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Security

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Security coverage from Techdows: malware removal and antivirus guides, safe download practices, privacy settings, and news on threats that affect Windows users. Clear, practical steps to help keep your PC and accounts protected.

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Avira report creation error

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

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira report creation error

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 […]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
Security

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

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 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 […]

Posted in: Security
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,  […]

Posted in: How to, Security, Tips and Tricks
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Malwarebytes Anti Exploit Free

Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit comes out of Beta, available in Free and Premium Versions

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Malwarebytes Anti Exploit Free

Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MAE) has spent more than a year time in beta phase, now it is out of beta and stable version is available for download, in free, premium and business versions. MAE unlike to antivirus, doesn’t depend on signatures […]

Posted in: News, Security
Security

What Avast has to do with unsecapp.exe?

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Started your computer and noticed unsecapp.exe process running on Task Manager which you’ve not seen before, its not accidental that after installing Avast this process runs, spotted and reported by many users in various forums recently. In fact, its Avast […]

Posted in: Security, Tips and Tricks
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Instup.exe Avast Antivirus installer running on Task Manager

What to do when instup.exe (Avast Antivirus installer) runs for longer time?

June 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Instup.exe Avast Antivirus installer running on Task Manager

If you’ve installed Avast in your computer, you might have noticed instup.exe running in the Task Manager under the Processes tab, this process with the description Avast Antivirus installer runs from the location C:Program FilesAVAST SoftwareAvastSetup. You can notice it […]

Posted in: Security, Tips and Tricks
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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 […]

Posted in: News, Security
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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 […]

Posted in: Security
News

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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Security

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 […]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
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Bitly Suspects Account credentials compromise, asks users to take immediate action

May 9, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Do you own a bit.ly account, act quick and reset password and follow other instructions mentioned by link shortening service on its blog as … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Security
News
Adobe Reader XI version 11.0.07

Adobe ends support for Reader Product on Windows XP, adds for Windows 8.1 Update’s

May 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Adobe Reader XI version 11.0.07

Though Quarterly security update of Adobe Reader has targeted at fixing critical vulnerabilities and offering improvements, significant news is Adobe Reader 11.0.07 version no longer works in Windows XP (and Office 2003 as well), welcoming news is support for Windows […]

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