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Showing posts with label ADVICE. Show all posts
Online anti-virus scannrers
[11:31 PM | Comments ]

Those of you who think their PC's might be affected by virus here is a list of free Online anti-virus scanners that you might use to scan your computers. It especially helps because they are free, in some cases you need only a small download. That's all. Note that not all of them clean of the virus, even if it detects it.
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  1. Trend Micro Housecall
    Trend Micro's Housecall is the only one of our Top Online Scanners to offer cleaning or deleting of infected files. Housecall can scan the entire system, or selected drives and folders. Trend's new version of Housecall is slower and more cumbersome to navigate than previous versions. Updates and detection are not quite as reliable as the Kaspersky options below. Select Housecall only if cleaning or deletion is desired.
  2. Kaspersky Online scanner
    The fast and extremely efficient Kaspersky Online Scanner can be configured to scan individual files, folders, and drives - or target all email related files found on local and mapped drives. Kaspersky updates much more frequently than most other vendors and their heuristics (unknown virus detection) are among the best. This makes Kaspersy online scanner one of the most reliable available. Detection only.
  3. Symantec
    While this utility can scan and diagnose whether your computer system is already infected with a virus it will not protect your system from future virus infection.
  4. McAfee
    Since McAfee Free-Scan is a complete virus scan, the download is substantial. If you are on a dialup modem, it could take over an hour for the test to download.We would recomend CA anti-virus web-scanner. If you have a broadband connection, it may take 30 to 90 seconds for the Active X certificate to appear. Once it appears, just click Yes, and you're on your way.
  5. Bitfender
    Free and accessible from anywhere in the world through an Internet browser. BitDefender Scan Online is a fully functional antivirus product, with a web-based interface and featuring all required elements for remotely antivirus scanning and cleaning: it scans system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sector, providing the user with the option to automatically clean the infected files. Incorporating the latest virus protection technologies.Bit Defender Scan-Online scans for viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and other malicious applications. It includes optional features to virus scan inside of archives, memory, boot sectors, system processes, e-mail databases and network drives.
  6. Onecare.Live
    Use the free protection scan to check for and remove viruses, spyware and other potentially unwanted software and to find vulnerabilities in your Internet connection. From Microsoft Windows
  7. ca.com
    The eTrust Anti-virus Web scanner of CA - Computer Associates is clearly the fastest virus scanner of all on-line scanners
  8. ewido
    Ewido offers a free online spyware scanner that you can use to check your computer for spyware infections and clean anything that it finds. You will be prompted to install a browser component into Internet Explorer so click Ok when it asks.
  9. Pandasecurity
    Panda Active-Scan is a powerful online antivirus that scans your computer for viruses, free of charge, with just a simple click from your browser. ActiveScan is updated constantly, giving it the ability to detect even the latest viruses. Main features include: ability to detect and eliminate over 185,000 viruses, spyware, trojans, hackers-tools, jokes, rootkits, phishing, hoaxes, spam and other Internet threats with automatic daily updates; Virus scan of e-mail and shared files. Online operation, no need to install the complete program, simply download the ActiveX controls.
  10. ESET online scanner
    The NEW ESET Online Scanner is a user friendly, free and powerful tool which you can use to remove malware from any PC utilizing only your web browser without having to install anti-virus software. The ESET Online Scanner uses the same ThreatSense technology and signatures as ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and is always up-to-date.
  11. F-Secure online
    F-Secure Online Virus ScannerF-Secure Online Virus Scanner is a free service. Use it to find out if your computer is infected with a virus and disinfect your computer if needed. F-Secure Online Scanner is able to remove viruses but it cannot disinfect Worms, Trojans, Backdoors, etc since there is nothing to disinfect. This type of malware needs to be removed manually from the hard drive.
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How to Optimize Windows Performance - Simple Way to Speed Up Vista Or XP
[11:17 PM | Comments ]

If you have a computer at home and use it for your work, it is important that you take proper care of the computer. Proper care does not mean simply cleaning and brushing the exterior of the computer. You should make sure the computer is cleaned from within so that it can provide you with superior performance.You can clean your computer from within by installing a good registry cleaner on your computer. These cleaners optimize Windows performance and make sure that the computer runs like it is new.

By installing one of these cleaners on your system and running it at regular intervals you prevent potential threats and errors that could seriously harm your system.

However, you may be wondering how registry cleaners optimize Windows performance. Well, they scan the Windows registry systematically and match all registry files with applications that use these files. On finding a damaged or lost file, your cleaning expert prompts you about the same. You then have the option to repair the error.

Registry cleaners can be programmed to run in two separate modes, automatic and manual. In the automatic mode, these cleaners scan the registry, identify the errors and prepare a list of the same, and repair these errors. In the manual mode, it only scans the registry, identifies the errors, and reports them to you. It is up to you to repair these errors in the manner you feel like.

