0 Trick to Convert Videos Using VLC Player

VLC player is an open source video player that supports most of the video codecs.Most of the people using VLC are unaware that it can also be used to convert files into various video (mp4, webm, ts and ogg ) and audio (mp3,ogg,mp4,aac,cd) formats. VLC  player is available  for  Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.If you haven’t downloaded it yet you can download it from here

Trick to Convert Videos Using  VLC  Player

• Open your VLC  player
• Click on Media and select Convert / Save (Ctrl+R ) option.
• In new popup window under the Files tab click on Add button to select files that have to be converted.

• You can also add subtitles which will be hardcoded to the converted file.To add subtitles check the Use a subtitle option.
• Click on the browse button to give the path of the subtitles file and select the alignment and font size options.
• Now Click on Convert/Save button this will open another window.
• Select the Destination File and Profile( Conversion Format ).

• Click on the start button to begin conversion.

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0 How to Test the Working of your Antivirus – EICAR Test

Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research. This process can be used by people, companies and antivirus programmers to test the proper functioning of the antivirus/antimalware software without having to deal with the real computer virus which can cause damage to the computer. Here is a step-by-step procedure to test your antivirus.

1. Open a notepad (New Text Document.TXT) and copy the following code exactly onto it, and save the notepad.

EICAR Test code
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

2. Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to myfile.com

3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.

If the antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it should generate a warning and immediately delete the file upon scanning. Otherwise you may have to re-install your antivirus.

NOTE: Most antivirus will pop-out a warning message in the Step-1 itself

You can also place the myfile.com file in a ZIP or RAR file and run a scan on it so as to ensure whether your antivirus can detect the test string in the compressed archive. Any antivirus when scanning this file will respond exactly as it will do for a genuine virus/malicious code. This test will cause no damage to your computer even though the antivirus will flag it as a malicious script. Hence it is the safest method to test the proper functioning of any antivirus.

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