Tag Archives | Security

Thousands of Twitter Accounts Hacked

Have you changed your Twitter account recently? You might want to on news that over 50,000 Twitter accounts have recently been compromised.

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Improve Web Browsing Security In Chrome By Enabling Click To Play

Looking to secure your web browsing? Chrome has a built-in feature to disable plugins from automatically running. Here’s how to enable it.

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How To Add a Password to new Android App Purchases

If you have your credit card linked with the Google Play Store, it would be wise to password protect app purchases to prevent any rogue purchases on your mobile phone.

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Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 Released

Our favorite Antivirus utility Microsoft Security Center is now at version 4.0. If you haven’t automatically been updated, make sure to download the current 32 or 64-bit version.

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How To Customize OneNote 2010 Password Security Settings

Yesterday I explained how to encrypt specific OneNote 2010 Notebook Sections using the Password feature. Today I’ll review how to customize those setting.

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OneNote 2010: How To Password Protect and Encrypt Notebooks

Whether you use Microsoft OneNote 2010 for Home, School or Work, a groovy feature you need to be aware of is its ability to secure your data by encrypting sections of your notebook using a password. Here’s how it works.

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How to Block Ads and Questionable Internet Connectivity for Android Apps on Rooted Devices

Tired of Android apps needlessly connecting to the internet? Put a stop to it with Droid Wall, a free app on the Google Play Market. Here’s a quick look at what it can do.

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Antivirus Poll: What you said

Last week we asked you, the readers, which anti-virus solution you prefer. The results are in, and here’s the wrap up from last weeks groovy poll.

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Secure Photos and Videos on Your Android Phone Against Theft or Phone Snoopers

Android’s default setup doesn’t include any type of photo security. Even when you’ve put a password on your screenlock, all it takes is access to your SD card to get to your photos and dump them on the Internet for all to see. Want to make them more secure? Read on.

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Disable Windows 7 Firewall Notifications [Tip]

Sometimes you don’t want the Windows 7 Firewall constantly popping up notifications. But the operating system doesn’t always agree. Here’s how to disable those pesky notifications.

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