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Warning: Your browser could be compromising your passwords

Posted on September 19, 2022

A new report from the security firm Otto details a very serious data breach situation that’s playing out daily with millions of unsuspecting computer users, and it’s quite possible that you are affected by it.

Otto’s research discovered that both Chrome’s “Enhanced Spellcheck” feature and Microsoft’s popular “Microsoft Editor: Spelling & Grammar Checker” browser extension for Edge capture every bit of data you enter into any web form and transmit it back to Google and Microsoft’s servers. [Read more…]

Here’s the fastest way to bookmark a web page

Posted on July 1, 2022

Do you use Chrome, Firefox or Edge for your web browser?

If so, you probably know that you can either click the “Star” icon on the right side of the address bar or press Ctrl+D to bookmark the web page you’re currently viewing.

Those are the methods most people use to bookmark a page, but there’s an even better way because it only requires a quick click and drag. Here’s how to do it: [Read more…]

Here’s the fastest way to save an image from a web page to your computer

Posted on June 22, 2022

Have you ever seen a photo or screenshot on a web page that you wanted to save to your PC for some reason?

I’m sure you probably have. Most people do it like this:

1 – Right-click on the image you wish to save.

2 – Click Save picture as…

3 – Navigate to the folder where you wish to save the image to, then click Save.

But there is a way much faster way that uses a single mouse click if you just want to save the photo to the Desktop: [Read more…]

How to open your web browser’s built-in Task Manager

Posted on May 10, 2022

A while back I wrote this post explaining how to use Chrome’s native Task Manager to find out which Chrome processes could be causing the browser to operate slower than it should.

That post received a lot of engagement, and several readers contacted me to ask if there is a native Task Manager built in to other browsers as well.

I answered those folks directly, but since I keep getting this same question I thought it might be a good idea to write a similar post to answer it on the blog. [Read more…]

How to reset your browser back to its default settings

Posted on April 8, 2022

There are tons of ways to customize and tweak most current web browsers to make them behave more to our liking.

And in addition to the changes we make on our own, many downloads and browser add-ons take it upon themselves to make changes to our browsers’ settings without us even knowing about it.

These changes add up over time, and eventually your favorite browser might become extremely slow and unstable due to all the changes.

Throw a browser hijacker or virus into the mix and it can even become unusable. If that happens, what should you do? [Read more…]