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Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.25.378

FREE Comodo Firewall Pro - Secure your system against internal attacks such as Trojan viruses / malicious software and external attacks by hackers. Safeguard your personal data through a simple user friendly single click interface offering full immunity to attack. Comodo Firewall Pro helps you connect in a secure way to the internet and global networks. Total peace of mind is FREE!

Features:

* Complete protection from Hackers, Spyware and identity theft
* Secures against internal and external threats
* Host intrusion prevention system stops viruses, spyware, and trojans from being installed

What's New in version 3.0.23.368:

* FIXED! COMODO Firewall activation fails under some circumstances.

What's New in version 3.0.25.378:

* Fixed! Windows Vista 64 UI Problems.
* Fixed! SafeSurf crashes applications on x64 based operating systems.

Size: 18.66MB
Publisher: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
OS: Win 2000/XP/Vista

nLite 1.4.5 Final

nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn´t include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.

nLite Features:

* Service Pack Integration
* Component Removal
* Unattended Setup
* Driver Integration *
* Hotfixes Integration **
* Tweaks
* Patches ***
* Bootable ISO creation

What's New in version 1.4.5:

* upd: XP SP3 Slipstream under Vista, CD-Key issue

Size: 2.51MB
Publisher: http://www.nliteos.com
OS: Win 2000/XP/2003

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Core Temp 0.98.1

Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature.

The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in a each processor in your system! You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU.

Intel and AMD recently published detailed, public information about the "DTS" (Digital Thermal Sensor), which provides much higher accuracy and more relevant temperature reading than the standard thermal diode sensors do. (How it works).

This feature is supported on all Intel Core and Core 2 series of processors as well as the whole AMD´s AMD64 line of CPUs. (for a full list of supported CPUs: (CPU Support List).
Core Temp also has a logging feature, allowing a user to easily record the temperature of his processor(s) over any period of time, then the data can be easily transfered into an excel datasheet for easy graphing.

What's New in version 0.98.1:

* Fix: Incorrect recognition of 45nm Intel CPUs in version 0.98.

Size: 108KB
Publisher: http://www.alcpu.com
OS: Win 2000/XP/2003

Microsoft Windows Defender 1593

Microsoft Windows Defender 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 over 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, which are automatically downloaded to your PC, so you stay up-to-date.

Size: 4.92MB
Publisher: microsoft.com
OS: Win 2K/XP/2003 Server

Eraser v5.86a

Eraser is an advanced security tool, which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

You can drag and drop files and folders to the on-demand eraser, use the convenient Explorer shell extension or use the integrated scheduler to program overwriting of unused disk space or, for example, browser cache files to happen regularly, at night, during your lunch break, at weekends or whenever you like.

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 the magnetic remnants from the hard disk.

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.

Size: 8.53MB
Publisher: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser
OS: Win NT/2000/XP

Fast Defrag Freeware v2.31

Fast Defrag ® is a tool that can free and optimize RAM (Random Access Memory) and the swap-file usage. It features a very powerful engine and uses very low system resources (less than 1%).

The purpose of this program is to increase the stability and speed of your computer by preventing the operating system slowness as time passes. The AMS Genuine Engine will rearrange the information from memory so that the programs will work and run faster and will release all the misused memory.

FAST Defrag contains a Memory Guardian that will keep the system working in optimum efficiency for a long time. Fast Defrag releases the same amount of memory up to 3 times faster than the competition, depending on the speed of your machine and the installed physical memory.

Fast Defrag contains a Task Manager that will show all running processes, similar to the one from Windows XP. Using this tool you may keep the memory clean by removing unwanted applications.

Size: 731KB
Publisher: www.amsn.ro
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/NT/XP

ProcessKO 1.02

ProcessKO is for professionals and experienced users, with very good PC know-how (knowledge)!

ProcessKO is a small useful tool to quickly kill a running or hanging process / program. It is not uncommon among developers or program-testers that the programs do not function properly or that you can not even close the programs (using the Task Manager) usually its always the same candidates.

