Back in 2008 we reviewed Event Log Explorer, a third party program to work with Windows Event logs, for the first time. Back then we found it to be an excellent tool for system administrators and users alike, to get the most out of the event log. The company behind Event Log Explorer, FSPro Labs, [...]
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Google Web History To Merge With Chrome History
Google Web History is an automatically turned on service for Google account users who use Google search while being logged into that account. According to Google, it contains information about the searches users do, and the pages that get clicked on. Users can access the web history online, and Google uses the information to personalize [...]
Emsisoft Emergency Kit 2.04 Beta Available
If you are not in the know when it comes to the fifty or so different antivirus companies and their hundreds of products on the market, chance is the Emsisoft name has slipped by you unnoticed. One of the reasons for this is that it the company products are not that often included in comparative [...]
Dr.Web CureIt! 7.0 Beta, find out what’s new
I maintain a list of a handful of security related programs that I like to run on my systems every now and then to make sure that everything is fine, and that malicious software has not had the chance to slip through unnoticed. One of the programs that I’m holding in high regard is the [...]
Windows File Analyzer, Check Out What They Reveal About You
If you are a regular reader of this blog you know that the Windows operating system is by default saving user-related information into special system files. This includes information saved to the index.dat file which contains Internet Explorer cookies, the history and temporary file information, but also information about images in thumbs.db files, and other [...]
Remove Photo Metadata With Metanull
The majority of photos that you take with your smartphone or digital camera do not contain only information about the scenery that you have just taken a picture of, but also metadata (also known as Exif data). Depending on the configuration, this may include location-based information, technical details like shutter speed as well as information [...]
Rapidgator.net Down? Hosting Dispute Seems To Be The Reason
Times are rough for file hosting sites, with some being shut down by the authorities or in a lengthy legal dispute, while others are ceasing their business operations or changing the way they do business. We have seen all of this began at about the same time the Megaupload incident happened. Megaupload, one of the [...]
How To Remove The PDF.JS PDF Viewer Extension In Firefox
Before I take a look at how you can remove the PDF Viewer extension in Firefox, I’d like to spend a moment talking about why it is necessary to write about it. Add-on removals should be straightforward operations after all. The big issue here is that you can’t remove add-ons installed by third party software [...]
Tiggit, an Open Source Game Launcher and Installer
We have grown fond here of the excellent Game Downloader and the pleasures it has brought us in the form of free to play games for the Windows operating system. Tiggit is a similar tool in a number of ways. It is also concentrating on free games, and you will definitely find games listed by [...]