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WinPatrol gets New Owner, Ruiware

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

WinPatrol, the program which monitors for changes on Windows has got new owner, Brett Lowry, founder of Ruiware (pronounced as Ray-ware). Developer Bill Pytlovany handed over his Program to Bret, future developments and changes will be made him after the […]

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You can remove Radsteroids adware with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve installed free programs after downloading from software download portals, there is a chance for you to get adware on your computer, one of such adware is Radsteroids. Radsteroids adware has a dedicated website (search for its name on […]

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Avast Users Fed Up with the Browser Cleanup Tool

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast Browser Cleanup Tool which is available in Avast and as standalone version removes browser toolbars and add-ons from browsers that have a poor reputation. If you’ve set Google as default search engine and home page for Internet Explorer browser […]

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Bitly launches Two-Step Verification for their Users

July 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

The extra step, which requires you to enter a security code from your mobile phone on Bitly website adds extra layer of protection to your account. Bitly, URL Shortening service has launched 2-step verification security feature for all their users. […]

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Adobe Shockwave Player bundled Flash is vulnerable, Uninstall it right now with the Tool Provided by Adobe

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Flash runtime that came bundled with Adobe Shockwave Player for Windows and Mac has not received security updates since last 15 months, and it is vulnerable and can be hacked through Shockwave if installed in your computer. Adobe isn’t doing […]

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Beaware, Afterdawn.com installs Crapware through its Download Manager

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Stumbled onto the Afterdawn.com download site from Search engines, don’t download software from it?. There are so many software download sites on the web, in them, few are trusted like Majorgeeks and Softpedia, if you’ve chosen to download a file […]

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Avast 2014 R4 Beta now available

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

New beta for Avast is available for download and testing, final will be available by the end of June.  Avast 2014 R4 Beta with build number 9.0.2019 has added “resume” support for setup component for smoother downloading of Program update. […]

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Avast Users face problems in running Unity games [Solution Inside]

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast free antivirus comes with Hardware-assisted virtualization setting enabled by default, which is the main reason why some games you’re trying to play are crashing. If you’ve Avast installed and not able to play Unity games on your computer, let […]

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security

AVG Browser Configuration Tool Removes AVG Secure Search, AVG Toolbar and Restores Browser default Settings

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You did the damage, hence you’ve to repair it. AVG offers Tool to get rid of its Toolbar and Secure Search from Browsers, and restore default configuration of affected browsers. AVG offers Secure Search/Nation Search and Security Toolbar/Nation Toolbar, more […]

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security

Avira Yet to fix ‘The report file could not be created!’ error

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you perform a quick scan (manually) for a drive or custom folder with Avira free Antivirus, after completing the scan it logs detailed scan report and displays it, which is not the case with scheduled Quick System Scan set […]

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security

Download Avira Browser Safety Extension for Chrome, Firefox and Opera Browsers

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Browser protection features existed in its toolbar for Avira Free Antivirus, now available via Avira Browser Safety extension for popular browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Opera. This one’s much better when compared to the Avira SearchFree Toolbar. By leveraging […]

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How to

How to install Avira Free Antivirus Offline?

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

How to install Avira Free Antivirus without Avira Client and Online Essentials?, this article answers that question. When you initiate Avira Free Antivirus  download from its official website page, a small setup file will be downloaded, when you run it,  […]

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