Not all devices are designed to be redirected from one computer to another over the network. If you need to use an MFD, scanner, webcam, or else on different computers all over the office you can’t really carry them back and forth or to another floor. To solve this issue  USB Network Gate  is developed, which can redirect a USB device to any computer at your firm, no matter if it is on the other floor or in a different building.

It is very simple: just install USB Network Gate on a computer with physically connected device that you want to share and on the computer you want to use that device at. USB Network Gate will organize the connection and you will be able to use the shared device on a remote machine as if it was plugged in it directly.

USB Network Gate lets you:

1.Share USB device from any computer with any remote computer

Redirect USB devices over local network or Internet and use them on remote computers as if those devices were physically present there. USB Network Gate allows sharing various devices, such as scanners, MFD, webcams, and others.

2.Use USB devices on virtual machines and blade servers

USB Network Gate can redirect USB devices from host OS to virtualization platform. You can use redirected devices in virtual session as if they were connected directly to your virtual machine. USB Network Gate works with VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Hyper-V, etc.

3.Access USB over RDP

Using USB devices in remote desktop session is very easy with USB Network Gate. You can work with local USB devices on a remote machine as if they were connected to it physically.

USB Network Gate is available for Mac, Linux, and Windows systems, which makes possible sharing devices from one OS type to another. This indeed makes USB Network Gate a versatile product solving any task you may think of.

Download : USB NETWORK GATE

So, the question arises as how to remove this computer virus easily. Before starting with the steps of removing virus one must first find out which malware has attacked the computer. Different malwares makes the computer behave in different manners. Try to start the computer several times in order to see how the machine behaves. Notice any abnormal operation that generally the computer does not do.

Various signs or symptoms of virus computer affected are
1. Slow computer or slow internet
2. Weird web browser redirections
3. Program failure, baffling error
4. System showing “RPC error”, giving a window with a 30 second countdown to a restart.
5. Disks and hard drives are unapproachable
6. Machine restarts on its own and do not work normally
7. print cannot be done in a correct manner
8. Distortion of menus and dialog boxes
9. Applications will not work in a proper way computer
10. Unusual messages will come up in the screen frequently.
11. The machine will come in freeze condition suddenly.
There are numbers of viruses that affects the machine. They are Trojan, malware, spyware, hackers and trackers. All of these are sub division of viruses.

STEPS TO REMOVE VIRUS OR SPYWARE

Run the PC in safe mode- The first step of removing spyware from a computer is restarting the computer in the safe mode option. Non-essential programs like toolbars and browser has to be removed to stop malevolent loading, when the restarting the computer. All browser caches have to be cleared and any antivirus software can now be used for finding the spyware.
Anti virus software – Search for anti virus in the market. A number of anti virus is available in the market such as Nod32, Avira, Eset, AntiVir, and AVG. Choosing from number of options can be hard. Each anti virus is specifically designed to check specific viruses. Before buying antivirus software, check that it is a latest version and also a genuine program. An antivirus that was meant for bug six months ago will not be able to cope up with your viruses. Though, now days genuine anti virus software can be updated over the internet.
Installation – Now comes the part of installation of the software in the machine. The installation process depends upon the size of the file. Start installing the software. After installation is over, restart the system.
Run the antivirus- Open up the installed antivirus and then click the option Run. It is recommended not to use the computer for other things at this time. The anti virus program will spot those programs that are spyware as it checks all the files in the system. After detecting, the program will inquire if it should heal and delete the virus affected files. Click on the desired command and the virus programs will be gone.
Registry clean tool - registry clean tool safely scan registry entries. This registry clean tool helps in detecting and repairing the change made in order to prevent virus from attacking the machine. Running the registry clean tool helps in removing the malware or virus from the system. Again, a registry cleaner removes error and junk files which cause system freeze, Blue Screen and machine slowdown.
Formatting- Sometimes, running the antivirus in an affected machine is not easy because the spyware will not allow the machine to start. So, you can be forced to format the hard drive and then install new operating system. Formatting can also be helpful in complete removal of virus from the machine. Reboot the system in safe mode and make sure to disconnect the internet connection Then run the registry cleaner to scan the system and repair it. Then make use of Reg tool to remove unfamiliar from start up. Then finally run the antivirus program to curb the virus.
Even there are possibilities when one cannot delete the virus from the machine such as Virus automatically attempt to cease security programs as to prevent itself from being removed.
Just sitting and thinking in not going to work. So, start fixing the virus problem

