PC tools is famous for their anti spyware product Spyware doctor and Windows tweaking tool Registry mechanic . Registry mechanic can be used to scan and fix common PC registry errors .Apart from registry cleaning , the software could also be used to Defragment and optimize your Windows registry for improved memory performance and better program loading .

The latest version of PC tools registry mechanic is 8 . New features includes better scanning speeds and and improved tracking of registry errors .  As a part of the PCadvisor magazine promotions , PC tools is giving away genuine licenses of  registry mechanic 7 . Although  an older version , it is always a better than free registry cleaner softwares .

You can apply for  the PC tools registry mechanic 7 license here . Enter your name and email .Registry mechanic  full version serial  and further details will be sent to the submitted email address.

Features of registry mechanic version 7 promo edition

Technical support for 1 year .
Updates for one year Registry cleaning and fixing .
Registry compactor
Registry monitor

Download Registry mechanic  full version serial .

Ad-aware is Lavasoft ‘s award winning anti-spyware product capable of detecting about 2 million malware samples. We all know the free version of Ad-aware, which has some limitation. This month, Lavasoft is giving away full version Ad-aware plus anti spyware software licenses as a part of, their 10 year anniversary celebrations, . The new Ad-aware is about 78% faster than the earlier versions and when compared with Norton, AVG, Kaspersky and PC tools security products.

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I hope you are familiar with RAR and ZIP archive formats. If there are a lot of files in a download, usually it is archived using Winzip / WinRAR and uploaded. Archiving reduces total file size and the plus point is that we need to upload only a single file. But there is a disadvantaged related with these RAR and ZIP downloads.

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Recently I got an email saying that its from Gmail team . The email asks for an update in Gmail account settings . It continues as follows .

”
Dear Gmail valued members,
To be stay longer with google maill account safely
Please go to update your email account to our data base.
This updata system is used to filter too many email account in our database.
We will place the accounts updated and will reject accounts not updated
To update your email account please clickhere ( Sorry I can’t post the link here )

Do not late of 60 minutes to update after open this email
Stay your email account safely in google

The Gmail Team ” ( Pasted exactly from the email )

After reading the mail content , I concluded that its a possible phishing attack on Gmail . Look at the spelling of mail . ..LOL!!  Another big reason to confirm that its from Gmail team .

I have traced the IP address of the attacker (219.83.122.172)  who operates  from Jakartha Indonesia .
So beware guys ….

Twitter and Orkut are two most discussed social networking websites of recent times. While both have the same ideology, they differ in certain aspects. Twitter is one of the first companies that rolled out the update feature. Orkut, Facebook and MySpace have copied the update feature from Twitter. Still, Twitter has a large user base. Major brands now have their Twitter profiles and their share the latest updates on their product trough Twitter. So even if you are an Orkut or Facebook fan, being active on Twitter is a good thing. And now you can do that without leaving your Orkut profile.
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Many of the colleges, schools and offices have blocked access to Orkut, Myspace, Youtube and other related sites from their computer centers and internal Internet network. Actually, the college authorities or company network administrator block these websites to provide a better working environment and to use the Internet for activities related with studies /work. However, those people who are addicted Myspace, Orkut, Facebook Twitter and Youtube, and they are always looking for alternate methods to Access these blocked websites. The network administrator usually uses a software to block sites by either IP or name.

We can access blocked websites by finding out the used method for that.

Access Blocked websites: Case Name

If the sites like Orkut, Myspace and Youtube are blocked by Name, then you can use the site IP address instead of entering the original site URL. For example, instead of entering http://www.orkut.com. Enter the exact IP address http://72.14.209.85/ in the browser URL bar. To find the IP address of a blocked website, press Win+R and enter ” ping blocked website ” without quotes. Replace the required website with Orkut, Myspace, Youtube or whatsoever.

Another method in this case is the use of URL shortening services like bit.ly, tinyurl.com etc. Links provided by these sites spell differently, but direct to the original site on execution. So the site blocking software allow access to these URL s  by considering it as an unblocked website.

Access Blocked websites: Case IP

If the websites are blocked by IP, then you need to use IP changing software or Proxy websites.
Proxy websites bypasses your current ISP’s IP and opens the blocked website with a different one set on their server.

Here is a list of proxies which can be used to access blocked websites like Myspace, Facebook Orkut and Youtube.

http://flyproxy.com, http://proxify.coml, http://www.hidemyass.com, http://surfshield.net, http://kproxy.com/index.jsp, http://www.proxifree.com, http://www.anonproxy.info, http://www.3proxy.com .

Use Google to access blocked websites:

We can use Google’s translator tool as a proxy and access blocked websites. Google cannot be banned from your Internet network. So this is the best method if you want access to the blocked websites in a safe and secure manner.

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.blockedwebsitesite.com

Change the blockedwebsite.com with the URL to be accessed. Here the website is redirected to Google.com( so it is not blocked) for language translation and the site is translated from English to English.

Use software to access blocked websites :
Use software like JAP to change the IP address to a common IP address. JAP provides a static IP address for all its users, thereby making it not possible to determine the visited user or website. But in most cases, you need administrative privileges to install a software to public college or office network.

Last but best method in this regard is using a VPN. I have  collected a set of free VPN services here. They provide a secure connection to the desired website through a server set up in another country.