Chrome’s Built-in Malware Scanner Chrome’s malware scanner is not particularly robust and it’s certainly not meant to be a replacement for good security software like Emsisoft. But it is a simple way to run a secondary check to find out if anything is going on that shouldn’t be. It’s built into Chrome and it’s simple to… Read More »
Quick Browser Tips For Everyone Check Your Browser Extensions There’s no doubt that add-ons and extensions can be fun, useful, and they can add functionality to any browser. However, add-ons and extensions can also be vectors for exploits, browser hacks, and PUPs.This weekend, take a few minutes and look at the number of browser extensions… Read More »
How to Change Shortcuts on the Chrome Bookmarks Bar to Icons Only This tip was inspired by a question from InfoAve reader Cindy H. who asked “How do you get just icons on the bookmarks bar? I’m using Chrome.” We thought this was a great question and one many Chrome users would use because it can… Read More »
How to Pin Tabs in Your Favorite Browser and Save Space If you’re like us, you visit a lot of web sites when you’re browsing the Web. And sometimes you like to go back and forth between the sites you’ve visited. But after a while, you have so many tabs open at the top of your browser you… Read More »
Let’s Distill Web Pages With Chrome I bet someone saw the word “distill” and was hoping we were going to include instructions on building a homemade still. But we’re not going to distill whiskey – or even vodka here… we’re going to distill web pages. I’ve used a lot of extensions to rid web pages of… Read More »
How to Get Around “Disable Your Ad Blocker to Continue” Messages We, better than most, know the importance of trying to make a little extra money to help pay the bills by having advertising on our site. We have tried to make the advertising bearable – no popups, no floating ads, no distracting audio/visuals ads. Advertising… Read More »