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The contest winners will be announced on June 5 and the Top 150 voted photos will get to the finals. So make sure you get all your friends to vote for your photo. An AVAST jury will select their favorites from among the Top 150 , and award them First, Second, and Third prizes. The next 100 Honorable Mentions will receive a 1-year free license of avast! Premiere!

Last year Avast announced their first photo contest for celebrating the launch of avast! Free Antivirus for Mac. Participants were requested to upload photos with “APPLE” as the topic, and their Facebook page became the 5th fastest growing page worldwide during the first week of the competition.
According to Avast, the result of their first photo contest was outstanding and they received 50,000 photos .On seeing this enthusiastic response, this year the company started a new photo contest.This time your assignment is simple: Show your creativity and visual interpretation of their slogan avast! Be free!

To participate in the contest head-over to Avast’s Facebook page.

Few days back Electronic Arts and Maxis announced that ” The Sims 4″ is in development and will be released worldwide in 2014 for PC and Mac.Although many “Sims” series fans got excited about the new version of the game, but at the same time many fans worried and thought that the game publisher EA will release Sims 4 as always online or online oriented game like  ” Simcity” and spoil The Sims Studio.

However EA quashed these rumors in a blog post and said that players can have single-player offline experience in Sims 4.Also the blog says that there will online functions in the game that allows players to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans.

The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever in this single-player offline experience. The Sims 4 encourages players to personalize their world with new and intuitive tools while offering them the ability to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans.

Sims is one of the world’s most successful simulation game and I’m fan of Sims series,playing it since first version which was released in 2000. I liked the original Sims, Sims 2 and still playing Sims 3, the birds view in Sims 3 is awesome.  Hope playing Sims 4 will be awesome too with updated technology and happy that it doesn’t require a persistent online connection.

Further EA launched The Sims 4 forum, which is now live at TheSims3.com for everyone,so fans can visit the forum and get talking about the new game.Also You can sign up for the official Sims 4 newsletter too to receive all of the latest news when it’s available.

The Sims 4 will be coming in early 2014  for PC and Mac, we think the game will be released  in February or March, 2014 and digital edition of game will be available through EA’s Origin service.

Below you can read  EA press conference full transcript about  the new version:

“Hi everybody. My name’s Nicole. I am so excited to talk to you guys today, and to welcome each of you into our inner circle here at Maxis, because you guys are our VIPs. You are the ones who made this The Sims 3 such a wonderful demonstration of player-driven creativity, and so I’m here to give you big news today.

And like we mentioned, we’ve seen speculation on the internet over the weekend and there’s tons of theories about what we’re announcing today, but you are the first people to hear the news. Today, in just under three hours, we are formally announcing that we’re developing “The Sims 4.”

So, the Sims is fueled by the passion and creativity of our millions of fans around the world, and we make The Sims because of you guys. It’s your continued devotion to The Sims that inspires us every day and gets us here, on the team at The Sims Studio, creative.

We’re working hard to make The Sims 4 the best Sims game yet, and we’re looking to bring the biggest critical component to the dev process, which is you. So we’re relying on your passion and your expertise to help us make The Sims 4 even better. And, it’s to bring each of you into the mix early and often, so you have insider access to the game that we’re making.

