Category: Security

Over the last few years USB keys have completely taken over the electronic storage world. They are are very convenient, portable and easy to carry around with oneself. Some of us like to keep our sensitive data stored on them and therefore we want the data on a USB key to be secured. The Kashu Systems of Japan have come up with a solution – USB Flash Security.

The SysInternals tools from Microsoft, like Autoruns, Process Explorer etc., are very popular among Windows system administrators. These tools give you the power to control and manage many different parts of Windows system with ease. The SysInternals tools are updated from time to time in order to fix bugs and introduce new features. The only possible way to update your collection of SysInternal tools is to download them individually and copy them to your folder where you have these tools.

Many of the Mac lovers seem to believe that viruses can only hit Windows based computers and Mac is virtually safe from any malware infection. Even though security experts had not seen Mac infections earlier but this is not the case anymore. More and more Macs are becoming infected with malware. Seeing this new trend, the leading security vendor Sophos has released an antivirus for Mac called the Sophos Antivirus for Mac. It is free for home use.

Have you deleted an important file only to realize it a minute later? Have you emptied your Recycle Bin only to find out that there was some file you wanted? Well, do not sit there biting your finger. Download Recuva – a free software which can help your recover your deleted or lost files and folders from your computer, pen drives, digital camera or MP3 players.

Sometimes we just pick up very easy or small password out of laziness. But choosing an easy to guess
password may cost you way more than you can think. McAfee is offering a free password analyzer tool
using which you can test if your password is strong enough. This tool is not only checks the strength
of your password but also suggests various means to protect yourself with a strong password which is
not easy to crack.

Facebook has become the largest social networking website in recent years. But with increase in the number of Facebook users, the scam links being posted on Facebook have also increased. The security blog of many security software vendors is full of Facebook scam reports. Now you can block such scam posts and malware links on Facebook with the help of free Using Protection service.

Panda ActiveScan is an advanced free online scanner from Panda Security Labs. It is based on Collective Intelligence (scanning in-the-cloud) that detects malware that traditional security solutions cannot detect. Even though you have an antivirus product installed, yet you can have the benefit of a second opinion using the Panda ActiveScan online scanner. Panda ActiveScan can detect various hidden threats on your PC.

F-Secure Health Check is a free application from F-Secure Corporation (the makers of F-Secure Internet Security), that tells you if your computer is protected and helps you fix possible security issues. It can tell you if your firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware software is on and up-to-date. It can also tell whether your photographs, text documents, and other irreplaceable files are automatically backed up.

Sometimes some files get locked because they are opened by other programs and become impossible to delete. There are also many cases when some malicious program (malware) puts such files on your system and lock them in such a way that you cannot delete them. If you try to delete them, you get many kinds of errors like the file is in use by another program or user.