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EndItAll lists all the programs running on your system, and lets you decide which ones to close down. The process necessary for basic system operation are protected from termination. From the remaining processes, you can choose which to close, which to kill (close down forcibly) and which to protect. Once you know which files you want to shut down you can configure EndItAll for automatic action via script or batch file. This is useful for backups and defrags during off hours

2.2 Mb

WinZip

WinZip enables you to quickly and easily compress and decompress files, folders, and entire folder trees to save storage space and dramatically reduce e-mail transmission time, as well as encrypt and decrypt your sensitive documents. WinZip includes two separate interfaces to accommodate all types of users. For those who are infrequent users of Zip files or just need to accomplish basic tasks quickly and easily,
the Wizard interface provides simple, step-by-step guidance to make working with Zip files a breeze. For those who are comfortable with Zip files and need greater power and flexibility, the WinZip Classic interface has everything you need. Whichever interface you choose, the other interface is just a click away.

A few of WinZip's many features:

Easy-to-use, state-of-the-art AES encryption for your sensitive documents.
Support for 64-bit extended format, which for all practical purposes eliminates the existing restrictions on Zip file size and capacity.
Zip, unzip, and one-click Zip and E-mail directly from Windows Explorer or My Computer.
Automatically install software, desktop themes, and screen savers contained in Zip files.
Quickly find your Zip files with Favorite Zip Folders.
Instantly access recently used Zip files and other WinZip features from the Windows taskbar tray.
Take full advantage of Windows XP features including fast user switching and XP themes.
Decode most popular Internet file formats, including MIME, UUEncode, XXEncode, TAR, BinHex, and many others.
Split Zip files into smaller parts to overcome e-mail size constraints.

427 kb

FREE version of Pop-Up Stopper is a completely FREE product that is not spyware or adware. This product runs as a system tray icon next to your system clock.

817 kb

IrfanView (version 3.92) is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

NEW: Click Here For An Irfanview Tutorial
9.3 Mb

564 kb

This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

369 kb

IE Favorites Check (IEFC for short) is a program designed to help the users of Internet Explorer to manage their Favorites. It was tested with IE versions 4, 5.5 and 6 under Windows 95, NT,98, ME, XP and 2000.
It is freeware, fast and hopefully useful.

7.5 Mb

TaxACT 2003 completes your taxes faster and easier than ever! TaxACT Standard includes all commonly used forms and schedules and reflects all of the NEW tax laws. And best of all, it's completely FREE!

That's right—it's ABSOLUTELY FREE! No hidden charges! No hidden conditions! You won't pay a penny to prepare and print your tax return! And, unlike other free software products, TaxACT Standard has no limitations or missing functionality.

5.5 Mb

Here is Zone Alarm 5 (May 2004)
If you have DSL or a cable modem, your IP address is permanent. Although this has benefits, it also carries the serious shortcoming of rendering your PC vulnerable to attacks. A firewall, in this respect, becomes not just desirable but a necessity. ZoneAlarm is a top choice, and best of all, the basic version is free.

You can block uninitiated and unwanted traffic, even while your PC is unattended or while you're not using your connection. You can also limit your exposure to attack by specifying which applications can access the Internet. The program also lets you stop e-mail-borne Visual Basic Script worms.
 

New Version of Ad-Aware Now Available

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06

With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition boasts a number of improvements. Extended memory scanning now scans all modules loaded by a process. Scanning uses the all- new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets. Extended registry scanning now scans registry branches of multiple-user accounts and performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references. Scanning speed is noticeably faster, and this version offers an Extended Scanning mode for known and unknown/possible browser hijackers.

4.15 Mb

Here is the latest version as of May 2004 (1.3) Search your hard disk for so-called spybots or adbots, the modules that are responsible for showing ads and transmitting information back to vendors. If Spybot Search and Destroy finds such modules, it will remove them or replace them with empty dummies. In most cases, the host software still runs after removing the bot. Among the adbots Spybot targets: Aureate, CLPRS, Comet Cursors, eZula HotText, Gator, GoHip, Radiate, WebHancer, and WildTangent.

Spybot also removes your usage tracks (last visited Web sites, opened files, started programs, and cookies), so even spybots that are unknown can't transmit this private information. The program supports all three major browsers: Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, and Opera.

1.8 Mb

Microsoft Front Page Express - This program has been discontinued by Microsoft
Just about every person and every business you know has a Web site, and now you’re ready to jump into the fray yourself. Luckily, the powerful Web publishing tools built into your Windows® 98 system make it easy.

Windows 98 included a Web-page editor called FrontPage® Express. FrontPage Express allows you to create Web pages in an easy-to-use, familiar-looking desktop interface, without having to learn HTML, the programming language of the World Wide Web.

Whether you’re building a simple site to share pictures of your dog, publishing your magnum opus to the world, or migrating your business online, it’s easy to get started with FrontPage Express.

1.4 Mb

Have you ever wished that you could return spam to its sender and fool them into thinking that your e-mail address is not valid? MailWasher lets you do just that. You can also choose to delete a message on the e-mail server, without downloading it. MailWasher retrieves information about all e-mail messages on the server.

