Double click to close a tab in Chrome

Did you know you could close tabs in Chrome with the middle mouse button? It seems however some people don't like using the middle mouse button on a regular basis, not to mention it's not very precise.

Thankfully, there's an app for that! Chrome Toolbox will allow you to double click any tab to close it.

Download it here and press the "+ add to chrome" button.

After it is installed, you can go into Chrome Toolbox's options and tick "Double click on a tab to close it". Settings are saved automatically.

Chrome Toolbox also comes with a ton of other nifty features:

- Magnify any image on a web page, set it as your wallpaper, and view it in its original size
- Drag any video on a web page (Flash and HTML5 video) out of the page in its own stand--alone window, closing the window puts it back to the original page, both with play state reservation
- Customize tab behavior to close the tab on double click, to create a new tab on closing the last tab, and to always open a link in its own tab
- Save and restore unsubmitted form data, to avoid data loss caused by session expiration or a no-cache page setting
- One shortcut to launch all predefined URLs (from your Bookmark Manager folder)
- Learn, compare and contrast shortcuts in Chrome and other popular browsers.
- Put your favorite Chrome functionalities in the drop down menu, reorder them in the way you like
- Define Boss Key
- Mute all tabs

The best tip you will ever get

Your computer has problems? Here's the best tip I can give you:


REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER


If you don't know what that means, it means you should turn off your computer completely and then turn it on back again. This fixes most things.

Don't forget to save your work before you do this of course!

INTRO: Basic steps to secure your Windows computer

When a person gets infected, they will usually come up on support forums and related websites to ask "what is the best antivirus?", thinking the problem lies with their antivirus for not detecting the threat and successfully  protecting them. That is simply the wrong question to ask. Instead, you should ask yourself: how and why did I get infected in the first place?

In fact, it's important to realize that most computer infections coming from the internet are the result of the user's bad behaviors and limited knowledge on how to protect himself. Surfing on insecure websites, downloading unknown programs from illicit or obscure places, making use of cracks or keygens for programs and games, opening suspicious email attachments or simply not keeping one's operating system, web browser or antivirus up-to-date. These are some of the more common ways that could lead you to become infect with a virus/rootkit/dropper or any other kind of malicious software. Even if you do have a firewall and a basic antivirus you could still be at risk if you don't know what you are doing poses a threat to your machine.

First things first, some good advice:

• Use only one (1) antivirus per computer. Installing more than one antivirus doesn't give you additional protection, on the contrary: it will significantly slow down your computer and conflicts between the two programs might occur. Keep it simple!

• Don't install any web browser toolbars if you mustn't. They are often a way to spy on your web browsing habits or make money for their creators by inserting ads a bit everywhere. Not to mention they might slow down your old computer quite a bit.

In the next posts we will go a bit more in-depth how you should secure your Windows machine.