You just need to type in the email address and click the encode button to get the code. And then paste the code where you are planning to put your email address.

Note:  This technique is not a foolproof solution, a spambot intelligent enough could have the ability to crack this code, but this is WAY MORE safer than just writing the address.

Features:

• Web based email address encoder.
• Works on all the browsers.
• No sign up required.
• Similar tools: TheHTMLEncoder, The Enkoder Form, SpamProofEmailGenerator and HideText.

Check out MailTo Encoder @ www.mailtoencoder.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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How it works:

1. Pick a master password for all your websites.
2. Click “Generate my Password” to generate a unique password for each different website you use.
3. Use the generated passwords for the corresponding websites.

And if you lose your generated password, simply come to SimlePassword, enter your master password and it will generate the same password for that respective website. Generated passwords are strong and contain both small and capital letters and numbers.

Features:

• Generates strong unique password for each website you use using a a single master password.
• Generated passwords are strong and contain both small and capital letters and numbers.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar tools: SafePasswd, PasswordSuggest, PassPub and others.

Check out SimplePassword @ www.simplepassword.com (via SingleFunction)

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The service has both free and premium options, the free option being quite a decent one. It doesn’t require registration to start with. Click on Start Recording, allow the site to use your webcam and you are good to go.

Features:

• Use your webcam as a security camera and spy on your room when you are away.
• Reduces video hours by recording only when there is a motion.
• No registration required to start.
• Get premium account if you need to download the videos.
• Similar apps: HomeCamera and UGOlog. Also check out an excellent MakeUseOf article on How To Use Skype as a Covert Snooper.

Check out HighlightCam @ www.highlightcam.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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It’s easy, fast and straightforward. Just enter the website URL into the field and click “Surf anonymously”.

Features:

• Surf the web anonymously without leaving any personally identifiable information about yourself.
• Bypass filters in your school or work place to get access to restricted websites.
• Similar sites: CTunne, Prime Proxies and Unblockall.

Check out Anonymouse @ www.anonymouse.org

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It also includes a so called active surf protection that blocks malicious sites even if accessed directly from the address bar. For more info watch the demo video below:

Features

• Real time web page scanner plug in for your web browser.
• Available for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar tools: McAfee.

Check out AVGLinkScanner @ http://linkscanner.avg.com

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• OnlineLinkScan: Scans Suspicious Links For Viruses

Just enter the file/process name into provided field and see what FileInspect got on it. It gives you a file/process description, a program using that process and also tells you if you should leave it running or disable it.

Users may also browse the site alphabetically, view most searched terms and check out known dangerous files.

Features:

• Identify processes running in your task manager.
• Browse processes alphabetically.
• View most viewed and most dangerous files.
• Leave comments.
• Similar websites:ProcessLibrary , TaskList and WhatIsThatFile.

Check out FileInspect @ www.fileinspect.com

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Here is how it works:

1. Enter your email
2. Pick a short URL for your email (optional)
3. Press on “Protect my email” button
4. Receve the URL that you can share online instead of your email

When someone clicks on the URL say http://scr.im/111, they will be able to reveal your email after a simple test that automated bots and spiders can’t pass.

Features:

• Protect email address from spammers when sharing it online.
• Your email will be converted in to a short URL.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar tool: Kissa.be

Check out Scr.im @ www.scr.im

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The quiz will present you with 10 questions containing email screenshots. You would need to decide if the email is legit or phishing. When the quiz is complete, you get to see your score and also check the reason why is your answer correct or wrong.

Features:

• Online phishing email test.
• Shows how to identify phishing and spam emails.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out SonicWALL @ www.sonicwall.com/phishing

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The application is 100% web based meaning that there is no software download. In terms of setup it is very simple and does not require any networking skills, all you need to have is a working webcam.

UGOlog can automatically record videos in intervals or continuously, includes motion detection, and supports multiple cameras. Free account lets you have 2 cameras with daily limit of 500 snapshots and 5 minute recording. Premium accounts are free during beta period.

The site is in beta, so keep in mind that some things might not work properly. Support for IP cameras is coming soon.

Features:

• Monitor your home remotely using your webcam.
• No software download required.
• Simple to use and no networking skills needed.
• Includes automatic recording, video history, motion detection, interval-based recording and multiple camera support.
• Free account lets you have 2 cameras with daily limit of 500 snapshots and 5 min recording.
• Similar websites: HomeCamera

Check out UGOLog @ www.ugolog.com

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The installation process is usual and there is no registration.

Ghostery currently can detect over 135 major services that track you on the web. Some of these services are: Google Analytics, MyBlogLog, Quantcast, IndexTools, SiteMeter, Lijit, Omniture, CrazyEgg, Snap… etc.

