Data Security

How to Recover Lost Office Files on Computer

May 24, 2016 by computerera

It would be very much frustrating if you lose any office files that you have been working on from the days or hours. If the corrupted or lost files are not recovered, it would waste a lot of your time working on the same files for the next few hours. It is now easy to recover lost office files on your computer without taking much efforts.

Is you are using the Microsoft Office to prepare your office documents, you an recover the files for some extent without using any other third party software. I’ll also be covering the recovery of office documents using the third party software and ultimate safe technique.

MS Office 2013 and 2016 have a magical recovery feature that recover the recent changes in the documents. MS 2013 cannot recover the unsaved files but the 2016 version comes with that featured added.

1 Document Recovery

You can recover lost office files using the document recovery option in the MS Office 2016. Microsoft has added a feature that saves the unsaved documents in a temporary location as a backup. This backup can be accessed by going to Files > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents.

2. Recover lost office files from temporary files

Go to file options and set the hidden files and folders option to show hidden files, folders and drives. This will show up the temporary files of the files that were not saved or lost with an extension .tmp. Find them and rename them to .Docx or .Doc based on the version of MS Office you have on your computer. When you are sure about the recovered files, revert back the setting to hie the hidden files or else your computer will look like a trash can all unneeded information.

3. Use the Recycle bin

You might have checked the Recycle bin but might have overlooked in tension. Check the recycle bin clearly for the deleted office document files. Recycle bin can be your easy life saver.

4. Data Recovery Suite

7 Data Recovery Suite is a data recovery software that recovers the office documents, images, audio files and other type of files with a few clicks and option selections.

Watch the video tutorial of how to use the 7 Data Recovery Suite from here:

5. Always take backups

It is always take backups of the important files to the external drives. Because, Windows is not a stable operating system and it might not work the next time you boot the computer. There exist different factors for its instability but the bottom line is better not to depend on the computer to start up every time as good as last time.

If you are planning to buy an external hard disk after reading this post, consider WD Passport Ultra External Harddisk.

Hope this article helped you recover lost office files on your computer. Share this article to your friends if you like it.

Beware of this Dangerous Lock Screen Malware

May 15, 2016 by computerera

A dangerous lock screen malware is spreading fast on the Android phones masquerading the lock screen app. This malware downloads the porn related apps into the phone that are non removable later. the malware is identified by the Dell SonicWALL Security Center first and has provided the technical details of the spreading of the malware.

The lock screen malware app comes in different names and shape with just one objective, to spread the malware on to the phone successfully. When installed, it asks for administrator rights on the device with a title ‘Update’ which misleads users to click on the ‘Activate’ button.

When it is activated with administrator permissions, the screen shows not to shutdown or restart as if it is the legitimate software update. The lock screen shows will not be as effective as the original lock screen apps. The good thing yet is, the malware does not ask for ransom after locking down the system settings.

Once installed, the lock screen malware will not allow you to install itself and the application that are installed by it. Even the safe mode of the device will not work and it even shows up.

What’s the solution to this lock screen malware?

The best solution for any problem is to prevent it from happening. If you device is already infected, do a clean installation of the operating system. Take it to service centre if you are not an advanced android user.

Follow these tips for better security and protection:

Always disable ‘developer options’ if you are not the power/advanced user of the android.
Always ‘DO NOT ALLOW’ installations from unverified resources.
Do not install every application that you see interesting. Check for its reputation first on the internet.
Think a while before transferring application from one phone to another.
Keep the system software updated to the latest version.
Stay away from malware prone sites like downloads and porn on the device.

These tips are very basic. You may add any other precautions if you can while using the android phone.

Is Fingerprint Scanner Making Us More Vulnerable?

May 13, 2016 by computerera

The security of the smartphones has been taken to biological with the fingerprint scanner. The Apple iPhone started to have this feature but they are more secured than we could think. The recent rivalry of Apple with the FBI regarding the unlocking the phone to reveal the customer’s privacy in a case is well known for its consequences. That at least assures customer information privacy.

What about fingerprint scanner in Android smartphones?

I once happen to see a meme of a person boasting about his new phone’s fingerprint security feature and NSA recording his information for future criminal record verification purposes. It is obviously true that the national security agencies of the countries might be spying on the fingerprint scanner impressions of the smartphone users.

This spying might help us provide us more security but, what if it is taken into the hands of hackers. The hacker groups like Anonymous are known to be having the powerful hacking mechanisms including the super hardware and software that could trace any digital device connected to the internet in no time.

Android phones, as we know about of today’s are more feature rich and are grown powerful. The hardware improvement like the OIS cameras and fingerprint sensors, eyerish scanners are making them more lucrative at affordable prices.

