Reviews
 123 Free Solitaire
2004 - 12 card games to pass the
time. |
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Here's an excellent set of solitaire
games if you've got some time to burn.
Use the Download link below for the freeware version.
The version at the website is trialware.
Website -
- Size: 2.1MB - Class: Crippleware (some features disabled)
Quote from the website:
123 Free Solitaire 2004 card games collection includes 12
solitaire card games: Spider Solitaire One Suit, Spider Solitaire
Two Suits, FreeCell, Klondike, Carpet, Eighteens, Travelers,
Grandfather's Clock, La Belle Lucie, Pyramid, Spider and Royal
Rendezvous. 123 Free Solitaire 2004 features a winning layout, fast
game play, rich sounds, extensive options, and quality help. Each
solitaire has more than 9 trillion possible games to play, so the
game remains fresh no matter how many times you play. Under Windows
XP, 123 Free Solitaire 2004 is fully skinnable with XP themes and
visual styles. |
 Avant Browser -
easy surfer |
Avant was the first IE (Internet
Explorer) based browser I ever tried that allowed me to use a tabbed
browsing interface. I fell in love with that feature the first time
I tried Opera. Avant used to crash on me occasionally but it's been
continually improving and it seems to work very nicely now.
I enjoy the built in pop up blocking and other
features it has. It's really got plain old IE beat all to heck
and back. If you are trying tabbed browsing for the first time,
you'll never want to go back.
Website - Quote from the
website
Avant Browser is a multiwindow browser that allows users to browse
multiple Web sites simultaneously and block all unwanted pop-up
pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps
users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in
Yahoo/Google search engines enable users to search for Web pages,
images, groups, directories, lyrics, software, and news on the
Internet. Avant Browser provides options for blocking the download
of Flash media, pictures, video, sounds, and ActiveX components, so
users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading.
All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed, or
arranged with just one click. |
 Bazooka Adware and
Spyware Scanner - fast scanning for
problems |
I keep this one handy and use it almost
every day. It scans fast so I can get my work done. I found the best
use of it is to put a copy of the Bazooka shortcut in my Start >
Programs > Startup folder so that it starts up whenever I turn my
computer on. Bazooka can't replace Spybot
or Adaware
and I use those on a weekly basis.
Website - Quote from the website
Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects a multitude of spyware,
adware, trojan, keylogger, foistware and trackware components;
sources of irritation that antivirus software does not deal with.
The scanning process will only take about two seconds and tell you
how to uninstall the potentially unwanted applications using simple
step-by-step instructions or put you in contact with the vendor for
the most up-to-date and safe uninstall
instructions. |
Ewido Security
Suite - scan for trojans your anti-virus didn't
see |
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Ewido is the best of a new crop of
anti-Trojan programs. On my recent tests over at www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com, it emerged as one of the few products that
could reliably detect polymorphic and process injecting Trojans that
were totally missed by anti-virus products like Norton and
AVG. No, it's not as good as TDS-3 or Trojan Hunter but you
get what you pay for. You see, the free version of Ewido doesn't
have a memory monitor
but the on-demand scanner is so good that
you'll have no complaints.
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That's
sounds good enough for me, but I can't use it. I'm using WindowsME.
If you're in the same boat as me with Windows 95, 98, or ME, then
I'd recommend another good trojan scanner called A²
Free.
Website - For Win2k and
WinXP only - Quote from the website.
We offer you realtime protection
against over 66.000 threats of the newest generation:
*Hijackers and Spyware
Secure
surfing in the Internet without fear of annoying changes of the
start page of your browser, Tracking Cookies and advertising
bars.
*Worms
Nobody should receive e-mails in your name with
malicious files in the appendix anymore.
*Dialers
Security against all kinds of dialers. No fear
when receiving the next phone bill.
*Trojans and Keyloggers
No chance for thieves to steal
your bank data and personal sensitive information by tapped Internet
connections, remote controlled Webcams or secret keyboard
recordings.
|
 HandySnap -
screen capture tool |
Yet another screen capture tool. This
one looks pretty "Handy". I saw this tool at the Computer Help
Club. It was recommended by one of the members and some of us
tried it out. The general feeling was "thumbs up".
Website - Quote from the
website
HandySnap was designed as a work-horse screen capture utility for
creative professionals as well as for home users, web page
developers or multimedia authors. The user interface of this program
is based on the “nothing unnecessary” principle. It means that you
will get exactly what you need - a tool for screen capture and for
doing annotations on the screenshots (for editing screenshot will be
opened in a separate window.) So anyone, even those who have never
used such software before, can start working right after the
installation. |
HoverIP
- internet information tools |
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Now and then I have to do a traceroute
or nslookup and I usually forget where good places to do this are.
This utility brings a whole load of the most common needs right to
my desktop. The user interface is very easy to understand.
HoverIP is a powerful set of IP utilities, all inside a
single box !
With HoverIP you can display your IP configuration (on all
network cards), perform different tasks like NSLOOKUP, PING,
TRACEROUTE, SCAN PORTS or network, and manage your
ROUTES in a very convenient way
! |
InstallSpy
v2.0 - track changes to your pc |
This is a really nice utility for
reporting changes to your Windows OS that are made during a program
installation. It tracks file changes and registry entries and a
whole lot more. I especially like the html reports it generates (see
View a sample report below). I only wish the author had included a
quick way to have this program reverse any changes it records.
That's exactly what Total
Uninstall does and why I just can't live without it. I like
InstallSpy but I could live without it.
Website
- View
a sample report - Quote from the website
This is not spyware, but a program to help you discover spyware!
Track any and all changes to the registry and file system, and also
record all shell notification events (e.g. media inserted), when a
program is installed, uninstalled, or run. This can warn you of
programs trying to install new services, programs that are set to
run on reboot, changes to your home page, etc. It's a highly
configurable program that allows you to catch any change to your
system. Filtering lets you zoom down to the details that are most
important to you. | |
November 21, 2004
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