Features:

• Find out what web pages are watching you.
• Can detect over 135 major services that track you on the web.

Check out Ghostery @ www.ghostery.com

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• WIKAY: See How Any Website Can Access Your Browsing History
• PrivacyChoice: Opt Out Cookies That Track Your Browsing
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• OnlineLinkScan: Scans Suspicious Links For Viruses
• EncryptIt: Encrypt Text Online

This is where PrivacyChoice can help, it lets you simultaneously opt out from a number of major ad networks (eg: Google AdSense, DoubleClick, Yahoo! and AOL ) with a single click of a button. Quick, simple and you do not have to go to each network individually.

The another way to protect your browsing privacy is simply use software to delete cookies.

Features:

• Lets you opt out from being tracked by advertising companies.
• Simple and easy to use, it takes a single click.
• Free. No sign-up needed.

Check out PrivacyChoice @ www.privacychoice.net (via Lifehacker)

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[Update: The Adeona laptop tracker software is no longer working. Please refer features list for the working alternatives.]

If at one point your laptop gets stolen and is connected to the internet, the Adeona will send you criminal’s IP address. The IP address can then be retrieved using the Adeona Recovery Wizard. Knowing the IP address is enough in most cases to track the geographical location of the device.

Unlike similar commercial tools, Adeona is decentralized  and doesn’t store your password on its servers. It means no one besides the owner can use Adeona to track your laptop.

How it works:

Installing the Adeona client and the recovery tool

1. Download and install the Adeona tracking program (client+recovery tools).
2. Choose password and save the backup file (eg. adeona-retrievcredentials.ost) on another computer or external USB drive.

Retrieving laptop location using the Recovery Wizard

1. Run the recovery tool.
2. Select the backup file (*.ost) you saved when installing the client.
3. Specify a time period within which to search for updates.
4. Enter your password and get the IP address results.

View current IP address of your laptop

However, if the thief is technologically savvy and uninstalls the client from your laptop, you won’t be able to track it anymore. But in most cases laptop thieves generally don’t bother with the software and likely to connect it to the Internet at one point.

Features:

• Stolen laptop tracker helps to track laptop from any location.
• Install the client on your laptop and run the recovery tool to track it when it gets stolen.
• Supports: Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista.
• The Mac OS X version also has an option to capture pictures of the thief.
• Free, install the client and recovery tools from the site to start tracking.
• Similar tools: LocatePC, Lockdown and ihoundSoftware.

[Update: The Adeona laptop tracker software is no longer working. Please refer features list for the working alternatives.]

Check out Adeona @ www.adeona.cs.washington.edu

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The site lists variety of videos, starting from basic computer security to more complex network security. You can search for videos and browse them by category. There are 4 main categories such as Coding, Tools, Basics and Fun, when you select a category you will find a list of subcategories organized under separate topics.

You can also view recent and popular videos, and leave comments on any video you like or dislike.  Additionally there is an option to contribute and submit videos of your own.

Features:

• YouTube for computer security videos.
• Search and browse videos by category.
• Check out latest and popular videos.
• Comment on the videos.
• Embedding supported.
• Contribute by submitting video of your own.

Check out SecurityTube @ www.securitytube.net

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There is a Basic Form for most users, and if you are familiar with HTML you can use the Advanced Form. Here is how it works:

Step 1

1. Enter your actual email address
2. Enter address you want to be visible to visitors
3. Enter Link title and subject line (optional)
4. Press “Enkode it”.

Step 2

You will get an ugly javascript code (see below). Copy it and insert it in the source of your HTML code. Done!

Your site visitors will see this:

Features:

• Email address encryptor.
• Protect your email address from spam bots.
• Encrypt it into a Javascript code using Enkoder form.
• Hides email from spam bots, shows it to real people.
• Basic Form for most users, Advanced form for those familiar with HTML.
• Free, no registration.
• Similar sites: TheHTMLEncode, SpamProofEmailGenerator and HideText.

Check out TheEnkoderForm @ www.hivelogic.com/enkoder

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The process is really easy, just enter your email address and click on “encode”. The site will encode your email and email you a peace of code that you can paste onto the page where you want the contact/email link to appear. Your email will appear in text but most of spam bots should not be able to see it. As simple as that!

Features:

• Tool for hiding email address from spam bots.
• Encode as many emails as you want.
• No registration and free.
• Similar tools: SpamProofEmailGenerator and HideText.

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Features:

• Virus link scanner hat scans links for viruses, trojan horses, spyware and other malware.
• Scan as many links as you like.
• Can scan all sorts of links including shortened ones.
• No registration needed.

