Category: Internet

When you fill in information in forms on a web site, the information is locally stored by Internet Explorer’s AutoComplete feature. This feature is good as it automatically fills the data when you revisit that web page. But this feature is vulnerable to web attacks by hackers.

How the text is shown on a web page depends on how the browser renders the font. In the Safari browser, you can choose how to smooth the fonts. You can choose standard font smoothing or one of the ways optimized for CRT or LCD monitors.

Mozilla Firefox can store your login credentials (usernames and passwords) for various web sites like YouTube or Google etc. These stored passwords can be viewed by anyone who has access to your computer. But you can set a master password to protect all the saved credentials.

RSS is acronym for really simple syndicate which is a popular way to syndicate information and provide news feeds. Apple Safari removes the RSS feed articles after 2 weeks by default. This removal frequency can be changed to shorter or longer periods.

RSS is popular way to syndicate information and provide news feeds. When you bookmark an RSS feed in Apple Safari, Safari updates the feed articles every 30 minutes by default. But if you think this is too fast, then you can change the RSS update frequency.

When you enter login credentials on a web site, Safari prompts you to save the passwords so that next time you do not have to type it in. Next time you visit that site’s login web page, Safari automatically fills in the user name and the password fields from the saved passwords database. But this can be a security problem, as anyone can login to your accounts.

When you download a file in Firefox, a Downloads window pops up which shows the download progress information. Whenever want to see the download progress, you have to switch to this Downloads window. Now you can use the Download Statusbar add-on for Mozilla Firefox, which replaces the Downloads window with a downloads statusbar. All the downloads information is shown in the statusbar.

When you fill in information in forms on a web site, the information is kept by Apple Safari’s AutoFill feature. This feature is good as it automatically fills the data when you revisit that web page. But this feature is vulnerable to web attacks by hackers. You can disable this feature by following these simple steps

When you download a file in Mozilla Firefox, the progress of download can be seen in the Downloads window. When the download is complete the downloaded file entry stays in the Downloads window until you clear the entry manually. This can be a headache if you download lots of files everyday.

Malware has become a big problem in recent years. Malware often starts by hitting your browser and then infects rest of your computer. Now you can use BitDefender QuickScan add-on in Mozilla Firefox to quickly scan your computer for malware.