I’m seeing this error for the first time. I thought it was due to Windows firewall, so I checked it, but it was turned off. So, I started to search Google for a possible solution and after a while I found a hint. The error is because of Internet Explorer. In, Internet Explorer all websites are categorized into various kinds and if the website from where you downloaded the file is categorized as Restricted, then you’ll face the above security error. Usually it is safe, not to run such files. But, if you know that the file is safe and won’t do any harm, then follow the steps below to run the file.

Follow the steps as depicted

1. Open Internet Options of Internet Explorer. Then browse to Security tab.
2. Now click on Restricted sites icon and then click on Custom Level.
3. Then a new window will open where all settings are listed according to their categories. Now, under Miscellaneous category there is an option called “Launching Applications and Unsafe files”. Now, change the setting from “Disable” to “Prompt”.
4. Now click OK and close Internet Explorer.

That’s it. Now run the file and it’ll execute without any issues. After finishing the work with that file, make sure to restore Internet Options to defaults.

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Screenshots taken normally show background items clearly

1. Aeroshot :

Aeroshot captured by Aeroshot

• It can capture individual windows only but not full desktop screen.
• You can choose your own background window color or just capture transparent windows without any background items being visible.
• Can only save to PNG format (to support transparency) and no built-in photo editor is included.

Download : Aeroshot (Just 257 KB & Portable)

2. 7capture :

Screenshot captured with 7 capture

• It can capture full screen or individual windows.
• Supports transparency with no option to choose background color.
• It can save screenshots to PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP and PDF and with no built-in editor.

Download : 7capture

3. Shotty :

Shotty capturing Screenshot editor – editing another screenshot

• Can capture full screen, windows or even a specific region.
• Provides 1-click upload to image hosting sites like, imgur, imageshack etc…
• A basic image editor is included, that lets you add text, crop, resize, blur etc…
• It can also add watermark automatically to every screenshot you take.
• Offers loads of options to choose a custom background color for screenshots, auto-save screenshots, enable transparency etc…

Download : Shotty

4. Snapcrab :

Screenshot taken with Snapcrab

• Auto save captures to desktop or user defined folder. You defined keyboard shortcuts for several tasks.
• Can directly upload to Facebook, Twitter and Evernote.
• Can capture full desktop, individual windows and specific region.
• Lets you take screenshots with background transparency or even with a background color of your choice.

Download : Snapcrab

5. Now coming to the 5th one, it’s not actually a software but just a tip. In order to take screenshots without aero, but to have transparency and shadow effect, just open a blank notepad file and put it behind the window which you want to capture.

Screenshots do play an important role not limited to our computing lives. They add a lot of meaning to what we say and help us get things done quickly, i.e. to impress clients, to get answers quickly from support personnel or even to show off your stylish desktop to impress your buddies. So, use anyone of the above screen capturing softwares. All of them are very tiny in size and some of them have portable versions too. So, use them and take screenshots just the right way.

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Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro 2.0

New Features :

• Community-based firewall (pro edition only).
• New cloud-based disinfection engine.
• New behavioral analysis engine in the free edition.
• Improved offline protection.
• Process monitor allows seeing Internet connections on a per process basis.
• Improved performance and 50% faster scans.
• New advanced configuration options such as asking for confirmation before neutralizing.
• Compatibility with Windows 8.
• New interface.
• Ability to manage different licenses.

Celebrating this major release, Panda Security has partnered with Cnet to giveaway 5000 copies of their new Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 Pro for free! So, to get Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro for free go to this webpage and click on Buy Now.

Click on “Buy Now”

Then you’ll be forwarded to the payment page where you have to provide your email. Then, when you proceed to the next step you can see that 100% rebate is already applied. So, just click on “Get Your Product Now” button and you’ll be given the license key.

100% discount is applied automatically

Now, download the offline installer of Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 from the link below and activate the product.

Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0 Pro activated for 1 year

Download: Panda Cloud Antivirus 2.0

Hurry up! This offer is good till the stock lasts

Update :

Missed this promo? Don’t worry, grab 6-month license key from Panda facebook page.

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Reading Feeds with Slick RSS reader

Slick RSS extension lets you read RSS feeds right inside Google Chrome. By default, it works just as an RSS reader and to subscribe to new feeds you have to make use of their other extension called Slick RSS : Feed Finder. When you subscribe using the feed finder extension, then that feed will be added to Slick RSS where you can read those feeds.

