Most cherished soft's ?

[crockett]

Hello guys and girls... :D

Hope everyone is doing good !

The first software that amazed me was ATGuard... One day I finally got the chance to come accross an old but complete version of it... I couldn't believe someone actually had had the idea and skills to build this multifunction firewall/filter... In fact, still use it on some configurations, firewall option disabled, just for the fun and nostalgia... but still functional on old OS's!

Another filter I loved very much and still do, i.e. WebWasher... While many people choose the excellent Proxo, I never could forget the powerful and complete simplicity of WW... Still taking care of my privacy to day.

Riding on an old W98SE bike, 98Lite (www.litepc.com) simply revolutionized my system, bringing stability, smoothness and quickness to it... Can't recall how I ever could do without it on W98SE.

Next revolution came when I understood the possibility and recognized the value of a good backup program... Completely changed my philosophy, because fears of any computer-related problems just disappeard overnight when I mastered the tools to create systematic and complete backup images of my system and files.

Good firewalls I couldn't do without, and OutPost Pro 2 in my eyes simply surpasses any other FW I have come across, even Kerio 2.14... At least I now have a FW which consistently survives the pcFlank's Exploits Test (www.pcflank.com), whatever the OS I use it on.

And of course, almost last but surely not least, Opera just has become a part of me on the web... Seems to me to be so fast and intelligent and reliable, always to be counted on, ever-evolving yet so perfect already... What a treat...

And now I can even use MwSnap to capture and share screenshots with the Wilders's members... A tool I now almost can't do without.

Ain't life great ?! :)

Rgds, Crockett 8)

[pin]

either winamp2 or trillian.. although i also cherish this old pc game called shogun based on clavell's novel.

[bigc73542]

Over the last (more years than I care to remember) I have probably tried every antivirus program available for windows. But I keep coming back to mcafee. except for version 5 or 5.1 it has always worked well for me. I know there are people out there that don't like it but it has always kept my computer secure with the least amount of problems. I guess that is all you can expect. So I guess I will always use it as long as they don't screw it up. ;)

[Acadia]

This one is easy: GoBack. I don't know what my second favorite software is, nothing else even comes close.

Acadia

[beetlejuice]

;D GoBack is my #1 also. ;D

[LowWaterMark]

Well, I can't seem to fit mine into your poll choices, but it is without any doubt the single best and most powerful piece of security software I have ever seen... Tiny Trojan Trap.

I've written about it a few times here and other places including this large thread (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=11871) that's packed with images and descriptions of its capabilities.

Like others have said above, for me nothing even comes close to TTT.

[Pieter_Arntz]

No outspoken favorite like in nothing comes close, but I'll never forget the first time I surfed the internet after installing AdShield (http://www.adshield.org/). 8)

[FukenFooser 007.5]

8)
:D
Thats a tuff one?? ???
Lovin "ZONE"
So many anti's hard to pick, eScan and tds-3 would get votes!
But I Always do, Put my best and worst pic's into "Webshots" also. The ease of working with it to show off in backgrouind or the three finger salute to change or start screen-saver, (also does link to site).
And all the "never-tech's",I always help out love it when I show it to them.

Althou, I do miss "GoBACK", and wish I could find a place to dl it again, or might have gotten off A Maximum PC disc but Bro to busy with 3D ("TrackWorks"), to look for it for me. Might have to just look myself next time I beat him home from work.
Lets see where is that yellow sticky pad????

8)

[TAG97]

'Drive Image' Never leave home without it. ;)

[crockett]

-{ Quote: " quoting: Acadia link=board=19;threadid=15174;start=0#msg95070 date=1066699139]
This one is easy: GoBack. I don't know what my second favorite software is, nothing else even comes close.

Acadia
" }-

Hi guys :)

Sorry to sound ridiculous, but what's this GoBack soft Acadia and Beetlejuice are talking about ? Kind of a rollback program as embedded in some OS's ?!

Rgds, Crockett 8)

[Acadia]

GoBack is System Restore on steroids. Whereas System Restore only restores certain parts of your system, GoBack restores literally every single sector of your hard drive to a previous state; yes, it’s that powerful. Use with caution if you are using a partitioning software, especially if you are doing dual booting.

