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How to Reset an Apple Watch back to Factory Settings

Apple is one of the leading manufacturers of smart watches today. Nowadays most of us have apple watches or other type of smart watches. These little devices not only help us track all our fitness info but also allow us to make calls, send messages, snap pictures etc. So today in this post we will show you how to reset your Apple Watch so that you can sell it online or give it your friend as a gift. There are two steps involved in resetting your Apple watch to factory settings and clearing all your data off it: 1.Reset Apple Watch from an iPhone  This is by far the easiest way to reset an Apple Watch because it only needs you to have an iPhone which is paired with your watch. So for resetting, go to the Apple Watch app on your phone and press on your Apple Watch’s model name. You will see an “i” next to the icon. Tap on it and you will get another menu with an option to “Unpair Apple Watch” at the bottom of the screen. You will see a warning that you will los...

Arris Surfboard SBG7580-AC : The Router That Comes With an Antivirus Protection

A router that comes with a built-in antivirus sounds cool right? It could protect our online transactions and prevent us from stumbling into any unauthorized websites. Well we have found a router that comes with MacAfee antivirus built inside it. Though MacAfee is not the best antivirus, some sort of protection is better than no protection. The Arris Surfboard SBG7580-AC is the router that comes with an antivirus. You might have an antivirus installed on your PC, but the protection is limited to the PC or the platform where the security solution is installed. Well, the Arris Surfboard is a one-of-a-kind router that extends its security to all the devices connected to the routers network. The device relies on the MacAfee’s Global Threat Intelligence to flag a potentially dangerous websites. For example, if you visit a dangerous website, you will see pop-up saying that the website is not secure. This can greatly reduce the number of malware infected PC’s worldwide. The rout...

What is WannaCry And How To Stay Safe From It

The most advanced and a devastating virus named WannaCry (Wanna Crypt0r 2.0) which is basically a Ransomware, has spread. This is the worst virus ever found and it spreads like fire.This ransomware infects computers by using a flaw in the SMB protocol in Microsoft Windows Operating systems. What this virus does is that it encrypts the data in targeted systems and demands a ransom to be paid by the victim to restore his precious data. The price fixed by the virus is $300 , which will jump to $600 if not paid within 7 days.The hackers ask to pay the money through bitcoins. This virus has hit many important and public organisations and is etimated to have infected more than 70,000 systems worldwide. According to kaspersky lab the worst infected countries were Russia,Ukraine,India and Taiwan. This ransomware uses the EternalBlue exploit found by the National Security Agency (NSA) of  USA. The ransomware affects system which are no...

How To Clean And Recover Data From A Severely Infected PC

Consider this heart stopping scenario : "You turn on your beautiful PC one fine day expecting it to fulfill all the work you throw at it. The booting process takes a bit normal than usual, but you don't worry about it much. You enter you desktop and see that most of the icons are gone and that your PC is acting weirdly.Moreover,You find some unknown apps installed on your PC. Regardless, you open up your important Project Files, and ...BAM!! the files are corrupted and you see some crabbed data instead of your pretty pretty Presentation's. You start getting anxious about your work files and immediately fire up your heck of an Antivirus to run a quick scan.  That thing just found 150+ threats on your PC and yet waiting there in the corner of your taskbar for your consent to remove the threats and completely clean off your important work.You remember the other day, when you downloaded a pirated software from a website. You pluck your hair in anger and start cursin...

Trace An Email Address in 3 Easy Steps

As you have inferred from the title, this post is about email. Actually its about tracing an email to its sender. This may look impossible, what with all the implications  and formalities,but  luckily there's a way.So, you might have had an occasion when a person sends you an abusive or threatening email and you obviously want to know who sent it. Email button in keyboard Well, this post helps you know the  basic things to do to recognize a potential stalker. Normally, what you would do is file a case but by doing these simple steps you can easily skip the hassles of doing that. As you well know, finding out the exact identity of the sender is technically not possible but you can know the basic info like IP address, location and internet server provider. STEP 1 : The first step is to open the email headers of the particular email. Email Headers are basically the essential part which tells you the properties of the email containing info about the route ...