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Windows 8 comes with the antimalware software “Windows Defender” pre-installed. This provides real-time protection against viruses, spyware and other internet threats, and is a replacement for Microsoft Security Essentials. However, it misses two important things - Windows Defender status icon on the system tray and scan with Windows Defender option in context menu.

If you would like to keep your programs neat and organized on your Windows 8 or Windows 7 taskbar, you might also like to get some space between each group of programs, so your taskbar looks simpler and more beautiful. Here is how you can separate each group of programs with a transparent icon.

If you’re concerned more about your computer and internet security and always looking for current security trends, latest threats, expert views, and whatsoever related to computer and internet security, you might like the free Windows 8 app Kaspersky Now. This free app delivers latest security news to you via Kaspersky blog RSS feed.

With Windows 8, you can install several apps and games from Windows Store. If you are serious about some of your games, you might not like to lose your game progress, levels and settings when you re-installing the game or re-installing Windows 8. As these Windows 8 games and apps differ from traditional desktop programs, it isn't an easy task to back up such data.

The fake antivirus programs (also known as Rogue programs) are a kind of malware that often disguise as legitimate programs. Once installed it detect non-existent viruses on users PC and force them to pay money for removing the infections. Also, fake antivirus programs often installs sneakwares like browser add-ons and hijackers on users PC.

There are a number of free tools that disables USB port of your PC, so you can prevent anybody copying data from your computer. In addition, as most USB malware uses a file called autorun.inf, which runs automatically when the USB drive is plugged into your PC, you can prevent such malware infection some extend by disabling USB port of your PC.

To install an app on our Android phone, usually we have to go the Play Store from our Phone, search for app and install it. Here is how to search and install Android apps right from our PC to Android device. Of course, the web version of Play Store now have an option to install apps on your device, however, the below method is using a Windows application called Hoolapp.

Shortcuts can cut off valuable time from the tasks you perform every day. Therefore, here is how you can get instant access to the whole bunch of Google services by installing a little extension called Google Shortcut. You can choose from more than hundreds of Google services to show up as buttons in a space-saving popup.

If you’re a Windows 8, especially a Surface tablet (Windows RT) user, then there is something interesting news for you. Dropbox team has released a Windows 8 modern UI app that you can install from Windows Store on your Windows 8 or Surface tab. Though not all functions that the normal version of Dropbox offers, Windows RT users can make use of this app to browse and preview all of their files and photos on Dropbox.

System security is a foremost concern for almost all computer users. So, if you are worried about how safe your computer is or want to know the status of your installed security programs, Opswat security score can tell you. This free app check your system and provides a percentage score and recommendations on how to improve things.

Dead pixels on LCD monitors isn’t uncommon. It is expect to have some degree of dead pixels (hot, dead or stuck pixels) on most monitors and that may happen either during manufacturing or while handling. However, if the amount of dead pixels is large, the screen is considered defective. Here is a simple method to check an LCD monitor or a laptop for dead pixels.