Subscribing through Slick RSS Feed Finder

Apart from being an RSS reader, Slick RSS provides several other useful features, such as:

• Toolbar/Tab Notifier: Slick RSS notifies the number of unread items through a button, using which you can know how many new articles are published.
• Read later: Lets you can mark individual RSS posts to read them at a later time. If you are a heavy RSS reader, then you can make use of this option to separate interesting articles from others.

Starring an entry to read it later

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The new interface of Microsoft Office 2013 is streamlined with that of Windows 8 and even works well with touch devices. There are lots of improvements made to every module of Office 2013 and most changes reflect the present day real-world scenario.

MS Word 2013 [Credit PC Mag]

Let us see some important new features in Office 2013 :

• Word 2013 now has the ability to edit PDFs.
• Social network integration into Outlook 2013 makes it one-stop place to meet your friends.
• Much cleaner Windows 8 like interface, developed to support full touch devices.
• Cloud integration with skydrive carries your documents wherever you go.
• Improved collaboration tools, lets you share your work easily. You can let your team mates view/edit your documents or presentations irrespective of whether office is installed on their system or not, because everything can be shared right inside web browser.

Microsoft Office 2013 Customer Preview looks promising and all much-needed present day requirements are met through this version. As expected, it works with Windows 7 & Windows 8 only. The release date of final version of Microsoft Office 2013  is not yet announced. So, till then enjoy this customer preview for free by downloading it from the official page (Windows Live ID is required to download Office 2013).

PS : As of now, direct links to offline installers are not known and if found we’ll update it here.

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Reading with Evernote Clearly is enjoyable

Evernote Clearly, removes Ads, Sidebar, Comments, Navigation Menus, Sharing buttons… what not, it removes anything that comes in between you and the article. Thus, keeping you focused on the article without any distraction.

Built-in themes

Secondly, different websites use different fonts and font sizes, ranging from unreadably small to annoyingly big. So, in order to have a consistent & comfortable experience throughout the web we can make use of the different themes offered by Evernote Clearly. If you don’t like the default ones, then you can make your own theme, with the combination of font & color with which you are comfortable.

Creating Your Own Custom Theme

Another area where Evernote Clearly can be of big help is at printing webpages. Usually when we print a webpage, it’d be printed as is. That means, instead of printing the article alone; all the Ads, comments and other unnecessary stuff is also printed along, thus wasting a lot of ink, importantly deteriorating the readability. Whereas with Evernote clearly, you can print only what you need without doing any extra work.

Actual page on left & cleaner page of Evernote Clearly on right

Evernote Clearly is surely a must-have tool for every avid online reader. It is available as extensions for Firefox and Google Chrome. It not only helps you focus online, but also helps you print clutter-free webpages.

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Installation of the software is easy and the interface is divided into two portions, the left one enumerates the available options and the right bigger part is served with tweaks checkbox and some with preview (slider). The aim is to facilitate tweaks with single mouse click otherwise is difficult achieve them by visiting REGEDIT and Control Panel.

More Tweaks

The tweaks categories are as follow:

• Quick adjustment: Configure Start Menu and Shell, Turn Off Hibernation, Context Menu tweaks, Configure Taskbar appearance…
• UAC Settings: Configure security option.
• Performance: Enable support for 4GB and more! (x86), Turn off services,  Turn Off Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Menu speed, Waiting time to end service, Taskbar Thumbnail Preview Speed…
• Security Settings: Disable Task Manager, Disable Control Panel, Disable Windows Update, Disable Internet Access for DRM..
• More Adjustment Options: Add “Administrative Tools” icon, Add “Printer” icon, Turn On “Dream Scene” feature, Taskbar Thumbnail Size, Taskbar Color ‘Aero Enabled), Add “God Mode” Folder, Total Transparency of Bordering Windows, Change Logon UI Background…
• Explorer and Start Menu: The appearance of the Start menu button, Width “Start” menu, Show “All Programs”, Hide “Favorites”…
• MiniStart Menu: Act as jumplist for Quick access to programs…by right clicking on Sunrise Seven pinned to taskbar.
• OEM Information: Change OEM Information.
• Cleaning and Maintenance: Clean Software Distribution Folder, Clean Chrome and Firefox cache, Custom Clean…

Changing the background of windows logon screen

The above list is a small category of the included tweaking arsenal in Sunrise Seven. The aim is to provide what we can expect from the software and we are well served. It can also help us to restore back the features that were disabled by malware attack.