Acadia

[Kathyhl]

Snagit32 has got to be the best little program I ever got, and that was years ago when it was still free. Especially for all those times when my sister just doesn't believe something I'm looking at, and then I snagit and show it to her. :D

[JayK]

Hmm, for me, I dont think any software has ever evoked that sense of awe and respect I seem to read in other posts

I guess if you must force me to pick it must be the first mozilla 1.0 versions?

Maybe POPfile for it's intelligent filtering?

But seriously none took my breath away or made me feel that it completely changed the nature of surfing or my computer experience.

For those to qualify it would mean stuff like discovering what a browser is after doing telnet only, or discovering POP3 when you have being webmail only...

[optigrab]

There are so many great little apps, reliable and robust, that are simply worth their weight in gold. To make a decision, I'd have to pick an app that has done more than merely deliver 100% time and time again (like I said, there are a few). So I'd say it's my firewall, Outpost, because it has taught me so much - I'm still learning, too! ;D

[crockett]

-{ Quote: " quoting: Kathyhl link=board=19;threadid=15174;start=0#msg95288 date=1066778445]
Snagit32 has got to be the best little program I ever got, and that was years ago when it was still free. Especially for all those times when my sister just doesn't believe something I'm looking at, and then I snagit and show it to her. :D
" }-

Hello;

Could you tell us more about Snagit32 ?!

Rgds, Crockett 8) (Running on Outpost2 too tonight)

[snapdragin]

ahh..i couldn't choose...so i opt'd for the 7 most cherished ;D

PaintShopPro
winamp
icq
SpywareBlaster
Spybot S&D
HijackThis
and Opera

but if i lost internet connection tomorrow...leave me with my PSP and i'm happy! ;D

[crockett]

HI ;)

Well... All right, Snap'... You can keep your connection :)

Rgds, Crockett 8)

[Uguel707]

I like Paint Shop Pro 7 a lot! It has many possibilities: such as to correct pictures, create drawings, animations and so on but then comes the time when you want stg bigger so you look at Maya "Alias" the complete or unlimited edition but the pricing is very high:

Maya Complete™ 5: $1999.00 USD
Maya Unlimited™ 5 $6999.00 USD :P



***************************************************
Another one I like, free and very light :):
Pixia, version 3:

http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/

I like it better than Paint Shop Pro when it's just for drawing with the mouse. My first drawing made with Pixia can be seen below...

Paint Shop Pro
IrfanView
Pixia
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
Opera
winamp

Uguel

[Tinribs]

I couldn't be without K9 Antispam or my Firebird (or KMeleon)

Both do a superb job and feel so comfortable.

[crockett]

Hi Tinribs ;)

It's been a long time since we met in a thread !

Hope you're doing fine.

Rgds, Crockett 8)

[Daniel SR]

It's tough to choose only one...but I can say these are progs that I like and install again and again after a disk format or whatever:

Netscape Browser/Mail
Download Accelerator
Winamp
Trillian
OpenOffice
Diskeeper
WinRar
Ontrack DataRecovery
Abobe PhotoShop
Adobe AcrobatReader
Nero
DiscJuggler
BlindWrite
PicSecure
DivX player/plug-in
e-Mule
Kazaa Lite
and NOD32 just joined the list.

That's without mentioning the games..but that's for another forum :-)

[Weber]

Opera
eMule
foobar2000

[mvdu]

KAV
Weatherbug
IZArc
System Safety Monitor
SpywareBlaster
Ad-aware
Spybot S&D

[DougRees]

A piece of software that I love is called RagTime Solo. It's freeware made in Germany and really does a bang-up job of desktop publishing. The program is so simple and intuitive that I find myself bypassing PageMaker (which I also have on my system) at least 99% of the time. RagTime is just a hell of a lot faster and easier. And it does just about everything I want done.

