Simple actions to take when Virus, adware and Spyware attacks your computer.

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Here are the most simple fundamentals to remove malicious programs from the computer.

If you suspect that your computer is infected with a virus or other malicious software, remove it as soon as possible.

Unlike other software, malware can’t be completely removed using your operating system’s Add/Remove Programs feature. [Read more...]

Protect yourself from being hacked: Adhere to Fundamentals

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Most of the time computer users have this tendency of accessing the Internet from different locations. Be it an Internet cafe, College Lab, or a friend’s house. Sometimes, sharing computers offers great convenience, but if you do not take extra precautions, you can also fall a victim of Information theft. So Hope the following points will help you protect your account and other personal information while using a shared or public computer system.

Do not check the “Remember my ID on this computer” box

Many sites, including Yahoo!, offer this option. When a computer “remembers” you, it usually sets a persistent cookie on the computer that allows the web site to identify you so you don’t have to sign in. If you check this option, you’ll remain signed in after you close your browser. This is a convenient option if you are the only user of a computer, but if you share a computer, do not check this option.

Never leave a computer unattended while signed-in

If someone uses the computer in your absence, they can easily access your account information.

Always sign out completely

If you use a public or shared computer, it’s especially important to sign out completely. Always click the “Sign Out” link when you are finished accessing your Yahoo! account. [Read more...]

How to get Opera 10 like Visual Tabs in Firefox | Thumbnails preview

If you are impressed with yet another new tab feature introduced by opera in its Opera 10 version and want to get the same on your Firefox browser. Here is how you can do it.

Opera has just introduced a new feature in its Opera 10 browser version. This feature is a resizable tab bar. You can reveal the thumbnails of your open Web pages by just dragging the handle below the tabs.

This is the feature in Opera 10 which we are highlighting here. See the Screenshot below to see the feature in Opera 10.

Opera Visual Tabs

Now you can get this Visual Tabbing feature in your Firefox.  This can be done by installing the following add-on for Firefox.

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Word Viewer| Small DOC viewer to View and Export .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, and .htm files

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With Word Viewer it is also possible to export any open file to a number of common formats, namely: .pdf, .rtf, .htm, .xml, .css, and .txt.

Sometimes, we get an important file in .doc or .docx format and we want to see what is in it quick. The problem is that we didn’t have an office suite installed in our computer. May be you never want to install them because

  1. You know that you don’t have to do advanced word processing tasks.
  2. Office suite such as Microsoft office and Open office need much disk space and consume a lot of memory.
  3. They will take a lot of time in installation.

So, if you are in the same scenario and you need an answer to it, then we have a simple solution for you.

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