile users of upto ‘IE 6 without SP1′ would know. And …more >>>
Should you suspect that your Computer has been infected with Malware (Virus, Spyware, Trojans, Worms, etc), you should generate your HijackThis Log File. To do so, you need to Download and use the HijackThis Utility. Analyzing the output is another …more >>>
Windows Vista ( and ofcourse Windows 7) is secure ! But here is how you can further fortify your Internet Defenses. You will need a few things. Having a good antivirus should suffice in Windows 7 & Vista, since you …more >>>
Norton Labs is providing an new application named Norton Vista User Account Control Tool which would replace the default UAC provided by Microsoft in Windows Vista. The User Account Control was designed and developed for a good reason, however most …more >>>
A cookie is a small snippet of information sent from a web server to a user’s browser, which then stores it. On subsequent access to the same web server this server can then read back this information snippet and use …more >>>
While we have seen several Rogue Anti-Spyware applications doing rounds of the Internet, here is one which takes the cake ! Because, the website that pushes this rogue application calls itself as “Microsoft Antispyware Center”! The site in question is …more >>>
April 23th, 2008. Microsoft has released its latest July – December 2007 volume of the Security Intelligence Report. This report focuses on the second half of the 2007 calendar year (from July through December) and builds upon the data published …more >>>
Imagine clicking on www.thewindows.com and seeing a completely different Web site load in your browser; Or imagine clicking on Bing search, only to fine yourself being directed to some other search engine ! Spyware can redirect Web addresses on your …more >>>
…That is the question ! Smart UAC Replacement 1.0 which was recently updated/released looks like one great product for Vista. In fact it answers most Vista users gripe that Microsoft should have kept an ‘Always allow/deny for this program‘ checkbox …more >>>
