Monday, July 6, 2009

Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.331 Final



Yahoo Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support, a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made, the ability to save and print your conversations, and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores.
Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send messages to friends (even if they're not online when you are), a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and voice chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet. It also includes Launchcast Radio, Yahoo Games, and Yahoo Audibles. Using a Webcam, you can see who you're chatting with or view the Webcam of any Yahoo member who has granted you access.
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McAfee Virus Definitions 5649



McAfee virus pattern and engine updates

Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation.

Whether it's VirusScan, VirusScan Pro or Internet Security Suite, make sure you have the very latest Internet protection.

Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month.

To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.

The DAT files are compatible with our anti-virus products (McAfee) that use the version 4.3.20 (or later) virus-scanning engine. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of the virus-scanning engine for optimal virus detection and cleaning.

We store new DAT files on our web site in several compressed formats to reduce transmission time:

- Compressed DAT Package. This file contains the DAT files, compressed in a ZIP or tar file. You can extract and install them yourself to update most of our anti-virus software. The file has a name of the format DAT-4316.ZIP or DAT-4316.tar, where 4316 is the four-digit DAT version number such as 4321.

- DAT Package Installer, or "XDAT file". This file includes the DAT files plus an executable that installs them. The file has a name of the format 4316XDAT.EXE, where 4316 is the four-digit DAT version number such as 4321.

- SuperDAT Package Installer, or "SDAT file". This file includes the DAT files plus an executable that installs them. It may also include a new virus-scanning engine and other program components. The file has a name of the format SDAT4316.EXE, where 4316 is the four-digit DAT version number such as 4321.


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BitDefender Virus Definitions June 18, 2009



The latest Virus Definitions for BitDefender 9, BitDefender Antivirus 10, BitDefender Antivirus Plus 10 and Internet Security 10

Works with BitDefender Professional Plus, BitDefender Antispyware, BitDefender Standard, BitDefender Internet Security

Because new threats appear every day, BitDefender antivirus must be updated periodically. The updates can be of these types:
· Virus signatures: databases of virus prints to be compared with the scanned files. Shown as Virus Definitions Update. These updates require restarting BitDefender. The restart occurs automatically.
· Spam signatures: rules for the heuristic and URL filters increasing the effectiveness of the antispam engine. Shown as AntiSpam Update.
· Product upgrades: new product features, scan techniques and hotfixes. Shown as Product Update. Occasionally, installing these updates requires restarting the computer.

To configure the automatic update do the following:
· Open BitDefender and click Update.
· Click Settings.
· Configure the Update location settings.
BitDefender 9 includes two update locations, allowing one of them to point to a local mirror.
· Configure the Automatic update options.
Select Automatic check for updates to find out when updates are available.
BitDefender checks for updates every 1 hour. Click Verify every hours to modify the number of hours after which a check for updates is performed.
Leave the Confirm update to Silent update unless you desire to be prompted before downloading the updates or before installing them. A similar option is available for the manual update under the Manual update settings.
· Configure the Advanced options.
To prevent prompts asking for reboot, select Wait for reboot, instead of prompting.
· Click Apply to save the settings.
· Click Default to restore the default settings.

Occasional updates can be perfomed at any time, even when the product is set to update automaticaly:
· Open BitDefender and click Update.
Click also Update at the top of the window if the Settings are displayed.
· Click Update now to start the update process.
If the option Prompt before downloading updates was selected in the Settings, and when updates are available, a list of the updates available for download is displayed. Select the product to install and click Details to see the file download details. Select Switch to silent update (don't ask me again) to stop being prompted on manual update. Click OK to download and install the new files or Cancel to postpone the update.

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avast! 4 Home Edition 4.7.1001


avast! 4 Home Edition is a light weight, feature rich antivirus package which is ICSA certified and awarded by the Secure Computing Magazine. This is free antivirus software to be used for noncommercial purposes, that is mainly at home. avast! 4 Home Edition sports a trendy Media Player style interface and its high performance antivirus kernel has great detection abilities. Users benefit highly from its built-in capacity to detect viruses hidden in alternate data streams on NTFS volumes, viruses spreading between users, and even Trojan horses. Its outstanding unpacking support is yet another advantage. In fact, it can scan inside almost all popular archive formats. Additionally, avast! 4 Home Edition supports a number of executable packers (PKLite, Diet, UPX, ASPack, PeShield, FSG, MEW etc.). Its powerful resident module can easily detect a virus before it infects your computer. Another interesting feature of this software is the Virus Chest, which is a safe, isolated folder to store infected, suspicious and even system files, and to restore them later. You can even work with the files in the Chest, though with some security restrictions. Installing avast! 4 Home Edition takes over 2 minutes, though it does ask you to restart your system to install all its features. However, the next time that you start your PC after having installed the software, be prepared for a delayed start as it scans all your files.