And I want to make it clear right now that with The Sims, it’s fans first, all the way. In fact, we have not yet spoken to the press. You are the first people in the entire world to find out more about the team making The Sims 4, as well as our vision for the game.

So first of all, I want to tell you about the team behind the scene. We have over 100 people working on The Sims 4, and many of them are the names that you recognize from The Sims 3. Some of them are even members that extend all the way back to the first Sims.

One of our producers is Lindsay Pearson, and she’s been with The Sims Studio for ten years now. She’s worked on a variety of The Sims projects from the original Sims, to The Sims 2, and The Sims 3, and Lindsay’s been a key driver behind not only The Sims base game, but subsequent expansion and stuff packs as well. And we just feel so lucky to have her on this team.

Our audio maestro is Robbie Crocker, and I hope you all know his name, because he’s been with The Sims since the very beginning. Robbie was one of the original creators of “Simlish,” which I think is the coolest thing ever. He is just such a cool guy. And it’s Robbie more than anyone else, who has helped shaped the sound of our in-game language and music, and I can’t wait to hear what new sounds he’s going to be making for The Sims 4.

I could throw a ton of names at you guys, Kevin Hogan, Kevin Gibson, Josh Hendron, Samantha Mizelli, Grant Vo{inaudible}, and these are some of the names you already know and love, and these are some of the people you’ll be meeting and talking to, in the months to come.

As for me, I’ve been a huge fan of The Sims since the first game, and personally I’ve jumped at the opportunity to work on one of my dream projects. I love games, I’ve been in gaming forever, and I’m so excited to be here to bring our team’s vision to life for The Sims 4. I’m impressed daily by the depth and knowledge of the studio team members, and I’m very much looking forward to the day where I can introduce all of you to some more of them.

So, why now? Well for The Sims 4, we took a look at the history of the series, and we pinpointed what we believe is the core of the experience. When the original came out in 2000 it was like nothing before it, it was just fascinating look into the world of The Sims, those little people that we’ve come to love so much, and then three years later came The Sims 2, and it introduced wonderful concepts like generational gameplay, a big fan favorite, and of course, little people in 3D.

Then The Sims 3 came out in 2009, and with the introduction of traits we added even more personality to those little people. So at the very center of every game are “the sims.” And that’s what our fans love, and we know that because you tell us that, every day. So we’re listening to our fans like you, and we’re going back to our roots—”the sims” themselves. 

We felt it was important to unlock new ways for your sims to interact with one another, so we’re focusing on the complexity of sim-to-sim interactions, and the way your sims behave. New breakthroughs in technology are letting us give you the coolest sims ever. And today we’re giving you an exclusive image that will provide some clues into what’s new and exciting about The Sims 4.

We’re not quite ready to spoil it for you yet, but when we are I promise it will all make sense.

We’re also making some big improvements to CAS [Create-a-sim] and Build / Buy [modes], and I think you’ll love the changes that we’ve made to each of our tools. We couldn’t be {inaudible} about the news, and what all our fans around the world have to say, because you know this studio loves reading your articles, and we’ve spent tons of our lunchtimes on your sites, and we’re probably some of your biggest fans.

So I want to tell you one more thing, you are the influencers who will help shape our game. You guys are the ones we will be reaching out to on a regular basis. And we want your input. And, I have to say we’re so impressed by the amount of creativity throughout all that you’re doing out there. {inaudible}, your videos are amazing. It’s just that the time and the creativity is absolutely amazing. And Curtis, O M G bravo!–over 42 million videos viewed on YouTube–wow! Incredible! Greg, your worlds are unbelievable, really amazing work, especially since {inaudible}. And Kristin, your tutorials are appreciated by so many of our players, thank you.

