Fraudulent websites
In this article, we will talk about some types of dangerous websites, how to determine whether a website is dangerous or not, and, of course, how to protect yourself from exposure to dangerous webpages.
Social Media Fingerprint
We are sure that regular readers of our blog are familiar with “fingerprinting” or unique browser fingerprint. This mechanism is based on the analysis of data...
How logs tell all about you
Technological advancement does not stand still and has already reached such a level of development when devices are able to monitor users’ actions on the Internet and more. Meanwhile, logs that the devices keep can fall into the wrong hands or into...
How to edit the OpenVPN config for personal settings
This instruction shows how using the OpenVPN connect to only one Whoer VPN server. Most often this is necessary for customers who want their IP address to remain unchanged when reconnecting. Required: a PC with Windows 10, Notepad ++, Mozilla Firefox 65.0...
What is TOR?
Tor Browser is an anonymous Web browser. It hides your actions as you surf the Web and protects your connections with domains and servers from virtually any type of tracking. Tor Browser can also be used to access blocked sites. How can we know Tor’s IP addresses Tor servers addresses are published in ...
Web Proxies and Why VPN is Better
A Web proxy is a website allowing you to open other sites through its domain. Web proxies have a number of disadvantages, so it’s more rational to use a VPN instead of them. All webproxies have a common trait: a special field where you type the URL you want to open anonymously. For example, ...
Best Public DNS Servers
The Domain Name System, or DNS, is the key part of the modern Internet infrastructure as they translate human-readable website addresses into IP addresses. Unfortunately, computers are somewhat stupid and they don’t understand phrases like “google.com” – they need something like 74.125.77.147...
Why you need ActiveX and how to disable it
What is ActiveX? ActiveX is a technology based on components for programming sites for Internet Explorer. These components are essentially regular programs, the only difference is that they are launched by the operating system rather than the user, and they are executed only in the browser...
Anonymous operating systems
There is a strong anonymity trend in the IT world right now. Now you have to be anonymous even to download a popular music album! Almost any browser nowadays has the “anonymous” button, and Chrome includes a VPN app in its package...
How to remove an IP address from a Spamhaus blacklist
Spamhaus.org is one of the most popular Internet security web tools. It helps to remove an IP from black lists and block lists. To check whether your IP is blocklisted, open Whoer.net in your browser. You’ll see your IP address and a lot of different information. Look at the option “Blacklist”...
Why Tor is worse than VPN
The TOR browser and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) were created with the same goal in mind – anonymous and secure Internet work. But this does not mean that they perform it equally well. Let us consider some differences between the two. The first problem has to do with WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)...
How do we count our anonymity rating?
You PC anonymity rating allows to quickly show all the vulnerabilities and flaws in your defenses. We divide these flaws into three approximate groups: serious, moderate, and minor. The serious flaws group consists of unmistakable efforts on your part to hide or change your actual IP address or its leak...