To check e-mail, you don't open your e-mail client. Instead, you start MailWasher, and it tells you what messages are waiting for you on the mail server. In the check boxes, you select whether to Delete or Bounce messages, then click the Process Mail button. If you have checked nothing, the e-mail is downloaded to your e-mail client as normal.

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MusicMatch Jukebox Basic v8.1
Tired of cobbling together audio programs that play, burn, and organize your music files? Like RealNetworks' RealOne and Apple's iTunes, Musicmatch Jukebox is an all-in-one digital audio management tool that rips, mixes, burns, organizes, and plays music. The program has a "faster ripping" feature, which lets you extract files from CDs and save them as WAVs or MP3s; you can then burn your digital files to CD-R or CD-RW. The program lets you transfer your music files to your
portable devices. Finally, you can enjoy Musicmatch Radio and, among other things, fill your office with the smooth, soothing tones of NPR's "Morning Edition."

Significantly, this latest version lets you buy tracks from all five major labels and more than 30 independents. Unlike the files you might find on a P2P file sharing network, these files are high quality, free of viruses, and legal to download. Within the program, you can then burn the files to CD and transfer them to your MP3 player.
 

2.8 Mb

Make every Web search a super-search with this intelligent tool, trusted by millions of users worldwide. Copernic Agent Basic queries leading search engines to bring you back relevant, high quality results. Its intuitive user interface quickly allows you to make the most of the numerous search enhancement features included, making your Internet searches faster and easier than ever.
Version 6.11, released on September 26, 2003 Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP
 

2.47 Mb

Trillian simplifies your chat as well as your desktop and system resources by letting you simultaneously connect with the five most popular chat clients on the Web: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and AIM.
By importing your passwords, buddy lists, various client preferences, and other chat specifics into its own simple interface, Trillian acts as a single hub for all your chat traffic.
Installation and setup are simple, and the included features are actually useful.
You can check supported e-mail accounts with a single click, view detailed event logs for each client, and, of course, chat your brains out. Plus, there are individual options for each supported chat client. Also noteworthy is the fact that Trillian is truly free. It contains no adware of any kind and has no time or functionality limitations.

435 kb

Starter lets you view and manage all the programs that start automatically whenever your operating system is loading. You can disable or permanently delete selected registry entries, edit existing ones, and create new ones. The software also lets you monitor and terminate running processes

171 kb

emailStripper is a free program for cleaning the "" and other formatting characters out of your emails. It will restore "forwarded" or "replied" emails back to their original state so they're easier to read.
It's simple to use, and best of all it's FREE!

213 kb

Revelation is one of those useful applications that isn't needed all the time, but when you need it you really need it. Revelation reveals the password beneath all those ******. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. Free. 213Kb.

AI RoboForm is a password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence inside. What it can do:
• Save password info from login form.
• Auto fill password info to login form.
• Automatic login to online accounts.
• Fill long online forms from Identities.
• Save "offline passwords" to Safenotes.
• Generate Secure Random Passwords.
• Encrypt passwords using 3-DES.
• Backup & Restore, Print passwords.

RoboForm is FREE with some limitations.
• Unlimited version costs $29.95.
• It is well-behaved: NO ADWARE, NO SPYWARE.
• Works under Windows as an add-on to browser: Internet Explorer, AOL, MSN, Netscape, Mozilla.

"Don't bother with Gator; give RoboForm a try instead." PC World

"My favorite password manager... Easy to use, does not pop up ads in my face or grab information from me. Most importantly, it simply works well." Financial Times

"Easy to use and without any hidden spyware... Innovative, lean, useful product." Wall Street Journal

"Best of all, this program simply works well. We have yet to see a Web-based form stump it. PC Magazine.

"Add AI RoboForm to your list of must-have downloads." Tech TV

810 kb

GrabClipSave works with your print screen key to quickly save a copy of each screenshot in a folder you specify. All you need to do is:

1. Start GrabClipSave
2. Press your Print Screen key
3. Repeat as many times as needed.

GrabClipSave will save the screens to the directory you want, either in Windows .bmp or in .jpg format.
Win95/98, ME, Win NT 4.0, XP or Win 2000

Get IP is a small program that shows your hostname and all your local IP addresses. This information can be copied to your clipboard for future use in any other application. Gamers especially will appreciate this. How many times have you needed to give someone your IP address so you can play a game online? Now, with Get IP, you can view your hostname and all your local IP addresses by simply loading the software. What's more, you can make Get IP automatically copy this information to the clipboard, and then either minimize it to your system tray or taskbar for quick and easy access, or close the program entirely, so in a flash you have the information you want about your Internet connection.

422 kb

Google Toolbar 2.0 Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the web. New features in v2.0 includes a pop-up blocker, autofill, the ability to create a Web log post pointing to the page you are visiting, and restrict your search to pages in a specific country. The Google Toolbar increases your ability to find information from anywhere on the Web, and it takes only seconds to install. You can quickly and easily use Google to search from any Web site location, without returning to the Google home page to begin another search. Google Toolbar features include the familiar Google Search, plus other features such as Search Site, which allows users to search only the pages of the site they're visiting; PageRank, which shows users Google's ranking of the current page; Page Info, which allows users to access more information about a page, including similar pages, pages that link back to that page, as well as a cached snapshot; and Highlight, which highlights your search terms as they appear on the page.

