Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category

Importance of Strong Passwords Passwords are like your keys to online security. It is a pity that despite understanding the need of strong passwords, most people still continue to use weak passwords. Convenience of use and security are often at diagonally opposite ends, when it comes to web applications. People fall for convenience and avoid using strong passwords, because they do not want to ...

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Online vs. Offline Shopping - Convenience vs. Privacy When it comes to shopping, there is substitute for offline shopping, if Privacy is an issue in your mind. If you are shopping with cash, you can expect nobody to know about your shopping, except the security camera. But when it comes to online shopping, you ...

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Today's Internet users are heavily dependent upon the use of search engines. The relevance of earlier days Web Directories has long been replaced by the use of Search Engines and you can't imagine your online life without the use of Search engines. But Privacy is an issue, which is getting a lot of attention with Internet users these days. it is a fact that today's popular ...

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Accessing Blocked Websites How many times it has happened that... You want to watch restricted video form any country, You have just been kicked out of a membership site or forum. They have blocked your access by banning your IP Address, but you want to access that site. You live in Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan Uzbekistan, Vietnam, or ...

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Browsers are like your Windows in a closed house, through which your computer interacts with the outside world. That's why, web browsers are the cause of most of malware infections acquired by your computer. It is absolutely important to use the best browser security tools. JavaScripts - A Necessary Evil JavaScript is a necessary evil. In today's world it is used by most of the websites to ...

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Private Browsing in Firefox In this era of Internet, when there is a growing concern over privacy and security issues, Firefox has rightly introduced the Private Browsing mode starting from its version 3.5. If you have been using some earlier versions of Firefox, we strongly recommend that you immediately upgrade your browser to the latest version ...

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If you have ever wondered about the size and effect of the malware threats like Conficker, then there are great chances that you have also heard about Clampi Trojan, which is potentially going to be one of the biggest malware attacks in terms of its effect. It is being termed as one of ...

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Internet is like a jungle out there. You never know, when you have clicked a "loaded" link, visited a malware distributing site or opened a malware attachment. All it takes is just one click, and you have compromised your Web Browser security. You browser homepage might have been changed, you may start to get pop-up ...

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Need of Scanning Links and Files on a webpage With the rapid spread of malware you never know, which hyperlink on a web page is waiting to serve the malware and infect your computer. You never know, whether the file you are downloading is free from spyware or malware. You may be having the best antivirus or security software installed in your system, but you always ...

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There are many instances, when you want to browse Internet privately. You do not want others to know, what you have seen, which websites you have visited. No, I am not saying that it always happen when you see those porn sites, I mean your Internet research, but it can happen many times, specially when your computer is accesible to your colleagues or other ...

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