Pros

avast! 4 Home Edition is a user-friendly software. Its simple ‘on demand scanner’ interface makes it easy to choose files to be scanned and the scanning can also be activated easily with the activation of the Play button. avast! 4 Home Edition also provides an ‘on-access scanner’ protection for popular e-mail clients as well as for over 30 different types of popular IM (Instant Messaging) and P2P (peer-to-peer) programs. Whereas its screen saver scanner scans your PC during coffee breaks, its web shield monitors and filters all incoming HTTP traffic , thus providing effective counter-measures against malware, adware, spyware and dialers. The Web Shield acts as a transparent HTTP proxy and is compatible with all major web browsers like MS Internet Explorer, FireFox, Mozilla and Opera.

Cons

At times, avast's performance does not match its advertised features. It performed poorly in heuristics (e-mail scan) tests, besides being pretty slow. It seems that loopholes exist within the program. Also I would like to see an estimation of the time the antivirus takes to verify my files on my PC.

Conclusion

This much awarded anti virus is worth a try. It benefits from incremental automatic online updates that are quick to download without an irritating system restart. If your Internet connection is persistent, the updates are performed automatically – that is without prompts – and at fixed time intervals. Having an up-to-date virus database is a smart way to protect your computer.
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Norton AntiVirus 2009 16.0.0.125



Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2009 - Winning protection against viruses, spyware, and other malicious threats! Heuristically detects Spyware threats, detects blocks Internet worm attacks, and protects email.
Norton AntiVirus blocks viruses and spyware with advanced protection. It helps protect your entire computer by stopping viruses, spyware, and other security risks. Norton AntiVirus works in the background so you can surf the Internet, read the news, play games, and download software or music without disruption. It also scans and cleans all email and instant messaging (IM) attachments, preventing you from receiving viruses, or spreading them to others. With set-it and forget-it functionality, Norton AntiVirus checks for updates continuously and automatically blocks new and emerging threats from getting on your system. In addition to protection updates, Norton AntiVirus provides new product features as available throughout your service subscription.
features of "Norton AntiVirus 2009":

· Norton Internet Worm Protection stops certain damaging Internet worms at their attempted point of entry.
· QuickScan tool automatically searches for and removes viruses whenever new virus protection updates are downloaded.
· PreInstall Scan quickly detects and removes infections that can interfere with installing and launching Norton AntiVirus.
· Automatically removes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
· Scans and cleans both incoming and outgoing email messages.
· Blocks viruses in instant message attachments.
· Detects spyware and certain non-virus threats such as adware and keystroke logging programs.
· Scans compressed file archives before you open them and risk infecting your computer.
· Downloads new virus protection updates automatically to protect against new threats.
· Worm Blocking and Script Blocking can detect new threats even before virus protection updates are created for them.
· Improved performance delivers faster scans
· One click access to expert support
· Works quietly in the background.
· Network mapping provides a view of your home network.
· Detects and removes spyware and viruses
· Blocks spyware and worms automatically
· Protects email and instant messaging from viruses
· Prevents virus-infected emails from spreading
· Rootkit detection finds and removes hidden threats
· Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period
· Remove dangerous threats from files you download
· Block spyware from hijacking your computer
· Stop spyware from tracking you online
· Block Internet worms at point of entry
· Remove viruses from email and instant messages
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Avira Antivir Virus Definition File Update June 5, 2009




Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic is a comprehensive, easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable virus protection to home-users only.

Avira PersonalEdition Classic constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs (such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc.), monitoring every action executed by the user or by the operating system and being able to react promptly when a malicious program is detected. Actions include repair, delete, block, rename and quarantine programs or files.

Avira PersonalEdition Classic also features enhanced protection against unknown boot-sector viruses, issuing alerts for boot sectors suspicious formats. Through the permanent update of the detection engine, the protection is ensured constantly: the user can set the product to download any updates when available, thus keeping you clean and safe.

Download the Virus Definition File to always keep Avira AntiVir up-to-date.

Manual Update of AntiVir
Please go through the following steps to update your AntiVir Personal Edition Classic / Premium on a PC without internet access.