Creating "Dearest-KO´s" for fast killing processes or programs!

One knows this problem, especially as developers / beta tester: When a program freezes,than you call the task manager CTRL+ALT+DEL , and find that frozen program then you have to find and select the option "End Process", and finally you have to confirm the message, "Are you sure you want to terminate the process" with "yes". One can save many hand moves and also time !

Now it´s easier then ever!... With ProcessKO it goes faster and the program can also be restarts from there. ProcessKO does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from the desktop. It´s one small / portable utility for Windows PC-s and is a small usb-stick friend :)

Size: 48.6KB
Publisher: hwww.softwareok.com
OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3/Vista

Unlocker 1.8.6

Unlocker is an explorer extension to delete, rename, move a file that is locked. With a simple right-click of the mouse on a file or folder, get rid of error message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder: it is used by another person or program.

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Unlocker is the solution.

Microsoft Process Explorer 11.10

Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

What's new in this release:

New treelist control for better UI responsiveness
Asynchronous thread symbol resolution on threads tab of process properties
More flags on groups in security tab and SID display
Thread IDs on threads tab
On-line search uses default web browser and search engine
Vista ASLR column for processes and DLLs
Vista Process and thread I/O and memory priorities in process and thread properties
Vista Process and thread I/O and memory columns
PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION support on process permissions on Vista
Run as limited user runs with low IL on Vista
Reports information for all object types on Vista
Show details for all processes elevation menu item on Vista
Supports replacement of task manager on Vista
/e to launch elevated
/s switch to select a process at startup
Compiled w/ASLR, DEP
Faster startup
Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor improvements

From : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

The Brute Force Uninstaller (BFU) 1.11

The Brute Force Uninstaller (BFU) is a program to help forcibly remove unwanted software and the likes from a system. It´s basically a scripting engine that can execute commands from a file, much like a batch file. The list of commands is very complete and powerful, and scripts are easy to write.

What's New:

Added RegSetExpandValue to set REG_EXPAND_SZ values
Added RegDeleteKeyIfNameContainsText/Hex to delete keys matching a mask
Online scripts can now be executed from the commandline (i.e. bfu.exe http://www.example.com/test.bfu)
Fixed RegResetPermissions (and others) not being recognized
Added OptionShowLog command to force showing the logfile after script completion
Added OptionSaveLog command to save the logfile to disk after script completion
More extensive logging
Fixed bug in CRC32 module with leading zeroes
Updated CRC32 module to read files ~3 times faster

Vista Visual Master 1.02

Vista Visual Master is a free application that will help you to customize your Windows Vista easily. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. Now You can change the look of the windows and buttons, change the system icons and hundreds of file icons, reconfigure the boot and logon screen, patch and apply your new themes, and you can customize Windows Vista according to your wishes.

System Protect 1.0.0.83

Keep your operating system stable and protect important programs, documents and files. System Protect software was designed to be an easy-to-use application that will help you keep your operating system stable and protect important programs, documents and files from deletion caused by viruses, other users on your computer such as your kids, or even by your own mistake.

Features:

Files & Folders Protection
Protection of Selected Files
Stable Operating System
Protection for All Users
Multilanguage Support
Automatic Updates
Easy to Use, Easy to Setup
Free Support

Easy Duplicate Finder 1.5

From : easyduplicatefinder.com
Easy Duplicate File Finder is a free, powerful tool that will help you to find and delete duplicate files. Ever wonder what hard disk space on your PC is occupied by duplicate files? Easy Duplicate Finder will show you.

Features:

Search for true duplicates (files with same contents)
Powerful search engine with fast files check
Flexible Scan settings
Search files by mask
Size conditions and skip zero-length files option
Find duplicates from selected folders or drives
Add multiple folders/drives for scanning
Safety
Protect system files and folders
Convenient user interface
Advanced Duplicate file management - remove only unnecessary duplicates
Select files manually (for deletion) or delete all copies automatically
Open folder containing selected file
Show file properties

Monitor Tester

Publisher's Description
Monitor Tester can guide you in setting and adjusting the parameters and controls of your monitor. You can test and adjust the picture size and position, color convergence and purity, white balance, brightness and contrast, focus, moiré and interference.

