Showing posts with label mobile security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile security. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 September 2015

How to Block Any Website On Your phone(using antivirus)

How to Block Any Website On Your phone(using antivirus program)
Have you ever wondered on “Can I block websites on my phone?” Do you feel like your smartphone has turned into a total disaster with unwanted content? If yes, consider yourself as lucky! This is because you can block websites quite easily in all Android, Windows, Blackberry and IOS platforms. The apps and steps discussed in this article will help you block any kind of websites without any hassles or tussles.

How to block internet sites on your phone easily?

(1) Using an Anti-Virus program – Trend Micro’s App

Do you know that simple antivirus programs can help you block websites in your phone? If you cell phone runs on an android platform, this is one of the finest ways by which you can block inappropriate content. This is because the bond between antivirus programs and the android platform is very smooth. A well-known antivirus that helps users block websites in smartphones is “Trend Micro’s Antivirus”. This is a renowned security agency that is responsible for developing and distributing many security applications. The good news about this anti-virus program is that it has an online rating of 4.5/5! This makes “Trend Micro’s” a real market leader and a reliable app for blocking websites on your phone.
Features Offered by Trend Micro
Here is a quick overview on how to block a website on phone through “Trend Micro’s Antivirus”. First of all, you should down the mobile app and install it! Unlike many other security apps, Trend Micro’s has a comprehensive interface and simple options that can be accessed in few split seconds. In the main page (menu), you should navigate to “Safe Surfing”. Selecting “Safe Surf” will take you to a collection of controls that will let you fine-tune what you access in your Smartphone! To use Trend Micro’s security features, you must set up Safe Surfing and Parental Controls. The account will help you define different levels of protection for children across various age groups. For instance, there are special controls for kids who are between 6 to 12, 13 to 15 and 16 to 20. This makes safe surfing and parental control in Trend Micro’s an interesting venture. To set up and account you should have a valid email account. Once you provide legit details, you will be able to create an account and make use of Trend Micro Apps enticing features. Meanwhile, don’t forget the app’s password. This is because you need the password every time you intend to make a change.
Options in Trend Micro
Now, you should decide on the kind of settings you wish to set! The smartphone application will let you safe surf and customize parental controls. Here is a quick review on how these two options work:
Using Safe Surfing – Safe Surfing will help you provide balanced protection. With this you can protect your phone from inappropriate websites without blocking any minor risks. There are three different levels from which you can control your phone’s level of safety (namely, low, normal and high).
block websites
  1. Safe Surfing
    Using Parental Controls – Parental Controls in Trend Micro’s mobile app is once against broken into three different levels, namely high, normal and low. If required, you can add websites manually too! Blocked List will give you a quick walk through all the websites blocked by your smartphone. You should add the website’s link and give it a name. Once saved, you will not be able to access this website from your cell phone. When compared against router level blocking, Trend Micro’s makes work easier and much more direct. It doesn’t involve complicated changes or fine tuning of functionalities. You can block porn websites using parent controls.
  2. block porn sites

How to Block Any Website On Your phone(using antivirus program)
Have you ever wondered on “Can I block websites on my phone?” Do you feel like your smartphone has turned into a total disaster with unwanted content? If yes, consider yourself as lucky! This is because you can block websites quite easily in all Android, Windows, Blackberry and IOS platforms. The apps and steps discussed in this article will help you block any kind of websites without any hassles or tussles.

How to block internet sites on your phone easily?