Before tweaking first it is recommended to make a restore point. If a restart is needed to apply a tweak then Sunrise Seven will invite the action. Sunrise Seven is available for Windows 7 both 32-bit and 64-bit and Vista users can choose Sunrise Vista. Download the free version from the link below.

http://www.sunrise2k7.neostrada.pl/download.html

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Be warned ahead that this is going to be a big review, so make use of the following links to jump to any topic of your interest.

1. Installation & Configuration
2. User Interface
3. Protection
   • Antivirus
   • Firewall
   • Privacy
4. Tuneup
5. Other Features
6. Performance Impact
7. Pros & Cons
8. Conclusion
9. Giveaway

Installation & Configuration :

Installation is simple and straight forward. If you choose online installation method, then the installer will download more than 200 MB of installation files and will install the product. If you have slow internet connection then go with offline installers instead.

Once the product is installed, a wizard will take you through a step-by-step process to configure the product, where you can turn ON/OFF the components of Total Security.

Configuration Wizard of Total Security

User Interface :

If you have already used Bitdefender 2012 products, then you can clearly see that the much praised same old easy-to-use interface is carried on to Bitdefender Total Security 2013 with minor tweaks.

Bitdefender Total Security 2013

The interface is much more refined than its predecessor. Each module has its own Settings window, hence there is no clutter or a chance for confusion. Secondly, in addition to the main interface, there is a grid-based interface attached, which will show up when you click on the square matrix icon left to the slider.

Grid based interface for Settings & Events

Protection :

Last year we’ve seen that Bitdefender products have topped in the tests conduced by independent security testing agencies. The same award winning Bitdefender Antivirus and Firewall modules of last year were just carried on without any changes.

Antivirus :

There isn’t much change in the Antivirus module of 2013. Same scan types and protection mechanisms were used in Total Security 2013 (To know more, read our last years’ review of Bitdefender Internet Security 2012). Bitdefender Total Security uses the traditional signature based and intelligent heuristic based technology (known as Active Virus Control) to protect you from all kinds of known and unknown malware. If in any case a malware isn’t removed inside Windows, then Bitdefender will make use of its Rescue mode to remove threats.

Antivirus Settings

In addition to traditional protection methods, Bitdefender Total Security 2013 will ensure that all your softwares and operating system are up-to-date, thus making sure that no known loop holes were open.

Firewall :

Bitdefender Total Security employs a two-way firewall that monitors inbound and outbound connections. Usually, when we think of Firewall, lot notifications and pop-ups will come to our mind. But, during my usage I found that the firewall was silent all the time. Thanks to its auto-pilot mode that takes care of everything on its own.

Firewall Settings

Firewall rules are divided into 3 types :

1. General Rules : The rules are protocol based. You can either completely allow/block traffic based on the protocols.
2. Application Rules : Clicking on this will show you the rules created by Bitdefender. You can also manually create rules for a new application, or edit the rules of an existing application.
3. Adapter Rules : To completely allow/block traffic from a network adapter.

Adding a new rule to Firewall

Privacy :

Usually we use our regular web browsers to do online banking. So, one day like many of you I went to my bank’s website using Google Chrome and there came a pop-up from Bitdefender asking me to use Safepay.

Safepay :

Safepay is a secure web browser built on Google Chrome (version 17 to be precise) to help you make your transactions safely. When you run Safepay, a secure virtual environment will open that keeps keyloggers and all prying eyes away from what you are doing inside.

Courtesy Bitdefender

The good thing about Safepay is that, this feature is an interactive one. You don’t need to open Safepay manually. While browsing normally, when you go to a bank’s website in the regular web browser then Bitdefender will show you a pop-up asking you to switch to Safepay.

Bitdefender reminding me to use Safepay

In that pop-up notification if you choose remember this option, then from then on Safepay will automatically take over whenever you visit bank’s website. That is, you don’t have to manually run Safepay. Just, browse normally and whenever you click on the bank URL in Google or type in address field, then Safepay will take over the session.

The only disadvantage here is that, due to isolation of Safepay from desktop, you can’t use password managers like Lastpass. You have to manually type in everything. So, before using Safepay, make sure you remember the password. Other than Safepay, Bitdefender provides anti-phishing, anti-fraud and file vaults to protect you from bad websites and to keep your confidential data secure.

Tuneup :

Tuneup tools provided in Total Security 2013

Bitdefender Total Security 2013 provides an all round system maintenance service, alongside with traditional security tools by providing following tools :

• Registry Cleaner : Removes orphaned registry entries.
• PC Cleanup : Removes junk from your PC.
• Disk Defragmenter : Defrags disk drives.
• Duplicate Finder : Removes any duplicate files found on your system to gain disk space.
• Registry Recovery : Restores registry to a previous working state.

