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Security

What is the Purpose of Avast Self-Defense Module?

July 29, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’ve installed Avast free antivirus on your computer, Avast self-defense module also comes installed with it and enabled by default. If you’re wondering … [Read more…]

Posted in: Security Tagged: Avast, avast self-defense module, disable
How to

How to Disable or Turn off Windows Defender in Windows 8

April 8, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

There is no MSE in Windows 8, it is not compatible in Windows 8 that’s why Microsoft merged MSE with Windows Defender. Now Windows … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, turn off, Windows 8, Windows Defender
Tips and Tricks

What is igfxpers.exe? How to disable it from running in your Computer?

September 29, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’ve noticed igfxpers.exe process running in the Task Manager under Processes list, from its name, it’s difficult to understand which program it belongs … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, igfxpers.exe
How to

How to Disable or Delete your Google+ Profile

July 9, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

(Too early to cover this I know, since Google Plus in Beta/limited field trial and I may get criticism for this). Let me tell … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to Tagged: disable, Google Plus, privacy
Google Chrome

Chrome 63+: How to disable WebGL

May 11, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Security researchers identified serious vulnerability in WebGL -which is turned on by default for Firefox and Chrome browsers – allows attackers to run malicious code … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, WebGL
Tips and Tricks

Disable or Turn off Windows Error Recovery Screen on Startup in Windows 7

March 29, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Whenever the Power goes off, since Your Computer wasn’t shut down properly, hence the Windows Error Recovery screen appears when you start your PC next … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, screen, startup, turn off, Windows 7, Windows Error Recovery
Tips and Tricks

What is IEMonitor.exe? How to disable it from Running in the Task Manager

March 25, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Still a lot of people use the browser’s built-in downloader to download files from the internet, on the other hand, Free Download Manager and Internet … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting Tagged: disable, disable IEMonitor.exe, IDM, IEMonitor.exe, process, Task Manager
Firefox

Turn off or Disable Avast’s WebRep Safety Ratings for Websites and Search Results

February 5, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve covered about Avast WebRep module which shows safety ratings for websites and search results in Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. WebRep installs as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Avast, Avast 6, Avast WebRep, disable, turn off
Firefox

How to enable or disable WebGL in Firefox in 2022

December 23, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 Beta 8 with WebGL activated by default. WebGL brings 3D graphics to Firefox 4 opening the door for developers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, Firefox 4, WebGL
Opera

Re-enable Disabled WebSockets in Opera 11

December 10, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you don’t know WebSockets are disabled by Opera and Firefox for their Opera 11 and Firefox 4 major releases as vulnerabilities found in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Opera, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Beta, disable, enable, Opera 11, WebSockets
How to

How to disable Building Font Cache Dialog of VLC Player

December 5, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve covered the purpose of Building Font Cache dialog box shown by VLC Player that appears whenever you try to play a media file, this … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: building font cache, building font cache in vlc, dialog, disable, vlc player
How to

How to disable Visual Mouse Gestures in Opera 11

November 23, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Opera support mouse gestures, Opera 11 beta even better offers UI for these mouse gestures aka Visual mouse gestures, highlights mouse paths and helps … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, disable visual mouse gestures, Opera 11, Opera 11 Beta, Visual mouse gestures
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