Precisely one year from today the world will begin to come to an end, at least if the predictions of Nostradamus are to be believed. He said that on December 21st 2012 “In the sky will be seen a great fire dragging a trail of sparks” which would indicate a comet or meteor strike on [...]
Monitor Deleted Files In Realtime With Delete Extension Monitor
Sometimes you may want to know when files are deleted, moved or otherwise tampered with on your system. Maybe you want to make sure that important files do not get deleted by other users of the computer, or that you have access to a log to document file deletions. The free software Deletion Extension Monitor [...]
Mozilla To Integrate Hotfix Add-Ons Into Firefox
Mozilla currently has to release a new version of Firefox whenever the company is ready to ship an update. But that also means lots of testing before the update becomes finally available. That’s not ideal if hotfixes, time critical updates, need to be distributed to the Firefox user base. Update quality tests and the distribution [...]
SuperAntiSpyware Online Safe Scan, Portable Malware Scanner
SuperAntiSpyware is a popular and effective malware scanner that is available as a free and professional version. The developers of the program have now launched SuperAntiSpyware Online Safe Scan, a free portable scanner for Windows systems. Some users may find the name to be misleading, as it is not a web based scanner such as [...]
How To Disable WLAN Background Scans
Some Windows users who are connecting via wireless lan to the Internet may have noticed regular ping spikes and sometimes even disconnects due to an automated background scan. Especially Windows Vista users have been plagued by this issue, but it has also been reported by users running Windows XP or Windows 7. You can test [...]
Windows Defender Offline Tool Now Available
The majority of threats that land on a Windows PC can be removed by antivirus software while the operating system is running. Some threats on the other hand cannot be fully removed when the system is running. The only solution in this case is to either boot into a different operating system, restore a previous [...]
Add Dropbox As A Library To Windows 7
I have to admit that I’m not making full use of Windows 7′s library feature. Libraries are basically used to consolidate, or virtually merge, directories. The operating system ships with libraries for photos, music, documents and videos. Windows 7 users can add folders to existing libraries, so that their contents are displayed in the selected [...]
How To Tweak The Firefox Address Bar
Address bars ten years ago were used to enter website addresses, and that was it. Address bars today get fancy names like awesome bar, one bar or omnibox to highlight that they provide a lot more than just the ability to enter and load urls in the browser. For Firefox, the address bar is called [...]
Bitdefender Carrier IQ Finder
The deeply integrated Carrier IQ software on mobile devices has made the rounds lately. Check out this introductory post for detailed information about Carrier IQ. The technology has recently been discovered on Android and Apple smartphones in a way that the discoverer called rootkit-like. Users have a hard time finding out if Carrier IQ is [...]