- Sunday, June 21, 2009, 10:18
- Firefox
- 936 views
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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- Saturday, June 20, 2009, 16:45
- Firefox
- 2,098 views
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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- Sunday, June 14, 2009, 7:32
- Firefox
- 7,364 views
Internet browsing leaves traces in your computer, which can be used by somebody to know many things about you can sometimes lead to the cases of identity theft. If you are required to use a PC, which can also be accessed by others in your absence, it is extremely important that you be careful about what traces are left in the PC after you leave ...
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- Sunday, June 14, 2009, 3:14
- Firefox
- 992 views
What is Tracking Visitor Information
Tracking the visitor details is a common thing on modern day websites. Minute details of the visitors like IP, location, browser agents, visitor path etc. are recorded. They are mostly fused for getting more information about the visitors' online behavior on the site and sometimes are also used for displaying advertisements based ...
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- Saturday, June 13, 2009, 16:03
- Firefox
- 521 views
Why Safe Internet Browsing is Important
Browsing Internet following safe practices is the key to your PC Security. Rash clicking on every URL you encounter without giving a damn thought on where that click is likely to lead you, can harm your Internet Security more than any other act. No security software, howsoever perfect and updated ...
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- Sunday, May 31, 2009, 10:33
- Firefox
- 439 views
Web 2.0 is all about community sites. Websites, which are user driven, which rely of data sharing by users and which maintain a separate account for each user.
And every account is associated with an email address. Your email ID is now your personality. The most important data of your online presence. So, it is obvious that ...
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- Sunday, May 31, 2009, 3:31
- Firefox
- 552 views
All modern browser remember the websites you have visited. This is to give you the customized user experience. But it also a source of privacy concern for a user, specially if you are using your browser from a public computer or which can be accessed by others.
A typical example is that if you are fond of watching porn on your home computer, and want that ...
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- Sunday, May 31, 2009, 2:59
- Firefox
- 2,665 views
Keylogger Software are increasing gaining popularity, sometimes for the valid and legit reasons like parental control and protected corporate environment, but mostly they are used for fraudulant activities like identity theft.
If you suspect, that your computer has also been monitored though some keylogging software, then there is one very useful Anti Keylogging Software, which is absolutely ...
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- Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:47
- Firefox
- 423 views
The popularity of services like Twitter has hugely increased the use of URL shortening services like TinyURL, Bit.ly etc. They are fun to hang around and the popularity has gone beyond imagination.
An important feature of Twitter is that you can share your favorite links and webpages with your followers. These links automatically get shortened and they appear something like http://tinyurl/73o84j ot http://bit.ly/d4rk. It is done ...
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- Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 2:59
- Firefox
- 214 views
With the growing menace of Phishing by each passing day, more and more people are falling victim to these frauds and loosing their privacy and getting cheated. Newer methods and techniques are being used which sometimes becomes difficult for an average user to detect and understand.
Despite that, it is a fact that, you can detect and prevent most of the phishing attempts, if you are ...
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