510 kb

Rename Master is a FREE utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks. Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files.

This utility will add, remove, or replace parts of the filename with ease and also supports renaming via file properties, MP3 tags, JPEG JFIF and EXIF tags. Batch renaming that's simple to use, yet still very powerful.

Give yourself an unlimited clipboard.
ClipMate is a nifty program that stores absolutely everything you copy, whether it's text, graphics, spreadsheet data or anything else. If it can be copied ClipMate will save it to its own clipboard. You can then simply access this clipboard at any time and browse, either by title or date, for the item you need. Each item can be previewed to ensure you have the right file.

Clipboard contents you wish to keep indefinitely can be added to a 'safe' folder, which prevents deletion without confirmation. Any item placed into ClipMate's trash can is available until deleted from there.

Copied text can be edited in numerous ways within ClipMate, including appending clips together, converting case, removing line breaks, performing a spellcheck, and even cleaning text by stripping characters.

It also has a screen capture tool for capturing any area or object on-screen. Captures are stored alongside the other ClipMate contents and can be exported as BMP or JPEG files for use in graphics applications.
TIME LIMITED DEMO
Purchase price: $24.95

Dave's Verdict
Once you start to use this program you won't know how you managed without it.

Download ClipMate Here
3.2 Mb
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Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
They're back...and bigger and better.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Comprises 10 separate Windows XP extras, each one intended to enhance the Windows XP experience in one form or another. The 10 Toys to choose from are:

Open Command Window Here:
Adds an 'Open Command Window Here' context menu on system folders - a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe)
pointing at the selected folder.
Alt-Tab Replacement:
Adds a preview of pages when using Alt-Tab to switch applications.
Tweak UI:
Gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in Windows XP default
interface; includes mouse, Explorer, taskbar settings and more.
Power Calculator:
Calculator with graph, conversion and function capabilities.
Image Resizer:
Resize one or many image files with a right click.
CD Slide Show Generator:
View images on a CD as a slide show.
Virtual Desktop Manager:
Manage up to four desktops from the taskbar.
Taskbar Magnifier:
Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar.
HTML Slide Show Wizard:
Create HTML slide shows of digital pictures, for use on websites.
Webcam Timershot:
Take pictures at specified time intervals via a webcam.

Clicking the title button above will take you to the Microsoft PowerToys webpage where you can select the ones you want.

Note: Although created by Microsoft developers they are not supported by Microsoft, and no technical support is offered.

Verdict

A good range of extras for Windows XP users.

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Shoot The Messenger 
Even before the latest DCOM/RPC vulnerability, many Windows users were being annoyed by
"pop-up spam" notices appearing on their desktops. This intrusion is also facilitated by an exploitation of port 135. Steve Gibson's free "Shoot The Messenger" utility furthers the security of Windows by quickly and easily shutting down the "Windows Messenger" server that should never have been running by default in the first place.

4.3 Mb

PDF ReDirect 1.1
Create PDF Files for free from any application. PDF reDirect is installed as a 'virtual printer'. This enables Windows application to create PDF documents via the 'Print' command. PDF reDirect has no restrictions, no watermarks, and no pop-up advertisements!

152 kb

Convert V.4.10 Works in Windows

Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
 

Google Deskbar

Google Deskbar enables you to search with Google from any application without lifting your fingers from the keyboard. Installs easily in your Windows taskbar.

Key Features:
Search using Google, even when your browser isn't running
Preview search results in a small inset window that closes automatically
Access Google from any application by typing Ctrl+Alt+G
Use keyboard shortcuts for multiple Google searches, i.e., Google News (Ctrl+N),Google Images (Ctrl+I), or Froogle (Ctrl+F)

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003.

EvilLyrics - A lyrics search tool

Don't be confused by the name for there is nothing "Evil" to be found here.

Automatically searches for lyrics as your song is played in your player

Searches over 5,000,000 lyrics : karaoke :: stores lyrics for offline viewing :: translates lyrics :: allows searching for guitar chords, AMG profiles, album covers arts, posters, Amazon profiles etc. :: Only 300 kB installation file

Contains no spyware or ad-ware and is completely free

dBworx

This an easy to use, yet versatile database program. Create your own custom databases to keep track of most any type of information.

Once you've defined the fields that make up your database file, you can use dBworx to add, edit, delete, sort, search and filter information. You can also import and export data to and from dBworx, making it easy to share information with other applications or put your database on the web.

5 Star Word Engine Freeware ver. 1.0     
Build the longest possible word

Think you are pretty good at Scrabble? Hardly anyone can beat you at Boggle? Then try this one! From a randomly selected set of letters it is you versus the computer to find the longest word. Sporting a lovely interface and a good range of options and difficulty levels 5 Star Word Engine can challenge everyone from kids to those English scholars who think they know it all (with over 230,000 words in Word Engine's vocabulary, the odds are it'll easily destroy any contender on the top level). Great entertainment by itself and a great way to increase your word power. A must have for all those who prefer the computer challenge their mind rather than reflexes. Warning: The game is highly addictive!

