Friday 23 January 2015

How to backup and restore WhatsApp conversations

WhatsApp becomes an important aspect of today's life. Backup and recover of WhatsApp data is also very important. You are always on the go chat with friends and share images, videos and much more with ease. Sometimes you need to delete some of the messages or to clear some memory you just completely wipe out your WhatsApp data. But if you come to know that there are some important messages that you need now then what will you do? Don't worry, this problem can be solved by using some simple backup and restore process.

Sometimes if you reinstall WhatsApp on a newly purchased phone then you may able to recover your messages by using this simple and effective tutorial.

How to backup and restore or recover deleted WhatsApp messages?

There are lots of WhatsApp users who reinstall WhatsApp on different phones multiple times so that it becomes and important job for them to take a backup of it. Let's see how it works.

*. First of all take backup of all your messages by going into Chat settings and tapping on Backup conversations as shown in the screenshot below.

backup whatsapp conversations

*. Next step is to copying WhatsApp folder from your older phone to your computer. To do this just connect your phone to your computer or laptop and copy the folder named as WhatsApp.

whatsapp backup folder location

 *. Now install WhatsApp into any other phone where you would like to use it or you can reinstall it on the same phone if you would like to recover deleted messages. Note that if you are installing it on the new phone you need to copy the WhatsApp folder to that phones memory either internal or external i.e. micro SD cards etc.

*. During installation WhatsApp will automatically detect your backup and prompt for recover them. You just need to tap on Restore to restore deleted WhatsApp messages or on another device you need those messages.

backup and restore deleted whatsapp messages

 That's it....! How easy is to recover deleted messages, audio files and videos or restore and backup WhatsApp conversation. Enjoy using WhatsApp.

Thursday 15 January 2015

Top 5 best antivirus software Review 2015

There are lots of software manufacturers are in the business of Antivirus and Internet security tools. All of them claim that their product is best among all the competitors in the market. How well they perform in a real world? Which is the best? Who provides best Internet security? There are lot more questions arises before choosing an Antivirus solution. Here we will look among some best security suites too minimize the confusion.

best antivirus software and internet security

1. Bitdefender Total Security 2015


bitdefender 2015 best antivirus software

One of my favorites Antivirus and Internet security software Bitdefender Total Security 2015 is a total package. It has some premium features includes file encryption, device antitheft and secure online storage.

*. Bitdefender Total Security 2015 engages security with a single click.
*. Bitdefender’s OneClick Autopilot automatically makes the best security decisions for you.

*. Bitdefender Total Security 2015 automatically detects when you Work, Play or Watch movies, and prevents other apps from slowing you down.

*. OneClick Optimizer speeds up your system and frees up disk space.

*. Bitdefender Wallet simplifies purchases by securely autofilling your credit card details.

*. A two-way firewall, parental controls and cloud antispam are another few features.
In my words it is one of the best security provider and you should try for it.

2. Norton Internet Security 2015


Symantec's Norton one of the best antivirus software

The user interface is much easier to use and navigate than the previous versions of Norton. This year Norton done a good job and you can get one for you if you are fan of Norton products.


*. In real-time antivirus tests Norton scoring near the top and blocked nearly all known viruses.

*. Norton uses less memory, it uses less than 1% CPU and only about 7MB of memory and during full system scan CPU usage at about 55%-90% and 50MB of RAM which is average usage.

*. There are five basic sections for each function of the software. Each is clearly labelled with big icons.

*. Overall, it's a clean, modern and easy to use simple interface. 

3. Kaspersky Internet Security 2015


kaspersky internet security

In the recent years Kaspersky has grown to become a global leader in PC security. It has very good virus and malware protection.

*. Kaspersky is extremely good at identifying, blocking, and removing virus and other threats. Kaspersky's heuristic protection and false positive detection also nearly perfect which detect previously unknown viruses.

*. It has very good overall malware protection


*. Kaspersky uses 130MB of RAM while in idle state and goes to 550MB when full system scan which we think is too much compared to others.

4. Vipre Internet Security 2015

vipre antivirus

With several added security features and the same antivirus protection of VIPRE Antivirus, VIPRE Internet Security earns our "Editors' Choice Award" again this year, even though the software isn't perfect.

*. The antivirus engine has excellent real-time protection and is effective at removing viruses. Its malicious website filter prevents you from accidentally visiting a known harmful website.


*. Firewall protection is great and it scores 10 out of 10 in our tests.

*. There are some extra features for added security like its Facebook scanner and its history cleaner.

*. User interface is not that much good enough it has to be improved.

*. Even though the user interface isn't that much better it does it's job better than any of the other Internet Security software. And if ever get infected, ThreatTrack Security (VIPRE's makers) will help you remove it for free.