[illukka]

trojan hunter.. finally a good at with ease of use and speed...
opera browser, makes dial up feel like broadband
mass downloader from meta products
total uninstall.. makes trialing software better
pegasus mail
open office- chance to get rid of m$ chains
suse linux- same as above
and last but not least, the software i use the most: civilization I; II; III; and ptw

[JayK]

windows

[Q Section]

The top seven in no particular order:

Outpost Firewall (http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/)
NOD32 (http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm)
Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/)
Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/)
Freezip (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/index.html)
SearchBarPro (http://www.searchbarpro.com/)
TrueLaunch Bar (http://www.truelaunchbar.com/)

[wizard]

My top seven. Life will be much harder without them...

TheBat!
Firebird
K9
KAV
NOD32
Acronis True Image
RegRun

wizard

[BWMerlin]

Mine would have to be Spybot, this has lead me on a rapid learning curve about internet secruity. Without it i would never have discovered firewalls , host files, anti trojans and my favrite browser Firebird. This is the most incredible piece of software ever and i have told all my friends (who dont give a dam and end up with viruses and crying to me to fix there systems) C screen shot

[Dan Perez]

Okay :D

Here are some of mine!

KAV
TDS
Port Explorer
Copernic Pro
Opera
Tiny Firewall 5.1
OpenBSD
MindManager
NetScanTools Pro
SpywareBlaster
ProcessGuard

[Chuck57]

My most cherished piece of software. Well, everything on my machine is expendable EXCEPT my MS Flight Simulator 2004.

Security software comes and goes, my word processors change, but Flight Simulator is always there. I'm proud to say I've crash landed all over the country with it.

[tepi]

ERUNT, especially, along with the others listed below.

Cheers

[mvdu]

Forgot to mention GoBack, which does the job better than System Restore.

[danny9]

Go Back has to be #1
Nod32
ZA Pro 4.5
BoClean
Spysweeper
Weather exchange which uses the weatherunderground
Asmw PC-Optimizer
Adaware
Calender magic-helps me remember birthdays!
C-tube-Fun little program-news,videos,webcams,music etc.

[da cat]

ohhhhhhhh..difficult one

I think my loves are

BoClean
Nod32
spybot
spywareguard
window washer 5
Startup Monitor
Startup Control Panel

~sneaks in photoimpact 8 while no-one is looking~ ;)

da cat

[Wiskonst]

If programmer's tools are allowed in this thread, I want to mention a tool that is not cheap but to me worth every dollar:

Borland Delphi

If you're a little versed in programming language, you can create anything you want with it. And you learn every day.

Regards

[10390bc]

Go Back kicks @$$! Everyone should be able to Go Back ;D

[monokoke]

NOD32 v2.5
MindJet Mindmanager Pro 6
Active Desktop Calendar
RealVNC 2.15 Enterprise Edition
IrfanView 3.97
Pest Patrol 4.5 Corporate Edition
Raxco Perfect Disk v7.0 Corporate Edition
GetDataBack v2.51 (FAT, NTFS)
HP USB Format Tool
Active @ KillDisk
HDDRegenerator v1.41

[WYBaugh]

My seven would be:

UltraEdit
Visual Studio C#.NET
BOClean
NOD32
Magellan Explorer
PowerArchiver
FlashFXP

Bill

[me3]

Regdefend
ERUNT
process guard
Snagit
locate32
Phone Tray Free
Outpost Pro 2.5-2.7
Firefox

[Osaban]

For security: ShadowUser Pro 2.5 and Opera 8.5
For pleasure: Photoshop, Google And Google Earth.

[Ailric]

Admuncher and RestoreIT.

[Peter2150]

Lets see.

1. First Defense-ISR by Raxco. Superceded Goback when Roxio sold it.
2. AJC Activebackup
3. All my security apps.
4. Quickbooks and MS Office 2003



I can also say like Chuck57, I've crashed at many a site with MS Flight Simulater.

[WSFuser]

my list:

firefox (including some 20-30 extensions)
nod32
outpost
utorrent
zoom player
clonecd
clonedvd
anydvd
foxit reader
quicktime/real alternative
CCCP (see sig)
Agent INI
Unlocker
CCleaner
GetDataBack
IrfanView

[Shrek]

Linux Puppy 1.06

[Dazed_and_Confused]

The tops on my list:

NOD32 (I would give my right arm for this one)
Process Guard
MJRW

[yahoo]

My list:

1. Opera
2. Tiny Firewall
3. ShadowUser
4. O&O Defrag
5. TuneUp Utilities
6. Acronis True Image

[dadkins]

Tuneup Utilities 2006.