· Download the latest virus definition file (IVDF) on a PC with internet access.
· Copy the downloaded file to a portable media storage such as an USB Stick or a CD-ROM for transferring it to the PC without internet access.
Note: Extracting of the ZIP file is not necessary.
· Insert the media storage into the PC without internet access.
· Start AntiVir Personal Edition Classic / Premium and go the menu �Update" and select �Manual Update".
· Select the downloaded IVDF file from your media storage and click �open".Your AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic / Premium is now up to date.

Important note: Please keep in mind that an effective protection against new threats is only possible with an up to date virus definition file. Update your AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic / Premium at least every second day.
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TVUPlayer

Version: 2.4.5.3 Release Date: May. 8, 2009
Get the latest TVUPlayer, the best way to watch TV on the Internet. We're constantly adding new cool features to ensure your viewing experience gets b
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Asus R1 R1E XP Drivers

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Asus U1 U1F XP Drivers

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GOM Player 2.1.18.4762



One of most popular multimedia player .
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista
Intel-compatible CPU P3 or greater Minimum amount of RAM recommended by the operating system in use 20MB Hard Drive Space.
Some videos may require the newest version of DirectX or Windows Media Player.
Recommended settings may change according to different types of video files.
Modify 'Deadlock problem' occasionally happened when you shut down the player.
Improve Vorbis audio decoder performance.

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AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall


AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall
  • Anti-Virus protects from viruses, worms and trojans

  • Firewall protects from hackers.

Features
  • Easy to use protection – install and forget

  • New program versions and updates, for free, throughout the license duration

  • Quality proven by all major antivirus certifications (VB100%, ICSA, West Coast Labs Checkmark)

  • 24/7 technical support provided at no extra cost

  • Improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning

  • Automatic firewall profile switching for improved security and usability

  • 100% virus detection — AVG’s scanning engine has received numerous awards for its excellent detection of “in the wild” viruses, including the VB100% award. Its unique combination of detection methods provides full protection against viruses, worms and trojans.

  • Full on-access protection — The powerful AVG Resident Shield provides maximum protection by scanning every file opened, executed, or saved. It also prevents the opening or executing of infected files.

  • Flexible intelligent scanning — The AVG Resident Shield can include/exclude files from being scanned based on individual file extensions and can handle exceptions for potentially unwanted programs such as adware.

  • Full e-mail protection — AVG checks every e-mail sent or received, providing full protection from e-mail-borne threats. AVG supports all leading e-mail clients, including MS Outlook, The bat!, Eudora, and all other SMTP/POP3-based e-mail clients, such as Outlook Express. Encrypted connections using SSL are also supported.

  • Automatic threat handling — AVG can automatically heal or remove infected files and other threats such as trojans and worms.

  • Control over all network access — The AVG Firewall monitors all communication to and from the computer, blocking external attacks and preventing trojans from exporting confidential data. The AVG Firewall configuration wizard automatically creates access rules for all popular software. In addition the firewall can switch profiles automatically, based upon the current conection type, ensuring seamless changeover for notebooks.

  • Powerful scheduling — AVG automatically provides recommended daily schedules for scanning and updating, and also allows you to create custom-scheduled events.

  • Multiple language support — No need to buy a special language version.

Minimum system requirements

  • CPU Intel 486, 133 MHz

  • 30 MB free hard drive space

  • 32 MB RAM


Important notice

  • Anti-Spyware on-access scanner is available only on Win 2K SP4 + Sec.Rollup (aka SP5), WinXP SP2, Win XP Pro x64 Edition SP1 and Win Vista.

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Symantec Protection Center v12.0.122.192


Protection of workstations and file servers from Windows viruses, spyware, monitoring and analysis of network traffic, the blocking of applications and devices.

Features:
Advanced protection against viruses and spyware
Integrated protection against viruses and shpioskih-based technology with Symantec Antivirus fully protected in real time and automated means of containment and decontamination of threats

Rule-based filtering mechanism to traffic
The leading (according to Gartner) Sygate filtering technology as open and encrypted network traffic

Generic Exploit Blocking Technology
Based on the IPS technology allows us to block the infiltration of threats exploiting vulnerabilities of applications

Advanced technology rootkit detection and removal programs
It provides advanced mechanisms to detect and delete rootkits using tool VxMS (Veritas Mapping Service, Technology Veritas). This enables access to a lower level operating system to the possibility of depth analysis of processes.

