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Download Norton Internet Security 2011 Beta

With new Norton Internet Security 2011 you can easily stops viruses, crimeware and protects your identity online so you can work and play safely. Key Features: Provides fast and light protection that won’t slow you down or get in your way. Proactively notifies you when other applications are slowing you down and impacting your PC performance. Protects your online identity so that you can search,... 

Trojan as Fake Google Chrome Extension

As more and more people are using Google Chrome and its functionalities to browse the net and to organize information, cybercriminals have set their minds on exploiting this environment to spread malware and steal users’ information. The story is simple: Google Chrome users receive an unsolicited e-mail which announces that a new extension of their favorite browser has been developed to facilitate... 

iPhone Unlocking Tricks get PCs into Trouble

A malware-spreading mechanism targeting the “iPhone unlocking” fans goes to prove that cybercrime is never short of imagination. This is how the story goes: you receive an e-mail in which you find out that you might get your hands on a new version of an iPhone unlocking application which basically allows you to overcome vendor set network restrictions. All you have to do is….yes, click a link... 

Lock your programs using AppLocker

Windows 7 has introduced a new security feature which helps to prevent unauthorized software from running, this new feature is called AppLocker. Till now I have written a lot of Windows 7 Tweaking articles like What is the Windows Experience Index and How To tweak it and How To Format USB drive into NTFS format, today after a long time I am writing a Windows Security based article, First I was about... 

How To know if a port is open in your PC

First I am talking about virtual ports and not the physical ports. Virtual Ports are those which allow transfer of data just like physical ports but the only thing is they are virtual ie you can’t see them, they just reside in your PC. In computer networking, a port is an application-specific or process-specific software construct serving as a communications endpoint used by Transport Layer... 

How To Reset Windows Password

I forgot Windows password, how can I login? I lost the administrator password, do I have to reinstall the OS? These are the most troublesome question that you may have faced. So what do you do when you lost your Password, Format? Most of the user do use this option as it is the easiest way to solve all computer related problems. But beingPC readers (Geeks) probably think of some workaround and that’s... 

Attackers approach which targeted 34 major corporations including Google and Adobe

BitDefender today has released an emergency update to shield users against the newly-discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7. Microsoft has detailed the attack scenarios in security advisor #981374, announcing that a patch is being made in order to mitigate the vulnerability. Users running Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 can get infected by simply visiting a specially crafted... 

Don't ask for HELP else Hacker's may Hack you

If you are a Windows XP user and using Internet Explorer 8 than you may not want to press F1 to call for Help while browsing any website. This is not the first IE vulnerability remember our post New IE Flaw – Turn Protected Mode On To Stay Safe Microsoft told Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers... 

Secure your FireFox by tweaking it manually

Lately I have unleashed the power of tweaking Firefox, these days I am just tweaking around Firefox, though I ‘ve just figured out how userChrome.css can be used to tweak/hack firefox, but I am still looking forward on other areas where I can tweak Firefox. In this tutorial I will show you how you can secure your stored password in firefox, by simply adding 2-3 lines in your userChrome.css file.... 

Grant differnt roles to user other than Standard User and Administrator in Windows 7

We know how to grant roles to different user, but most often we provide only 2 roles which are either Standard User or an Administrator. But there are more roles that we can assign to our users. In this tutorial I will shoe you how you can assign different roles to your users. To start with let say there are 3 Users on your Windows 7 Computer – Administrator, YourName and Guest. And you want...