The technology is a sword with two sided sharp edges. Those who use it wisely for good sake will be benefited and those who use it for bad sake will be more benefited hurting the good ones privacy and disturbing their lives. Be wise and be safe while using smartphones. Do not install unnecessary and unverified publisher applications on the device.

This article is not to scare you but to warn you once before using the extremities of today’s handful technologies. All the best and happy using fingerprint sensors safely on your smartphones.

Ransomware Attacks Alert; Be Conscious Online

May 8, 2016 by computerera

The Q1 of 2016 was found to be 14% more vulnerable to the hackers and hijackers. The random distribution of ransomware attacks on the internet have looted many computer users their money and data. The security stats shows that the hackers are more interested in the ransomware rather than the regular trojans.

How does this ransomware spread?

Ransomware appear to be the authentic software to solve your daily computer problems like optimisation, driver update, adware cleaning, threat removal and so on. These ransomware would actually appear flashing on the screen when we are visiting some class of websites like torrent and pirated software downloads.

The ransomware attacks actually happen like backstabbing. You won’t see it coming in which shape and name. Always be conscious while online.

What should you do to keep your data safe from ransomware attacks?

Never install a software or never get mislead by the fake ads that show the baiting bad status of your computer.
Install ad blockers on the browser that would stop loading the flashing graphics on the websites.
Always keep your anti-viruses update with latest virus definitions.
Keep cleaning the junk on your computer.
Always turn your firewall on.
Do frequent virus scans.
Do not look out for pirated software.
Be careful while downloading torrents.
Keep monitoring the usage stats of your internet speed.
Ransomware will not spread under the mat. They will act like authentic software initially.
Lookup for software’s reputation before installing on your computer.
Keep your important data synched to the cloud storage frequently.

and much more if you could.

Hope that helps!

Android Backup Apps Before Factory Reset

April 24, 2016 by computerera

Since the days the Android has become the part of our lives, the usage and integration of the smartphones in our lives has increased. These day smartphones are coming with a lot or memory on board and support to greater amounts like 128GB and 256GB. There are even phones that support the memory expandability up to 2TB. This elevated the need of backup apps before factory reset, because a factory reset would wipe off the data in a blink.

The following are list of best backup apps for Android that are seen on Google Play.

1. App Backup & Restore

Our phones would be installed with a lot of apps that we don’t even count. We may not remember all those app names to install later after the factory reset. This application creates the backup of all installed apps to the external SD card and allows you to restore the same.

Tip: Remove the memory card while doing a factory reset.

2. Super Backup : SMS & Contacts

Super backup stores your backup data on to the external SD card, Google Drive and Gmail. You can backup your contacts, SMSs, bookmarks, calender entries. Set your default backup folder on to external SD card or move the entire backup folder to SD card.

Tip: As Android Marshmallow doesn’t allow to restore bookmarks from 3rd party applications, you may not get the bookmarks restored with this app.

3. Easy Backup & Restore

This app, as the name suggests, is the easiest backup application for android. This application offers more options to save the backup. You can save the backup to external SD card, Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox, OnceDrive and Box. Along with contacts, SMS, MMS, calender entries, bookmarks, call logs, apps, this application also saves dictionary entries that we have saved while typing.

4. CM Backup – Safe,Cloud,Speedy

CM backup is the most loved backup and restore application for android users. Rated 4.7/5, CM Backup rules the backup and restore operations on 100 million android devices. This app features, Contacts backup & restore (Avatars, birthdays etc.), Messages backup & restore (SMS, MMS, text messages and Hangouts), Call logs backup & restore (Phone only), Photos backup & restore, Web Browser Bookmarks backup & restore, Calendars backup & restore, Alarms backup & restore, Dictionary backup & restore (Input methods)

5. G Cloud Backup

G Cloud Backup helps you backup your contacts, photos, videos and calender entries from phone to phone irrespective of its operating system. Files backed up using this application can be restored on to any other device with this application installed.

6. SMS Backup & Restore

Any important message lost could be a loss for you. SMS Backup & Restore is a dedicated app that backsup all the messages and call logs from the android phone and restores them after factory reset. This app hae the aerage rating of 4.5/5 with 50,000,000 installations so far.

7. Titanium Backup

Titanium Backup backs up the data, apps and market links on to the SD card. But, you need to have your phone rooted for this. This application is the top backup root app with a lot of options available.

Tip: Don’t risk to root your phone unless it is needed at most.

These backup apps are chosen based on their rating about their functionalities. These will give you better features and options to secure your data.