5. AVG Internet Security 2015

avg internet security 2015

AVG is all known to us for their free Antivirus solution. But basic Antivirus doesn't ensures fully protected PC. For 2015 AVG has significantly improved their Internet Security suite this year with an improved firewall, and better overall protection.

*. The user interface is much more modern and easy to use.



*. Malware detection is very good with AVG which was an issue before this.

*. AVG is not bad in real time protection also and it performed well in this category.

*. It consumes low memory space.

*. It is one of the better all around Internet Security suites.

This is our review among the top Antivirus and Internet security products hopefully you enjoyed it.

Monday 12 January 2015

How to access blocked sites using Cocoon

Are you frustrated the way online colleges and schools blocking websites? Did you just hate Cyberoam blocking sites in colleges. Don't worry now we have a solution for you. These days crazy Internet surfers like us are always want to access torrents, facebook, twitter and other social services in offices, schools and colleges also but the firewalls of these institutions are also becomes very stronger and cannot be bypassed easily but thanks to Cocoon these restrictions can also be overcome easily.

cocoon online internet privacy

What is Cocoon?


Cocoon is basically a browser add-on which is used to bypass internet restrictions. According to the cocoon developers,
"Cocoon is an all-in-one plugin that makes everything you do online secure, virus-free and private. Without Cocoon websites and hackers have access to your computer to leave cookies or infect it with viruses and malware. You even get protection on open Wi-Fi access points."


There are number of advertisers who track your every move, hackers in a hurry to steal your passwords and viruses needs a chance to attack your computer. To avoid all this you want something that hide you from the threatening things of the Internet world and here comes the Cocoon.

Cocoon is available for Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer that helps you browse the Web securely in an anonymous environment. Cocoon is available for free download and also available in paid version that is also known as Cocoon+.

How Cocoon works?


Cocoon uses a proxy service, so that all of your browsing is done through Cocoon's servers. All the web sites that you browse see their IP address or ISP instead of tracking you.
Cocoon scan files before you download ensuring that your computer won't be attacked by any malware.

How to use Cocoon?


Using Cocoon is very easy and don't need any specific knowledge. To use Cocoon following steps will help you.



*. First of all signup for a cocoon free account from https://getcocoon.com/signup_free and then download Cocoon add-on from the official website https://getcocoon.com/support/download

cocoon add on for firefox

Note: If download not works then you can download from following link directly https://getcocoon.com/downloads/vwc_cocoon.xpi?303486

*. After install you need to restart your browser and you will see a Cocoon toolbar. Just press the power button and you will see a Email address and Password fields.


start browsing with cocoon

*. Now enter your email address and password that you used while sign up process and click on Go.

cocoon toolbar attempt to login

*. Now Cocoon will start attempt to login from different proxies and in a few seconds you will be connected to the Cocoon's private world.

*. Now open any website that is previously blocked and enjoy browsing anonymously.

That's it, browse the web, bypass firewalls and Cyberoam restrictions with ease.

Thursday 8 January 2015

How to remove write protection from USB flash drives

Security from viruses is among the greatest priorities for any Windows user. USB flash drives such as pendrives are most likely to catch viruses from any devices and may harm your files. There are some recovery techniques available after corruption of data due to virus or say malware attack but still you notice that every now and then pendrives catch viruses.

usb flash drives write protected gdrive

For the security purpose many people use write protection on their USB flash drives, pendrives so that it may not affect by the malware attack. But if you want to remove write protection on the pendrive or any other external USB flash drive for copying any important file you can do this using this simple registry tweaking trick.

How to remove write protection from USB flash drives

Method 1: Using Registry 

Follow the steps and you can write data to your pen drive.

*. Open notepad or any text editor and copy & paste the following:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies] “WriteProtect”=dword:00000000

*. Now save the file with .reg extension.

registry file

*. Now double click on the file you have saved and in the pop up window choose Yes and you will see the message as in the screenshot below. That's it just press OK and you're done, now you can write any type of data on the pen drive.

registry key applied successfully

To Turn ON the write protection you may follow the same procedure as above but paste the following code instead of above

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies] “WriteProtect”=dword:00000001

Method 2: Using Diskpart

*. Open command prompt as an administrator and type diskpart.

*. Then type list disk and press enter to see the list of drives.

*. Select the USB drive by typing  select disk 1 (if disk 1 is your USB drive otherwise choose the number which assigned to your  USB drive)

*. At last type attributes disk clear readonly and press enter. Finally type exit  to quit diskpart and you're done with the process.

cmd diskpart commands to remove read only

That's it you have no write protection on the usb drive now. Enjoy the trick and keep your system safe from viruses.

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