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Broadband routers, generally allow users to configure their settings through their web browser using the factory set private IP Address. This IP is usually kept as 192.168.1.1 and you are required to use a default router password to use it for the first time. You can off-course change this default ...

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You may often need to keep a duplicate or backup copy of your important files and folders. For instance you are working on a project and need to modify your files on a daily basis. But after a few days, you may need to go back to the previous version of a file. You can do this, if you have saved the previous version in ...

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Traditional antivirus and security suites prevalent today rely upon the fast detection of virus signatures and updation of the user database with these signatures. They have the inherent weaknesses, because it is often the case the ultimate user's virus definitions are not up-to-date because of one reason or the other, and this is enough loophole for the malware to exploit and infect the user computer. A novel ...

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We have earlier carried a review on free DNS services like OpenDNS and Norton DNS. OpenDNS is one of the most popular free DNS service with more than 20 million people (about 1% of the total Internet user population). While OpenDNS provides you a fast, safe and efficient mechanism for resolving your desired URL into the correct IP address, Norton ...

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Passwords are the keys to your online PC security and privacy. The two major aspects for ensuring the security of your passwords is that you stop using weak passwords and start using different passwords for different accounts on your online presence. (Related: Most Commonly Used Password List - Avoid It) But often, people find that both the above recommendations are in ...

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A Review of BullGuard Internet Security 9.0 Bullguard is one security software vendor which does not believe in churning out a yearly version of their security software products. Their last full-fledged version 8.0 was released about two years back. Off-course they came up with version 8.5 last year, but it was not termed as a major revision. This latest version 9.0 is also not boasting of large-scale ...

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We have earlier mentioned about some great mobile antivirus tools like LookOut, NetQin, Droid Security Antivirus Free. They provide effective antivirus protection for your smartphones like Blackberry and Androids. But, they are useful till the time the smartphone is there with you. These mobile antivirus software, ...

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It is a known fact that more than 87% of all emails sent today are spam. And unlike earlier, most of these spam emails are part of sophisticated malware attacks, phishing attempts and internet scams. Web based email services like GMail does a pretty good job at filtering the spam messages, but in case you are looking for a corporate level solution to provide best email ...

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If you are interested in the monitoring your Internet traffic exchanged by your computer, then iTraffic Monitor is a good option. It is a freeware traffic monitoring tool, which allows you to monitor your network traffic and thus exercise a good control over your bandwidth usage. iTraffi Monitor also allows you to check your data speed rates. You can check how fast your Internet connection is ...

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Often you will find that you have downloaded a software from Internet. But before you proceed to install it on your computer, it asks you ifyou have the latest version of MS dotNET installed on your computer or not. And you do not know, what exactly it is and how to check which version of the DotNET framework you are running, if at all. What is ...

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