Detect if your username has been hacked

Every day it seems like another webpage or online service has been hacked. If you use the same password on more than one web page, make sure your account details have not been compromised by entering your e-mail address into the ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com website. This website has a database of several hundred thousand publicly posted hacked accounts and will report if your e-mail address is contained in its database. 

Know your Internet browser shortcuts

There are dozens of different shortcut keys that can be used with Internet browsers. Below are a few of our top suggested Internet browser shortcuts.

• Press Alt + D to move the cursor into the address bar.
• Hold down the Ctrl key and press the + or - to increase and decrease the size of text. Ctrl + 0 will reset the text.
  
• Press the backspace key or hold down the Alt key + left arrow to go back a page.
  
• Press F5 to refresh or reload a web page.
  
• Press F11 to make the Internet browser screen full screen. Press F11 again to return to the normal view.
  
• Press Ctrl + B to open your Internet bookmarks.
  
• Press Ctrl + F to open the find box to search for text within the web page you are reading.

Top 10 free PC programs everyone should have

Antivirus and malware protection

Antivirus program: Avast! or AVG

Malware and Spyware protection: Malwarebytes

Backup solutions

Online backup solution: Mozy or Dropbox

Browsers

Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome

Compression utility

File compression utility: 7-Zip

Disc ripper and creation utility

CD burner utility: CDBurnerXP

E-mail

E-mail client: Mozilla Thunderbird

Online e-mail: Gmail

FTP, SFTP, and SSH Utility

FTP client: Filezilla

SSH client: Putty

Image editor, paint program, and picture organizer

Image editor: GIMP

Paint program: Paint.net

Picture organizer: Google Picasa

Multimedia

Audio editing and creating tool: Audacity

Video and DVD Player: VLC and MPC-HC

Office Suite

Office suite: OpenOffice

Notepad and Source code editor: Notepad++