Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 12, 2009.
There are literally uncountable websites around the world. How many sites you can suspect while there are few hundred thousand of sites to steal your identity, do phishing and harm your computer or even worse. You might say hey I have an Anti virus or personal firewall installed in my computer and I am secure. But in that case you’ve spend enough money to secure your computer. Nevertheless not every time an anti virus or firewall software can detect a fake or low privacy site. Previously I’ve tried to use SiteAdvisor from McAfee the popular anti virus maker and Internet Explorer’s Phishing site checker but honestly both of them didn’t really fit my expectations. Then recently I’ve introduced to WOT (Web of Trust) software from one of my online contacts. WOT is a Mozilla recommended security add-on that also works with Internet Explorer and has been downloaded 3 million times. WOT addon warns you about risky websites to help you avoid spyware, browser hijacking, identity theft, phishing and other Internet scams. WOT is a user contributed site checker and comes with a huge database of known sites. This software comes in a flavor of plugin for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, the 2 most used browser on the globe. It represents the safety marks in a ring format. Dark green is most safe and Dark red represents no safety at all. The colors are designed in Human behavior so it takes a less than a second to understand it. As long we understand Red light is No Go and Green light is a Go. Lets take a look at the features this product offers for Free: [More]
Written by Ruhani Rabin on June 12, 2008.
When working on your Windows computer, you may come across several strange DLL errors that may leave you baffled. Some examples of DLL errors that you may encounter are listed below:
“rundll32.exe – Unable To Locate Component
This application has failed to start because framedyn.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.”
“IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in SHELL32.DLL”
“This application has failed to start because Msvcp71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.”
“Msvcp71.dll is a bad windows image. Please check against your installation diskette.”
There are many causes of DLL errors such as these. Missing DLL files, such as the missing framedyn.dll, shell32.dll and msvcp71.dll errors given above are one of the most common DLL errors. These errors usually occur when one or more required files are either overwritten by older or incompatible versions or the existing files get damaged due to certain hardware problems or malware infections.
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Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 16, 2006.
Microsoft has released Windows Defender Beta 2 (formerly Anti-Spyware) which protects your computer from spyware and other computer baddies. New features of Windows Defender include:
A redesigned and simplified user interface – Incorporating feedback from our customers, the Windows Defender UI has been redesigned to make common tasks easier to accomplish with a warning system that adapts alert levels according to the severity of a threat so that it is less intrusive overall, but still ensures the user does not miss the most urgent alerts.
Improved detection and removal – Based on a new engine, Windows Defender is able to detect and remove more threats posed by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Real Time Protection has also been enhanced to better monitor key points in the operating system for changes. Protection for all users – Windows Defender can be run by all users on a computer with or without administrative privileges. This ensures that all users on a computer are protected by Windows Defender.
An early version of this software turned me off because it kept me from running Cygwin (the irony!) but that little problem – plus the inability to wrestle the software into submission – seems to have been resolved in this version. While an Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy combo has been my computer’s preferred cocktail, the nice thing about Windows Defender is that it can do automated, scheduled scans, a feature not available in the free version of Ad-Aware. Free download, Windows only, Windows validation required.
Windows Defender Beta 2
Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 15, 2006.
Web service SiteAdvisor tells you if a web site has known spyware, pop-ups or if it spams users after you register with an email address:
SiteAdvisor helps protect you from all kinds of Web-based security threats including spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser-based attacks, phishing, online fraud and identity theft.
Our automated testers continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and sign-up for things with e-mail addresses. As you search, browse, download or register online, SiteAdvisor’s safety ratings help you stay safe and in control.
A browser plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox is available for download which alerts you realtime to sites with the cooties. Otherwise you can just pop a URL into their search box and get information about a site that way. SiteAdvisor will come in handy when you’re looking for sites notorious for hosting malware, like song lyrics or ringtone sites.
SiteAdvisor
