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Zulu URL Risk Analyzer, Website Safety Check

If you have never visited a website before, you do not really know what’s in store for you. The only information you have at this point are the web address, the anchor tag and the source of the link. Especially the source can provide you with insight about the link. If you trust the source, you may also trust the destination for instance.

Some users install add-ons and extensions that aid and protect them on the Internet. Add-ons like Web of Trust or URL X-Ray for the Firefox web browser.

Zulu URL Risk Analyzer offers another possibility. The online scanner runs various security related checks on the selected website to report an overall score in the end.

The service runs the following checks:

Content Checks: Phishing Heuristics, Zscaler Content Check, Zscaler Obfuscated JavaScript CheckURL Checks: Suspicious Domain Name, Zscaler URL Check, Top-Level Domain Risk, SURBL BlockHost Checks: Autonomous System Risk, Geo-location Risk, Netblock Risk, Park/Disabled Domain

Some tests like the phishing heuristics check are easily understandable, while others, like the SURBL Block checks may not. You can hover over any check performed to display a short description of it in an overlay. SURBL Block for instance checks the url against blacklists to see if it has been used for malicious activities.

Each positive check adds to the overall score of the address, that’s different from most rating systems that award higher scores for better results, and lower for weaker.

The url risk analyzer can be a useful tool for webmasters who want to check their own domains, business who plan to buy a website, and system administrators as part of their regular security check.

It is not practicable to use it to check all web addresses that you plan to visit though, as it would slow down your browsing a lot.

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Check if Your Devices Are Compatible With Windows 8

Before you consider installing a version of Windows 8, you should make sure that all of your third party devices work fine with the operating system. Third party devices include video cards, mp3 players, smartphones, displays or networking equipment.

You might end up with a system that is incompatible with some of the devices that you connect to the PC regularly or at least from time to time. The Compatibility Center for Windows 8 has been created to aid users in finding out if their hardware is compatible with Microsoft’s upcoming operating system.

The compatibility center is only available online at the moment, with the likelihood that Microsoft will release a software version that runs on previous operating systems to simplify things for interested users. For now, you have to go to the web service’s site and use it to find your devices and their compatibility status.

The Compatibility Center lists product categories, sorted into the two main groups programs and devices, in the sidebar on the left. Do not get your hopes up to high to finding all software known to mankind listed here though. You will find commercial software and free software in the listing, for instance Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, ImgBurn or Opera. Other programs are not listed, like the great commercial video to DVD converter Convert X To DVD or the SMPlayer.

The same can be said for the hardware category where you find thousands of devices listed. It is more likely that you will find new hardware, than it is that you find older hardware listed there. You will find most smartphones, networking adapters and camera models in the listing, but older devices are often not listed. This is an issue if you are planning to upgrade an old system, like an old laptop that you bought in the year 2000 for instance.

The Compatibility Center can give you reassurance if you want to make sure that hardware or software that you use is compatible with Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system. (via Mike)

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Check Social Media Network Username Available With Knowem

Companies today no longer only have to provide contents on their on their own websites, but also on third party sites. This includes social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook for instance where the majority of businesses need to be present to interact with their audience.

For that, it is important to register the right brand, product or username on those sites. This can also be an important consideration during product creation. It is not only important that a brand related product name is available, but also that the name is available on social networking sites.

Individual users may also want to use the same name on all social networking sites they use. And that’s where Knowem can help them with.

All it takes is to key in a name that you plan on using to see if it is available or taken on hundreds of social media sites, blogging sites, or video hosting sites. Knowem supports all popular names, from Twitter and Facebook to Reddit, YouTube or Linkedin. The most popular destinations are checked right away, with links pointing to the site’s so that you can get started signing up on those sites manually immediately.

You can also switch to the Social Networks tab which lists all of the supported sites in categories such as blogging, business, design or information. Sites are not checked automatically, a click on check this category checks the availability on all sites listed in the category. To check multiple categories, you need to click the button multiple times for each category you want checked.

It does not end here though, as you can also use Knowem to check for available domain names.

The developers of Knowem make money by offering premium services. These automate the signup on a select number of sites, and include profile creation and email confirmations. It starts at $64.95 for 25 essential networks and goes all the way up to $599 for signups at 300 social networking sites.

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