Posts under Online safety tag.

PrivacyFix Review: Protect your privacy on the Internet

Yesterday, we posted about how companies like Google, Facebook, etc track your online activities and profit from the data generated. As mentioned, there are several tools to fix and prevent data collection. One of them is PrivacyFix. Privacy Fix – Stop Websites From […]

How Much Are You Worth Online To Companies Like Google & Facebook

It is no hidden fact that Google keeps a tab on what all you are doing on the Internet. From your searches to links you click to websites you visit to the IP address you logged in from and other […]

Review Of SpotFlux – Stop Existing On The Internet

While you are on the Internet, there are many things happening that you don’t know. There are people and companies tracking you to know your interests. There are agencies collecting data about you and your computers. There may be hackers […]

Review of Tor Browser: Protect Your Privacy and Surf Web Safely

Tor is an acronym that stands for The Onion Router. While the name suggests it is a router, it is actually a browser. Tor is the browser that stands for anonymity and privacy on the Internet. This review of Tor […]

How to set up & use Family Safety in Windows 8 to monitor your kids activities

Windows 8 is not just making PC easier to use, more interactive and social but it’s the most secure and safe computer operating system ever made. Microsoft is very much concerned about the security and safety of their customers and […]

Customized Internet Explorer version for kids launched

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2012, Microsoft and COEP today released a customized version of Internet Explorer browser, to help protect and keep kids safe online. This is not the first time that such a browser was launched. […]

PayPal Login: How to Sign up and Sign in securely

PayPal is one of the most popular and secure services which you can use to shop and sell online, and to send and receive money. Since financial transactions are involved, it is very important to learn and know how to set up […]

You’ve heard of Phishing; now learn about Smishing and Vishing!

Most computer users and Internet surfers are by now aware of Phishing and its variants Spear Phishing, Tabnabbing, Whaling, and Tabjacking. In this article, we will try to make you aware of two more variants or attacks or scams: Smishing and […]

Take the Microsoft Computing Safety Index Survery

In case you missed it, Microsoft last month released the Microsoft Computing Safety Index, a scoring system of more than 20 steps, individuals can take to help protect themselves and stay safe online. The MCSI tallies points for user behaviors […]

Download Digital Citizenship Guide and Events Toolkit from Microsoft

Microsoft has released a set of Event Guides & Posters. The Digital Citizenship Toolkit is a collection of materials and includes a Guide to Education & Events Toolkit. The download contains all that will need to teach yourself and help […]

Generate Fake Online Name and Identity for Free!

At times you may just want to generate a fake name and identity. Rather than think it all up – and tie it all together, there is a free website whose services you can avail of. FakeNameGenerator.com lets you generate […]

Secure your Twitter account with BitDefender Safego for Twitter

While talking of how to secure your Facebook account, we had talked about BitDefender Safego, which keeps your social networking account safe so that you and your PC don’t get into e-trouble. BitDefender Safego for Twitter Now BitDefender has also launched […]

Download Official Facebook Security Guide

A few months back Facebook had launched its Family Safety Center, which offered a powerful set of safety and security resources for the entire family and also offered a Facebook Guide for Parents. Now, it has released its official Facebook […]

How to track and monitor activities using Windows Family Safety

In my earlier post I told about How to set up and configure Parental Controls in Windows 7. Now I will tell you how to add extra Parental Controls to track activities and monitor web activities of your kids. In addition […]

Tips & Security Applications for Facebook to secure your Facebook account

The next wave of malware to infect you may well be from the social networking sites. Already Facebook users are facing so many security issues and so this is a good time as any to check up on your Facebook […]

Secure yourself, avoid online scams and know when to trust a website!

The World Wide Web has millions of websites – so many that one life is not enough to visit them all! It’s human nature that every invention or discovery has been used for the benefit of humankind and also misused! […]

Download consumer brochure, Defend Your Computer, from Microsoft

The appeal of the seemingly limitless information, images, and opportunities on the web can lead us to forget that this access comes with risk to our computers.

Microsoft: The Real World is more dangerous than the Online World

Is the Online World More Dangerous Than the Real World? Microsoft has addressed four common online myths about identify theft, child exploitation, conducting transactions online, and reputation to show that the online world is not more dangerous that the offline […]

Own Your Space – Digital ebook for teens from Microsoft

In partnership with security expert and author, Linda McCarthy, Microsoft has released a free downloadable version of her new book, “Own Your Space – Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online.”

Windows Live Family Safety vs Apple vs McAfee vs Norton OnlineFamily

We have seen a comparison of  Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo Gallery vs. iPhoto vs. Picasa, Comparison of various Application Suites in Windows Live Essentials vs Apple iLife and Windows Live Mail vs Thunderbird vs Yahoo Zimbra.