ACID® XPress software is a free version of Sony's award-winning music creation tool.
Create your own original music using a pick, paint and play interface. It's easy – just pick some loops, paint them into a
track and play your music back. It's the most fun you'll ever have creating music. Integrated "Show Me How" tutorials guide you along the music creation process beginning to end. Download sample songs from sony.com/mediasoftware, or use any of the Loops for ACID™ collection or Loop Starter Kit libraries. You can choose any loops you want to use because ACID XPress software matches the tempo and pitch automatically in real-time. Share your music by publishing it to ACIDplanet.com and Screenblast.com, or stream it from your own website.*

Audacity v 1.2.4b

Stickies is a PC utility to help to cut down on the number of Post-It® notes you have stuck to your monitor. It is a computerised version of those notes.

The idea behind Stickies is that the program is small and simple.  Stickies will not mess with your system files, or write to the registry. Stickies stores all information in a single text-based ini file.

Stickies will never support animated dancing figures, or play "Greensleeves". They are instead yellow rectangular windows onto which you can put some notes. Once created, they will stay on screen until you take them away. Just like a real sticky piece of paper.

Main features:

• Once on screen, stickies will remain where placed until closed, even through reboots
• Stickies appearance can be customized; fonts, colors and buttons may be changed, and styles saved. Stickies can be resized horizontally.
• Languages other than English for the interface are also supported.
• Stickies can be transferred from one machine to another either over a TCP/IP network connection, or by using a SMTP mail server:
  • Hierarchical friends list, which may be automatically transferred from other friends
  • WAV file play/PC speaker beep on receive
  • Signature for transmitted or emailed stickies
  • Favorite friends can be chosen
• Stickies can be hidden (sent to sleep!) for a certain period, until a specified date and time, or to wake every day, week or month, to act as reminders
• International language support
• Save to file/Import from file, to transfer stickies by removable media
• Stickies is small and simple, it writes to a single text file, and does not touch the registry
• ...and Stickies is completely free!

SpoofStick is a simple browser extension that helps users detect spoofed (fake) websites. A spoofed website is typically made to look like a well known, branded site (like ebay.com or citibank.com) with a slightly different or confusing URL. The attacker then tries to trick people into going to the spoofed site by sending out fake email messages or posting links in public places - hoping that some percentage of users won't notice the incorrect URL and give away important information. This practice is sometimes known as “phishing".

SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a spoofed website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information.

You can customize the color and size of the SpoofStick display to suit your tastes and make it harder for a fake site to try to “spoof” SpoofStick with a static graphic.

SpoofStick contains no adware, spyware, nagware or other unhealthy additives.

Zondulux                   

I need you to do me a favor and win this game! I have been trying and I just can't seem to do it. In my defense, I have also been doing work, so I haven't been able to devote my full attention to the game...  

The game field is randomly filled with "crosses" and "zeros".  
Your goal is to fill the whole field with "crosses" using your mouse. Here's the catch - when you click on one of symbols, horizontal and vertical line inverts. That means when you click on a zero, it becomes a cross, but all the other crosses become zeros. Very challenging indeed!  

This game is freeware, so you can play as much as you want and improve your results in Halls Of Fame.

Eraser - Secure Data Removal

Most people have some data that they would rather not share with others - passwords, personal information, classified documents from work, financial records, self-written poems, the list can be continued forever.

Perhaps you have saved some of this information on your computer where it is conveniently at your reach, but when the time comes to remove the data from your hard disk, things get a bit more complicated and maintaining your privacy is not as simple as it may have seemed at first.

Your first thought may be that when you delete the file, the data is gone. Not quite, when you delete a file, the operating system does not really remove the file from the disk; it only removes the reference of the file from the file system table. The file remains on the disk until another file is created over it, and even after that, it might be possible to recover data by studying the magnetic fields on the disk platter surface.

Before the file is overwritten, anyone can easily retrieve it with a disk maintenance or an undelete utility.

There are several problems in secure file removal, mostly caused by the use of write cache, construction of the hard disk and the use of data encoding. These problems have been taken into consideration when Eraser was designed, and because of this intuitive design and a simple user interface, you can safely and easily erase private data from your hard drive.

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.

Eraser is FREE software

The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.

Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defense and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods.

Top reviews from the most popular software sites and magazines confirm that Eraser is one of the best security tools available for Windows.

Eraser has over 2.5 Million Users Per Year!

SpywareBlaster 3.2

SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.

Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today. By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one of these unwanted fiends!

The most important step you can take is to secure your system and SpywareBlaster is the most powerful protection program available.

It's main features include: - Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted pests. - Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox. - Restrict the actions of potentially dangerous sites in Internet Explorer.

SpywareBlaster can help keep your system spyware-free and secure, without interfering with the "good side" of the web. And unlike other programs, SpywareBlaster does not have to remain running in the background.

SpywareBlaster is freeware for personal and educational use.

The version adds Firefox 0.9 support and fixes several bugs.

Size: 2.2 Mb
License: Freeware

Lookout

An addin to Outlook to quickly search all of your email, contacts, calendar, and filesystem.

Lookout is a lightning-fast search for your email, files, and desktop integrated with Microsoft Outlook™. Built on top of a powerful search engine, Lookout is the only personal search engine that can search all of your email from directly within Outlook - in seconds...

You can use Lookout to search your: Email messages

Contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, etc. Data from exchange, POP, IMAP, PST files, Public Folders Files on your computer or other computers ...

