The recently discovered DLL hijack vulnerability in Windows appears to be more critical than thought. Up until now it was confirmed that Windows would load dlls from the current working directory if they cannot be found in directories with a higher search priority. This in turn meant that attackers had to use a dll unknown [...]
Internet Explorer 9 – What you Need To Know
The beta release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is just around the corner. The first version of the browser with the new interface included will be available publicly on September 15. Users who have tested some of the preview builds that were offered without interface may have already noticed that Microsoft may be finally able [...]
Scan For Codec Problems With Codec Toolbox
Codecs; As long as they are installed correctly and not missing, out of date or causing incompatibilities everything is fine. Codec related problems may take some time to fix. Many users like to resolve codec issues by installing a codec pack, or switching to a media player using binary codecs. That’s fine and often works, [...]
Print Edit, Edit Pages Before Printing In Firefox
It pays off, financially, to remove elements from a page or sheet before sending it to the printer. Elements that are removed reduce the amount of printer ink and paper used in the print outs. The Firefox add-on Print Edit integrates seamlessly into the print preview page of the web browser, by adding an Edit [...]
Extend Thunar’s “Send To” menu and media tags
In my recent exploration of various file managers I realized that my favorite of the lot hadn’t received the attention it deserves. Here on Ghacks I have shown you how to do Bulk renaming in Thunar, and how to create Customized Action in Thunar. Outside of that, I’ve not really dealt with Thunar all that [...]
New Sex Worm spreads like it’s 1999
Ten years ago where were worms like Kournikova and I Love You that were infecting computers worldwide with malware and getting mainstream attention on the news. In that time operating systems and anti-malware programs have improved but now a new sex worm is making its way around the world according to the BBC. Some variants [...]
Download Free Music With Multi-Platform Tool Pymaxe
Internet users have more than just a few options to download free music from the web. Common solutions include recording Internet radio, downloading music from portals like Jamendo and ripping music from Youtube videos. Pymaxe is a free open source software for Linux and Windows that can be used to download music from various Internet [...]
Own Your Space, Safe Computing Guide Aimed At Teens By Microsoft
If you are tech savvy, you usually notice things related to technology that friends, family and work colleagues may not. This includes a very broad realization that most computer users have difficulties staying safe on the Internet. Not because they do not want to, but because they do not know or do not care about [...]
Save Game Backup, Easily Backup Game Saves
A corrupt, deleted or overwritten save game may frustrate a player that much, that it’s game over for that game, literally. I have experienced my share of games who corrupted save games (often shortly after release, fixed with patches) either because of a bad design, bugs or the fact that patches would render save games [...]