Top 10 Signs, You Have Viruses or Spyware
Viruses and Spyware are pretty much the worst hassles to deal with when it comes to computers. A small price, for revolutionizing every aspect of our lives, businesses and day to day tasks making things a lot more efficient and productive. However, this one issue has proved to cost companies and individuals a fortune every [...]
Forgot your IM Passwords?
We are all guilty of forgetting a password we assign at some point when hurriedly signing up for a service. Usually, this happens when we sign up for a service we’d need to use only once to gain access to a product or use a service. This could also happen with IM. You might want [...]
3 Ways To Prevent PC Problems And Speed Up Your Computer
Almost everyone who owns a computer has experienced a system slowdown at one time or another. Initially, this slowing down may go unnoticed, but soon you may start noticing the symptoms more frequently. For instance, your computer may respond very slowly to every action and it may take forever to open a program. Your internet [...]
Tips For Solving Frustrating EXE Errors
If you feel frustrated when your computer encounters an error, don’t worry, you are not alone. Users across the world tend to show a similar pattern of behavior when faced with PC errors. The initial reaction is usually disbelief that an error has occurred. You may not accept that something has gone wrong and may [...]
Watch out for the Twitter Phishing Scam
Yesterday, I wrote a post on Twitter, while you might be all excited about trying this service after reading the post I suggest you proceed with caution. Currently, there’s a phishing scam in progress. for now it’s been only spreading via direct messages. If you get a direct message from a random user that redirects [...]
Payment Processors 101
Apart from being a parallel ‘world’ of information,The Internet is also a global marketplace where multiple money transactions for various online and offline products and services are made around the world. Ever wondered how these transactions are made securely and easily? Payment processors of course! Online payment processors handle credit card transactions and usually handle [...]
How to disable the ‘Run’ Dialog
The Run dialog allows access to virtually any application and command in your computer. If your computer is shared with other users or if you do not use the ‘Run’ command it is a good idea to turn it off. Below is a simple procedure on how to disable the ‘Run’ dialog. Setting this preference [...]
How to disable ‘My Recent Documents’
Privacy is an important factor for some users when it comes to computer usage specifically in situations where your computer is shared with other users. Windows by default, has a feature of automatically tracking your recently accessed files in your ‘My Recent Documents’ folder, while this is a very useful feature for most users of [...]
Combat Email Spam using Redirection Services
No doubt, one of the biggest threats on the Internet is spam. While webmasters are hit most by this factor, day-to-day internet users face this problem as well in the form of email spam. Having your mailbox eventually being bombarded with spam mails daily is virtually inevitable but preventive measures can be made using different [...]
Giving Spam Karma a go
When it comes to blogs, one of the biggest hurdles to get over is dealing with spam. Thus making sure you have the best tools to fight spam could probably save you a lot of hassle. When you take ‘WordPress‘ and ‘Spam’, the first word that would pop into anyone’s head is Akismet and rightfully [...]
