Category Archive: Security

How To Find Out If Your Gmail Login Was Compromised

How To Find Out If Your Gmail Login Was Compromised In Recent Hack Gmail was the target of a big security breach recently that has left 5 million Google customers exposed. Are you one of the unlucky users whose login was compromised? Here’s how to find out — and what to do if your Google […]

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Malware, Virus Removal Help & Tool for Free

Think you have a virus? Is your computer running slow? Are your seeing  pop-ups? Unsure whether your existing antivirus software has detected and removed it? Still having problems and unsure where to turn to next? XtendSupport can help. We recommend, powerful tool – tested & tried in our own labs, that can detect all types […]

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How to reset Browser settings

Here are the steps to reset Browser settings Internet explorer 1. Open internet explorer 2. Menu>tools>internet options 3. Advanced Tab – Reset Internet Explorer settings Chrome 1. Open Chrome 2. Menu>Settings 3. Click on – Show Advanced Settings 4. Reset Browser Settings Firefox 1. Open Fixefox 2. In the address bar, type “about:support” 3. Click […]

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How to perform System Restore from Recovery Console

Below are the steps to perform System Restore from Recovery Console: Boot into Recovery Console using the Windows CD Type CD\ then Enter Then CD system~1\_resto~1 then Enter Type DIR then Enter When you hit enter it will list all the restore points folders like RP1, RP2…. If the restore points have more than one […]

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Browser takes long time to start / load all webpage’s

We may have come across a scenario where Browser takes long time to start / load all webpage’s Reasons for the issue: 1. BHO entries 2. Corrupted cache 3. Multiple security software 4. Infection Steps to fix the issue: 1. Start I.E in safe-mode / disable all I.E add-ons to check 2. Start Firefox in […]

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Computer takes long time to Boot

We may have come across a scenario where computer is takes long time to boot. Reasons for the issue: Infection Incomplete installation of windows updates System requirements [Check for Sufficient RAM. Minimum 2GB ] Steps to fix the issue: Windows update [Control panel >> Windows update>>Check for updates] Install updates Recommend to change the settings […]

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How to remove Adware

Adwares are programs/softwares results in feeds of advertisements to the user in aggressive manner. The targeted advertisements may be relevant to the user however not exclusively requested by the user. By and large these may infect the computer with virus and spywares. How to uninstall Adware 1.  Uninstall the Potentially unwanted Adware programs from Add/Remove […]

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How to Know if Your Computer is Infected with a Virus

Computer viruses have existed since the time dependency on computer driven work has grown exponentially. Traditional viruses use to be more a nuisance, with the ability to delete files or lock down computers. Today, there are Trojans, Worms, spyware, Ransomware, Adware & other malicious programs. Our security industry collectively defines them as “Malware”. Unlike humans, […]

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Top Threat Families Attacking United States of America

# Family Of Threats Threat Category 1 Win32/Rotbrow Trojan Downloaders & Droppers 2 Win32/Alureon Misc. Trojans 3 Win32/Sefnit Misc. Trojans 4 Win32/Tracur Misc. Trojans 5 Win32/Sirefef Misc. Trojans 6 Win32/Zbot Password Stealers & Monitoring Tools 7 JS/Medfos Misc. Trojans 8 Win32/Winwebsec Misc. Trojans 9 Win32/Vobfus Worms 10 Win32/Conficker Worms The most common threat family infecting […]

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How to speed up your computer

We come across over a time period that computer is not running fast as it used to be. There are several reasons associated with it. We can perform the following to improve the overall performance. Run Disk Clean up once a week to remove unnecessary files. From command prompt C:\>cleanmgr.exe If you feel browser is […]

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