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Answer» Quote By the way, I recommend Ashampoo Firewall, even though you must get your free license code to use it. However, the registration process is simple. How full is your Inbox now that AShampoo has your info ? ?Quote from: patio on October 21, 2007, 07:36:41 AM How full is your Inbox now that AShampoo has your info ? ? Wait, don't tell me, they are SPAMMING ME? I get messages from the UK LOTTERY BOARD every hour! I don't get sucked in by it.Here's a little tool I've just stumbled across: Secunia Personal Software Inspector It scans your computer for software with known vulnerabilities and if the tool finds something it provides links for updates (if available). I've not done any extensive testing on it yet but have scanned both of the computers I use daily. On my laptop it found the old Java version I hadn't uninstalled yet, an old version of Flash Player (and even provided me with a link for an uninstaller), and a security update for Photoshop CS2. Adobe apparently didn't think it was necessary to roll that one out via their Auto Updater. So far I've only found one minor annoyance; an annoyance it unfortunately shares with a lot of other software. It adds itself to the Windows startup during the INSTALL without asking for permission. But other than that I'm pretty impressed.Quote Secunia Personal Software InspectorThis is pretty good one. I use it, too. I'm STILL missing another one, which went commercial only, BigFix. As for program updates, I use FileHippo Update Checker: http://filehippo.com/Firewalls Sunbelt Kerio Firewall Advantages: You have the full version for 30 days. Disadvantages: After 30 days you have to use free mode. Comodo Free Firewall Advantages: Nice GUI, option to block all connections. Disadvantages: Forgets rules for applications.For working at the command line: PKZip and PKunzip ( not freeware, but uncrippled shareware) http://www.bootdisk.com/dostools.htm or http://www.filewatcher.com/m/pkz204g.exe.202574.0.0.html Recently added the command line version of 7Zip http://www.7-zip.org/download.html List.com - text file reader, and much more ( uncrippled shareware ) http://www.oregonfast.net/~steen/msdos.htm list91k.zip. or older ver http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/goldies.html list77a.zip Fast File Finder ( uncrippled shareware ) http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,3771-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html Some other archivers that are not used often anymore: ARC, ARJ, LHA, ZOO "Dos" ver of Unrar I create a 'utils' DIRECTORY, put copies of all the above in it, and edit autoexec.bat, or whatever is necessary, to ENSURE that the utils dir is in the path. Dos version of Telix. Communications program. Shareware http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/DosComm.shtml Windows programs: mIRC. Comes in handy occasionally. Print Folder http://www.no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/ As far as I know, up through XP Windows itself did not include the function provided so easily by this software. Very handy if you have lots of files. Freeware. Dimension 4 http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4 I understand that XP has this ability built in. I do not know if it has ANYWHERE near the configurability of D4. This is nice - run it once a day, and never be off again. AVG anti-virus www.free.grisoft.com Thunderbird for email Firefox for web browser For each, I have a few free extensions and add-ons that I like. mTel - telnet client http://ozone.eesc.com Core Free FTP client software for Windows http://www.coreftp.com Boot disks, etc. http://www.bootdisk.com Live CDs - to bail you out when you can't boot from HD, and you don't have a floppy drive Ultimate Boot CD http://ubcd.sourceforge.net Puppy Linux http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1 Here is one I just found: COMODO BOClean |
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