Computer viruses are potentially as debilitating for the Pc as deadly viruses are to the human body. The best way to protect yourself against these problems is to become informed about the issues that tech experts will term ‘what you need to know about computer viruses’. Basic Virus Operations Viruses tend to try to change the contents of  a file or make the file adjust itself by a kind of reprogramming. Their main source of transportation is the host. There are times however that ...

You’ve been there. You’re in the middle of an important assignment or an intriguing Skype conversation when the screen goes blank or starts to switch modes erratically. It’s frustrating exasperating and annoying. This is the inconvenience that dangerous computer viruses cause.dangerous computer viruses can cripple your productivity and earning potential and cause you to lose valuable data. There is so much at stake that it is important for PC owners to be on the lookout for ways ...

Windows 7 is one operating system by Microsoft which has truly revolutionized the way Windows OS behaved, felt, worked and felt.  The OS already comes loaded with a host of handy and useful features; still there are several 3rd party apps that can actually make a user’s life much more easier. Here are 10 of the very useful freeware that every Windows 7 user ought to have. Hang on tight & enjoy the ride.

Nowadays Facebook and Twitter are the major Social networking platforms. Almost everyone who surf web daily like to socialize on Facebook. According to the Official Facebook Statics:More than 500 million active users. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day. Average user has 130 friends. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.  On Facebook usually you add more people through suggestions, buddies on Facebook games, lost school/college friends, new ...

iTunes store offers plenty of free stuff like Apps, TV episodes, Music, podcast, etc. To Download this free content  you will need an account at the iTunes store and a Credit Card for the same. Also, some applications in the free section is restricted to U.S users only. Most users might not be having credit cards or don’t want to give out their credit card details online. iTunes store will not charge your credit card for any free content you download, it will just remain on the file.  ...

Yesterday I received an e-mail from “alert@sbi.co.in” which was fake and had a HTML attachment with a link to a phishing site to gather all the personal information and hack into SBI and other bank accounts. Many users  have been receiving such fraudulent emails lately from alert@sbi.co.in or update@sbi.co.in  The HTML attachment contains the following text:   Dear Valued Customer, Your account has generated an Error code SB-907 in our new security system due to mis-match ...

GWatchman is a tiny, portable freeware which sits in your taskbar and  periodically checks for new mail or feed in your Gmail and Google Reader. If Unread messages or feeds are found it notifies with a pop up on desktop with he number of items. GWatchman is open source, you can customize the alerts by changing the colors, opacity, background, position, text color or the way it alerts you. You can select the checking interval from 30 seconds to 3 hours.

IE Restorator is a small utility for troubleshooting common Internet Explorer issues. It can Flush DNS cache, Re-register concern dlls for Internet Explorer (3 different types 64-Bit, 32 Bit on 64-Bit OS and 32-Bit) Reset IE to Default settings, Reset Winsock. It Works only on IE8 and 7. Will work only if you have .NET Frameworks 3.5 installed.