Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2007

Everybody loves Gmail, but some people use a desktop client, especially in corporate environments where Outlook is king. Adding your Gmail account to Outlook 2007 couldn’t be easier.

First we need to make sure your gmail account is set up to enable POP (Post Office Protocol).  In Gmail just go to mail settings and choose the Forwarding and POP tab. Click on one of the options to enable POP.


Update: Note the drop-down that says what to do when mail is accessed with POP3. Please do NOT change this to “Delete”.

Now open up Outlook 2007 and go to Tools \ Account Settings…


Under Account Settings choose the E-mail tab and click on New…


Enter in all of your gmail account information **make sure there is no check next to Manually configure server…**  You do not have to go through these extra steps.  Just click on Next.


After Outlook has successfully configured the e-mail server settings you can go ahead and click Finish.


Go back to your inbox and hit send/receive and you are done!

 

If this doesn’t work

If you are having problems with the automatic setup, you’ll need to choose the “Manually Configure Server” option, and then fill in your details as follows:

 Here are the important settings:
  • Email Address: Your full gmail address
  • Incoming Mail Server: pop.gmail.com
  • Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com (Note: If you have problems with sending email you may have to check with your internet provider, as they often require you to send email through their system.
  • User Name: Your full gmail email address
Now you’ll need to click on the More Settings… button, and check the box on the Outgoing Server tab for “My outgoing server requires authentication”
Now switch to the Advanced tab, and check the box that says “This server requires an encrypted connection”, then change the fields to match these values:
  • Incoming Server: 995
  • Check the box for “This server requires an encrypted connection”
  • Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587
  • Change the type of encrypted connection to Auto, or use TLS if you have problems.

 
  
Close the dialogs and go through the rest of the wizard and everything should be working.

Monday, 7 October 2013

Best antivirus and internet security of 2014

Before discussing best antivirus or internet security let us be clear about difference between antivirus and internet security.

Difference between antivirus and internet security

  1. Antivirus is a class of software that detects and cleans out virus infected files while Internet Security is a suite of applications that aims to protect users against threats from the internet
  2. Internet Security suites usually include an antivirus application among other programs
  3. Internet security suites commonly includes a firewall, anti malware, anti spyware, and email protection programs
  4. Internet Security suites often cost more than stand-alone antivirus applications

Best Antivirus 2014

All the rating is out of 10

Solution Protection Interface Performance Price/Licenses Ease of Use Total
Norton AntiVirus (NAV) 2014 10 10 10 6(Rs.555) 10 46
Microsoft Security Essentials 10 10 8 10(Free) 10 48
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 10 9 10 8(Rs.315) 9 46

Price can be vary.
Here clearly Microsoft Security Essentials is winner.
It's slow when scanning but with real time protection you do not need to scan your computer.
In windows 8 windows defender is alone same as Microsoft Security Essentials.

Best Internet Security 2014

All the rating is out of 10

Solution Protection Interface Performance Price/Licenses Feature Total
Norton Internet security 2014 10 10 10 8(Rs.800) 9 47
Quick heal Internet security 9 10 8 9(Rs.786) 8 44
Kaspersky Internet security 2014 10 9 9 10(Rs.535) 10 48

Price can be vary.
Here Kaspersky and Norton got almost same rank.
Kaspersky is officially used by russion government whereas Norton is used by many website.
In many website at the end of the page you will see
That shows this website is secured by norton
Kaspersky won in feature with application control, network monitor , add blocker feature
but it makes computer slow and it's interface is also difficult for normal user.
whereas norton have high performance and speed.

Recommendation:

For antivirus we would suggest Microsoft Security Essentials.
For windows 8 user who want only anti virus they do not need to download any external softwere windows defender is alone able to protect it.
For internet security we would suggest norton.