[FanJ]

-{ Quote: "Tuneup Utilities 2006." }-

Off topic:

Hey Dadkins,

So happy to see you my friend ! :D

Cheers, Jan.

[ErikAlbert]

1. CCleaner is so quiet. I always forget I have it. That's why I keep the icon on my desktop to remember it.
CCleaner was the very first solution for cleaning my cookies, the way I like it.
2. ZoneAlarm Free isn't so quiet as CCleaner, but I like it, because of its simplicity.
3. Thunderbird, because it requires only two clicks (open & close) to remove all my spam-emails in a few seconds.
4. Firefox with its brilliant Find-in-This-Page function, which I couldn't find in any other browser upto now.
5. IZArc for unzipping files and replacing winZIP and winRAR.
6. MS Excel 2000, an excellent spreadsheet.
7. ShadowUser, which I don't have yet, will be #1 on the list of my favorite softwares for many reasons.

The rest of the softwares, didn't impress me in anyway.

[Notok]

PocoMail - absolutely love it
Trillian - bought the pro version, and never regretted it
CallStation - absolutely awesome if you have a modem that supports caller id (the intel modem that comes with Dells does)
Everything Stardock makes
Acronis True Image
xplorer2 - also bought the paid version
StatBar - can't live without it
ProcessTamer - can't live without it
Miramar Continuous Data Protection - still beta, but really loving it
NOD32, Look'n'Stop, and many many other security apps

[sweater]

Actually my most cherished are:

Firefox browser - its really cool
Avast Home Antivirus - many jaw dropping features not found on other free AV
ProcessGuard - set it and forget it, only pop-ups when it really matters
Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta - has lots of real-time protection agents
Ewido - my goodness.. this was the only one that can detect spyware cookies
Diskeeper Lite - really can do the job fast and more through than windows built-in defragmenter
CleanCache 3.2 - cleans all of my internet tmp, cookies, MRU etc..
SpywareBlaster - immunize my system from some spywares

well that's all... I have many other softwares but the above impressed me most. 8)

[steverio]

I'll give some favortites for each different catagory but there are more that are very special to me.

NOD32
Process Guard
TheBat Pro w/ Voyager
mstDefrag
FireFox
Argentum Backup
Steganos Safe

[Arup]

Treewalk,Opera, Avast, CHX, Anti Hook, World Timer and of course my mature trustly old Linux alternative, Win2K SP4 plus all the other patches, can't live life without them.

[Rmus]

Seven Favorites:

Macro Express I'm a keyboard person - use dozens of shortcuts and macros to input names, data, etc; launch programs to open with certain windows, all with hot keys; My most used program

Infoselect Second most used program - a type of PIM, displays in tree view

Scratchpad third most used program (no longer available) - simple text editor which acts as an appendable clipboard; option to use two colors for alternate entries, so multiple lists of data copied from the internet will alternate colors - easy to separate them

Paperport I do lots of scanning and the tree organization is first rate

metapad Great small (45k) replacement for notepad; supports hyperlinks; primary and secondary font setting (proportional and non-proportional)

gradekeeper wonderful low footprint simple grading program; indispensible

notecard freebie to teach the notes of the keyboard; I give to all of my beginning students - more fun than flashcards

Well, hmmm ... no browser, OS, security programs (only 2 anyway), as favorites - those are so boring. Once those are set up I forget about them - they just do their job.

I use my computer for work (small office) and fun (photography) and don't want to spend time with that other stuff. Except when I visit Wilders to keep informed.

