One of the common symptoms of your system getting infected with malware is browser hijacking – your browser is taken over by the malware to redirect you to malicious sites in such a way that you cannot alter the browser settings. But now you can avoid browser hijacking problems using the free Browser Protect tool available for the three major web browsers – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Read morePlay Music from Anywhere Using mSpot
It has happened to all of us that we want to play a song but it is on a device we forgot at home. This is a frustrating moment. But now you do not have to worry about those situations. You can use mSpot free cloud music storage service to store your music and play it from any device like PC, Mac, Android, iPhone etc. The mSpot service is free for up to 5 gigabytes (about 4000 songs) of storage. For larger storage services, you have to pay a monthly fee.
Read moreTurn On Profile Review Feature in Facebook
Earlier just anybody could post anything tagged with your name and it would appear on your facebook profile (also called timeline). Facebook has now rolled a new security feature to take care of this – called Profile Review. Profile Review keeps photos and posts tagged with your name from showing up on your profile without your approval. Now when someone posts anything with your name tagged, you are asked first to confirm the post. The post would appear on your timeline only after your approval.
Read moreRecover Typed Form Text using Lazarus Form Recovery for Firefox
It has happened to all of us that the Firefox browser crashes after we have typed a huge amount of text in an online comment form. This is a very frustrating moment. Usually we have no other choice but to restart the browser, open that web page and start typing it all over again. But if you have the Lazarus add-on installed in your Firefox browser then you do not have to worry about these mishaps.
Read moreShow Full Web Address in Address Field of Opera
We earlier posted an article on how you can display the full and complete web site address in the Firefox web browser through its configurations. Similar to Firefox latest versions of the Opera browser also hide some parts of the displayed site address like http:// etc. If you are an Opera browser user, then you do not have to dig down into browser configurations to make it show the full web address in the location bar.
Read moreShow Full Address in the Location Bar of Firefox 7
Internet Explorer started this trend and now almost every browser has started to trim some parts of the web site address like the protocol identifiers (http://, https:// etc.) from the actual site address displayed inside the location bar. Mozilla Firefox has also started this with version 7. But this may be a little annoying for people who are not familiar with this feature. If you do not like the URL trimming feature, then you can disable it easily in Mozilla Firefox.
Read moreImmunize USB Disks Against Malware with Bitdefender USB Immunizer
Everyone carries a USB pen disks or SD card with them these days. These storage devices are vulnerable to malware infection and can also cause malware to spread from one computer to another. Often these storage devices are used on multiple computers which increases the risk further. The best practice to follow is to immunize your USB keys, micro SD cards etc. against such malware. The free Bitdefender USB Immunizer tool can help you protect your removable drives against such threats.
Read morePrevent Windows 7 from Sleeping with Sleep Preventer
Sometimes you set Windows to perform some time consuming task, for example, encoding a video or audio or downloading a large file. During those times, it is highly undesirable for the Windows to slip into the sleep or hibernation mode for the obvious reason. The free software Sleep Preventer is a small, portable tool which can help you easily prevent your PC from sleeping, hibernating or dimming off the screen.
Read moreHave Google+ Notifications Delivered to Your Desktop with G+ Notifier
Google has recently opened its social networking service Google+ to the public. You no longer require any invites to join Google+. If you have a Google account, then you can have your own Google+ account as well. After you have used your Google+ account in your web browser, you may want to integrate it with Windows to have the messages and notifications delivered right to your desktop. The G+ Notifier is such a free program that can help you achieve just that.
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How to Re-open Recently Closed Tabs in Google Chrome
If you close a tab accidentally in Google Chrome browser, then you are left grinding your teeth at the stupid mistake. Do not worry, you can easily re-open that closed tab using the an extension called Sexy Undo Close Tab. This extension installs an icon near the Chrome omnibox clicking on which you can access all the recently closed tabs. This makes it very easy to re-open any previously closed tabs.
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