Bonus : Immunet, A Great Companion for Your System Security

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Aug 18, 2010 in Software, Windows | 6 comments

Update : Guys.. people at Immunet.com have decided to give away a coupon code for TechHamlet readers! Recently they contacted us to make this offer. So, If you want to get 50% off the Immunet Protect Plus, go here and enter the coupon code “AUGUST“ when your buying the product! Remember.. its only valid until September 1st! So, Hurry up!

Actually, there is no single anti virus system in the world which can detect all the viruses which comes to infect our systems! So, some people who knows this, tries to install several antivirus systems together which will kick and kill each other and make the user even more vulnerable. So, we always advice people not to install more than one security systems in their PCs. But, what if some one build an anti-virus which is meant to work with another major anti virus product?

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How Long Will it Take for Some One to Crack Your Password?

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Jul 27, 2010 in Reviews, Web | 7 comments

The Password

You use a password for your e-mail account, for your computer, your Facebook account, for your web site and for many other places where you have very important information to protect! But.. what will happen if someone hacks your mail account and send spam to all of your friends? What will happen if some one hacks into your website and inject some malware into it? I know.. you don’t want to think about it.. So.. what if some one can tell you how long will it take for a hacker to crack your password?

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Be Careful of Fake Anti Viruses! Even Google Have Taken The Bait!

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Jul 26, 2010 in News, Security, Web | 9 comments

Fake AntiVirus

There are lots of threats and frauds scattered all over the net which are well armed to kill us. But there are also lots of security software which can protect us from most of these threats. But what if people start to create malware to look just like another security software? A bit scary isn’t it? Well.. here’s some more shocking news.. Even Search Engines can make us trust these fakes!

Have Doubts About The Reputation of a Web Site?

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Jun 29, 2010 in Reviews, Web | 9 comments

Webutation

The net is full of many dangers which might pop up and eat you at any time. Therefore we must be very careful when we surf the web! But.. its really hard to say whether a web site is trusted or not by just going to it.. The site might say “Hi we are safe” but who knows what dangers it have? Well.. to solve this problem we have services in the world which will allow you to get a good report on reputation of any web site! Today we are going to talk about a service which will combine the power of the most popular site reputation services together and give you a report which you can trust even more!

Top Five Internet Security Software You Must Try

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on May 25, 2010 in Software, Windows | 7 comments

With the passage of time computer security is becoming a debatable issue. The only thing that is now more important is “how to protect computer and laptop”. If you are reading this article, then of course you are using Internet. It is true that Internet is very useful and it made life so easy. However security issues have also aroused and now you must use a good Internet security software to protect and secure your browsing, downloading and surfing. Following are the most popular and powerful Internet security software available at market.

Loopholes in Facebook Privacy Grid Rises Concern

Posted by Navod Pituwala on May 16, 2010 in News, Web | 0 comments

Over 200 million users around the world use Facebook as means of connecting and keeping in touch with their family and friends. Users expect Facebook team to provide complete security and safety and ensure privacy of their profile content from other users who are not entitled to view their profile by default. From last year onwards this isn’t the case as new changes in privacy settings were brought up. The new system of privacy has drawbacks and loopholes that rises concern among users.

Most of Our Anti Virus Systems are Vulnerable?

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on May 10, 2010 in News, Security, Web, Windows | 15 comments

We have a huge amount of Anti Virus software in the market to protect us against the viruses that haunts the computers. But, can they really protect us? Can they give us a complete security without any holes? Most of you might know that the simple answer is “No”. And today, we got proof to prove this theory!