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How to Make Chrome Full Screen Plus Video with Just One Click

How do I force Chrome into Full Screen with a click of the Mouse?

To go to full screen you Press F11 on your keyboard. However, there are occasions when you can’t press F11 or want a quicker method.

For example if you have a minimal keyboard and don’t have the F11 key option, or you’re sick of the “immersive mode” on the Chromebook and need more screen space, or maybe you just want a quicker method of going full screen that doesn’t involve fumbling for the F11 key in the dark.

There’s a Google extension that makes this as simple as clicking an icon at the top of the screen with your mouse.

Not only will it allow full screen mode, there’s an option to automatically bring the video to Full Screen when you click the play button.

The extension is called Full Screen and was created by Stefan Van Damme who’s responsible for some great extensions. If you like the plugin please help him continue creating more extensions by offering a small donation at his website.

Just visit this link to download the extension. Once you’ve downloaded the extension you’ll have a small icon at the top of the screen. Just click the icon to go full screen and press Esc to exit full screen in Chrome.
Full Screen Icon

If you go to the Full Screen menu extensions options there’s also an option to enable videos to be played at full screen when you click the play button.
Full Screen Icon Option menu

Full Screen Icon Options

[author-details=Tom Wright]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: chrome, full screen, google chrome

How to Download all Links from a Page Easily

How Can I Download all Links from a Page Easily?

Here is a quick and easy way to download all or selected links from a page using a Chrome extension and have the results exported to an excel or text file.

The extension is useful for anyone in the SEO industry, or someone who wishes to download the target links of all images or someone researching online who wishes to gather useful resource links

 

First download the Chrome Link Klipper here:

Link Klipper is a simple yet powerful chrome extension which extracts all links on a webpage and exports them all to a file.

The extension enables you to:

  • Extract all the links on the webpage
  • Store all the extracted links as a CSV file
  • Custom drag a selectable area on the webpage from which all the links will be extracted

Just hold down the CTRL Key ( ⌘ on Mac) and the Right mouse button. Just drag your mouse around the links on the page that you want to extract. It will automatically open up an excel or text document with all your links extracted.

You can also use the button “Extract all links” from the Klipper icon at the top right of chrome to extract all the links on a webpage:
Link Klipper

[author-details=Tom Wright]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: link, link extractor, links

A Comprehensive List of Malware Types and What they Do

What are the Various Types of Malware and What do they Do?

malware types
Malware is a term used to refer to a wide range of hostile or intrusive software which can take the form of scripts, executable code, active content, or rogue security software. They vary in their purpose, how they infect a computer, how they replicate and the damage or security risk they pose. Here is a list of commmon Malware types:

Virus

Viruses are very varied and there are over 1 million viruses in existence. All attach themselves to an existing program and either replicate themselves when that program is run or modify a program in some way. The main purpose of a computer virus is to corrupt the system or destroy data. They can infect data files, or even the boot sector of the hard drive

Spyware

These are programs that can covertly record what you do on your computer. Some spyware is legitimate and is used to help a user. For example gaining access and viewing another person’s computer screen. Even controlling the curser. However the majority of Spyware is malicious and usually used to capture logins and passwords or even bank or credit card details.

Worms

A computer worm is an independent, self-contained computer program that can replicate itself in order to spread to other files on a computer or other computers within a network. Unlike a virus, a worm does not need to attach itself to an existing program.

Adware

While the least dangerous malware it’s one of the most common. It is also one of the most lucrative in that it downloads and displays unwanted ads that redirect the user to advertiser websites. Benign Adware requests the Users permission before displaying ads while malicious adware does not notify the user or obtain his or her consent.

There are two ways that Adware can infect your computer. This can be via Freeware or shareware and can involve a legitimate way of generating advertising revenue from a program you have downloaded. A second way is from an infected website which can result in unauthorized installation of adware on your machine whereby a hacker can gain access to a browser vulnerability, even placing a Trojan on your computer. These are usually cased Browser Hijackers.

Trojan

A computer Trojan is one of the most dangerous forms of malware due to its ability to deceive users of its true intent, often disguising itself as legitimate software. After a Trojan has infected a computer, they can then be activated and in some cases be used by cyber-criminals to gain backdoor access to a computer and steal sensitive data.

A denial of service attack can also occur when sending multiple requests from your computer and several other infected computers, overwhelming the target address.

