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Till now Chrome asks to enable or remove third-party extension installed by Windows programs silently, this will no longer be case starting from January 2014 onwards, Chrome on Windows on Stable an beta channels strictly won’t allow extensions install outside […]
Are you using older version of browser? Or using outdated plugins that pose security risks, you shouldn’t be supposed to. If you’re not technically savvy enough to know details of browser version and plugins you’re using try SurfPatrol online service […]
If you’ve a Windows 8 computer that has Avast installed, before upgrading to Windows 8.1 you’ve to make sure you’re using latest version of Avast i.e 2014. Because Avast 2014 has got Windows 8.1 certification and that’s why it works […]
Recently released Avast 2014 has got its first program update 9.0 2007. This update has fixed several issues. You can able to update to the latest version from “Update” tab in Settings of program or same can be done from […]
Avast software has first made available Ad Blocker Powered by Adblocker Plus during Avast 8 beta testing though it didn’t hyped much about it it worked well on Internet Explorer and Chrome browsers but not on Firefox if ABP was […]
CCleaner has the ability to enable, delete or disable startup programs (including of browsers) in Windows, some Avast users on 64-bit Windows 7 getting ‘access denied’ errors whey trying to do those things even though they’re logged in and running […]
Cryptolocker, recently became very popular and tough to get rid of kind of ransomware from your computer if you’re infected with. This ransom malware once enters system encrypts all files and provides the key to decrypt them only when you […]
Few Avast users reported WinPatrol program has alerted them about Emergency Update entry addition in startup that supposed to run every time after reboot, they’re concerned about it. We’ve covered this in the past, Avast uses Emergency Update feature to […]
Avast Free Antivirus 2014 final has been released, it is lighter, faster and meaner. Avast has released 2014 line of products Avast Free Antivirus 2014, Avast Antivirus 2014 and Avast Internet Security 2014 and Avast Premier Antivirus 2014. Avast has […]
Avira has officially released its 2014 line of products -Avira Free Antivirus 2014, Avira Antivirus Suite 2014 and Avira Internet Security 2014. Though there are new features offered for free AV, good news for users is Avira’s free AV this […]
With Automatic Updates, Safe Browsing and sandboxing, Google Chrome browser is already more secured. But these are not enough, where nowadays malicious programs somehow gets installed on users systems and hijacking browser settings- FYI Chrome already prevents third-party programs from […]
Malwarebytes has announced launch of its USB stick named Malwarebytes Techbench for a price of $399.95/year as an introductory offer. Price seems pretty expensive, but this portable anti-malware USB drive aimed at technicians after plugging into an infected computer will […]