How to Spot (and Avoid) Fake Android Apps in the Play Store

Fake Android apps in the Play Store are a problem. People create listings designed to look exactly like popular apps, often using the same icon and name, to trick you into downloading it—then bombarding you with ads (or worse, malware). This issue has been especially prominent lately. A fake version of WhatsApp was downloaded by more than one million people last year, and just this week Reddit’s /r/android community found a fake...

How to check if an Android app is safe to install

hough Google does its best to keep viruses and malware out of the Play Store, malicious Android apps often attract millions of downloads before they’re taken down. So how can you avoid becoming a victim? In this how-to, we'll share a few techniques to double check an app is legit. Can you get viruses or malware on your phone? The short answer: YES you absolutely can don’t let anyone tell you otherwise or we’re all gonna... The long answer is that while Android smartphones or tablets can’t get viruses, they can get other forms of malware —...

How to spot an untrustworthy app

Today, you could ask almost any Aussie which smartphone or tablet apps they like to use and they’ll be able to list off a few in a heartbeat. If you ask someone to recommend you an app, one of its main “selling” points will probably be that it’s free: all you have to do is download it, create an account (or just link your Facebook profile) and then you can use it without paying. Sadly, many of these free apps can come with a hidden cost: safety....

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100+ keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL + Insert = Copy CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) CTRL+A (Select all) CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) CTRL while dragging an item...

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Save Folder Setting Preferences

Sometimes when we customize a folder and upon restarting we realize that the changes haven't been saved. In some cases the settings work for few days and then XP forgets it. Ever wondered why this happens? Well, this is due to that fact that Windows XP remembers the settings for only 400 folders, by default. When you customize more folders the old settings are lost. To prevent Windows XP forgetting the folder customization, we can increase the limit till 8000 (which is the upper limit). Set the BagMRU Size to 6000 (Decimal) in the following...

Make your Folders Private

•Open My Computer•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.•Double-click your user folder.•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box. Note •To open My Computer, click Start, and then click...

Open Icons In Vista With Single Click Instead Of Double Click

Well... many people have been used to the single click format in the previous versions of Windows. So here I am to show you people how to customize the same in Windows Vista. To do so, you need to follow the simple steps given below: Open My Computer. Click on the Organize drop down menu located at the top left corner of the windows just below the Back & Forward buttons. In the dropdown menu click on Folder & Search Options. A new dialog box will appear in which you need to select Single Click...

Create Keyboard Shortcuts To Open Any Folder

Do you have a folder that you'd like to be able to open quickly and easily whenever you want? If you create a keyboard shortcut for that folder, you can open it anytime by pressing a key combination, no matter which other programs you have open. To create a keyboard shortcut to open a folder, follow as below: 1.Click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer. 2.In Windows Explorer (the program that appears when you open folders such as My Computer, My Documents, My Pictures, or My Music), right-click...

Add a Safe Mode Option To The Boot Menu In Windows XP

Follow these steps to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must select Safe Mode from yet another menu.Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact, it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.Here's how.1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.2....

Using Boot Defragment

A very important new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled but some upgrade users have reported that it isn't on their setup. 1. Start Regedit. 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction 3. Select Enable from the list on the right. 4. Right on it and select Modify. 5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable. 6....

Check Whether Your System Is Capable Of Runing Windows Vista 64-bit

Windows Vista comes in 32-bit and 64-bit editions depending on which CPU type you have. The 64-bit version will only work on 64-bit processors, however the 32-bit version can run on all types.Some users will have a processor capable of running the 64-bit version of Vista but have the 32-bit version installed by default. This won't cause any problems, but it does mean you may miss out on some advantages (such as being able to utilise large amounts...

REPARTITION YOUR HARD DRIVE WITHOUT FORMATING IT

If you are logged in as an administrator, you can repartition your hard disk by using the Shrink feature in Disk Management. You can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space, from which you can create a new partition or volume. (Note that the terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably.) Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer...

Understand (and Get Rid of) the Mysterious Small Partition

If you install Windows 7 on a clean disk with no existing partitions, it creates a System Reserved partition at the beginning of the disk and uses the remainder of the unallocated space to create your system drive.That small partition isn’t assigned a drive letter, so you won’t even know it exists unless you look in the Disk Management console or use a low-level utility, such as Diskpart, to inspect the disk structure. This “stub” of a partition, which is new in Windows 7, serves two functions. First, it holds the Boot Manager code and the...

INTERNET EXPLORER 9 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

VIEWING AND EXPLORING WEB PAGES To do this Press this Display Help F1 Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window F11 Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar TAB Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar SHIFT+TAB Start Caret Browsing F7 Go to your home page ALT+HOME Go to the next page ALT+RIGHT ARROW Go to the previous page ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE Display a shortcut menu for a link SHIFT+F10 Move forward...