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Showing posts with label Software advice. Show all posts

January 04, 2013

How to remove or skip ads in Youtube videos?

Since the arrival of Youtube partner program, the volume of advertisements in Youtube videos has marginally increased.This has been bugging a lot of avid Youtube fans.One of the most important differences between traditional media like Television and Youtube is certainly the volume of ads.The recent surge of ads is certainly becoming a big "turn-off" for Youtubers.This article is meant for those users who want to get rid of ads in Youtube.Hopefully after performing this hack, your Youtube experience will be enhanced.

In order to perform this hack to remove ads in Yotube videos, you need to have Mozilla Firefox installed.You will also need to install an addon called 'Greasemonkey'.You can install Greasemonkey from here.
Once you have installed Greasemonkey (You will need to restart Firefox to complete the installation), its time to install a Javascript which will block ads in Youtube.The Javascript i'm talking about is called Youtube-All Ads Remover.It is a handy tool for all who are troubled by the video ads.This script will remove ads and provide a user experience which Youtube was once known for.

Install Youtube-All Ads Remover from here .Make sure that 'Greasemonkey' is enabled in Firefox.If not, the script will not work.

Once you have installed this script, head over to Youtube and freely browse your favorite Youtube videos and ofcourse without 'ads'.Hope you found this article useful.Feel free to post in your queries as comments.

July 18, 2008

Foxit reader-The best alternative to Adobe Reader


Imagine all features of Adobe reader and minus all the choas and memory consumption.What you get is Foxit reader.A priceless software that comes with a pile of features.The most notable being quick instant loading.Foxit reader won't make you memorise the list of plug-ins and the developer names before it starts up.It consists of an inbuilt pdf to text converter.So you can get the text out of ebooks without using an external converter.

It also has tab viewing.You can browse around pdf files in a firefox similar fashion.Unlike Adobe Acrobat Reader it has a multimedia playback functionality.So reading multimedia ebooks is no big task.Moreover it is light weight software with just a 2.5mb compared to Adobe reader which is around 20mb.Hassle free and optimal in functionality Foxit reader is one software you need to have on your system.

You can get Foxit Reader from here.

July 11, 2008

How to Uninstall phishing toolbars,spywares,malwares from your browser and PC

If you are regularly surfing the internet then you surely would have cam across
sites that demand installation of certain toolbars for proceeding with the sites.Out
of curiosity or ignorance one ends up installing a spyware or a malware to his computer all by himself.These toolbars most of them being targeted spywares can make you life a living hell.They cannot be uninstalled by regular methods because they are too smart for it.And sometimes it jams your system that well that you can't even get your antivirus program started.So what do you do then.Here is a tutorial on how to get those spywares,malwares out of your pc.

First of all when you discover poor performance from the system.Get task manager(alt+cntrl+del) and check for unfamiliar objects with '.exe' endings.They are easy to discover and come with somewhat phishy names.One way to find out is to try to end the process and if it wont get deleted and shows up again on the task manager then dear friend you have got company.

Step1:Restart your computer
Step2;Go to safemode by pressing F5
Step3:On the desktop click on Start>Run
Step4:Type 'msconfig' without quotes
Step5:Choose 'Selective start up'
Step6:Click on the start up tab at the end.
Step7:Uncheck suspicious start up items
Step8:Restart

You will be temporary free and you can start your antivirus software peacefully without a system hang.Update the antivirus for latest virus definitions and scan.Let your antivirus take care of the rest of the job.Hope you found the information useful.