Just enter your search and press enter. Results are instant. Lookout will find your search terms hiding nearly anywhere in your Outlook mailbox - subjects, bodies, phone numbers, addresses, etc.

System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Microsoft Outlook 2000, Outlook XP, or Outlook 2003 must be installed on your computer.
Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1

dBpowerAMP Music Converter 11

Dan Elwell's Broadband Speed Test

Generate all the diagnostics your Broadband Provider needs....
The Speed Test allows you to generate a full results report, containing download speeds, upload speeds, ping times,
packet loss, trace routes and your network configuration. You don't need any technical knowledge at all.

Accurate, localized testing
The Speed Test uses localized servers for each country, making it one of the most accurate, reliable and versatile speed tests available on the web.

Versatile reporting functions
The Speed Test keeps track of your test results over time, so you can view and compare them at any time. In addition, you can export your results to a number of file formats and even send your reports by e-mail.

Easy to understand results
The Speed Test produces your test results in a non-technical colour coded report. There's also a comprehensive help file detailing what each test means and how you can improve the results.

Monitor your connection over time
The Speed Test features Scheduled Testing, which allows the Speed Test to automatically run silent tests at the times you specify - ideal for keeping track of your connection performance.

Main features of the program:

Both quick and exhaustive test procedures
Highly accurate and reliable Extensive testing procedures, testing download & upload speeds, ping times, routing and packet loss.
Produce additional diagnostics, including trace routes and network configuration.
Save your results in the Portfolio and recall them at any time with the click of a button.
Save your results to a number of file formats, including documents, spreadsheets and web pages.
Send your results by e-mail in an instant
Schedule tests so that they conduct automatically at a time interval you choose.
Accurate for any Broadband connection in the world - results are not affected by geographic location.

Basic testing is completely free and there are no ads or spyware.

Internet Traffic Report

Are your colleagues looking at your strangely because you visit InternetTraffic Report too many times during the day? Want to know exactly what's happening on the net, without having to launch a browser every time? If so, your dreams have come true - the Internet Traffic Report (ITR) client is now available to grace your Windows computer!

So just what exactly will this wondrous program do? Most of the time it will sit happily in your system tray (normally in the lower right of the desktop, where the time is shown). While in the system tray, it will indicate the current ITR rating for network performance. Not in the US? No problem, in the configuration you can specify which region you would like to monitor, and that will be the ITR rating displayed! But the ITR client doesn't stop there, it also includes a super-fast trace route utility to help spot problem areas on the Internet, as well as let you see what other computers you move through when going to other locations on the net. A visual ping utility is included, to help visualize what's happening - while the graphs look cool, the import information is the minimum, maximum and average output displayed at the bottom.

In the configuration dialog, you can easily tweak most of the features of the program, such as the maximum number of networks that will be traversed, the number of pings used in the visual ping utility, whether or not computer names and cities are resolved, and more! None of the options are destructive, so don't worry about playing around with them you can do so to your hearts content.

Don't forget to visit Internet Traffic Report at:

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

CDBurnerXP Pro is a freeware CD/DVD-Writer program. The program can write CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs. All features you can read on the features page.

The main features are: Write CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs (as Data, Video and Audio) Burn on the fly / Burn-proof Supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives Rip Audio-CDs to harddrive, obtain track-information (ID3-tags) from Internet Burn and create ISO-files Convert wav to mp3 and vice versa Audio Editor, bin/nrg-ISO converter, simple
cover printing and much more!

Features of CDBurnerXP Pro:

Writing Data on CDs:

Disc writing functionality for: writing data to transfer it to another computer recording backup discs of important information creating home collection of audio and video discs writing audio or mp3 discs for CD or mp3 players

Allows recording of Data discs On-the-Fly (No need to generate image previous)

Supports BURN-PROOF for error free recording Multithread buffering system

Works easily with IDE, USB, IEEE1384, SCSI CD-RW recorders

Auto-Detection of not tested drives (from 16x speed recorders) ASPI not required for NT/2000/XP

Allows to export any data session from the CD Detects only CD-R/W drives Importing of the previous session

Writing on DVDs:

Disc writing functionality for: recording backup discs of important information writing video for DVD Players creating home collection of audio and video discs writing data to transfer it to another computer

Allows recording of DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW discs On-the-Fly (No need to generate image previous)

Supports BURN-PROOF for error free recording and other Buffer Underrun Protection Systems

Multithread buffering system Works easily with IDE, USB, IEEE1384, SCSI DVD+/-R/W recorders ASPI not required
for NT/2000/XP

Allows to export any data session from DVD+/-RW or DVD+/-R

Detects only DVD+/-R/W drives Importing of the previous session

Writing Audio on CDs:

Disc writing functionality for writing data on CD to play it on the hardware audio CD players, music center, car audio

Writes MP3, OGG, WMA and other audio files On-the-Fly as an audio disc

Supports BURN-PROOF for error free recording

Multithread buffering system Works easily with IDE, USB, IEEE1384, SCSI CD-RW recorders

Auto-Detection of not tested drives (from 16x speed recorders) ASPI not required for NT/2000/XP Detects only CD-R/W drives

Ripping CDs:

