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Why we need to install unwanted download managers?

We already have several download managers installed on our computers. Then why we need another one for small purposes? What are the risks w...

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Why we need to install unwanted download managers?

We already have several download managers installed on our computers. Then why we need another one for small purposes? What are the risks we take when we use them?

Nowadays many free service providers (even paid service) are started to encourage the users to download their own download manager to get service from them. For example you may see links like this:

Download Game of Thrones English subtitles game.of.thrones.s06.e09.battle.of.bastards.(2016).eng.1cd.

Below that link you see an option to use their (by default) own download manager to download it. If you don't untick that option. You will not get that subtitle file as download. Instead of subtitle file you will actually download their download manger setup file.

But don't worry: These kind of download managers only show advertisements. At the same time they help us in many ways. But not all these kind of download managers are good. There is another side for these kind of download managers. They actually try to steal users' data. Hackers need a door to come insider your computer. So they develop this kind of (bad) fake download managers by showing that this download managers allow the users to download unlimited latest tv series, music albums, movies for free. Fooled users download it and get in trouble.

What is good? Try to find, if there are any option to download or use that free service without downloading their own download manager (Just untick that option). By doing so, you can avoid unwanted problems. 

Even Good Facebook Groups are full of Porn/Sex video posts: Why?

These days, we are witnessing lots of problems on Facebook. Mainly on Facebook groups. Why are we keep seeing adults only video links, pictures shared by your friends on some Facebook groups?

Some posts are even too bad. Some posts shows children porn, child abuse. Why Facebook is not taking any action against people who post them? Facebook only remove those posts after reporting it to them. Why can't they take action against them? Is it part of cyber crime investigation? to identify who is trying to watch child porn or child abuse videos? We are not fully sure. But we doubt it!

Can you able to watch those videos? after clicking the link? NO, you will not see a single video. Suddenly your friends start to contact you regarding your posts on some facebook group related to child sex, porn or child abuse. You will look those messages from your friends like "What!!! did i do it? " No you didn't do it. but you clicked those spam/virus/fake video links. NEVER CLICK SUCH LINKS/VIDEOS

What if you have already clicked some of it?
No worries. Go to your Activity log on Facebook. Clear all of those posts. Sign out from your Facebook account. Go to browser history. Clean everything.

Are you safe Now? No, you are not. Another day another post/video will pass through your news feed like this, but don't click them. Just report them to Facebook.

Monday, January 18, 2016

How to take backup of your smartphones successfully?

Taking backup is necessary for all the smartphones. Because it is part of the smartphone's security settings/practices.It is very important to take backup before upgrading to the new version of your smartphone OS. for an example, if you are planning to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 mobile then you should consider taking backup. Otherwise you may lose your valuable date when you are moving from one os to another os as upgrade. It is also useful for those who are using technical previews of Windows 10 mobile OS. It is not that simple, people say, if you ask windows lumia smartphone users or windows phone os running smartphone users.Is it same for other type of smartphone operating systems. yes it is. Why people are disapointed about taking backups of their phones? Because they didn't practice taking backups since they bought the smartphone. That is where the problem starts. Because they used to start taking backup after using the phone for few months or even years. But maximum they fails to take backup in cloud. Do you know why?



(This is a screenshot of one of the problem windows phone 8.1 users get while taking backups)
"There was problem backing up your settings, Try again later"

Because there are some apps which may make problems to the backup procedures or functions. We can't simply identify them. We can only identify them, if we used to take backup since we bought the smartphone. After installing a new app try to take backup. If it is successful you can relax, but if it is not, then you need to contact the app developers to correct it or until they fix that issue you have to remove that app from your smartphone to take backup.

Note: If you have installed Viber or Whatsapp on your windows smartphone. Uninstall them. After uninstalling them, Go and Click backup now. Sometime it works

You may find many solutions saying if you do this you will not find problem in taking backup. Such as change the lock screen to default one, uninstall this app, uninstall that app. Use wifi instead of 3G data..etc But they will not work for everyone because we all don't use same kind of apps as solutions to our need/problems. We use different apps. So it is very difficult. So the best way is to reset your smartphone to the stage when you bought the phone (option in Settings/About). Then start taking backup from zero. Which means if you add a new contact details, take backup. If you install a new app, take backup. if you update an old app, take backup. Like that make sure doing this regularly. After installing all the required apps you can schedule taking backup monthly or weekly or if it is required. Then you will not end up in a situation like today.

Are you afraid of loosing your data to solve this problem? Then uninstall all the installed games, non social media apps, apps which were not developed by microsoft(3rd Party apps). Now go and take the backup. if it is successful then your problem is solved. After that you have to install all the deleted apps and games one by one by taking backups at the same time.

What if it is not successful? Disable taking backups of Text messages, and then try. At the same time check whether your microsoft account and your phone is synced by pressing on your email address at emails & account in settings. Delete the previous backups by login to the onedrive in a computer or mobile browser. At the same time check for phone update. after than try again. If this isn't help. Comment here what you did or please go with "Reset" method.

If you find any working solutions please let us know. This is a tested, one of the working solution. It is not useful for everyone. But it will help you, if you are fed up finding a solution for this backup problem. For your information. You will lose all of you data. Make sure you take manual backup your important data before resetting your phone.

Example:
Transfer your photos, musics and videos to a PC or SD card.
Try to upload your contacts to another contacts backup taking app or take screen shots of contact details.