Deep inspection of network packets
Enables the administrator to create rules of IPS, as well as to review the application level of network traffic using the HIPS system analysis

Proactive protection
The technology of behavioral analysis of WholeSecurity, allowing for analysis of ball-based applications include them in a category of safety and security

Control Applications
Allows administrators to control access to such elements as processes, files and folders by users and applications, takde analysis and control of the registry, modules and elements of the operating system and applications. Allows you to block various applications to ensure the preservation of data, as well as possible damage to systems and applications

(Optional) Network Access Control
Provides a technology for verifying the integrity and security of systems that allows depending on the state of the system, determine the right of access to networks and resources (a functional analogue of Cisco NAC)

Symantec ™ Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus ™ with advanced threat prevention in a single agent delivering unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers.

* Seamlessly integrates essential technologies such as antivirus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, device control
* Requires only a single agent and managed by a single management console
* Unmatched endpoint protection from a proven, market leading endpoint security vendor
* Each endpoint comes "SNAC-ready" (Symantec Network Access Control) (Optional purchase), enabling instant upgrade without additional software deployment on the endpoints
* Stops malware and such as viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware and rootkits
* Helps prevent security outbreaks
* Lowers TCO for endpoint security
* Reduces administrative effort
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µTorrent - A bittorrent download client µTorrent




Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including RSS auto-downloading, bandwidth prioritization, Mainline DHT and scheduling(compatible with BitComet).

Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification ) and peer exchange.

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren’t there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 170 KB in size.

Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple.

µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn’t available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!

The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they’re ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed

Here are some key features of “µTorrent”:

· Multiple simultaneous downloads
· Configurable bandwidth scheduler
· Global and per-torrent speed limiting
· Quick-resumes interrupted transfers
· RSS Downloader
· Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)

Requirements:

· Windows 95 users will need to install the Winsock2 Update from Microsoft for µTorrent to work correctly.

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CCleaner - A system optimization tool used by millions across the globe


CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool.

CCleaner removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more HDD space.

The best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free.

24 February 2006: CCleaner is now available without the Yahoo! Toolbar, so we have restored the award and uploaded on our servers the version without extra languages.

We strive to offer our users only the latest software versions, therefore we will initially provide the adware version of CCleaner, as soon as it is released. We will update the listing leaving only the ad-free version when that will be released.

Here are some key features of “CCleaner”:

Cleans the following Windows components:
Internet Explorer
· Temporary File Cache
· URL History
· Cookies
· Hidden Index.dat files
· Last download file location

Firefox
· Temporary File Cache
· URL History
· Cookies
· Download manager

· Recycle Bin
· Clipboard
· Windows Temporary files
· Windows Log files
· Recent Documents (on the Start Menu)
· Run history (on the Start Menu)
· Windows XP Search Assistant history
· Windows XP old Prefetch data
· Windows memory dumps after crashes
· Chkdsk file fragments

Advanced Options allow cleaning of:
· Menu Order cache
· Tray Notifications Cache
· Window Size and Location Cache
· User Assist history
· IIS Log Files
· Custom Folders

· Application Cleaning:
As well as cleaning up old files and settings left by standard Windows components, CCleaner also cleans temporary files and recent file lists for many applications. Including: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat Reader, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more…

· Registry Cleaning:
CCleaner uses an advanced Registry Cleaner to check for problems and inconsistencies. It can check the following:
· File Extensions
· ActiveX Controls
· ClassIDs
· ProgIDs
· Uninstallers
· Shared DLLs
· Fonts
· Help File references
· Application Paths
· Icons
· Invalid Shortcuts and more…

· Safety:
CCleaner was designed from the ground to be safe and secure to use. It has multiple levels of checks in place to ensure that it cannot delete any useful information or documents you may still need. We also certify that it contains no Spyware or Adware.

· High Security:
For the super cautious users we also offer secure file erasing. By overwriting the files before deleting them, making it impossible to recover the data.

· Multiple Languages:
Thanks to the translators, CCleaner is available in 35 different languages: English, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech/Slovak, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
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Trivial Pursuit Eighties Deluxe


Hồi tưởng lại những eighties với Trivial Pursuit 80's Deluxe. Bạn có nhớ Bill Cosby, A-Team và Duran Duran? Sau đó, bạn chắc chắn sẽ thích thú với 1.800 với các câu hỏi nhỏ trong trò chơi nổi tiếng này. Play the game 3 loại Solitaire, Time Attack hoặc 1 đến 4 Player và có thể bạn sẽ được victorious, hoặc thậm chí có thể bạn sẽ tìm hiểu gì đó mới!
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TV Player Universal



TV Player Universal is a utility created to view and to record the videostream from the online Internet TV and also from the television channels which can be received through the TV tuner or from the videocamera (if these are present in the computer). It also allows compressing of the videostream..


