A Government Organization CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has issued a high priority alert that a new ransomware Locky has spread like ransomware WannaCry which has compromised a huge number of the computer system in the India, which has also affected ATM network and Government offices computers too.The CERT issued a severe threat alert on Saturday and also advised to the users not to open any unknown emails from an unknown sender as it is estimated that an approx. of 23 million emails, messages are sent in the phishing campaign.The studies estimate more than 100 countries in the world have ... Read More

The famous security researcher Tavis Ormandy has recently announced on Twitter that he and his researcher Natalie Silvanovich has discovered a vulnerability called “Remote Code Execution” in recent memory. According to them, the vulnerability will work against the default installation which is “Wormable” has the ability to replicate itself on an infected computer and then spread to the other PCs automatically in the network.Microsoft has announced that their own antivirus is made of Windows 7, 8.0, 8.1 and 10 computers as well as Windows Server 2016, is vulnerable due to the latest released out-of-band update for the patch “Remote Code ... Read More

Since its arrival in March 2017, the new updated version of Windows Excel has grabbed good words of mouth from the global users. It is not new that Microsoft always tries to surprise its users by adding exciting features to its updated applications, this version no 1703 of MS Excel also stands tall in that. The introduction of Dubai Font style and integration of Bing search engine are some few exciting features from the list. Let’s discuss them in a bit detail.Combine BinaryThough, it is not among the newly added features but yet is the improved one than the previous. ... Read More

Now, because of heavy or 24 hours uses of computer at corporate or home place, it becomes a complex and delicate machine. This complex and delicate machine sometime goes wrong while updating BIOS, downloading new drivers, or just surfing the Web. To resolve these issues user does not have to buy an expensive device or replace it with a new one.Microsoft provides a very useful Windows functions called Safe Mode functions. It’s always good to start windows in a safe mode to troubleshoot any kind of issues which give bad effects on the system. Although, using this mode only certain ... Read More

It’s true, at present people are so busy with their work and they definitely want some easy ways to reduce their work. Windows 7 tried to help those people who are really busy with their work and they don’t have time to manually send some important files and folders using share file and folder option. Unlike the previous version of Windows (XP and Vista), Windows 7 facilitates to easily share files and folders with friends and family at home or with co-workers at the office over network without having to follow tedious process of setting up IP address on network ... Read More

Microsoft updated “Device Health” for Windows 8.1, aims to develop online security of Banking and Financial account section for users’ better operation. This update will observer and check the PC security status before user getting into the sensitive banking and financial transactions online.Device Health service is a Window based service, provides devices’ health information. After installation of this software, you will be encouraged to accept secure software usage practices to ensure that the certified e-commerce and online banking partners can offer better security, based on the data expected from Device Health.How to install Device Health?To install Device Health update, go ... Read More

File System in an operating system provides a way to organize files and manage the drives. It specifies how data will be stored in the form of file and folders and provides the metadata about the files like name, permission, size and other attributes. FAT32, exFAT and NTFS are file systems used by the Windows Operating System. FAT32 is the oldest one, exFAT is a replacement of FAT32 and is compatible on multiple devices. NTFS is the latest file system. Read this article to learn more about FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS file systems and their unique features. What is ... Read More

Both Linux and windows are operating systems for desktops. Linux is an open-source operating system which is derived from UNIX. Linux kernel lies beneath all other existing software. Windows was developed by Microsoft. It is not an open-source. It comes with a user friendly GUI which makes it so popular among its users. It runs on x86 hardware such as AMD and Intel processors. Read this article to learn more about the Linux and Windows operating systems and how they are different from each other. Linux Operating System Linux is a free and open-source operating system created and designed by ... Read More

Both DOS and Windows are types of operating systems. DOS is a single-tasking, single-user and CLI-based OS; whereas Windows is a multitasking, multiuser and GUI-based OS. Read this tutorial to find out more about DOS and Windows and how these two operating systems are different from each other. What is DOS? DOS (Disk Operating System) is a character-based operating system that was developed in the 1980s for IBM-compatible computers. DOS is one of the oldest and widely used computer operating systems. It is a set of computer programs. DOS can perform major functions like file management, allocation of system resources, ... Read More

 The Emergency restart an easy and user-friendly feature for user, given by Microsoft. An important key for users who want to restart their device in a minute or less than minute.The emergency restart mode closes all running apps forcefully without saving anything. It is useful when you have some issues with apps or the OS hanging or crashing and you would like to quickly restart the PC to fix it.Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, the emergency restart feature uses the hardware power button of Windows 8 tablet, laptop or desktop for operation. But this operation isn’t suggested yet user does ... Read More