So I know I’m not mentioning all of you and I apologize, but we are looking forward to meeting each and every one of you, {inaudible}, I can’t wait to see you in person in the near future. So, on that subject, we have a big event planned later this summer, and we want you to be a part of it. We’re going to be getting in touch with you soon, but all I can say right now is you might want to think the third week of August open on your calendar, please trust me it will be worth it, book your time off now, and to finish I want to say thank you for being the best fans in the world, because you are. And from this point on, you’re part of a special group that we’re calling “YISM,” and a “yism” is Simglish for “best friend.” We’ll be coming back to all of you “yisms” soon, and for now, thank you for joining me on this conference call. There is much more to come and I look forward to meeting you, thank you.”

“This is Rachel. I have some really amazing news coming from The Sims Studio. The Sims 4 is coming to PC and Mac in 2014, and just to {inaudible} what {inaudible} said earlier, we want you all to be a part of this team. Just to recap, here are a few reminders: an email will be coming to you in just a few minutes. It includes the very first asset from The Sims 4 that will give you a little sneak peak into the future of this game. You all are the very first to receive this asset, and it’s exclusive for the next three hours. Feel free to share this right away with fans, friends, and followers, and then be sure to mark you calendars for the third week in August. We are planning something big, and we want you to be able to be free and experience it with us. Thanks again for joining today, you are an amazing group and we look forward to sharing more information with you in the future.”

Recently there has been reports from several web hosting companies that a massive Botnet was used to launch brute-force attacks on WordPress powered website. The distributed botnet attack on WordPress installations took down servers and even broke into several admin accounts.

Website hosting providers HostGator, InMotion Hosting and Melbourne Server Hosting advised their customers to update their administrator passwords . Security firm Sucuri reported , that their service has blocked 77,000 attacks per day on average in April 2013.
Even WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg,  published a post on his blog about this issue and advised WordPress web-admins who still use “admin” as a username, to change the username to different one and set a strong password.Further, he suggested to enable two-factor authentication and make sure that their WordPress installation is up to date.

“Right now there’s a botnet going around all of the WordPresses it can find trying to login with the ‘admin’ username and a bunch of common passwords, and it has turned into a news story,” Mullenweg explained.

Normally conventional WordPress security plugins like Wordfence configure websites to block an IP address , if there are too many failed login attempts from that IP address. Normally the failed login attempts will be limited to 5.

But in general the brute-force attacks rely on a botnet to crack passwords, they attempt to break the password from a different IP address. For instance a botnet can use 1,000 computers to try out 5,000 combinations to by pass above rule 5 failed login attempts

Botnet Attack Blocker plugin steps in to prevent above type of attacks, the plugin ignores the different IP addresses and blocks attackers even if they use a large number of bots.Not just 5 , you can also select the number of allowed login attempts, the time interval between failures, and for how long to block logins.

Also the plugin allows its users to whitelist their own IP address (or multiple addresses separated with commas or spaces), so that theycan access the website even in the middle of an attack.

Features of Botnet Attack Blocker plugin :

1.Any failed login is counted regardless of username or IP address (unless whitelisted).
2.Once locked down, nobody can log in except from whitelisted IP addresses.
3.You can specify the number of login failures that triggers a lockdown.
4.You can specify the time between failed attempts that should be counted.
5.You can specify how long the lockdown should last.
6.You can add whitelisted IP addresses that bypass the lockdown.
7.Partial IP address matching for dynamically allocated IP addresses.
8. Plugin is available in French, German, Italian and Russian languages.

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According to Google, within a week, Chrome Users can see “Safe Browsing” malicious download warnings when attempting to download malware identified by new added measures.

I think Google’s intent of tightening security of Chrome is successful, earlier the company introduced new security measures in Chrome version 25, from this version the browser started to disable silent installation of external extensions on windows by default. According to Google, these measures not only protected users from unauthorized installations,but also increased the performance of Chrome and improved user experience.

Also recently Google announced that chrome is going to adopt a new rendering engine “Blink“, which intends to bring further security, compatibility with different multi-process architecture and further performance improvements. Blink will appear in Chrome 28 and also be adopted by other browsers based on Chromium — including the new version of Opera and RockMelt.

