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  • Removing The Msn Virus

    Instant messaging has been increasing for years. And most popular IM software is Msn messenger. As the use of Msn messenger increases, more worms and viruses get propagated through the messenger. Here’s the latest one usually called the Msn virus. Technical Names: Also known as W32.Mimbot.A, W32/Delf-EXR, WORM_IRCBOT.AJY What it does: It comes through Msn…

  • My First Experiment on Making Money Online – Smorty

    I have been researching on how to make money online with blog advertising. There are so many services out there. I signed up for almost a dozen services to try and find out how they work. Of them all, Smorty was the only one that impressed me a little. The interface of the website is…

  • Who Is Connected To Your Windows Machine?

    If you are connected to a network or Internet and you want to see which services are connected to your system then you can find that out with a simple DOS command. To find out who is connected to your PC, go to Start –> Run –> cmd. This will open up the DOS command…

  • Opera vs. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer – Photographic Comparison

    This is really funny .. see the photographic comparison of all the three top browsers. The Internet explorer makes me go nuts.

  • Turn Off The Annoying Security Warning Balloon In Windows XP

    Windows XP SP2 includes a security center which makes sure that your Windows system is up-to-date and a firewall and an antivirus is running all the time to ensure security. But the annoying things is that when we opt not a run an antivirus or a firewall for sometime or we don’t want Windows update to clog our Internet connection,…

  • Someone Is Stealing Your Paypal Account, Beware!!

    Note: “Please do not follow the links on this article” Today I got an email from Paypal that someone had tried to access my paypal account from a foreign location and I should login to verify that I was the original user of the account and all my resources were in tact.  Here’s an excerpt…

  • Tweak Your Windows With XDN Tweaker

    There are many tweaking tools available for Windows XP. Today I came across a tweaking tool for Windows XP which is a little different from the traditional tweakers. What does XDN Tweaker do? Control Panel You can create a Windows

  • Avoid Inserting A CD When Installing Windows Components

    It’s always frustrating when we want to install a Windows component and Windows asks to insert the Windows CD-ROM. Here’s the trick to stop Windows asking for a CD-ROM. If you have some space in your hard drive, then you can copy the i386 folder located in the Windows CD-ROM and then change the path…

  • Change The Background Of Windows Explorer

    Create a text file named desktop.ini. in the folder where you need to change the background. You may find a hidden file in that folder too with the name desktop.ini. If present open that file and add the following code at the end [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] IconArea_Image=complete path to the image file for example:

  • Clear System Memory Occasionally To Speed Up Your Computer

    Running multiple applications simultaneously for long periods leads to a gradual decrease in system performance over time. Often the only option is a restart. Even if you close the application in the Task Manager, the tasks/threads associated with the application are not released completely, depleting the system?s memory resources making the system unstable and sluggish.…