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Avast tests new UI

November 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

While Avast team is working to integrate recently acquired AVG product, the company has released a new beta version of Avast and is available for … [Read more…]

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News

Web of Trust (WOT) Add-on taken down by Google and Mozilla after reports of selling Users browsing history

November 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

It doesn’t take long for Google and Mozilla to remove Web of Trust (WOT) add-on from Chrome and Mozilla add-on stores after reports surfaced … [Read more…]

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Firefox

Firefox 51: Mozilla turns on Insecure Password Warning

September 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

In the past, Mozilla has planned for the Firefox browser to display an insecure password warning for HTTP websites/pages that has login form, but not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
News

Dropbox Resets Users Passwords who haven’t changed since Mid-2012

August 26, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re a Dropbox user, now you might have already know what’s happening about the service, the company has expired the password for those who … [Read more…]

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Freeware

Download Panda Free Antivirus 2017 Offline installer

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Panda Security has released 2017 product line. The lightest free antivirus has got even better, Panda Free antivirus 2017 has been released and available … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
Freeware

Adwcleaner 6.0 major version released

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Adwcleaner, a simple and portable tool, that is very much effective in removing adware, PUPs, browser hijackers, has been updated; major version —Adwcleaner 6.0— … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News, Security
How to

How to Add File Exceptions to Avira Free Antivirus?

August 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Exclude certain files from Avira scanning. Every antivirus available on the internet is not perfect, some viruses gets through and the antivirus may flag … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Security, Tips and Tricks
News

Avast’s Passive Mode allows it to run with Another Antivirus

August 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Inspired from Windows 10 Anniversary update’s limited periodic scanning feature, which allows Windows Defender to offer additional protection to your existing antivirus by scanning … [Read more…]

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News

Avast Patches Windows 10 Anniversary Update BSOD

August 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve reported yesterday that Avast is causing BSOD on Windows 10 AU installed systems, well Avast has patched the problem by issuing an emergency … [Read more…]

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News

Avast causes BSOD with Windows 10 Anniversary Update [Fixed]

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

It is always recommended to uninstall third-party Antivirus before installing major update such as Anniversary Update on Windows 10, guess what happened! Avast users … [Read more…]

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News

Classic Shell is now Safe to download after Fosshub hack

August 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

One of the main download mirrors of Classic Shell, Fosshub has been hacked yesterday and for a few hours, it has served a malicious … [Read more…]

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Firefox

Why You Should not Disable Download Protection in Firefox 48?

August 3, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla has integrated Google Safe browsing v4 in their browser code and starting from Firefox 48 onwards, the browser protects users against potentially unwanted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
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