So, nice set of tools were provided, but they were pretty basic. You can get more from CCleaner than this. Only Duplicate Finder is impressive.

Other Features :

• USB Immunizer - Immunizes any Flash Drive from viruses, when they are connected to your computer, so that you never worry again about USBs infecting you or your friends.
• Personal Data Filter - Prevents critical data (such as anything even resembling your social security number) from ever leaving your computer.
• Antiphising - Analyzes and blocks websites that support various scams or credit card phishing attempts.
• File Shredder - Ensures that no traces of your deleted sensitive files remain on your PC
• File Encryption - Locks up confidential files in an encrypted vault.
• Social Network Protection -Bitdefender filters/blocks social-networking specific e-threats by scanning the links you receive from your Facebook and Twitter friends, monitors your privacy settings, and much more!
• Search Advisor - The Link Filter relies on intelligence provided by Bitdefender Cloud services to flag malware and phishing attempts in search engine results.

Performance Impact :

Bitdefender Total Security is light on system resources and I didn’t face any performance issue. Startup times are also quick, taking around 1 minute to finish booting Windows.

Time taken for Windows to boot

Memory & CPU usage :

When idle, Bitdefender Total Security was using memory ranging between 20 MB to 30 MB and CPU usage was zero for most of the time.

Resource usage of Total Security 2013 when idle

While scanning, memory usage went upto 130 MB, but was constantly switching between 40 to 90 MB and the CPU consumption being less than 20% all the time.

Resource usage of Total Security while scanning

Scan Speed :

In order to check the scan speed, I started whole system scan in Bitdefender Total Security and it started to scan my 90 GB system.

Within 2 hours 50 minutes, the whole system scan was finished at a speed of 9 MB per second.

Pros and Cons :

Pros :

• Easy-to-use interface.
• Light on system resources. No degradation in system performance is noted during my use, even during the scan.
• Proven award winning antivirus engine and two-way firewall protects you round the clock.
• Safepay is a user friendly secure web browser that creates a virtual isolated environment to help you to do online banking safely.
• Protects you against phishing and fraud sites too.
• Search advisor, sandbox and antimalware web filter works with many web browsers.
• From My Bitdefender account, provides a centralized platform to manage licenses over multiple computers, control stolen devices using Anti-Theft feature and also lets you customize settings of Parental Control.
• Best 24 x 7 chat support.

Cons :

• Weak Tuneup maintenance modules. Even freewares like CCleaner are much superior to the Tuneup modules. Only Duplicate Finder tool is the impressive one.
• Huge Installer size of more than 200 MB.
• Sandbox component is embedded into toolbar. People may want Sandbox but not toolbar, so isolating sandbox from toolbar is needed.

Conclusion :

As you can see, Bitdefender Total Security 2013 has everything from protection to maintenance. Independent testing agencies have already proved that the protection provided is one of the best in the industry. The only weak point in whole suite is the Tuneup part. Apart from that, everything works really well. With light resource usage and superior protection, surely Bitdefender Total Security 2013 is one of the best if not best!

Giveaway

First of all thanks to Abdur Rehman of Bitdefender for kindly donating the licenses. For the first time we are trying Rafflecopter. There are 4 steps for you to fulfill such as liking a facebook page etc and if you don’t have an account at facebook then don’t worry, you’ll still be eligible, just fulfill any of those tasks. But, remember the more your score is the higher the chances for you to win. All the best!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Post Installation :-

After installation, TuneUp utilities offers to check for the latest updates and download them.

It also opens one click optimization, to speed up your pc. You can either proceed with it or open the start center to discover Tuneup.

Start Center:-

The start center is your central place for managing various components of tune up utilities.

The interface is very simple to use and has pleasing blue top bar. The start center is divided into various tabs.

1. Status and Recommendation:-

This tab contains a link to change the settings of one click maintenance. This will run every 3 pc usage days and that too only when your pc is idle so that your other activities remain unaffected. After auto maintenance is over tune up will show a popup with the errors found and rectified.

When you click on the increase performance button you will be presented with a box asking you a few questions. Once this profile is filed up, Tuneup will suggest personalized recommendations to speed up your pc. The recommendations range from Hardware to removal of not needed softwares and also optimizing your visual effects and internet speed as per your profile.

Note:- Your Image may vary as my PC is fully optimized.

This fix problems component scans devices, your hard disk, windows settings and security settings and shows you problems found. For eg:- It will ask you to turn off Administrative shares and remote registry. This is good as it increases your security level.