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Google Chrome - Google’s web browser



Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Shortcuts for your apps
Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications easily and quickly.

Here are some key features of “Google Chrome”:

· One box for everything
· New Tab page
· Application shortcuts
· Dynamic tabs
· Crash control
· Incognito mode
· Safe browsing
· Instant bookmarks
· Importing settings
· Simpler downloads

Google Chrome 3:




Google Chrome 2:

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10 security tips for Microsoft Windows XP

When installing and using MS Windows XP, there are some security practices you should keep in mind.


There are general security tips that apply to all operating systems, of course, but each operating system platform provides its own security challenges. The following tips are tailored to Microsoft Windows XP.

1. Disable dangerous features. Microsoft Windows systems come with a number of features enabled by default that do little or nothing for convenience, but introduce significant security risks. Among these are Autorun, the Guest account, and even Automatic Updates — because letting someone in Redmond, WA decide when changes should be made to your system, when he has no idea what software you’re running and you haven’t tested the updates yet, is a bad idea. Microsoft Windows provides many features that are activated by default and either poorly conceived from a security perspective or, at best, unnecessary for the vast majority of users. Each of these features introduces its own risks, and any that you do not need should be deactivated.

2. Disable unneeded services. In addition to local operating system features, you should disable unneeded services.

3. Employ good email security practices. Make use of some basic email security tips to ensure you do not invite the bad guys to read your email, flood you with spam, and take advantage of you through phishing techniques.

4. Install and maintain malware protection software. Regardless of the reason for it, the fact remains that malware is a significant threat to Microsoft Windows systems, and running one without malware protection is irresponsible. Research your options for antivirus and antispyware protection carefully, and choose well. Don’t let your malware protection software’s signature databases get out of date because the software only protects against the threats it can recognize, and don’t rely on your choice of antivirus software from six years ago because there’s no such thing as a trusted brand.

5. Update more than just MS Windows. In the world of Microsoft Windows, the majority of the software most people run on their computers often comes from third-party vendors without any connection to Microsoft’s own software distribution channels. This means that when you install something like Adobe Photoshop or Mozilla Firefox you have to track security updates for these applications separately from the operating system. Just getting your Microsoft updates every month doesn’t always cover it — sometimes some third party application needs to be updated, too. You need to keep track of what’s installed and whether or not it has received any updates if you want to maintain security for your system, because security goes beyond the core operating system.

6. Research and test your updates. It’s important to keep your system updated so that security vulnerabilities that receive patches from Microsoft and other software vendors will not remain open to exploit. It’s also important, however, to ensure that you research and test your software updates before applying them to a production system. All too often, users and sysadmins discover that untested updates are a cure worse than the disease, as they break functionality, open additional vulnerabilities in the system, and even occasionally undo the benefits of previously applied updates. Others may have tested the updates, or have simply applied them and run into problems, so researching others’ experiences can help you plan for such issues as they arise; testing them yourself by installing them on a test system before doing so on your production system is a next necessary step to ensure that your system in particular will not develop problems as the result of a bad update.

7. Investigate alternatives to your default application choices. Should you be using a Web browser other than Internet Explorer, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera? Is the multiprotocol IM client Pidgin with the OTR encryption plugin a better option for your instant messaging needs — including security — than the native clients for AIM, MSN, Y!M, ICQ, and gTalk? The only way to be sure is to determine your own needs and make an informed decision. Don’t settle for default applications without knowing the consequences of that choice.

8. Use a quality desktop firewall. Desktop firewalls are in many respects applications like any other, but they deserve special mention for MS Windows security. Furthermore, even Windows servers are in effect desktop systems, so don’t let the fact that a given computer is a “server” deter you from installing a good “desktop” firewall application on the system if you can spare the CPU cycles and RAM. On an actual end user desktop system, desktop firewall software is even more important. Relying on the defaults you get when you buy the computer is a good way to get your system compromised without even knowing it. The Windows Firewall provided with MS Windows after Service Pack 2 is certainly better than nothing, but one can almost always do better. Look into alternatives to the Windows Firewall, and select the option that best suits your needs.

