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I had a trojan appear on the kids XP machine, (Backdoor.Genlot.DX) and went looking for info on it. Stumbled across this on the McAfee site and it appears to be a great free tool for helping kids surf safely.
I've probably got the most protected PC in the world. Or in our street, at least. All free.
Been using Ewido (trial program-antispyware) for it's resident shield and general very high standard. (Read several bad things from users of Windows Defender, which replaced the very good Giant application, which has just expired , so decided not to "upgrade")
So searched for a new application, not hopeful at first, came across this little gem: http://www.spywareterminator.com/
Interesting reviews + download also here: http://www.download.com/Spyware-Term...ml?tag=lst-0-1
Don't know for how long this will stay free. It's BRILLIANT. But free it is!
(Running it plus Ewido[till it dies],Spybot's Teatimer, Winpatrol,SpywareBlaster+Guard and Avast antivirus. No conflictions/slowdown.) There is also an option to include an antivirus scanner.(Free) But it seems a bit less oomphy than Avast's, from user accounts.
Well, not backup in the traditional Windows/DOS sense - more of a scheduled file copy with a good interface and tons of options. It's free, works nicely and seems written by someone who cares about software quality.
"Author: Cobian
Description: Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload).
Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup application: it only copies your files and folders in original or compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a "Scheduler for security copies".
Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong encryption."
I use various different strategies for backup - one of them is setting up a cronjob to copy my active working files from my PC to Tom's PC and vice versa. I use Techsoft's incomparable MirrorFolder for this, but it does cost $39. Cobian Backup would be an excellent free alternative. I think it's first class!
Another excellent file synchroniser! Hidden away on the RoboForm - http://www.roboform.com/ - website (if you have lots of sites to login to then RoboForm is the secure dogs bollocks).
GoodSync is very cool, very flexible, lots of nifty little settings possible.
GoodSync - http://www.goodsync.com/ - is free for non-commercial use. Buy the Pro version for $19 and support free software.
UTorrent - Torrent client, faster than Azureus and if you enable the protocol encryption option it will stop your ISP from throttling torrent traffic which appears to be happening with all ISPs these days.
Opera - Fastest web browser available, and the best IMHO
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack - Codec pack that will play every single video file you will ever have. Good excuse to uninstall Quicktime and Real Player (Coz they is crap).
A free privacy browser, a tiny download that runs on any modern windows PC. Leaving no browsing history, autocomplete data, cookies or cache data on the PC you run it on.
I had a trojan appear on the kids XP machine, (Backdoor.Genlot.DX) and went looking for info on it. Stumbled across this on the McAfee site and it appears to be a great free tool for helping kids surf safely. www.siteadvisor.com
When googling etc, it puts up a big green tick beside reputable sites, and a big red cross beside those that try to do anything nefarious.
Tell your kids to only access the green tick sites and its a major step to securing your machine. It works with Windows Explorer and Firefox.
I have this as well after reading about it on our Forum and can thoroughly recommend it to all especially if you have your children using the computer on their own.
Browzar looks cute and may be a bit more secure than Incompetent Exploder but it still uses the IE engine, with all that engine's insecurities and possible MS dirty tricks.
OffByOne is a very fast standalone micro-browser that offers a tabbed interface, optional SSL support and full HTML 3.2 plus many HTML 4.0 extensions. It leaves no browsing history, autocomplete data, cookies or cache data behind when it closes.
Used XP firewall. Adequate for most; no outbound protection. (VG inbound protection.)
Tried Filseclab (free). Pretty good, has failed a few leak tests though.
Comodo ver 2.3.6.81 passed https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 (Shields Up online firewall test) 100%, and gets good reviews.
If you have an old box (486 will do job) and 2 network cards lying around then i would recommend downloading smoothwall it is a free firewall program including the linux based operating system from www.smoothwall.org it is only about 45mb. It acts as the first line of defence between the internet and your local network. i have been using it for over 2 years now without any problems. there is also a great support forum if you get into strife. Much better than installing seperate firewall software on all your computers on your lan. passed all tests on shields up & symantec. I would highly recommend it and best of all it is FREE. Allen
It's a great little programme for filing your phots and doing some alterations on them... does not move photos from any folders they are already in, but lists them chronologically.
If anyone is looking for a good FREE Radio Controlled model helicopter and plane simulator then i would give FMS a try. It can be downloaded at http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html Also you could try Flightgear flightsim from www.flightgear.org it is also FREE and it runs on both windows and Linux. Allen
I am trying to find a free download for a program called "End It All" or something to that effect. It used to be free but you now have to pay for a program called TaskPower2 or something like that.
I am purchasing MSFSX and thought that I might need the extra resources and remembered end it all..
you could try running a program call FSAutoStart. It disables unnessasery resourses too allow your program to run at peak performance. Might be worth a look. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...utoStart.shtml Allen
Free Antispyware
, so decided not to "upgrade")
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