Coming back to details of new security measures, the Company describes that the new security measures will further increase the security level of the browser, the new measures targets extensions that exploit chrome’s standard mechanisms for deploying extensions and flag them as malware.

Further chrome Security team describes this malware in two types:

1.One variant of malware installs extensions, that are enabled by default and cannot be uninstalled or disabled by user.This type of malware misuses Chrome’s central management settings that are intended be used to configure instances of Chrome internally within an organization.

2.The other variant directly manipulates Chrome preferences in order to silently install and enable bundled extensions.

So with the new measures, chrome can detect and defend above described malware,however the security team didn’t revealed what type of measures are added to block these malware.

Also Google suggests extension developers must follow Chrome’s standard mechanisms for extension installation, which include the Chrome Web Store, inline installation, and the other deployment options described in the extensions development documentation.

Instead of launching it’s cloud storage service like it’s rival Google, Yahoo preferred to partner with Dropbox  and brought the cloud storage to Ymail. I think it’s a good move from Yahoo to thwart technological advantages of  Google and Microsoft.

 

“Email attachments can be tricky: they’ve got file size limits, you can’t keep them updated, and when you add people to a thread, attachments are the first to get left behind.

The Yahoo! Mail team decided to fix this—by integrating with Dropbox!”,announced Yahoo.”

If you are still using yahoo mail, now you can access  Dropbox right from your Inbox.You can save attachments in your mail to dropbox and  also you can add files in your Dropbox account  as attachments to send mails, you can even  send  large files (>25MB). For now dropbox feature can be accessible for English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish  language Yahoo mail users.

Dropbox cloud storage service started in 2007 has reached more than 100 million users and has been a tough competitor to Google drive and Microsoft’s Sky Drive.

So, with No-frills CPU Control app you can utilize the highest frequency that your Android phone supports and gain extra FPS in your preferred game, or utilize the lowest frequency to save battery when you are not using your phone .

Now No-frills CPU Control app is updated to version 1.27 and the new version provides you ability to reset frequency stats.Also the developers of the app added a newer,Nicer widget layout, especially for low density devices and all current translations of the app are updated. Moreover new translations for languages such as Arabic, partial Hindi and Sinhala are added.

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Sudden death issue in Xperia Z came as a blow for Sony who is struggling to gain market-share in the competitive smartphone market. Unlike many other companies, Sony accepted the fault and promised to rectify it with a firmware fix. As promised the company has now come up with an update to fix this sudden death problem.

The update is labeled 10.1.A.1. The sole purpose of the update release is to fix the sudden death problem and moreover it doesn’t add any features or update any other problem such as slow camera start up. The update is made available through air and also via PC companion application. The users get notified when the update is available in their region. To make the download easier and faster, the size of the update file is kept to minimum. Sony’s swift response to the issue would undoubtedly help the Xperia Z in keeping its position in market.

Sony has designed Xperia with exquisite style with has features making it a true rival for iPhone 5, Blackberry Z etc. Xperia Z comes with a 5 inch display covered with water and dust-proof body. It runs on Android Jellybean 4.1 and has a quad core processor with 2GB RAM. The smartphone is equipped with a rear camera is of 13 megapixel and a front camera of 2 megapixel. The storage capacity is about 16 GB which is expandable up to 32GB. Even though the sudden death problem has affected Xperia’s popularity, Sony needs to fix issues such as battery draining, lock screen ignorance, brightness problem etc before it can compete with the top smart phone manufactures.

The collection includes a security software, system cleaner or optimizers,  a Audio converter, video converter,file compressor,password manager, data recovery and back up software.

1.Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2013:

This software from ashampoo intends to Clean, optimize, tweak and tune your PC to deliver the fastest possible performance.With this app you canerase your web history, delete junk files,clean your Registry and defrag your system HDD to optimize your file layout to enhance system speeds.