9. Research your options before assuming MS Windows XP is what you need. The same principles that apply to applications may also apply to operating systems. Different OSes can provide different security and functionality benefits. Are you really certain that MS Windows XP is the operating system you need? Have you investigated other alternatives? What about MS Windows 2000 or Vista? Have you checked into the possibility of MacOS X, FreeBSD, or Ubuntu Linux for a workstation? What about OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, or OpenVMS for a server?

10. Protect yourself the same way you would with any other operating system. Installing MS Windows XP is only the first step to using it. If you stop there, you’re likely to run afoul of the various security threats roaming the wilds of the Internet. Make sure you take care to configure your system to best protect you against the dangers that lurk around every corner.
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Freez Screen Video Capture - Recording Tool To Record Screen Activities


Freez Screen Video Capture was designed to be a screen-capture & screen-recording tool to record screen activities and sounds into standard AVI video files.

You can record any part of the screen’s activities and the cursor’s movements, using a microphone to narrate your screen recordings.

You can choose the output video’s compressor (such as Microsoft Video 1, MPEG-4, DivX…), quality, framerate, audio format (such as PCM, ADPCM, MP3, OGG…), and volumn. You can also start, pause, and stop screen recording with hotkeys.

Use Freez Screen Video Capture to create screen demos, training videos, animated tutorials, animated presentations etc. Enjoy it!

Here are some key features of “Freez Screen Video Capture”:

· Start, pause, stop screen recording with user-defined hotkeys.
· Record screen activities into Standard or Compressed AVI video files.
· Record any region of the screen.
· Record Screen in any screen color depth.
· Supports sound recording from microphone, videotape, Internet, etc.
· Select the video encoder for your screen recording output AVI file.
· Adjustable screen capture framerate, output AVI video quality.
· Set the sound recording format and compressed audio format.
· Can record Actual Cursor on the screen.
· User-friendly interface, easy to use.
· Free to use and register.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Hiren's BootCD 9.9



Hiren's Boot CD is a boot CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems. It is a Bootable CD; thus, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through UI's differences and options in what they can do.

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Hiren's BootCD 9.9
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+SuperAntispyware 4.26
-Ad-Aware SE Personal
+EASEUS Partition Master 3.5
+Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116
+MessenPass 1.24
+Mail PassView 1.51
+Asterisk Logger 1.04
+TrueCrypt 6.2
+Opera Web Browser 8.53
-Off By One Browser
-Aida16 2.14
+Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 7.0.0.290
-ClamWin Antivirus
+Registry Restore Wizard 1.0.4
HDD Regenerator 1.61
SPecial FDisk 2000.03v
Express Burn 4.26
TestDisk 6.11.3
PhotoRec 6.11.3
Recuva 1.27.419
IsMyLcdOK (Monitor Test) 1.01
Samsung The Drive Diagnostic Utility (ESTOOL) 2.12a
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.13
System Analyser 5.3v
Astra 5.42
HWiNFO 5.2.7
SIW 2009-05-12
CPU-Z 1.51
WirelessKeyView 1.26
CCleaner 2.20.920
CurrPorts 1.65
Autoruns 9.50
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.2
Xp-AntiSpy 3.97.3
Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.37
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.37 (0906)
SpywareBlaster 4.2 (0906)
SmitFraudFix 2.419
ComboFix (0906)
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (0906)
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Lock My PC 4.7.1



These days, computers are everywhere: from banks and government offices to shops and homes. People tend to rely on tireless machines more and more every day. We store our valuable data, personal and business-critical information, photos, credit card information, important phone numbers and vast amount of other private information on our hard drives. We install firewalls and anti-virus software to protect this data from outside intrusions and hijacks. However, according to reports by IT specialists, the majority of electronic data theft crimes happen due to improper protection of computer systems from the inside. Human factor is still the greatest security issue today.

Lock My PC is fully customizable: from custom lock screen image to security level settings every possible option can be configured to suit your needs.Throw in the password expiry and administrative control and you get the winner! To spice it up even more there is a FREE trial version available! Download it now!

Here are some key features of "Lock My PC":
· Quick and safe computer lock by a hot key, or mouse click
· Windows 2000 and XP support (unlike our competitors we use keyboard driver to safely block Ctrl+Alt+Del and other key combinations)
· Administrative area for users and password management by supervisor
· Multi-user support
· Multimonitor support
· Autolock when computer is idle
· Auto turnoff when computer is locked for a long time
· Custom Lock Screens
· Screen saving effect
· Screen transparency - to use PC in presentation mode
· Optionally password protection for program settings
· Optionally locking for CD/DVD-ROM doors while computer is locked
· Command line options
· and many more


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