Most of you already know that Firefox shifted to rapid development cycle and started releasing frequent upgrades to its Firefox Browser starting version 4. Firefox 5 was the first in that release cycle. Firefox 6 was slated to be released on August 16 as per Mozilla schedule. But looks like Firefox build 6.0 is already finalized and its already […]
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Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 License Key Giveaway
Just few days back, Bitdefender released final versions of their security Products. Today we will talk about Bitdefender Internet security 2012 and will be giving away five License keys to Avtechies using a Random draw. Bitdefender is a well known name in Antivirus and security products for PC. Almost 6 months back, we did a […]
Hotmail lets you report if your friends account is compromised
Have you ever received a email from your friend asking for some urgent help in the form of money as he got trapped somewhere or in some situation? The email later turns out to be a Spam or phishing email as your friend account may have got compromised. We all know that getting a account […]
How to enable two-step verification for Google Apps
Sometime back, we wrote about how to set up 2-step verification process for your Google Account. As most of you know, two-step verification adds a additional layer of security to account in addition to your existing password. By enabling this, the it becomes almost impossible to get hacked as the additional layer of password keeps […]
Another Malware ‘MacGuard’ hits Mac OSX, bypasses password
Looks like Virus and Malware writers are ready o bust the myth of Mac users that they are not prone to virus and malware attacks. Almost all the Mac users believe that they are immune from virus, Malware attacks etc and only Windows users need to be worried about these things. The myth has started […]
How to remove MacDefender, MacProtector or MacSecurity malware
Looks likes malware authors finally wrote a malware for Apple Mac OSX finally which did made into headlines as it infected Mac systems which most Mac users wont even dream of. Even Apple was reluctant to admit this at first and its Technicians were asked to refrain from talking about this MacDefender, MacProtector or MacSecurity […]
Verify emails with Iconix id in Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL
Every time you receive a suspicious mail and are concerned about whether its real email or a phishy one, its difficult for a non-geeky person to identify if the email has arrived from the email address which as claimed in email. Even though there are loads of ways by which you can identify if the […]
WOT Social: protection from Facebook, twitter bad links (Coming soon)
Many Avtechies already use WOT (Web of trust) Addon or extension with their browsers ( Firefox, Chrome etc.). We have already talked about WOT sometime back on Avinashtech. Even though We know that it is not 100% accurate and can be manipulated but in majority of cases, WOT Ratings give a clear picture about the […]
Trafficlight: Secure your browser from Viruses, Phishing and Spam Advertisements
Most of you know that browser can be the entry point for majority of security threats like Viruses, phishing scams and spam. We keep talking of securing our browser by various means often either by upgrading to latest version as and when they come by or using security addons with browsers like keyscrambler, myWOT, addons […]
How to set up 2-step verification process for your Google Account
Just few days back, Google introduced a 2-step verification process for Google accounts which when enabled, makes the security of your Google Accounts just similar to what you have for your Banking accounts. In our previous post, we talked about how to enable 2-step verification feature. The feature is being rolled out slowly to every […]
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