Disc ripping functionality for: ripping audio tracks from CD to the local hard drive ripping audio tracks from CD to MP3, WMA or OGG files directly without intermediate WAV files

Restore damaged tracks from old and very used CDs get cddb information for audio CDs

Allows fast ripping to WAV, MP3, WMA or OGG formats use your own codec presets

Both Ripping and Audio coding executed in a separate threads, not in the main process thread

Supports jitter-correction ripping modes to rip tracks from scratched CDs

Works easily with IDE and SCSI CD devices ASPI not required for NT/2000/XP

Allows to create detailed logs of the ripping process

The following audio formats are supported to write audio CDs:

Uncompressed WAV PCM Compressed WAV (GSM, ADPCM, DSP and others) MP3 (including VBR) MP2 VOX (Dialogic ADPCM) RAW WMA/li AVI (audio) G.726, G.723, G.721 Ogg Vorbis MPC

The following audio formats are supported to rip audio CDs:

WAV (Uncompressed PCM) MP3 (MPEG-2 Layer-3) WMA (Windows Media Audio) OGG Vorbis

Additional Useful Features

Create ISO files
Burn ISO files to CD
Convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO-files
Converter for wav-mp3 and mp3-wav
Integrated Audioplayer for Audio-CD burning
Simple Cover Printing feature for Data- and Audio-Disks
Audio Editor to add some effects to wav-files
MP3 Tag-Editor for mp3-files
Lots of settings to customize CDBurnerXP Pro


This program works best in Windows2000 and Windows XP. It should work in Windows 98 and Windows ME

File size 16.2 Mb
 

Adobe Photoshop SpeedUp significantly decreases the time it takes to load Adobe Photoshop  by disabling the plug-ins that you may not need.
 
There are several options such as whether to load the Adobe fonts, load the presets, and  set the memory usage. You may restore to the original settings at any time. Adobe  Photoshop SpeedUp is freeware, works with Adobe Photoshop versions 3 through 8.
 
 Features:
 
· Free Photoshop Tweak Utility for Adobe Photoshop version 4 through 8
· Enable or disable the plug-ins as needed
· Do not load Adobe fonts CMap and Base
· Do not load Photoshop Presets
· Optimize and reset Maximum Memory Usage
· Restore to original settings with a click of the Restore button at any time

Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery 1.2

Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery is a freeware data recovery tool, specifically designed to work with digital images. It allows you to recover digital photos accidentally deleted from digital camera memory.

There exists a vast variety of digital camera and associated media types on the market, so it is virtually impossible to test the program with each and every hardware combination.
Generally, this should work with any media type (e.g. CompactFlash, MemoryStick, SmartMedia and so on) accessible by Windows. You need to use your camera or the appropriate card reader you normally use to transfer images from camera to PC.

629 kb

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PC WIZARD 2004 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2004 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance.

1.6mb

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Shopping List

Try this quick, easy, and flexible way to make your shopping lists.

• Saves and maintains lists of grocery items
• Point & click or drag and drop items to quickly form shopping lists
• Edit, add, and delete items and categories
• Print shopping lists sorted by category or item
• Save lists for re-use

 

580 kb

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MyAlbum  A free picture cataloger for building easily digital photo albums.  Runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000 and XP.  Build self-running "all-in-one" albums.  Supported picture formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, animated GIF, TIFF, TGA, PCX and WMF files.  Supported video formats AVI, MOV (QuickTime), MPEG (all the video formats supported by the Windows Media Player).  Other format : HTML (IE 4 or above needed).  Comment and keywords can be added to each picture.  Searching on file name, comment or keyword.  Full screen display, zoom, unzoom, fit to screen.  Manual, automatic, random and multiple slideshow with background music.  Easy printing of the thumbnail pages and the pictures.  Poster printing on several sheets of paper.  Build contact sheets and HTML pages (online demos: Film strip, Automatic slideshow (IE 5.5+) and Metal).  Easy convert, resize of the pictures.  Special features for building CDROM album.  Extracts information from images taken with digital cameras.  Integrated script tool (VBScript, JavaScript, Perl,...).  Screen saver to play albums when PC is unattended.

2.2mb

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Outlook 2003 Add-in: Video E-mail

 

Use a Web camera to easily send and reply with a video email to your friends and family with just two clicks on the Video Email for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.

 

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Photo Story 3 for Windows

 

Bring life into your favorite memories with Photo Story 3 for Windows® by adding motion, effects, music, and more to your digital photos. Easily retouch your images with a single click and add slick-looking titles, or add dramatic pans and zooms that give your creations a professional finish, create a soundtrack—even record narration. Then enjoy the show. Start sharing your stories today!

Learn more about Photo Story 3 for Windows and watch a sample photo story.

 

 

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Copernic Desktop Search is always available with a single click. It offers non-obtrusive, integrated entry-points into your operating system.

Desktop Search Window: Perform searches in an easy-to-use interface, open folders or files directly, and more!

Windows Deskbar: Perform searches from any application, anytime. This search bar conveniently integrates with the Windows taskbar.

