Venkat Eswarlu
Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

Snip & Sketch App for Windows 10 gets a new icon

Windows 10 Snipping tool replacement, Snip & Sketch has received a new icon with the latest update 10.2008.2270.0. While the new icon is available to users running Windows insider builds for a long time, Microsoft has finally pushed it to the general public with the latest version. The Snipping Tool available in Windows 10, Windows …

Windows 10 KB4574727 Update being blocked and flagged as Trojan by BitDefender

As part of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4571756, KB4574727, and KB4570333 for versions 2004, 1903 and 1909 and 1803. Apparently, BitDefender Antivirus is reportedly flagging KB4574727 as a Trojan “Trojan.Ciusky.Gen.13” and thus, preventing the Windows 10 Septemeber update installation. The issue has been reported by affected users on Answers and BitDefender …

Windows 10 KB4571756 is breaking Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2)

The latest Cumulative Update KB4571756 (OS build 19041.508) released for Windows 10 2004 improves security when using input devices and Microsoft office products and also comes with improvements and bug fixes. The update is now reportedly breaking Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) with the error ” Element not found”. Those users who installed …

Firefox for Android adds support for two New Extensions

Mozilla is slowly increasing the number of recommended extensions offered to Firefox for Android users. Till now, Firefox Nightly version lets you install 9 add-ons, these include popular Ublock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere. A few days back, Nightly received two new recommended extensions named “Google Search Fixer” and “Video Background Play Fix”. While you can …

Latest Avast Free Antivirus comes with Performance improvements

Recently we reported Avast Free Antivirus gained feature to protect your files from Ransomware, Avast Software has released Avast version 20.7 on September 1st and is available for download with performance and reliability improvements and fixes to BSOD and crash issues. Avast Free Antivirus 20.7.2425 has got the following changes To improve reliability and performance, […]

Microsoft Edge 86 Dev update brings a new alert for compromised passwords

Microsoft has released build 86.0.622.3.0 to the Edge dev channel and is available for download with improvements and bug fixes. Microsoft Edge now shows more alerts when its Password Monitor finds one of your passwords as leaked. The update brings a delete option for a downloaded file on the downloads shelf and the Edge favorites …