CloneGenius 2008

Why should you backup and restore your system partition?

Because you will need to restore your disk to ensure that even if a user does, or infects a computer with a virus, the computer will be restored to a clean, working state. The restore process is the safest approach to resolve problems, when a computer shows signs of malfunctioning, or every time a user logs off. Creating a full and complete disk image is the best way to create a backup of a system disk.

There is no such system that is immune from damage. Thus backup traditionally has been thought of an insurance policy. Today it´s also part of security and productivity plans. You will realize that having a mirror image of each PC can save hours of time maybe even days restoring a system should the PC hard disk drive fail. You will always need exact duplicates of their entire hard disk drive, including the primary boot partition where all system files and settings are stored-as well as data partitions in order to ensure they have a complete backup that can restore the drive to working order.

Under these conditions:

Want to restore from a "clean", master image, which should be in full working order and should have been swept for viruses.
After misconfigure something, downloads inappropriate content or programs
You may use disk cloning to upgrade to a new hard disk.
You may create a comprehensive backup of their operating system and installed software.

CloneGenius provides advanced backup and recovery for your PC, protects your data by making a backup of your hard drive´s contents - without having to reinstall your Windows. CloneGenius is a comprehensive disk imaging solution for home and small office users, enhanced with Drive Image technology, suitable for both beginners and advanced users. From disk to disk, partition to partition Clone or Recover any format of data: MP3, Video, and Picture…

Features:

Clone Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista
From disk to disk, partition to partition Clone or Recover any format of data: MP3, Video, and Picture…
Supports IDE, SATA, SCSI and USB interfaces
Backup the operation system and restore it in the event of a fatal system crash or virus attack
Automatically scan the selected hard drive for recoverable files within minutes
Backup the entire disk or partition and restore it in the event of a hardware trouble or careless deletion.
Works with a wide range of hard drives and removable media, including USB drives.
Most intuitive backup software ever. Extremely user-friendly and very easy to use.
Extremely compact, fast and reliable.
Offered completely for FREE

Note: This download is an .iso file which can be burned to cd/dvd.

ZSoft Uninstaller 2.4.1

ZSoft Uninstaller is the better and easier way to uninstall programs on your computer. ZSoft Uninstaller can be used as a Add/Remove applet replacement, but not only that, it can also:

Analyze an installation so it can be completely uninstalled (also supports reboots of the computer as the process is split into two: Before and after the installation)
Find and delete temporary files
Delete entry´s from programs that is no longer installed
Hide Windows Updates
Hide entries from the list that you are never going to uninstall (drivers etc.) making the list smaller and therefore easier to manage.
Show more information than available though add/remove
Automatically find entry´s from programs that are most likely already uninstalled
Automatically find entry´s that are considered "crap-ware"
(Off course) search the list of installed software

New in 2.4.1:

Updated Hungarian translation, thanks to DWz
Updated Italian translation, thanks to Salvatore Celi
Updated German translation, thanks to SCORPiON
Various fixes and updates

System Mechanic v7.1.11 Professional

The System Mechanic® product family provides everything you need to keep your PC running like new. Fix problems, boost performance, eliminate crashes, defend against spyware threats, and much more. These award-winning utility suites are trusted by millions worldwide to secure, optimize, repair, and maintain their systems.

Menu Inventor 1.1

Mad at your illogical Windows Start, full of chaos? Looking for a better alternative? Menu Inventor is the solution! Fast, much more organized and packed with features that will deligth every Start-hater! Nothing is perfect the first time, so Menu Inventor is rigged with on-the-fly editing tools, that allow you to customize, re-invent and polish your menu to perfection. Any time you want.

Features: