Random Tech Tips

Brian Alaway Consulting – Overdelivering Technology For Your Business

Malvertisements – don’t get sucker punched

malvertisements = malicious advertisements online advertisements that dupe unsuspecting users into downloading malicious software on their computers Before clicking you may want to check out the “advertiser” using this free Google tool: http://www.anti-malvertising.com/ It’s relatively new and it’s database is limited but at least it’s a start.

Firefox and Google’s new tab page

Like many I tend to keep several tabs open in Firefox and am constantly opening new tabs for a quick task then closing the tab page. I also use the Google toolbar. So it was with much frustration that I started waiting for a new tab page to open with recent history as opposed to [...]