Always Use Personal Computers Most important thing is always, must and should use personal computers for online transactions. Public computers are like public libraries where everyone has access to everything .Most of the public computers saves usernames, passwords, and has…
On various websites, there are 3rd party scripts which are tracking us(for serving Ads, display content etc..). Ghostery is a browser extension tool available for all major browsers(Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer) as well as a standalone app available…
Delta search is a browser plug-in, toolbar and extension for most popular web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to promote their search engines or other services as well as display ads. It copies Google Style…
If your favourite website is down, there’s a chance it’s suffering a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This is more likely if the site is an online shop, a bookie or another site that relies financially on being online at…
I want to point out that starting point for safety online depends on the user and not on anti-virus software no matter how popular or expensive it may be. There are some common mistakes all users make while browsing. Luckily…
Browser hijacking is a potentially serious security issue. If a hijacking program has taken hold of your browser, any personal or sensitive information stored within it is seriously at risk. Browser hijackers also often make it impossible for you to…
The Pirate Bay and other large BitTorrent sites are now being blocked by Internet providers in India. Visitors who try to access the sites are redirected to a banner which informs them that the Department of Telecommunications ordered a blackout.…
Wikipedia representatives warn users that If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware. “We never run ads on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is funded by more than a million donors, who give an average donation of less…
Adware is a close relative of spyware. Adware is a type of software that is installed on your computer to show you advertisements. These advertisements may take many forms, from relatively noninvasive banners within a program, to very invasive pop-up…
Amay Champaneria and Beverly Yang, Search Quality Engineers at Google, wrote: You’ve probably had the experience where you’ve clicked a result and it wasn’t quite what you were looking for. Many times you’ll head right back to Google. Perhaps the…
