Category: Security

Beware of These Internet Scams! »

Are you annoyed by the fact that there are so many scams on the Internet? Don’t you hate it when you receive an email that asks you to update your bank account or credit card details? Or when someone sends you hot tips about the share market? Or when you sell your old PC on […]

Browse Safely and Anonymously with Ultrasurf »

While visiting a fellow blogger’s website Freewaremission, I stumbled upon this great software called Ultrasurf. Created by UltraReach Internet Corporation, Ultrasurf is a free program which lets you hide your IP address and access Web sites that may be blocked by your server. It connects to the Internet through proxy servers, like many similar programs, but […]

Top 10 Most Used Passwords »

Have you ever wondered which passwords are most frequently used on the Web? Probably not, but now you can get an answer to this question. Imperva, a data security company, has just analyzed 32 million passwords that had been exposed in a recent hack and it came up with the 10 most used passwords. In December […]

Top 100 Infected Websites »

Norton Symantec has just released a list of top 100 websites affected by viruses. Visiting any of these sites could infect your PC, and you don’t even have to click on anything. Just by opening the site in your Web browser you are risking exposure to malware which can easily enter into your hard drive without your knowledge. If […]

Password protect files in Windows XP/Vista »

If you want to ensure that only you can access a certain file, and users you allow access to the file, then the easiest way to do so is to zip (compress) a file with Winzip/Winrar or Windows’ own compression tool. All you need to do is download Winzip or Winrar, install the program and […]