Also there is a HDD Inspector,which shows the current health status of your hard disk drives.Most Probably this build will be a lite version of Ashampoo winoptimizer 10 or higher version of Ashampoo Win optimizer 9

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2.Amigabit PowerBooster :

This software sells normally sells for $20 it promises to clean and make your system run as fast as the day you bought it.
According to the developer, this PC optimizer will find out and remove unnecessary, invalid or broken files cluttering your hard drive, defrag and clean your registry to fix and prevent system errors, reduce Windows startup time, and much more.

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3.Pointstone System Cleaner 7:
Another Windows PC optimizer, worth $29.95. This applications also pledges to keeps your PC running in tip-top shape.System Cleaner 7 can remove junk files, defragment hard-disk, repair registry errors, optimize internet connection and identifies security vulnerabilities.

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4.Easy DVD Player 3.5.1:
Boasts as an all-in-one media player and costs $29.95.Easy DVD Player almost supports all the video formats: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or MKV. With this software you can watch DVD on Windows 8, even though Windows 8 doesn’t support DVD playback.Besides, it is far more than a DVD player software. Its outstanding features also show up in Blu-ray Disc playback and Blu-ray ISO file playback.

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5.Sticky Password PRO 6.0 :
Password manager and form filler for everyone,the pro version normally sell for $30 and provides unlimited accounts, Identities and access to professional support.

Sticky Password efficiently creates and organizes passwords, provides automatic login, one-click form filling, storage for personal data, and basic collaboration functionality for small groups.

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6.iCare Data Recovery Standard Edition:

This Windows tool makes the most possibility of your data rescue and costs $69.95 for single user license. iCare Data Recovery Standard is able to recover files from formatted drive, RAW file system, drive has not formatted error, RAW drive, undelete files emptied recycle bin, recover files due to partition lost, system crash, software crash, bad boot sector, missing boot sector, bad MBR, $MFT damaged, lost partition table, lost or damaged FAT, virus infections, power failure, and other unknown data loss.

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7.FILEminimizer Suite 7.0:

Do you want to send large documents or image files without zipping them through your email then use this file compressor which can compress office files or images by 50-90% without losing original visual quality . Supported documents includes owerPoint, Word, Excel, PDF and supported image file types include :JPG, TIF, BMP, GIF, EMF and PNG.

Get FILEminimizer Suite 7.0 license for free by filling this form (use Google translator) and download installer over here.

8.SuperEasy Audio Converter 2:

Converts audio files of most different formats directly to those standards that you require for your device or your demands. Even better, it downloads flash videos from platforms like Youtube and MyVideo, rips sound tracks from video files and audio CDs and converts them to the desired format.

Get SuperEasy Audio Converter 2 for Free,Worth $29.95.

9(a).uRex Video Converter Platinum:
The software can convert almost all the popular video formats on your PC to various formats. Grab this software for free.

9(b).WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe :
This software is from Digiarty, an all-in-one HD Video converter, YouTube downloader and DVD burner.Get this software for free over here.
9(C).MacX Video Converter Pro :
This is an all-in one video converter for Mac platform from the same Digiarty team,get it for free over here

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For more details have a glance at our Previous article on a similar promo.

11.McAfee Internet Security 2013/McAfee Antivirus plus:

McAfee Internet Security 2013 is a complete application that intends to help you protect your computer from viruses and malware. The program includes multiple tools that have the mutual goal to make your computer safer while you browse the Internet.

Where as McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2013 provides most effective protection against virus threats and protects your computer against viruses, spyware, and other online threats. McAfee anti virus software includes virus scan, spyware removal, and firewall protection
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12.YoWindow 3 Unlimited:
Get weather information right on your Windows desktop with this nifty app.The app provides real weather of your location, which visualize weather forecast including sunlight conditions, cloudiness, rain situations etc.So with is app you can plan events or trips on weekend depending on weather condition.

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