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Uncle Travis, Facebook Viruses, Malwarebytes, and Verify Redirect Firefox Add-on

Kyle Moore — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:55:49 +0000

Uncle Travis fixing his virus infested PC

Does Uncle Travis keep posting creepy messages and links to your Facebook wall? Well, relax. Although somewhat unsettling and a wee bit disturbing, to say the least. It is probably not Uncle Travis that is actually posting those messages. A virus is. A virus like the Koobface virus, which post random messages (slightly creepy in nature and somewhat unnerving) automatically to other people’s facebook profiles in hopes that they will click on the link out of curiosity and contract the virus themselves.

Watch the video to learn how to help Uncle Travis, an ex-Geek Squad employee, remove those Facebook viruses from his computer.

Links:

1.Malwarebytes.org
2.Verify Redirect Firefox Add-on

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How to convert youtube videos to MP3 format files.

Kyle Moore — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:49 +0000

Every once and a while you might like to save a youtube video as an mp3 file to save space on your iPod or just because you like the background sound track. This video will show you how to do that with yet another great firefox add-on that can be found at Video2MP3.net.

Click here to watch the video.

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How to download & convert audio & video from most media sites in one simple step.

Kyle Moore — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:02:22 +0000

I love the power of firefox. It allows you to do things quickly and easily for free that in the past took expensive and complicated software to accomplish the same task. Take video downloading for example. In the old days it was often necessary to download an separate application to accomplish this task. If the software was free, you were bombarded with ads. And once the video you were looking for was downloaded, if you were even able to accomplish this task with the given software being used, you were many times still left with the task of converting it to a format that was usable or editable to you. Not any more. Downloadhelper is another add-on that I have recently discovered, which, once installed, will allow you to perform all of those same task in one function for free and with no ads. Amazing! Watch the following video to see how to install and view a demonstration on how it works:

Click here to watch the video.

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Download those YouTube Videos with One Quick Click

Kyle Moore — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:25 +0000

I’ve been downloading various Youtube videos (particularly the ones that Youtube might snuff due to copyright infringement or voiced complaints) for years now. But since I am going to be starting to add quick and hopefully helpful video tips to Youtube now, I thought I’d start with a quick and easy tip, one that many of you will probably be familiar with already, on how to download those Youtube videos quickly and easily with one click of the mouse. Here is the video in which I demonstrate how to do this:

Click here to watch the video.

And here is the link to Easy Youtube Video Downloader, a Firefox extension.

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Block all Ads (including Facebook) and Secure your PC

Kyle Moore — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:52:50 +0000

I have resolved to keep my social sites updated with sticky content. On at least a weekly basis I will be updating my blog with new articles and helpful content. Here’s what I’ve got this week:

Adblock Plus. Most users of Firefox should be fairly familiar with Adblock Plus but if you are not yet a Firefox user, you need to start now. It is simply a better browser with a better browsing experience. http://www.getfirefox.com

One of the nice features of Firefox is the ability to add on extensions which help you to customize your browsing experience. One such extension that I’ve used for a long time is called AdBlock Plus. Google it. This particular extension allows you to block all ads that you come across on the Internet. Blocking ads is particularly helpful for several reasons:

1) Save space. No longer will your window be cluttered with useless ad information. By installing this ext. you will now only see the content that you really want to see.
2) Save bandwidth. Ads take up a lot of bandwidth causing much slower page load times.
3) Protect your kids. Let’s face it, some ads are just not appropriate, even on Facebook.
4) Protect your PC. Ads are not always as they seem. Some come packaged with viruses and spyware.

Watch this video on how to install:

Click here to watch.

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