(1) Using an Anti-Virus program – Trend Micro’s App

Do you know that simple antivirus programs can help you block websites in your phone? If you cell phone runs on an android platform, this is one of the finest ways by which you can block inappropriate content. This is because the bond between antivirus programs and the android platform is very smooth. A well-known antivirus that helps users block websites in smartphones is “Trend Micro’s Antivirus”. This is a renowned security agency that is responsible for developing and distributing many security applications. The good news about this anti-virus program is that it has an online rating of 4.5/5! This makes “Trend Micro’s” a real market leader and a reliable app for blocking websites on your phone.
Features Offered by Trend Micro
Here is a quick overview on how to block a website on phone through “Trend Micro’s Antivirus”. First of all, you should down the mobile app and install it! Unlike many other security apps, Trend Micro’s has a comprehensive interface and simple options that can be accessed in few split seconds. In the main page (menu), you should navigate to “Safe Surfing”. Selecting “Safe Surf” will take you to a collection of controls that will let you fine-tune what you access in your Smartphone! To use Trend Micro’s security features, you must set up Safe Surfing and Parental Controls. The account will help you define different levels of protection for children across various age groups. For instance, there are special controls for kids who are between 6 to 12, 13 to 15 and 16 to 20. This makes safe surfing and parental control in Trend Micro’s an interesting venture. To set up and account you should have a valid email account. Once you provide legit details, you will be able to create an account and make use of Trend Micro Apps enticing features. Meanwhile, don’t forget the app’s password. This is because you need the password every time you intend to make a change.
Options in Trend Micro
Now, you should decide on the kind of settings you wish to set! The smartphone application will let you safe surf and customize parental controls. Here is a quick review on how these two options work:
Using Safe Surfing – Safe Surfing will help you provide balanced protection. With this you can protect your phone from inappropriate websites without blocking any minor risks. There are three different levels from which you can control your phone’s level of safety (namely, low, normal and high).
block websites
  1. Safe Surfing
    Using Parental Controls – Parental Controls in Trend Micro’s mobile app is once against broken into three different levels, namely high, normal and low. If required, you can add websites manually too! Blocked List will give you a quick walk through all the websites blocked by your smartphone. You should add the website’s link and give it a name. Once saved, you will not be able to access this website from your cell phone. When compared against router level blocking, Trend Micro’s makes work easier and much more direct. It doesn’t involve complicated changes or fine tuning of functionalities. You can block porn websites using parent controls.
  2. block porn sites

Saturday, 23 August 2014

How to Bypass Android Pattern Lock

Android introduces a cool new feature to ensure protection of private data to it's users by Pattern Lock technique. It is a unique thinking , other than remembering or setting difficult combination of password characters whether in numeric or alphabetic form. Pattern lock provides a huge set of patterns to choose from. User may set any unique and different pattern according to their wish anytime.
bypass android pattern
bypass android pattern
With advantage of locking screen using this unique way , there is also a problem that sometimes many of android users have to face i.e. what if they forget the pattern they had used to lock their device or try to unlock it with wrong pattern number of times that turned device to get locked permanently ? If you stuck in such problem so dont worry there are three methods to unlock your device.

Method 1. Unlock Lock Pattern Using Your Email

Unlock Lock Pattern
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Your Email
First method includes a simple way of logging in to your Google account and then getting RID of that lock pattern.This is easiest and most recommended way of unlocking your device. So if you have entered wrong pattern for 5 times and then if it is showing you the Forgot Lock Pattern option, then you can login through your Google account and bypass the lock pattern system on your device.

Method 2. Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt



If you have forgotten your email too and unable to log in to your google account then the second method could be handy that includes executing few lines of script in command prompt which will allow you to write any pattern and to get into your OS . As this method includes use of command lines , so it is not that user friendly but it is the most effective way for sure. It involves a few steps :

Step 1: Connect your Android Phone to Your Computer.
Step 2 : Open command prompt as administrator.
Step 3 : Now in command prompt window type the following code carefully exactly as it is and then press  enter.

adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit

 Step 4 : Now you will some screen as shown below and then you can reboot your phone and now when your will start again then try unlocking your phone using any random lock pattern and it will work pretty fine.
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt
Step 5 : If you face any problem repeat same steps but instead of the above code try using adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key and then press enter and now try rebooting your device to see if it works.

Method 3. Unlock Using Hard Reset Option


Hard Reset is an inbuilt feature of android phones and tablets and every device has it. This method will unlock your device but will remove all user's data and settings as well. You should use this method when none of the above methods work for you and you need to unlock your device urgently. This will remove only the data from phone memory and not from the SD card available in phone.
It involves a few steps to unlock device :

Step 1 : Switch off your phone.

