Fake virus alerts are a common yet dangerous weapon often used by cybercriminals. These alerts masquerade themselves as legitimate security warnings, tricking users into actions that end up compromising their own digital […]
MailBrowserBackup is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to backup supported email clients and web browsers in one operation. Many webmasters and tech savvy Internet users do not only have one […]
Quick PDF Tools Debenu PDF Tools is a free program for Windows that enables you to edit PDF document properties, and run select PDF editing operations. Each PDF document includes metadata that […]
Several remote services are available on the Internet that let you analyze submitted software programs or files for malicious content. It is like an online virus scanner so to speak. Among them […]
Nirsoft is known for developing free and portable computer software for the Windows platform. Programs created include some extremely popular applications like CurrPorts which displays the open ports and software programs using […]
Computer user will eventually encounter files that cannot be opened with the programs installed on the computer system. Experienced users may try to open unknown files using a basic text editor, or […]
Novel writers have a large pool of word processing tools at their disposal to write their novels. This ranges from basic programs like Notepad to Microsoft Office, Open Office or even something […]
While Adobe Flash offers many exciting possibilities to web developers and users alike, it also introduces several additional security risks to computer systems. We already discussed the impact of so called Flash […]
Open XML Viewer is a free extension for Mozilla Firefox that adds support for the new Microsoft Office 2007 XML formats in Firefox. The introduction of the new Microsoft Office XML formats […]
Dante send me a tip about a 0-day exploit that affects the latest versions of the popular Firefox web browser. The exploit is described as a remote memory-corruption vulnerability that affects Firefox […]
Microsoft has - rather quietly - released an preliminary update for Microsoft Outlook 2007 that will also be included in the soon to be coming Microsoft Office Service Pack 2. The Outlook […]
Update: It is no longer recommended to use the method described in the article. The best approach as it stands is to sent DMCA takedown notices to operators and web hosts. Every […]
FTP is one of those protocols that is largely ignored by the majority of today's Internet users. Back in the early days of the Internet it was common to download drivers, patches […]
Network security is tantamount to retaining your sanity. Be it at home or at your place of business, a firewall is often a necessity (especially when you have Windows machines on your […]
It is usually not a good idea to operate more than one security software of the same kind on a computer system. This is especially true for antivirus software solutions but also […]
Web services like Last.fm are hard pressed to find ways to monetize their inventory to even come close to the bills for the server structure, administrative and development teams, bandwidth and everything […]
The guys operating the popular Bittorrent tracker called The Pirate Bay have announced a new anonymous VPN (virtual private network) service named ipredator mocking the new Swedish anti-piracy legislation Intellectual Property Rights […]
The same Nokia cell phone model can come with different firmware versions depending on the cell phone provider that sold the cell phone. It is not uncommon that Nokia cell phones provided […]
Rich Copy is a free file transfer software for Microsoft Windows created by Microsoft employee Ken Tamaru as an alternative to RoboCopy. Transferring files from one location to another can be a […]
Block Input is a small portable software program that can block both the computer mouse and computer keyboard for a certain period of time. There may be special situations where you want […]
Back in the days when I worked part time for a big financial company and ran Ghacks the rest of the time, I sometimes had to access Ghacks while I was at […]
SPKiller is a free program for Microsoft's Windows operating system that allows you to block processes and services on Windows. We reviewed a Windows process blocker just a few days ago which […]
Bitlocker is an additional software component that got first distributed with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise, and with professional versions of newer Windows systems as well. It can be used to […]
Tag 2 Find is a free program for Microsoft Windows that helps you organize files on Windows devices through a tagging system. If you want to organize files on Windows, you have […]
Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 8 yesterday. This new version is regarded by many as a step in the right direction as it closes the gap, both speed and […]
If you take a look at the five most popular web browsers right now, you will notice huge differences in popularity among them. The web browsers in question are Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft […]
Windows Registry Watcher is a free portable software program for the Windows operating system that monitors and protects important Registry keys. The Windows Registry is one of the major attack locations for […]
Yesterday we mentioned that Microsoft would release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 later that day on the official website. They did that which surprised many tech savvy users as it […]
Microsoft made an announcement earlier today that the final version of Internet Explorer 8 will be released today at noon EDT. The web browser can be downloaded from that time on from […]
Driver Sweeper is a free program for Microsoft Windows computer systems that enables you to remove device drivers completely. It is sometimes not possible to remove all device drivers and Registry settings […]
Hundreds of websites offer mapping services, which highlight roads, railways, streets and scores of other things. Most of these sites charge for commercial use of their data and almost certainly won't allow […]
NK2View is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows computer systems that you may use to manage Outlook autocomplete data. Whenever you enter an email address in the to, cc or bcc […]
SubDude is a subtitle renamer designed for Windows to match subtitles with video files automatically, so that they get picked up by media players. If you have worked with subtitles before you […]
Songs Cleanup is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to clean up tags used by songs of the iTunes music library. Apple iTunes is one of the most popular media managers […]
Win DJ View is a document viewer for the djvu file format for Microsoft Windows devices to access djvu documents. Djvu is is a digital document format that uses compression technologies to […]
IE Privacy Manager is a free Windows program that enables you to modify several privacy-related settings of Internet Explorer. When I worked for one of the largest German financial companies we had […]
Flickr is one of the most popular photo hosting websites on the Internet. This makes it attractive for software developers, as tools designed for Flickr can reach a larger audience than tools […]
I just spend most of the morning installing Windows XP on a computer system. While the installation itself takes some time, the configuration afterwards is surely the most time consuming part of […]
If you have got multiple DVD drives installed on your computer system or are making use of virtual DVD drives you might have noticed that they do not come with proper names. […]
Rarst ran a little review of the MAC address changing software program Mac MakeUp today. If you have not checked out his website you might wanna do so as he constantly covers […]
Device Remover is a portable device manager for the Windows operating system that enables you to manage, edit and remove devices on Windows PCs. The program is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit […]