Rootkit

These are one of the hardest to detect and remove as they are designed to conceal certain activities or programs on your computer with the main purpose of preventing malicious programs from being detected – thereby extending the time by which a program can run on an infected computer. A rootkit can enable an unauthorized user to gain control of a computer without being detected and can be hard to remove even when using anti-virus software.

Keyloggers

Keyloggers are used to record every keystroke made on a computer, often with the intent of gaining access to logins and passwords or other confidential information. However they are sometimes legitimately used by companies to record an employee’s activity or by parental software.

Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to lock the system or block access while online. It will often display a message until a sum of money is paid, sometimes appearing as a notification from the police or FBI, or demand money for the removal of a non-existent virus. More advanced Ransomware may encrypt a victims files and make them inaccessible until the user provides a ransom payment to decrypt them.

Browser Hijacker

A Browser Hijacker is malware that changes your browser’s settings, often redirecting you to a different website. Usually this involves changing your homepage or search engine without permission. The purpose is usually to force traffic to a particular website, thereby generating revenue. Some Browser Hijackers can install a software keylogger to gather unauthorised information or they can damage the Windows registry.

Rogue security software

This is software designed to appear like legitimate security software and misleads users into believing their computer is infected with a virus, with the intent of tricking them into paying money for a fake malware removal tool. The fake malware removal tool can even introduce real malware onto the computer

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Computer security, malware, security software

How to Download Videos from the Internet for Free

How can I Download Any Video from the Internet for Free?

download a video online
If you’re trying to download videos from the Internet there are both Free and Paid Methods of doing so. The problem is that there are so many video file formats, so knowing exactly which tool to use and how to use it can be difficult.

Here is a list of the top tools for doing so, both Free and Paid and the Software I use. Please make sure you are not violating copyright before downloading the video.

Downloading Youtube Videos

YouTube by Click[star rating=”4.5″]

YouTube by Click is very simple and easy to use and fast, best of all it’s free.

YouTube by Click DownloaderYouTube by click supports all major video sites. With YouTube By Click you can download videos from Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Dailymotion, and other sites. You can even Download Private YouTube and Facebook videos.

You can also download and convert any video to FLV, WMV, MP3, MP4, AVI, WEBM, 3GP, WAV. You can download from all video sites, all formats and in different qualities such as 720p, 1080p an 4k.

Download the software from the link below and start downloading a video straight away. When you visit a video you should get a popup asking you whether you want to download the video or an audio version (MP3). You can also paste the URL into the tool and it will start downloading.
Download Youtube By Click

Downloading Flash Videos on Chrome

Flash Video Downloader [star rating=”4″]

Flash Video DownloaderFor downloading Flash Videos on Chrome I would recommend Flash Video Downloader. It Downloads most popular media formats, including flash videos. It works on most websites, it’s simple to use and free!

If you want to download Youtube videos using a Chrome extension you’re out of luck. Unfortunately Google who owns Youtube don’t like users downloading Youtube videos using one of their chrome extensions.

The extension has positive reviews. However according to one reviewer it makes my google chrome lag when I am browsing Facebook and makes my videos on Facebook hard to load (depends on internet speed). However if you experience this problem you can easily rectify it by simply disabling the plugin. Also it can occasionally bug you for asking a review to continue using it.
Download Flash Video Downloader

Sothink Flash Downloader [star rating=”4″]

For Firefox I would recommend Sothink Flash Downloader. You can easily save rich SWF format media from Firefox with great speed. One-click Flash download without copying and pasting the URL. Just put the mouse cursor above the flash (an icon will appear on the top left corner), click it and choose which folder to save.
Download Sothink Flash Downloader

Downloading HTML5 Videos

Downloading HTML5 Videos can be trickier, and you may need to purchase software for this. However you should first try to download the video by selecting file > Save as from the chrome or Firefox menu.

Video Download Capture[star rating=”5″]

If that doesn’t work I recommend Video Download Capture. It’s a program I use myself to download any video from any website, whether they be FLV, WMV, MP3, MP4, AVI, WEBM, 3GP, or WAV.  Due to it’s auto-detection facility it will even download videos that are impossible to download using free software. You can even download online videos that are streamed by HTTP, FTP, RTMP and other multimedia transferring protocols which are usually next to impossible to download.

Video Download Capture

You are also allowed to download multiple videos in parallel which helps you save time and it will enable you to convert one video format to another. It isn’t free but well worth it if you download a lot of videos.
Download Video Download Capture

[author-details=Simon Hough]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Download video, Download videos, Video download, Video downloads, Video sites

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