Step 2 : Now while turning your phone on , you need to press some specific combination of keys. Generally it is volume up + power button in many of the android devices so try them first and if they dont work for you so here are list of some popular device combination keys or else better way is to google it.
  • Nexus 7 - Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
  • Samsung Galaxy S3 - Volume Up + Home + Power
  • Motorola Droid X - Home + Power 
Step 3 : Now when your phone starts up and you see the logo of your phone , leave the power but but continue holding the volume up button until you see android recovery screen.
you will see some screen like shown above. Just navigate to wipe data/factory reset using volume keys and then press Power button to select it.

Step 4 : You will see a screen as shown below :
Step 5 : After you reach to Yes option , select it by using power switch and then it will erase all data on your phone and will unlock it and so ready to be used once again .

So these were possibly all methods for unlocking Android device and to Bypass the pattern lock of android device but if you know any other methods so please do comment below and I will add your method too .

Android introduces a cool new feature to ensure protection of private data to it's users by Pattern Lock technique. It is a unique thinking , other than remembering or setting difficult combination of password characters whether in numeric or alphabetic form. Pattern lock provides a huge set of patterns to choose from. User may set any unique and different pattern according to their wish anytime.
bypass android pattern
bypass android pattern
With advantage of locking screen using this unique way , there is also a problem that sometimes many of android users have to face i.e. what if they forget the pattern they had used to lock their device or try to unlock it with wrong pattern number of times that turned device to get locked permanently ? If you stuck in such problem so dont worry there are three methods to unlock your device.

Method 1. Unlock Lock Pattern Using Your Email

Unlock Lock Pattern
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Your Email
First method includes a simple way of logging in to your Google account and then getting RID of that lock pattern.This is easiest and most recommended way of unlocking your device. So if you have entered wrong pattern for 5 times and then if it is showing you the Forgot Lock Pattern option, then you can login through your Google account and bypass the lock pattern system on your device.

Method 2. Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt



If you have forgotten your email too and unable to log in to your google account then the second method could be handy that includes executing few lines of script in command prompt which will allow you to write any pattern and to get into your OS . As this method includes use of command lines , so it is not that user friendly but it is the most effective way for sure. It involves a few steps :

Step 1: Connect your Android Phone to Your Computer.
Step 2 : Open command prompt as administrator.
Step 3 : Now in command prompt window type the following code carefully exactly as it is and then press  enter.

adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases
sqlite3 settings.db
update system set value=0 where name='lock_pattern_autolock';
update system set value=0 where name='lockscreen.lockedoutpermanently';
.quit

 Step 4 : Now you will some screen as shown below and then you can reboot your phone and now when your will start again then try unlocking your phone using any random lock pattern and it will work pretty fine.
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt
Unlock Lock Pattern Using Command Prompt
Step 5 : If you face any problem repeat same steps but instead of the above code try using adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key and then press enter and now try rebooting your device to see if it works.

Method 3. Unlock Using Hard Reset Option


Hard Reset is an inbuilt feature of android phones and tablets and every device has it. This method will unlock your device but will remove all user's data and settings as well. You should use this method when none of the above methods work for you and you need to unlock your device urgently. This will remove only the data from phone memory and not from the SD card available in phone.
It involves a few steps to unlock device :

Step 1 : Switch off your phone.

Step 2 : Now while turning your phone on , you need to press some specific combination of keys. Generally it is volume up + power button in many of the android devices so try them first and if they dont work for you so here are list of some popular device combination keys or else better way is to google it.
  • Nexus 7 - Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
  • Samsung Galaxy S3 - Volume Up + Home + Power
  • Motorola Droid X - Home + Power 
Step 3 : Now when your phone starts up and you see the logo of your phone , leave the power but but continue holding the volume up button until you see android recovery screen.
you will see some screen like shown above. Just navigate to wipe data/factory reset using volume keys and then press Power button to select it.

Step 4 : You will see a screen as shown below :
Step 5 : After you reach to Yes option , select it by using power switch and then it will erase all data on your phone and will unlock it and so ready to be used once again .

So these were possibly all methods for unlocking Android device and to Bypass the pattern lock of android device but if you know any other methods so please do comment below and I will add your method too .

 

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