Change your IP address and surf anonymously {Astrill Giveaway}

Microsoft, Google and Firefox has made an effort to hide your internet job stuff being cached on history page or in any physical memory by integrating Private browsing mode in their Browsers. But whatever web pages or sites you open can be viewed by your network server or remote PC. But Astrill has the solution for it. Why not you change your IP address dynamically and surf anonymously without being cached even by your ISP.

Astrill is a new virtual private network provider. Servers provided by Astrill are located in the United States and the United Kingdom. It changes your default IP address to UK or US based IP address.

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Password checker from Microsoft Online Safety

R u safe !!!! , Is your password secure or not, want to get new secure password??? Don’t worry here is the Password checker initiated by Microsoft Online Safety. Here you can check your password strength whether your password is able to protect your account or not. Or you can create your own secure password. Microsoft has provided the detailed 6 steps to build a strong password.

If someone steals your passwords, they can use your name to open new credit card accounts, apply for a mortgage, or pose as you in online transactions. To prevent this, you can do the following

• Follow 6 steps to build a strong password
• Learn what makes strong passwords
• Avoid common password strategies that fail.

Other links :

• Password Checker
• 5 tips to help keep your passwords secret
• Strong passwords: How to create and use them

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 972890

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 972890 to alert users about a vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The advisory also indicates that Microsoft is aware of attacks attempting to exploit the vulnerability.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Security Advisory 972890 and implement the workaround listed in the advisory. This workaround will help mitigate the risks until a patch or update is released by the vendor.

Automatically scan your received file in Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live messenger has inbuilt facility to set your virus scanner as a default file sharing virus scanner. Now receive files through live messenger safely.

To set Microsoft Security Essential as your default virus scanner follow the simple steps described below. First of all you need to Install Microsoft Security Essential or any other virus scanner.

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Microsoft Security Essentials is making its way

Microsoft has offered limited downloads (75,000) of Microsoft Security Essentials beta – free antivirus/antispyware replacment for Windows Live OneCare.

Microsoft has pitched the software as a basic antivirus, antispyware product that consumes less memory and disk space than commercial security suites like those from vendors such as Symantec and McAfee, and so is suitable for even low-powered PCs such as netbooks.

“Netbooks are one focus of Windows Security Essentials,” said Alan Packer, the general manager of Microsoft’s anti-malware team, in an interview last week. “We have tested it on netbooks, and a gigabyte [of memory] is actually plenty“.

He conceded that on systems with slower processors and limited RAM, however, the software will hit performance, especially when users run multiple applications at the same time. “I don’t want to oversell here,” Packer said. “There’s definitely an impact on netbooks, and although we’re trying to minimize that, you’re going to notice it’s there.“

Microsoft Security Essentials has passed its first anitvirus exam with “flying colurs“.  Below is an excert from a ComputerWorld arcticle.

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