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Google Chrome
Chrome.exe system error with asan_rtl.dll missing

Fix: Chrome.exe – System Error “ The Program can’t start because asan_rtl.dll is missing ..”

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome.exe system error with asan_rtl.dll missing

If you’re using latest Google Chrome Canary on your computer and getting Chrome.exe -System Error dialog with message “ The Program can’t start because asan_rtl.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.” when trying […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Vprot.exe process

What is vprot.exe? How to Remove it?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Vprot.exe process

How to stop vprot.exe from running in Task manager on startup. If an unknown/new process appears running under process tab of Task Manager we starts to worry what program that process belongs to, doubt it could be related to malware […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Google Chrome
IDM integration malicious warning Google Chrome

Fix “Google Has Flagged “IDM Integration” as malicious and installation has been Prevented”

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
IDM integration malicious warning Google Chrome

Recently Google Chrome has started flagging IDM Integration module as malicious and users were felt sad about this as they can not able to download files using IDM in Google Chrome.  What happened?, according to Google, they’ve found serious vulnerability […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

4 Ways to Make Microsoft Security Essentials to Auto Update Its Virus Definitions Again

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Microsoft Security Essentials installed on your computer not updating virus and spyware definitions released by Microsoft automatically by showing errors?, try these methods and we hope at least one might work. Installing latest virus and spyware definitions for MSE is […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting, Windows
How to
ESET Smart Security System Integration

How to Permanently Disable Personal Firewall in ESET Smart Security 7

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
ESET Smart Security System Integration

For troubleshooting purposes or to turn on Windows built-in Firewall back, you can permanently disable ESET’s Personal Firewall in Smart Security 7 and here is how to do it. You can always re-enable Personal Firewall once your troubleshooting completes. Turning […]

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
Firefox
Firefox without new tab plus button

Firefox New Tab “Plus” Button Missing? Fix This Way

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox without new tab plus button

This can happen to you, one day, your Firefox browser tab bar doesn’t show “plus’ ‘+’ button next to opened tab (unless you or Mozilla intentionally removes it) which we use to open the New Tab. Though you can still

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
How to

How to Fix ESET’s “Error communicating With Kernel” Issue on Startup

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’ve installed ESET’s Smarty Security, even the latest v7.0 Beta and getting “Error communicating with Kernel” Dialog on every startup, this article provides the fix. If ESET Service which configured to start on start of Computer fails to start,

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
How to

How to Fix “System Restore does not appear to be functioning correctly on this system”

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Is system restore not working in Windows 7 and showing an error related to Volume Shadow Copy Service component, here is the fix. System Restore is the crucial feature in Windows that lets you restore your system to earlier time.

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
News

Fix: Websites not Displayed in Chrome 28 Due to Avira

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re using Avira Internet Security on your computer and recently upgraded to Chrome 28 stable -which released with Rich notifications and came with Blink engine-when you try to visit any website in browser, no website will be loaded or

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Avast Behavior Shield Settings

Windows 8 Showing Black Screen Due to Avast [Fix]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Behavior Shield Settings

Are you encountering Black screen with Avast on Windows 8 machine?, here is the manual fix until Avast finds the solution. In the past, we’ve covered fix to BSOD issue with Avast on Windows 8, now recently some users reported

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Google Chrome
Chrome disable extensions command line switch

How to Disable all Extensions when you can’t open the Chrome browser?

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
Chrome disable extensions command line switch

Sure, there is an extension available that lets you disable all Chrome extensions with a single click, but this extension will only be helpful when you able to launch the browser. But if Chrome browser denies to load and crashes

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

How to remove Google Chrome if you can’t uninstall it?

March 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’re not able to uninstall Google Chrome browser from Control Panel then you can manually remove it so that you can able to reinstall Chrome on your computer. When you want to uninstall Chrome to reinstall new version if

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Troubleshooting
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