Note: OnlineLinkScan is not 100% fool proof. Although it can significantly reduce the chances of malicious attacks against your computer there is still a chance for some crapware to pass undetetected.

Check out OnlineLinkScan @ www.onlinelinkscan.com

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From the site: “Say you want to advertise a job opening on Twitter, and you don’t want to share your company email address. Some applicants may not want to post a public @reply, and they can’t send you a direct message if you don’t already follow them. Include a whspr! URL, and they can reach you discreetly.“

The whole thing is pretty simple, first enter your email address, select the number of days you want it to be active, add description and then click on “Create my Whspr”. Next you’ll get a link to the online contact form that you can display wherever you want (Twitter, Craiglist, Ebay… etc.)

Check out Whspr @ www.whspr.me

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Features:

• Strong and safe password generator.
• Generate as many passwords as you like.
• Customizable strength and and length of password.
• Free and easy to use.
• Similar sites: PassPub, PasswordBird and Password Chart.

You might be also interested in Damien’s excellent article on how to create strong passwords. Not only it gives you tips on how to make passwords safe but also few techniques on how to make them easy to remember.

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Just type in the name of the process you’re wondering about, and TaskList should present you with a description of the file, where it came from, and some general information about how safe it is. Though it may not be 100% accurate, it’s still a very reliable source to see what a process does. A word of caution though: TaskList does seem to link to a program called Easy SpyRemover, which is a known rogue software. So, just use TaskList as a resource and use a tool other than Easy SpyRemover to get rid of a virus if you find one.

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Features:

• Helps you to find out what processes in task manager mean.
• Search over 18,000 tasks and processes.
• Find tasks alphabetically.
• Also use the TaskList Attachment list to search a number of e-mail attachments.
• View description of process as well as recommendations on what actions to take.
• Keep your computer safe and virus free.

Check out TaskList @ www.tasklist.org

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Say, Facebook or Orkut is banned on your network. The moment you try to surf to Orkut, a software on the server detects it and disallows it. With CTunnel, it wont be so anymore. Just open up the CTunnel home page and specify the URL of the site you want to surf.

Features:

• Proxy service site to avoid URL and IP based filtering.
• Surf banned websites on the network.
• Avoid cookies and scripts.
• Stay Anonymous.

In case CTunnel doesn’t work for you there are some other options you can try. Primeproxies keeps an up-to-date proxy servers list. You can also check out our earlier post on how to bypass blocked sites.

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1. Sing-up
2. Compose your message and click on “Send Secure Message” button.
3. Send encrypts your email using NSA algorithm and forwards it to the recipient.
4. Recipient receives your email with the encrypted message attached.

In order to send and receive information both sender and recipient must have an account with Send.

Features:

• Encrypt and send important information online.
• Send as many encrypted emails as you like.
• All emails are encrypted by secure NSA encryption method.
• Add attachments to your messages.
• Similar websites:  KeyVault, KickNotes, SDMessage, PrivNote and sPaste

Check out Send @ www.sendinc.com

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This can come in quite handy for checking links in suspicious emails. There are two possible ways for you to make use of it:

1. Go directly to PrevURL website, paste the URL into provided field and see where it points.
2. Install the PrevURL brower plugin (for Firefox and IE) and preview links from browser search bar.

Features:

• See where shortened URL is pointing to.
• Works with all major URL shortening services.
• No sign-up or registration needed.
• Similar websites: LongURL.

Check out PrevURL @ www.prevurl.com

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The virus definition signatures used by NoVirusThanks are autoupdated every 6 hours. Once the uploaded file is scanned NoVirusThanks provides you with detailed report from each antivirus engine.

Features:

• Scan suspicious files for viruses online.
• Scan as many files as you like. No registration needed.
• Maximum size limit per file: 20 Mb
• Virus definition signatures are automatically updated every 6 hours.
• Can detect joined/binded malware files.
• Desktop uploader software (NVTUploader.exe) for sending files directly from the desktop.
• Files are scanned with 25 anti virus engines. These are A-squared, Avira AntiVir, AVG, Avast!, BitDefender, ClamAV, Comodo, Dr.Web, Ewido, F-PROT 6, G DATA, IkarusT3, Kaspersky, McAfee, NOD32, Norman, QuickHeal, Panda, Solo Antivirus, Sophos, TrendMicro, VBA32, and VirusBuster.
• Similar webservices: VirScan, Virus Scan, NanoScan, VirusTotal.

Please note, NoVirusThanks is not a substitute for any antivirus software, it only scans individual files. So you still should have an antivirus software installed. You can get good free antivirus from here.

