How to Stop Videos From Starting Automatically on Facebook

There is nothing more irritating then being at work, school or simply at home and a video kicks on and starts to cause all kinds of problems. Facebook has the habit of streaming videos no matter what kind of weak powered Chrome Book you might be on. There is a simple solution to this and I will walk you through it.

If you are Running Firefox then follow these simple instructions.

You can enable a feature called Click To Play that replaces Flash content with a static image that you have to click on before the media will load and play. This is what it will look like.

To enable Click To Play -

1) Type about:config into your URL bar. This will bring up a warning but simply ignore it and dismiss it.

2) Type plugins.click_to_play into the search bar and press enter. This will bring up the file on your screen.

3) Right click on the file and then select Toggle.

4) Restart Firefox and when a video that use to auto start will instead be replaced with the above image.

Free Computer Antivirus?

There is a HUGE question that most people have, is free antivirus any good? I hope to help you out with this small article and let you know the ups and downs of not paying for your internet protection. In reality most antivirus is the same, some are a bit better in some areas while others are stronger in other areas. The simple answer is yes, go for the free stuff but there is a small catch to the answer.

 One of the best advantages of owning an antivirus is that it protects your sensitive information. There’s are 100's of virus that can steal important information from your computer such as your credit card number, bank account number, social security number and so forth. If you end up with a virus it could be mush worse then just a slow computer so yes, you do need antivirus.

I do not work for or earn any money from the following companies, please look over them and pick what you like but after the least you will need to keep reading because there is one more thing you need to know.


http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
http://www.avast.com/en-us/index
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download
http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

There are others but these are some of the better ones.

One other thing that you need to know about keeping your computer and information safe is that you really should get a program to protect you from malware, do not fret, this is free as well. After you have downloaded your anti virus then download one of these as well. These will help protect your privacy from spyware.

http://www.superantispyware.com/
https://www.malwarebytes.org/

Now you are as safe as you can get and you have not paid a dime.