Block advertisers from tracking you with AVG antivirus

AVG's new antivirus version for PCs helps you block advertisers from tracking you online, and that is something no other antivirus does right now. The best part is that it comes with the free version of the antivirus, as well as the paid version. Free Version Download

Installation is simple, and the only thing to select is not to change the default search provider. The toolbar stays as that is the one to help blocking the nasty advertisers from snooping on your life.

Finally, the browser add-on that shows you who is tracking your browsing, and an easy way to not be snooped on.

AVG Internet Security 2012

Protecting your business brand online

If you have a small business then hiring a consultant to help you research your brand's reputation online would be very costly. However, now you can do it yourself with the help of Brandify.com

First when you log in it will ask you for a few pieces of basic information about your business like a website, and in the next screen it will identify social networks presence. If somebody is using your business name it will let you know.

From here on it goes and crawls the internet for information about your business. Once it is done it shows your online presence, or the lack of by suggesting you new sites to use in improving your reputation. the menu has many more options, but for copyright reasons you are going to have to see them for yourself.

http://brandify.com

People only return 1 out of 2 phones they find

According to a new study from Symantec the antivirus company, people only return smartphones they find half of the time. Then it gets worse because more than 90% of the time people snoop around to see what is inside the phone, and half try to access your banking applications. So always use the screen locking feature along with passwords, and try to install tracking software to help you recover your phone.

So which apps can you use to track your phone if lost?

Where is my Droid (Android)
Find my iPhone (iPhone)
My Phone (Windows Phone)

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Spring cleaning of your Facebook and other sites Apps

After using this site you will be surprised how many apps have access to your personal information. No worries thought because many of those freeloader Apps wont have access any longer. MyPermissions.org makes it really easy getting to and removing online Apps that you don't need anymore. So as long as you are already authenticated into Facebook, which you probably already do, cleaning is one click away.

Some of the most popular sites you can check Apps for are the following:

• LinkedIn
• Foursquare
• Flicker
• Instagram

http://mypermissions.org/

Protect and improve your Facebook security

Most people use Facebook without realizing how much they share about themselves, and what the consequences can be. However, there is a new product that helps you decide what is safe to share and with who. Secure.me connects like any other Facebook application, and crawls your profile to suggest you security improvements. Overall it divides suggestions into 3 categories, Privacy, Profile, and Network Analysis.

Some good suggestions it makes about privacy

• Sharing your hometown, which you use for all those "Secret Questions" to reset passwords
• Sharing your education with non-friends, same problem as above
• Sharing political or religious views that can affect your employment prospects
• Work location if you do something sensitive(NATO general impersonated for spying purposes) 

The product is a little clunky, but enough page reloads make it get going. Still is a free product, so use while there is no charge for it.

Secure.me