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Fix for Avast antivirus 5 e-mail scanning issue

Avast antivirus is one of the most popular free security software for Windows and Linux that gives a bunch of system protection ranging from antivirus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, rootkit, email and messenger scanning, etc.

The Mail Shield in the latest release of Avast 5.x may not scan some incoming and or outgoing e-mails. This is because Avast scans emails only if the encryption is turned off in the mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird.

Update Bootable AVG Rescue CD Offline

April 16, 2010
Kannan
How to, Internet security

With its comprehensive anti-virus and anti-malware scanning engine, AVG Rescue CD helps you recover a computer from severe virus attack. It is especially suitable for non-bootable PCs due to virus attack.

However, to get maximum benefit from Rescue CD, either you should have the latest version of AVG Rescue CD and burn it to a CD or should be updated it (online or offline) before using.

How to install Google Chrome extension on Firefox?

April 15, 2010
Kannan
Firefox, Google chrome, How to

One of the much touted advantages of Firefox (and also Google chrome) is that you can easily enhance its functionality by downloading and installing what are known as extensions or add-ons.

Yes, it is true that Firefox has a very large repository of extensions. The newly introduced browser Google Chrome has also a growing add-on database and has some good extensions that Firefox misses.

How to reduce YouTube Video buffering time?

April 14, 2010
Kannan
Download, How to, Internet

To watch online videos from sites like YouTube, you should have a reasonably fast internet connection, otherwise video will breaks frequently for buffering data.

If you have such issues, here is a freeware program which will reduce YouTube video (or any other) buffering time and lets you enjoy videos without frequent interruptions.

Disable installing add-ons in Firefox (how to)

April 11, 2010
Kannan
Firefox, How to

Add-ons, plug-ins or extensions will certainly give more features to your browser Firefox. But installing many can slow down your browser. Moreover, we can not trust every add-on (see example here).

So, how to prevent others who share your computer, for example your children, from installing unnecessary add-ons?

How to add glyphs automatically in Word 2010?

April 10, 2010
Kannan
How to, Office

Glyphs are special characters not readily available on your keyboard which can be found as symbols in your character map.

If you need to use such characters often in your word document, inserting them from character map become mind-numbing. You can use Word’s auto correct option to replace related text with such symbols.