Check out NoVirusThanks @ www.novirusthanks.org

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While it might not be the best site for keeping important details such as user info to your email or bank account there are plently of not so important stuff that can be kept online. You may also use it to store only the passwords and keep places they belong to discreet. But even then I wouldn’t risk putting stuff like the pass to your email account there, unless you of course come up with a way to change it a bit (like typing it backwards and adding couple of letters to back and front).

Features:

• Store text data online and access it from any other PC.
• Store as much stuff as you like.
• Includes online password generator.
• Other password managers: Keepass, LockCrypt, Clipperz and PassPack.

Check out iForgotMyPassword @ www.iforgotmypassword.org

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When it comes to encrypting text, it’s another no brainer, just add your text, select your preferred method of encryption and click “Encrypt it”. Done.

Features:

• Encrypt text data online.
• Encrypt stuff as many times as you need.
• No signup or registration required.
• Supports MD5, DES, Backwards, Base 64, Leet, Pig latin, Url Encode, HTML Entities Encode encryption methods.

Check out EncryptIt @ www.encit.shamekh.ws

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Moreover, each listed proxy server is scanned at least once every 5 minutes to esnure that every one of listed proxy servers works the first time users try it.

Additionally, if you want to stay up to date on constantly changing list of proxies you can get it emailed directly to your inbox.

Check out PrimeProxies @ www.primeproxies.com

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This can come in quite handy for checking links in suspicious emails. Or even checking links coming from friends while at work. You never where it might take you .

There are two ways you can benefit from it. Go to the website, paste the URL into provided field and see where it points to. Or install provided Firefox extension and hover over link to see where it leads to. See screenshot below

LongURL supports all major url shortening services including but not limited to TinyURL, is.gd, Ping.fm, ur1.ca, Bit.ly, SnipURL, TweetBurner, MetaMark, url.ie, x.se, 6url.com, yep.it, piurl.com, and several others.

Features:

• Hover on op of shortened URLs and see where they point to.
• Use it oline or get it as Firefox addon, Greasemonkey script or Ubiquity form.
• No sign-up or registration needed.

Visit LongURL @ www.longurl.org (via Lifehacker)

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From the page:

“In only a few minutes ThreatExpert can process a sample and generate a highly detailed threat report with the level of technical detail that matches or exceeds antivirus industry standards such as those normally found in online virus encyclopedias“.

The whole thing is pretty simple. Go to ThreatExpert, browse and submit the infected file, enter your email address and click on “Submit”. Shortly after you should receive an email notifying you that the analysis is complete with the link to the detailed report.

Here is a partial screenshot of a sample ThreatExpert report:

Go to ThreatExpert @ www.threatexpert.com

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How does it work?

(1) Register by picking your own URL (for example letscall.me/makeuseof) and adding your phone number.



(2) Whenever you need to post your phone number somewhere, simply share the link instead.

(3) When someone decides to contact you they can click on the link where there will be a field to input their number. Once they enter their number, LetsCall.Me will call and connect them with you.



(4) Your phone will ring showing the other person’s Caller ID.

Features:

• Accept calls without revealing your phone number.
• No caller id blocking – always know who’s calling you.
• Easily block unwanted callers.
• Free and easy to setup and use.

Check out LetsCall.Me @ www.letscall.me

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• Tinkomatic: Search Multiple Classified Sites At Once
• Shopnics: Compare Gadget Prices by Brand & Features

TinyMail intends to prevent spam mail and protect your email address by masking your email and generating a pseudo look for your original email. The website’s interface is very simple and it has a bar where it asks you to enter the email address which you intend to protect.

Once you enter your email address and hit protect it, you get three different formats of your email which can be used on websites, forums or just as a link.

This service could be indeed useful in reducing the amount of spam which breaks into your inbox everyday. You might also check out other websites that can help you fight spam here.

Check out TinyMail @ www.tinymail.me ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Scr.im: Protect Email Address from Bots
• MailToEncoder: Encode Email Address To Prevent Spam

Features:

• Create secure and easy-to-remember passwords and usernames.
• No registration needed.
• For more password related web apps and software go were

Check out PasswordSuggest @ password.10try.com

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• iForgotMyPassword: Online Locker For Text
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Now a bit about OpenShield. Apart from accessing Hulu and other US only sites, this program can be used to secure your internet connection and data when connecting through a public hotspot or any other non-secured wireless network.

Quick Update: Several users requested us to put together a short list of the best websites for watching stuff like movies, TV channels and shows. It’s now ready! Download it here. Enjoy!

Check out Hotspot Shield @ www.hotspotshield.com

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