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 […]
Cobbler is a local password manager for the Windows operating system that stores passwords and other data in encrypted databases. When it comes to password managers, users have plenty of options. Most […]
Mozilla enabled a new security feature in Firefox 53 recently that moves local file access to a new content process in the browser. Firefox's new multi-process architecture Electrolysis is making big leaps. […]
Snipaste is a free portable screenshot taking tool for Microsoft Windows devices -- Linux and Mac versions coming -- that is easy to use and ships with extra functionality that you may […]
Google Trips is a new vacation and trip planning and management application for Google Android and iOS devices. At first, I thought this was just another app that grabbed information from Gmail […]
Firefox Nightly is the cutting edge version of the Firefox web browser that sometimes gets updated several times a day. It is not meant for production environments, but is the first version […]
Browser Refresh is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to quickly refresh multiple web browsers with a single keystroke. Please note that refresh refers to loading open web […]
Feedbro is a browser extension for Google Chrome that adds local feed reading capabilities to the web browser. Local means that no remote service is used to synchronize feeds. While some users […]
ScriptSafe is a popular Google Chrome extension that works in many regards similar to the popular NoScript extension for the Firefox web browser. The extension is as feature-rich as it gets, listing […]
AChoir is a free program for the Windows operating system that collects forensic information from a live system using popular tools created by Nirsoft, Sysinternals and others. If you want to retrieve […]
Opera Software added a virtual private network (VPN) to Opera Developer a couple of days ago to improve user privacy and security while using the web browser. This VPN client is free […]
CipherShed was one of a handful of TrueCrypt encryption software alternatives that emerged shortly after the developers of TrueCrypt dropped the software and development like a hot stone. We reviewed the initial […]
Norwegian company Opera Software released a new version of the Developer Edition of its web browser today that ships with a free built-in VPN option. Opera browser is the first major browser […]
Unified Script Injector (usi) is a new Firefox add-on that has been designed to provide users of Firefox for Android with means to run userscripts. While Firefox desktop users have some choice […]
Find out how to convert a Microsoft Account to a Local Account on a computer system running Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10. Microsoft Accounts are the default account type on machines […]
Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox, supports different Chrome profiles that you can make use of to work with different sets of bookmarks, open sites, extensions and more. You could use different […]
Update: We have published a new NoScript guide for Firefox 57 and newer. This NoScript Beginner's Guide has been designed to provide new Firefox or NoScript users with information on how the […]
Microsoft shipped build 14291 of Windows 10 to the Fast Ring insider channel a few hours ago, and with it an update for the system's default browser Microsoft Edge that introduces initial […]
BlackBelt Privacy is a free program for Windows that installs the anonymity focused applications Tor, WASTE and VOIP on the device you run the installer on. While you can install all three […]
Back in the early days of the Internet, there was just a single cache for HTML files and static elements such as images but with the rise of HTML5 and modern web […]
This guide looks at NoScript's Script Surrogates functionality, explains how you can add or remove surrogates from the popular Firefox add-on, and explains what the feature is being used for. Most Internet […]
You can learn a lot about a site when you monitor its network connections when you connect your browser to it. You may see connections to third-party sites, ads, web analytics scripts […]
IP Shifter is a free program for Windows that enables you to manage multiple network profiles to switch between them easily. The program is probably not necessary for most desktop computer systems, […]
In recent years, new technologies have found their way into modern web browsers. Designed to improve or add functionality to the browser to support web applications making use of them, they sometimes […]
The Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, short EMET, is an optional download for all supported client and server versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system that adds exploit mitigation to the system's defenses. […]
Media players, there are so many out there for Windows that it is nearly impossible to compare them all to find out which is best. To name a few popular ones, there […]
Snip is a new Microsoft Garage project that has just been released to the public. It is a screen capture tool similar to the Snipping tool included in Windows 7 and newer […]
If you cannot connect to the Internet or another device on a network when you start Windows or change the system's network state, then it may have DHCP issues. Without going into […]
I have used 7-zip in the past to create and unpack archives. It offered everything I needed in a program of its kind: it was lightweight, fast, integrated well with the system […]
There has been one major change in past years in regards to how the Firefox web browser is developed and shipped to its users. Mozilla changed to a rapid release cycle in […]
Whenever you connect to a secure website using Firefox or any other modern browser, negotiations happen in the background that determine what is being used to encrypt the connection. RC4 is a […]
The developer of the hardware monitoring and reporting program HWiNFO32 and HWinFO64 has released an update for both applications that brings their version to 5.0. The free programs, available as portable and […]
Ublock is without doubt a popular extension for Firefox and Chrome that blocks network requests and popups, and modifies DOM requests on sites you visit to block advertisement, malicious content and other […]
One of the first things that comes to my mind when I think of Windows 10 is how light and bright the default theme of it is. While Microsoft modified some of […]
Remembr is a free Windows clipboard manager that is currently being developed by the creator of CCEnhancer, JavaRa and System Ninja. I use the clipboard a lot throughout the day. Copy urls […]
Whenever I hit d in Firefox's address bar I get a suggestion to open the Download Squad website. The site has not been around for a long time but I never found […]
Dukto is an open source project that is available for various mobile devices and desktop operating systems. It enables you to share files, folders and texts between all devices using local connections […]
We all know that computer manufacturers make much of their revenue from device sales with software and service deals. They integrate trial programs on user systems and may also cooperate with search […]
If you are a WordPress webmaster or administrator you know that there is always something to do on the backend of the site. WordPress updates are released regularly and the same is […]
I'm using several Internet services with more than one account. Without going into too many details, I have multiple accounts at one email provider, multiple social media accounts on the same site, […]
As a long time Firefox user I have come to love the options to customize the browser as well as the functionality that it offers and its add-on developers. While it is […]
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