Internet Safe Surfing

 Cleaning Computer, security, troubleshooting, virus, virus hoax, windows 7, windows xp  1 Response »
May 092012
 
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Remember to be careful which website you access. There are many websites on the internet that are there to do harm to your computer/ laptop. These websites can infiltrate some nasty adware, malware and trojans viruses into your computer/ laptop. It is recommended that you install some very cool plugins on your browsers apart from the already installed anti virus, security software and firewall in your computer / laptop.

Have a read on one of my post virus hoax about a particular e-mail hoax that has been sent many times to many e-mail addresses.

Here is a list of some of the tools, utilities and programs I recommend.

  1. Ccleaner To clean all the rubbish and maintain a healthy registry
  2. Comodo Internet Security for anti virus, firewall and secure my system
  3. AVG is the antivirus tool that I am using with my windows 7
  4. Spybot search and Destroy to clean and control adware, malware and spyware
  5. Partedmagic I use for editing my partition and troubleshooting other issues that might arise in windows or linux
  6. Ubcd I use to test and troubleshoot issues with windows and linux
  7. Filehippo to monitor some of my tools
  8. Virus Total: VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware
  9. Spyware blaster
  10. Trend Micro
  11. HijackThis A very cool little tool that helps you check to see what is going on in your boot up sequence. It also checks to see what is running in the background.

Here are a some links to websites that provide information in regards to e-mails, shopping online and websites. This is very important as many keep falling for hoax e-mail and reveal very sensitive data and purchase products that don’t exist. Remember the GOLDEN RULE if it is too good to be true chances are that it is a hoax, fraud and a lie.

  1.  Hoax-slayer: Hoax-Slayer is dedicated to debunking email hoaxes, thwarting Internet scammers, combating spam, and educating web users about email and Internet security issues. Hoax-Slayer allows Internet users to check the veracity of common email hoaxes and aims to counteract criminal activity by publishing information about common types of Internet scams. Hoax-Slayer also includes anti-spam tips, computer and email security information, articles about true email forwards, and much more. New articles are added to the Hoax-Slayer website every week.
  2. Snopes:Welcome to snopes.com, the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Use the search box above to locate your item of interest, or click one of the icons below to browse the site by category.
  3. Review FBI: Ultimate Reviews On Wholesale, Dropshop & More. This link is very important if you do a lot of online shopping and some sites offer drop shipping.

If you require any information about protecting your computer/ laptop running windows operating system or have some issues with your system leave a message here and I will be glad to assist you. If you have other recommendations please share with everyone by posting here.

Have a safe internet surfing experience :)

Fix Joomla Common Errors

 joomla, joomla 1.5, joomla 1.7, Joomla 2.5, security, troubleshooting, Web developing  No Responses »
Mar 142012
 
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The following are some of the most common errors you might come accross. This list will grow more so keep coming back.

 

  • I updated or created a new article, when I view it on my browser it has not changed. Some common solutions is to clear the cache on your broswer and the cache in the back-end of joomla Site >> Maintenance >> Global check in, Clear Cache and Purge Expired Cache. Have a look at the following image. Clear option 1, 2 and 3. Most of the time just clearing the cache in option 2 is more than enough.

 

Joomla Clear Cache

 

  • Running Joomla locally using xampp. Here is a great article that will help you and guide to troubleshoot some common errors that occur using xampp. Have a look at the following link setting up your work station for joomla development.
  • Infinite loop detected in jerror joomla 1.7, there are few reasons this could occur one of them being the tmp folder’s path is not set correctly and another could be the password is not type correctly in the configuration.php file. The following post tmp folder issue  is in regards to the tmp folder’s path being typed incorrectly in the joomla forum and the following link password issue is in regards to the password issue in the configuration.php file.
  • How to move your local joomla to a server, I came across this tutorial and I felt it would be great to add it here. The author shows you how to move your joomla installed locally in your computer to a live server. Click on hte following link move joomla from local to an online server.
  • Joomla 2.5.2 corrupted the editor and does not allow you to format articles. The solution is to change the admin textfilter tab in Global configuration page from “standard blacklist” to “no filtering”. That solves the problem.