Category: Internet

Comodo has introduced Comodo Secure DNS servers for free public use. Anybody can use the Comodo Secure DNS servers for free if they properly configure the network settings. This article discusses how to configure Windows to use the Norton public DNS servers.

A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, keeping others on the Internet from being able to obtain access to information that is located on your internal network. You can easily set an HTTP proxy server in Internet Explorer.

A proxy server is a special server through which you can connect to the site you want to visit. Thus you can surf the site of your choice without revealing your actual IP address and other personal information. The HTTP proxy server can only be used to browse web sites. You can easily set an HTTP proxy server in Opera.

Mozilla Firefox stores all your browsing history

If you have set Mozilla Firefox to use proxy servers yourself or some malware infected your computer and has set its own redirecting proxy servers, and you want to disable the proxy servers then you can follows these simple steps.

If you find the menu font size in Mozilla Firefox and you think it is hard to read then you can make it larger. This can be done easily using the Firefox add-on Theme Font Size Changer.

Mozilla Firefox version 4 has a look similar to Google Chrome with tabs being shown on top by default. But you can toggle if you want to see the tabs on the top of the window or below the navigation bar.

A proxy server is a middle-man server through which you connect to the site you want to visit. Thus you can surf the site of your choice without revealing your IP address. Your ISP, if logs the sites you visit, would only log the proxy server site and not the actual site. You become hidden behind the proxy server. The HTTP proxy server can only be used to browse web sites. You can easily set an HTTP proxy server in Firefox.

Starting from the version 3.64, Mozilla Firefox starts a separate process for plugins like Adobe Flash, Adobe Air etc. so that if these plugins crash they crash in a separate process. This avoids the main browser process not to crash along with the plugins. The separate process is started using the binary file plugin-container.exe. If you do not like the idea, you can stop this.

When you browse a website it may log your IP address, your location, your browser, your operating system and other information. Some web sites deny access based on your location. To hide this all private information of yours and surf anonymously, you can use AnonyMouse.org.