Copernic Desktop Search's key features:

• Lets you perform sub-second searches of your PC's files and emails in a user-friendly interface.
• Enables you to search from any application, anytime. The search bar conveniently integrates with the Windows taskbar.
• Offers specific refining fields for each desktop search category.
• Uses your computer resources intelligently when indexing documents so as not to impair your work by throttling back while you are using other software.
• Displays and filters matching results as you type.
• Quickly creates and updates the index in the background with no limitation concerning the number of documents to be indexed.
• Delivers advanced fault tolerance and recovery architecture to ensure everlasting index integrity.
• Automatically indexes on-the-fly new and updated files in the background (Windows NT/2000/XP required), including new emails sent or received with Microsoft Outlook
• Supports advanced Boolean operators (AND/+, OR, NOT/-), quotes (exact phrase or whole word) and parentheses.
• Lets you enter keywords directly into the search box located in the Windows taskbar using a keyboard shortcut from any application.
• Lets you preview Web pages, text files, e-mails and pictures for selected results without needing to open any other application to analyze document’s relevancy or cut and paste a selection.
• Scrolls document previews directly to the first word or phrase that you are looking for.
• Offers specific sorting and grouping fields for each search category in order to ease result viewing.
• Offers plenty of time-saving shortcuts to other applications via links and right-click menus available in search categories.
• Offers many customizable options to configure various features and parameters.
• Highlights search keywords with a different color for each keyword in result lists and previews of text files or documents.

Available desktop search categories:

Files: Office documents (Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel worksheets), WordPerfect documents, Adobe Acrobat documents, HTML pages, Text/RTF documents, and more
Emails: Outlook/Outlook Express emails and attachments
Music: MP3, WMA, WAV, etc.
Pictures: JPEG, GIF, etc.
Videos: MPEG, QuickTime, Windows Media, etc.
Favorites: Internet Explorer favorites History: Internet Explorer history
Contacts: Outlook Express/Outlook, Windows Address Book

Available Web search categories may differ substantially over the course of time. Please refer directly to the software to learn more about them.
 

Download Copernic Desktop Search Now—It’s FREE!
   CDS is a quick 2MB download and works under Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

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FraudEliminator (New version 5/05)

The following is an email that I received the other day. I have installed this program and it works like a charm
Dave

Dear Mr. Gerber:

I came across your newsletter when doing a search on Google for phishing. (It looks like you did a special piece on Phishing in your September 28, 2004 newsletter).

I work for a company called FraudEliminator,  and I thought our anti-phishing/fraud product (which is completely free) might be of interest to your subscribers.

We are an anti-fraud and anti-phishing company, and our main product (also called FraudEliminator) prevents you from falling for phishing scams and other fraudulent websites. The product prevents your browser from accessing known phishing websites, and uses advanced techniques (such as identifying where the website is "hosted") to determine if a website is a scam. For example, a website with similar text as CitiBank.com, but hosted in Russia, would be identified as a scam. We also allow people who use our product to report phishing sites, which makes our network even stronger. The list of "known" phishing sites is updated every 15 minutes for everyone using the product.

As you probably know, A LOT of people fall for these scams, because most computer users don't know better---I know my grandmother wouldn't. They have gotten to the point where they can look really perfect.

Even without the problem of phishing, there are numerous fake websites that are proliferating across the internet. If you search on google for "television" some of the sites that come up might be fake and just trying to get your credit card info.

Our product is completely free, and has no adware or spyware. Our goal in making the product free is to build a large base of users, which helps everyone because it allows everyone to report fraud as it is identified. We also work with banks and other financial institutions to help identify and stamp out phishing scams. The product will *always* be free. It's also 100% anonymous, and we don't collect any data on our users.

Our goal is to get people to use our product and to protect them from the growing danger of fraud and phishing.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if I can be of any assistance. I haven't put you on any sort of mailing list or anything---this is just a one-time e-mail.

Sincerely,

Alan Randall
 

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Internet Spy

I don't usually like spy software, but I do believe parents should be aware if their children access unsavory internet content, and that employers have a right to monitor employee Web activity.
This is a tiny freeware utility that continuously monitors every Web page accessed on the computer and makes a chronological record of all visited URLs. Internet Spy is compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer, may load at startup, and can optionally run in the stealth mode, where it is impossible to detect. All visited URLs are written to a text file that may be accessed from any other computer in the local network.
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Free. 64Kb.

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Firefox

The wait is over. Firefox 1.0 empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 12 million others and make the switch today — Firefox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose.

Switching is Easy

Firefox imports your existing settings from Internet Explorer. An import wizard will run when you first install Firefox (and is also available later through the File menu, File > Import), and it imports your Favorites, options, cookies, stored passwords, and a variety of other data. This saves you time customizing Firefox to fit your needs.

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IE on steroids — Maxthon is what IE 7 should look and act like

If you've tried browsers like Opera and Netscape but for some reason keep coming back to Internet Explorer, no doubt you still miss some of the features these alternatives provide. Users of these non-Microsoft browsers point to niceties like tabbed browser windows, ad pop-up blocking capabilities, and support for customizable skins as features that the aging IE 6 browser should include.

Fire up the IE-based Maxthon and you'll get to enjoy not only a multi-window interface but also a compelling list of extras that can make your online experience more productive and enjoyable. Oh, and did I mention it's free?

