Thursday 5 June 2014

Tip: Easily open links in new tabs by pressing the scroll wheel on your mouse

download 1 Tip: Easily open links in new tabs by pressing the scroll wheel on your mouseI have been doing this for a long time now but it occurred to me some people may not know this nifty trick. Often times when I browse the web I come across multiple links that I want to follow. Since I can’t view multiple links in the same tab without risk of losing some links, I like to open links in new tabs, allowing me to easily switch between pages/websites as I desire. To open links in new tabs, I simply click on links with the scroll wheel on my mouse. In other words, instead of left-clicking on links I scroll-click on links; using the scroll wheel to click on links opens link in new tabs instead of the current tab.

For those of you with two button mice, you obviously can’t scroll-click with a scroll wheel you don’t have. So, instead, if you want to open links in a new tab hold Ctrl on your keyboard while left-clicking on a link — that will open the link in a new tab.

If you prefer opening links in new windows instead of tabs, you can do that by holding Shift on your keyboard while left-clicking on a link.

The best part? All the above tricks work in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Opera on Windows (I am not sure about other operating systems) with one exception: Shift clicking won’t open a link in new window for Opera.

 

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New SIM swap e-mail scam

MTN South Africa has issued a warning to its customers of another malicious attempt to obtain the personal banking details of MTN customers.

According to MTN, the syndicate sends an e-mail similar to the following:

Dear Client,

We have discovered a suspected sim swap attempt on your no. The swap will be processed within the next hour. If you did not initiate this sim swap, please Cancel here.

MTN said that the “cancel” link redirects the user to a site that requests their banking details.

Once the criminals have this information they can use it to make fraudulent transactions from the banking account, MTN said.

“Customers should note that MTN does not send any SIM swap warnings to its customers via email,” the network said. “Furthermore, customers must ignore any such emails and should report them to 083 123 STOP (7867).”

As an additional safeguard to its customers, MTN said it will be blocking the site on its network.

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