Category: Security

Browse safely and anonymously with Ultrasurf »

While visiting my fellow blogger’s Web site 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 with Ultrasurf you can view Web sites that [...]

Top 10 most used passwords »

Have you ever wondered which passwords are most frequently used on the Web? 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 common passwords.
In December 2009, an unknown individual hacked [...]

Security issues in Internet Explorer »

What’s happening to Internet Explorer? It certainly had its critics over the years, but now it has come to this?! Due to the recent attacks on Google (maybe you’ve read about it) through the much vulnerable IE6 version, the popular browser has received more negative publicity and now it may lose even more users.
Few days ago, hackers exposed [...]

Top 100 infected Web sites »

Norton Symantec has just released a list of top 100 Web sites 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 select the [...]