2. Optimize System Tab:-

Here there are various tools you could use to boost system health. There is the registry cleaner which scrubs your registry of invalid entries. There is a software remover. You can also defragment your hard disk and registry from here. There are various modes of defragmentation like quick, thorough etc. Registry defragmentation needs a reboot.

The optimize system startup as per your settings will ask to disable un-needed windows services. For e.g.:- It will ask to disable IPsec and cryptography services if you are not using them. There is also TuneUp’s startup manger which allows you to disable softwares which automatically run on startup.

Tuneup Utilities Startup manager

The great thing about this tool is that it evaluates a software and says whether it’s necessary or not. IT also has a rating function which is also applicable to the software uninstaller. The rating function helps you decide the usefulness of the software. Such an eye for detail improves the usefulness and the ease of use of the software.

Tuneup Program Deactivator:- This one of the new features in the 2012 version and the one I personally love. Tune Up program deactivator measures how much impact and load does an application put on your system and asks you if you want to deactivate it. So whats so great here?. The greatest aspect is that the program remains deactivated until you start it. Once you are over with it and you close it, the program gets deactivated. The tune up rating feature is also present helping you to make decision. Once the program is slated to be disabled its disabled as soon as your pc is idle. Also Tune Up will list certain important applications like your Anti Virus as cannot be disabled. IT also categorizes the application on the basis of their impact.

3. Gain disk space:-

It allows you to clean your system of temporary files. Securely Erase data also allows you to erase data in such a way that it cannot be recovered.

Tune up utilities also has its own task manager with rating function. You can also choose to replace Windows Taskmanger with Tuneup’s from the settings.

The last two tabs help you fix common problems and give access to common settings. You can also use TuneUpstyler to customize your pc. You can also download themes from Tune Up Utilities website.

4. PC Optimization mode:-

Tune up has 3 modes of pc usage.

1. Economy mode helps you conserve batter life by disabling un-needed services changing your power plan etc.

2. Standard is the normal mode of operation.

3.  Turbo Mode:- This mode extracts the maximum performance from your pc. You can configure the modes by clicking the small spanner icon.

The bar in the bottom part of the screen shows the optimization progress achieved.

There is also the rescue center which allows you to undo any action done by tune up utilities. By default it is on and protects all the modules. You can configure what modules you want protected through the settings menu.

Tuneup rescue center

Support:- Tune up provides a detailed help manual and online FAQ’s. In case you have a problem you can contact them through written form or through telephone.

Conclusion:-Tune up is in fact a great product. I have used their 2010 and 2011 versions too and these products have always improved my PC’s performance and stability. I used to keep trying other products but I used to always end up coming back to TuneUp. The 2012 version has made great improvements. This is one product which is worth every cent you pay.

Giveaway :

Thanks to Sussane Di Cappillo for giving us 20 licenses of TuneUp Utilities 2012. Each license key can be installed on upto 3 PCs. So, if you are interested to win TuneUp Utilities 2012 then fulfill the following :

1. Do anyone of the following (which ever is convenient to you) :
   • Subscribe to us OR
   • Follow us on Twitter OR
   • Like us on Facebook.
2. Leave a comment below telling us why you need TuneUp Utilities 2012.

Winners will be announced here on 11th July.

Winners :

Congrats to the following winners :

License keys will be sent to you immediately.

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Interface of BitDefender Total Security 2013

BitDefender 2013 products carry the same UI of 2012 version with minor tweaks. In fact, core features like antivirus protection module and firewall were just carried on to the new version without any major changes. Where as the area where much changes were made is privacy. BitDefender introduced a new module called Safepay, which is a virtualized browser to make purchases safe. Safepay is not an entirely new concept, as Avast and Panda have already been using this virtualized browser concept since sometime ago.

BitDefender Safepay browser

Other than this there are no major changes, except that another free product (USB Immunizer) was integrated into 2013 products. Also, BitDefender 2013 products are compatible with Windows 8. I’m yet to try 2013 products, if you are interested you can download 30-day trial versions using the links below. A separate download manager will then download around 250 MB and installs the product.

Download :

Online Installers : BitDefender Total Security || Internet Security || Antivirus Plus

Offline Installers : BitDefender Total Security (32-bit | 64-bit) || Internet Security (32-bit | 64-bit) || Antivirus Plus (32-bit | 64-bit)

Alternatively, you can get BitDefender Total Security 2013 free for 90 days, by becoming their facebook fan.

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