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Disable ActiveX filtering that may resolve flash issues

Fix Flash Issues in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Disable ActiveX filtering that may resolve flash issues

If you’re not able to play rich media content through Flash Player that has been embedded or integrated into Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, follow these steps. How to Fix issues with embedded Flash Player in Windows 8 FYI

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
Freeware
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner tool

Remove Adobe Reader 9, X and XI with Official Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Cleaner tool

If you were not able to uninstall Adobe Reader X from the Control Panel then you can remove it by using Cleaner tool released by Adobe. Till now, there is no cleanup or removal tool offered by Adobe to remove

Posted in: Freeware, News
Internet Explorer

Fix It for IE6-8 Zero-Day Vulnerability Now Available

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Microsoft Fix It tool now available for Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 users which has recently affected with Zero-day vulnerability. If you’ve not heard the security news recently zero-day bug has been discovered in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News, Security
Freeware
Speccy showing PowerShell Internet Explorer version information

Speccy 1.20 Adds Java and Internet Explorer Detection Capabilities to the Program

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Speccy showing PowerShell Internet Explorer version information

Piriform has released version 1.20 for their advanced system information tool with addition of detection for three more programs on Windows. Speccy 1.20 now detects and shows version of Java, Internet Explorer and Power Shell installed on your Computer under

Posted in: Freeware, News
Freeware
Updates for Adobe Reader XI will be installed automatically in the background

Adobe Reader XI (11.0.1) Security Update Released

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Updates for Adobe Reader XI will be installed automatically in the background

Adobe Reader 11.0.1 has been released for Windows and Mac and is available for download from Adobe website and via program update if configured accordingly by the user. FYI, Adobe is following Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday of releasing fixes for their

Posted in: Freeware, News
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Foxit Reader 5.4.5

Foxit Reader 5.4.5 Fixes Vulnerability in its Browser Plugin

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Foxit Reader 5.4.5

Foxit Software has released security update for their Foxit Reader 5.4.4 which has fixed vulnerability in its web browser plugin that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on users Computer. After security researchers found the vulnerability in dll

Posted in: News, Security
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VLC's ASF demuxer libasf_plugin.dll file

VLC 2.0.6 to Address Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in ASF Demuxer Plugin

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
VLC's ASF demuxer libasf_plugin.dll file

VLC Player 2.0.5 and earlier versions are affected with a critical vulnerability, to address this Videolan is likely to release 2.0.6 version any time soon. If you’re using VLC media Player 2.0.5 and earlier versions you’re advised not to open

Posted in: News, Security
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Avast 8 Free antivirus Beta user interface

Avast 8 Beta to Come with brand New UI, Software Health and Browser Cleanup Features

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
Avast 8 Free antivirus Beta user interface

Avast 8 beta to debut in coming months with redesigned user interface and new features-  Browser cleanup and Software health- provides controls to users in resetting popular browsers homepage and search provider to defaults and also alerts user to update

Posted in: News, Security
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Gmail Quote selected feature being disabled by default

“Quote Selected Text” Feature in Gmail moved back to Labs Again

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Gmail Quote selected feature being disabled by default

Back in December Gmail team has graduated three features from Labs, “Quote selected Text” was one of them, till yesterday this feature is available to all Gmail users by default but not the case as it has been sent back

Posted in: News
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Web of Trust

Web of Trust Browser add-on reaches 60 Million Downloads

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Web of Trust

Web of Trust which is available as an add-on for Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer browsers shows safety ratings for websites and links in search results has passed 60 million downloads and last year by this time

Posted in: News, Security
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Avast logo

Avast introduces Bug Bounty program

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast logo

Security vendor Avast has introduced Bug bounty program to find issues in their product Avast free antivirus, Avast Pro antivirus and Avast Internet Security and report -who reports the bug in latest shipped versions gets reward starting from $200 to

Posted in: News, Security
Freeware
GMER v 2.0

GMER 2.0 Adds Full 64-bit Support for Windows

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
GMER v 2.0

Version 2.0 for GMER, free rootkits detector and remover has been released and available for download from its website. GMER v 2.0 has added support for Windows 8 and 64-bit Windows. And other notable additions are Traces I/O function and

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
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