July 22nd, 2009
A novel idea which can cure many people of the suffering of keeping tabs on websites that go down for any reason. Be it an overburdened site or a site which is down for maintenance, notifymee can help you by emailing you as soon as the web resource comes back up.
The usage is simple. Put in the URL to monitor and your email and the service will email you as soon as the target becomes alive again. No more waiting for refresh after every minute to check the availability.
Tags: URL Checker, Website Scanner
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June 19th, 2009
Have you ever went to a website only to find out that it managed to automatically download and install a trojan on your computer? I am sure many of us have experienced the pain. Of course you do not need to scan everything across the globe (read: our site is safe), but sites hosted on free web servers like geocities should be. So whats an easy an safe way to do this? Use online scanning facilities provided by Online Link Scan.
This free service allows you to quickly scan suspicious URLs for malware content. It consults all the major search engines for any reports that indicate a site is bad for you computer’s health besides scanning it for known threats. A great resouce.
Tags: Link Scan, Malicious Code, Online Scanner, URL Scanner
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Antispambee – Spam Control for WordPress
July 21st, 2009This software is free and works like a charm with your existing WordPress installation. The plug-in is fully customizable and is very easy to use and produces efficient results. Under constant development the latest release supports WP 2.8. The plug-in is available via the WordPress repository.
Tags: Anti-spam, Blog, Comments, Malware Control
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