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WinPatrol

These days all users face a real risk of malicious programs secretly installing themselves on your computer. Anti-virus and anti-spyware products help reduce the chance of infection but you can really enhance your protection by installing WinPatrol, which provides a vital "last ditch" defense layer by telling you when a product is trying to change any of the critical settings on your PC such as the registry and auto-start areas. WinPatrol simply throws up a dialog asking whether you want to allow the change or not. It's simple but highly effective. The only downside is the messages can confuse some inexperienced users. That reservation aside, this is a product that should be on every PC.
 

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Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (*Beta) Related Links • System requirements • Frequently asked questions • Download the beta Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware, including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding more than 50 ways spyware can enter your PC. Participants in the worldwide SpyNet™ community play a key role in determining which suspicious programs are classified as spyware. Microsoft researchers quickly develop methods to counteract these threats, and updates are automatically downloaded to your PC so you stay up to date. Benefits Detect and remove spyware Improve Internet browsing safety Stop the latest threats • Easily detect spyware on your PC. Quickly and easily find spyware that can slow down your computer, display annoying pop-up ads, change Internet settings, or use your private information without your consent. •     In-depth spyware removal returns your PC to normal. Straightforward operation and thorough removal technology make it easy for people of all skill levels to eliminate detected spyware. If you inadvertently remove any programs, you can easily get them back. • Maintain your PC with regularly scheduled spyware scanning and removal. Regularly scheduled spyware scans help maintain your PC. They can be run when it's convenient for you: on-demand or on any schedule you set. • Stay in control of what's running on your PC. Quickly discover and remove unwanted programs that may have been installed without your consent. If you inadvertently remove any programs, you can easily get them back. • Help stop spyware in its tracks with continuous protection. Windows AntiSpyware improves Internet browsing safety by guarding more than 50 ways Web sites and programs can put spyware on your PC. • Protection that doesn't distract you from using your PC. Windows AntiSpyware works in the background, automatically handling spyware based on your preferences. This enables you to use your PC with minimal interruption. • Undo unwanted changes to Internet Explorer settings. Easily restore Internet settings that are persistently changed by spyware, including your home page or the default search engine. • Stop new threats faster with SpyNet™. The voluntary, worldwide SpyNet™ community plays a key role in determining which suspicious programs are classified as spyware. SpyNet™ participants help to discover new threats quickly so everyone is better protected. Any user can choose to join SpyNet™ and report potential spyware to Microsoft. • Spyware expertise you can rely on. A dedicated team of Microsoft researchers scours the Internet to discover new spyware and develop methods to counteract it. • Automatically stay up to date. Updates to counteract new spyware are automatically downloaded to your PC, helping to keep you protected from the latest threats.

*beta version

In the development of hardware and software, a version of a product released to a group of testers.
Beta software often is available on the Internet, where users can download it at no charge.
Developers want users to report any problems so they can be fixed before the product is released in the general marketplace. Beta software usually has most of the capabilities of a final release, unlike rougher alpha versions, but it usually has a set of known bugs that makes it unsuitable for a professional setting.

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FolderPrint

A "Freeware" utility that allows you to save the listing of directories (folders) and files on a hard drive or any removable media (local or networked) into the text file (comma delimited option for importing into database).

Listing can be printed out in Standard Letter size ( 11 x 8 ) or in ZIP, CD, Jet, Jaz, etc... case layout; sorted by name, size, date, etc.

Win95 ,Win98 , NT4.
Size 360 Kb (180 Kb compressed.)
Note: There are known issue with 'Browse' button under Windows ME and Windows 2000. A new release will have fix.

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Picasa 2 is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you know. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print at home, make gift CDs, instantly share via Hello™, and even put pictures on your own blog. Take a tour of Picasa

3 mb

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WebMon is a web page monitoring program that automatically checks web pages to see if they have changed. For each page you'd like to monitor, you can specify the URL, the time interval between checks (from every minute to every thirty days) and the part of the page to be checked. If a page has changed, WebMon can alert you with a pop-up window, a sound, and/or a modified tray icon; it can also run a specified program when an update is found. WebMon can maintain a log file of all updates and supports proxy servers with authentication. Finally, it can import Internet Explorer favorites and Netscape bookmarks.

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All-in-One Secretmaker combines nine powerful tools: Spam Fighter, Pop-Up Killer, Banner Blocker, Privacy Protector, History Cleaner, Worm Hunter, Cookie Eraser, Messenger Spam Blocker, and Garbage Cleaner. Spam Fighter recognizes spam and works with any POP3 e-mail client; spam is rated, and the fully automated whitelist keeps preferred contacts up-to-date. Banner Blocker reduces banner and Flash ads, blocks spyware sources, and improves surfing speeds. Pop-Up Killer stops unwanted pop-ups, and Privacy Protector hides your identity while you surf. Cookie Eraser circumvents profiling. Whitelists allow user-specific optimizations. History Cleaner clears needless files, logs, and tracks. You also can create your own plug-ins. All-in-One Secretmaker is suitable for novices, as well as for professionals.

Review of All-in-One Secretmaker

The best innovation of All-in-One Secretmaker's generous list of features is the NetBIOS protection that stops tracking companies from identifying you. Not only can you delete temporary and history files from Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer, the free utility also cleans the traces left by Window