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In case, you want to recover any change, the registry cleaning expert provides you the option by keeping a backup of all the repairs. Therefore, by cleaning the registry of all errors and orphan files, these cleaners optimize Windows performance. Registry cleaners come with a free scan to detect windows errors and are an extremely good tool to ensure that your computer runs smoothly and does not freeze or crash.

They can be customized and give you the leverage to set the cleaner to scan the items that you want. They also find all the invalid entries in the registry and remove them to optimize Windows performance. You can also defragment your system regularly using a registry cleaner so that your system keeps giving your superior performance. All these features and benefits at an affordable price make a registry cleaner the paramount mechanic for your computer.
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Re/enable regedit in Windows XP
[11:46 AM | Comments ]

Regdedit is the heart of tweaking you computer. But sometimes when you open it via Start => Run => regedit, we get the very popular and irritating error 'Registry editing has been disabled by your Administrator, even though you edited the registry just yesterday with no problem . There are three solutions to this problem. I would recommend the first way for newbies, and the other two ways for a little advanced users. Note:You just need to perform one method to enable the registry.

The easier way
To enable the regedit, just download this little software from here, by comGenius, that will enable your registry within seconds. You just open the software select "Enable regedit(Registry Editing)" from the drop down menu, press perform and Proceed restart and you are done.

The second way
From Group Policy Editor
Go to Run –> gpedit.msc
In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.
Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.

The third way
Go to Start –> Run, copy and paste the follow in the Run box and press OK.

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

The effects are usually instant. If not then you should see the results after restarting your computer.


 
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Gfail- What to do at such times?
[11:39 AM | Comments ]

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Recently Gmail, Google's free online mail service, had gone bust due to "Unexpected side effects of some new code that tries to keep data geographically close to its owner caused another data center in Europe to become overloaded". This resulted in tremendous breakdown in the productivity of the internet crowd. Chances of such a thing happening again is next to nil, but it cannot be ruled out either. So what must one do if such a thing happens?



  • Use a desktop e-mail application:
    While Gmail couldn't be accessed via its online interface, it could still be viewed with desktop e-mail applications like Microsoft Outlook or the free Mozilla Thunderbird. These are softwares that download your e-mail messages to your hard-drive, so that you can view it even if you go offline.
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    To use your Gmail e-mail account in Outlook, you must first make sure POP3 support is enabled in Gmail, and then you can add it to Outlook. For that login to your Gmail account and go to settings => Forwarding and POP/IMAP
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    1. Log in to your Gmail account.
    2. At the top of any Gmail page, click Settings.
    3. In the Mail Settings window, click Forwarding and POP.
    4. In the POP Download section, select Enable POP or all mail or Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on.
    5. Click Save Settings.
    6. In Outlook, on the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
    7. Click Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
    8. Click POP3, and then click Next.
    9. Under User Information, do the following:
      1. In the Your Name box, type your full name the way you want it to appear to other people.
      2. In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail user name followed by @gmail.com.
    10. Under Server Information, do the following:
      1. In the Incoming mail server (POP3) box, type pop.gmail.com.
      2. In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type smtp.Gmail.com.
    11. Under Logon Information, do the following:
      1. In the User Name box, type your full e-mail address, including @gmail.com.
      2. In the Password box, type your password.
      3. Select the Remember password check box.Note You have the option to have Outlook remember your password by typing it in the Password box and selecting the Remember password check box. Having Outlook remember your password means that you won't have to type your password each time you access the account; however, it also means that the account is vulnerable to anyone who has access to your computer. Use strong passwords that combine upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don't mix these elements. Strong password: Y6dh!et5. Weak password: House27. Use a strong password that you can remember so that you don't have to write it down.
    12. Click More Settings.
    13. On the General tab, under Mail Account, type Gmail.
    14. Click the Outgoing Server tab, and then select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.
    15. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
    16. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Server Port Numbers for both Incoming server (POP3) and Outgoing server (SMTP), select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) check boxes.
    17. Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port number to 465.The Incoming server(POP3)port number should change automatically to 995 when you select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) check box.
    18. Click OK.
    19. To verify that your account is working, click Test Account Settings. If there is missing or incorrect information, such as your password, you will be prompted to supply or correct it. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
    20. Click Next, and then click Finish.
  • Use Google's own offline Gmail
    Google recently rolled out the feature for viewing mails offline. You could acess the mail by this wa also. Follow these steps to get started:
    1. Click Settings and click the Labs tab.
    2. Select Enable next to Offline Gmail.
    3. Click Save Changes.
    4. After your browser reloads, you'll see a new "Offline0.1" link in the upper righthand corner of your account, next to your username. Click this link to start the offline set up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.
  • Acess Gmail via Mobile
    Gmail can be accessed by mobile. So you may download the Gmail application from here, and access your mails easily.
  • Keep hard-copies of important mails
    This is the most tried and tested way. Any important mail in your account. Take a print out and stash it in your file and keep it away
These are my tips. With one of these methods you can access Gmail if any other method doesn't work. So share more thoughts with us. Comment!
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