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Browser Cleanup popup

How to disable GrimeFighter and Popups of Browser Cleanup in Avast?

March 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Browser Cleanup popup

Recently, we’ve covered how to uninstall GrimeFighter feature of Avast in your computer, do you know you can disable it without needing to remove it?. Browser Cleanup is another tool that removes add-ons and toolbars from browsers that have a […]

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How to

How to Enable Rootkit Scanning and Chameleon Self-Protection in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.0

February 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Malwarebytes Corporation has released a public beta for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.0 for Windows and is available for testing with completely new interface, integration of Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit and Malwarebytes Chameleon driver and other improvements. Before you install this version, first, you […]

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Firefox

How to Enable HTTP/2 in Firefox

February 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Firefox Nightly currently supports HTTP/2 protocol which is major revision of web’s protocol, this feature is disabled by default, you can by turning on two preferences in about:config.  “Firefox will only be implementing HTTP/2 over TLS – and right now […]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Freeware
Avira RegistryCleaner

When to use Avira RegistryCleaner?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avira RegistryCleaner

Want to reinstall Avira antivirus freshly in your computer? Then you should be using the official Avira RegistryCleaner tool which removes all registry keys created by Avira products and German security vendor strongly recommends to run this tool before installing […]

Posted in: Freeware, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to disable or remove Bingsurrogate.exe?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you install Bing Bar aka Bing Toolbar in your computer it will be installed for Internet Explorer and you can notice processes related to it running in Task Manager under Processes tab when Internet Explorer is open, they’ll vanish […]

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How to
Snagit OneClick

How to Disable OneClick of Snagit

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Snagit OneClick

Unless you’ve Snagit not running, when you launch TechSmith’s Screen Capture program for the first time after its install, OneClick window interface appears on top of the screen – you can drag and place it on left side or right […]

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How to
Process Explorer v16 VirusTotal

How to Enable VirusTotal.com Checking in Process Explorer?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Process Explorer v16 VirusTotal

Process Explorer, takes where Task Manager leaves off, shows detailed information about processes running in your computer and is one of the tools in Microsoft Sysinternals suit, and it has got an update, v16 integrated support for VirusTotal.com. Now from […]

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

Do Exploit Test for Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit

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

Recently Malwarebytes corporation has acquired ZeroVulnerabilityLabs and rebranded its Exploitshield which offers protection for browsers and applications against zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows as Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (MBAE). This light-weighted tool which is currently in beta and works with other antivirus and […]

Posted in: Security, Tips and Tricks
How to
AVG advanced Settings

How to Restore AVG Default Settings

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
AVG advanced Settings

AVG is one of popular free antivirus available on internet along with Avast and Avira, after installing AVG you can configure its settings to your liking, it can be disabling annoying notifications displayed related to boot time improvements, statistics, AVG […]

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How to

How to Undo Changes made by AVG PC TuneUp to your computer?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you install AVG Free Antivirus, apart from crucial security components needed for functioning of AVG it will also install PC Analyzer component into your computer, because of that ‘Fix Performance’ tile appears on AVG main window. When you click […]

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How to
Avira online essentials client

How to Uninstall Avira Client installed by Avira Online Essentials in Windows?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Avira online essentials client

Avira Online Essentials has been released yesterday and available in English and German languages, it is an online service that lets you install Avira products on multiple devices from the dashboard in the browser and allows to manage them, when […]

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How to
McAfee Securty Scan Plus

How to Uninstall Useless McAfee Security Scan Plus?

January 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
McAfee Securty Scan Plus

Before downloading Adobe products such as Adobe Reader or Adobe Flash Player from their website if you don’t pay attention, along with Adobe application McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSSP) also gets downloaded and installed on your computer. MSSP is not […]

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