Malwarebytes Browser Guard is a free extension, available for all major browsers, that helps protect users from scammers, malicious pages/websites, browser hijackers, and more. What impresses me about this extension is that it blocks access to tech support scams. I’ve published warnings previously about the […]
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A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses has built its network by paying browser extension makers to quietly include its code in their creations. This story examines the lopsided economics
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If you have your browser set to save passwords, then it’s possible to go into the browser’s settings to retrieve them. You can also use a free program called WebBrowserPassView from www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_browser_password.html I’ve used this in the past and wasn’t sure if it would work
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Refers to Chromium Edge, Google Chrome, and Firefox In this article, I’ll not only be showing you how to export login details to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file but also how to password protect that sensitive information. There are a number of reasons users
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Years ago tabs were not a part of any browser. When we wanted to look at a website we would open the browser and locate that one website. If we wanted to view a different site and keep the other one open, we would open
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Occasionally I like to look at NetMarketShare‘s statistics to see how desktop browsers are faring in terms of market share and am always amazed to see the old Internet Explorer still being used by a large number of people. According to NetMarketShare, Internet Explorer’s desktop
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Bookmarks, Favorites, And Now Collections Most of us are familiar with using the “Bookmark” or “Favorites” feature in our browsers. It allows us to mark certain websites that we may wish to revisit. The use of the term “Favorite” is slightly misleading because it is
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Preventing Browsers From Hogging Your Resources A comment before you read this article is in order. When I first started this article, the focus was on Chrome. However, after researching, I found that while Chrome does indeed hog resources, it is not alone. Therefore, the
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Earlier today one of my clients contacted me because he couldn’t access outlook.com via the Edge browser to check his webmail. I ended up connecting to his computer remotely through Windows 10’s Quick Assist app– what a great app this is for people such as
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Back in February, we reported that Edge was edging closer to Firefox in the desktop browser market share with numbers for January showing Edge at just a single percentage point behind Firefox. I said in that article… ”I don’t believe it will be too long
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