[sukarof]

Firefox, Incredibly configurable with all the extensions. Made all my Antispyware-programs obselete. No more ads.
FirsdefenceISR. Snapshot program. I love the way I can create 10 different configurations of my windows. Probably not for the average user since most wont need that many snapshots, but it gives me freedom to do whatever I want. Got even better when the option to save backups of the c partition on different drives came a couple of updates ago.
Totalcommander incredibly flexible filemanager.
NOD32 it does it job without hassle.
Processguard has given me peace of mind for the past year, but I think App- & Regdefend with it´s logging features and registry protection will be my choice from now on (still testing it)
Look´n´stop firewall. Ridiculous small footprint yet very powerfull. Love the way I can make rules from the logging window.

I love these kind of threads that gives info on good programs I never heard of :)

[iceni60]

i like Ubuntu best, i've stopped using Windows since i installed it.

Proxomitron

VLC Media Player (www.videolan.org/vlc/) plays more formats then most.

regjumper (http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/registry_jumper/) This tool allows you to open desired registry keys in Windows® Regedit by one click.

Opera with Power Buttons (http://nontroppo.org/wiki/PowerButtons) and Custom Buttons (http://nontroppo.org/wiki/CustomButtons). just drag the code to your toolbar after right-clicking and selecting Customize.

Pingplotter, smartsniff and ethereal - network tools

Dirms and Buzzsaw
www.dirms.com/

Screamer Radio (http://www.screamer-radio.com/) a radio with lots of preinstalled stations and one click record

PowerShell-XP3 adds stuff to explorer's right-click

Locate32 (http://www.uku.fi/~jmhuttun/english/softwares.shtml) most people that try it are amazed by it.

there's probably more but i can't remember them because Ubuntu beats them all put together so i've forgoten about them.

[gerardwil]

Regcleaner

HijackThis

Spybot - Search & Destroy

HostsMan

Belarc Advisor

SmartSniff

Dirms

I only wrote down free ones, some more nice tools, however but I will stick to this 7.

Gerard

[ErikAlbert]

I still have to read all the posts of this thread, but one catched my eye accidently :

metapad Great small (45k) replacement for notepad; supports hyperlinks; primary and secondary font setting (proportional and non-proportional)

Another MS software, that needs to be replaced :)

[Acadia]

I voted in 2003, when this poll began, for GoBack. Since then I have replaced GB with FirstDefense-ISR, my new favorite. As much as I loved GB, FD blows GB out of the water with its flexibility, and unlike GB, you don't lose any history when you disable it. FD is almost like having GoBack and a Partitioning program in one. 8)

Acadia

[sukarof]

-{ Quote: "I voted in 2003, when this poll began, for GoBack. Since then I have replaced GB with FirstDefense-ISR, my new favorite. As much as I loved GB, FD blows GB out of the water with its flexibility, and unlike GB, you don't lose any history when you disable it. FD is almost like having GoBack and a Partitioning program in one. 8)

Acadia" }-
LOL
When I read the comments in this thread I noticed your post. I got baffled that you praised Goback, considering what I have read about your opinion about Firsdefence. In fact it was your and and Peter2150´s comments about Firsdefence that convinced me to buy this excellent program.
I totally forgot to look at the date of your post :D

[Acadia]

-{ Quote: "
I totally forgot to look at the date of your post :D" }-
LOL!! ;)

Acadia

[cheetah]

TrueLaunchBar (http://truelaunchbar.com/index.html)
Excellent, highly customizable replacement for quick launch bar. Take a look at the screens and check out plugins and features (http://truelaunchbar.com/features.html). Also got a christmas special $14.90 now. Most recent prog i bought. Did i say highly customizable ?? :)

Prassi ONES (http://shop.traxdata.fr/boutique/fiche_produit.cfm?type=ONES%20-%20Version%20de%20d%E9monstration%20(2.0)&ref=ONES2_DEMO&code_lg=lg_us)
My favourite burning app. Havent failed me once. Nonbloat 5,5 mb install. Review (http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=11098) and Videohelp.com comments (http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Prassi_ONES)

Treesize Personal (http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/treesize_personal.shtml)
When jam-software (after request) created the personal version of their great Treesize Professional i bought immediately. A proggie that gives a excellent visualization of harddrive use. Great for finding those "lost Gb´s". I use it to track down my Gb´s of stuff ive forgotten about, "trash files" or just about anything.

Speed Commander (http://www.speedproject.de/enu/speedcommander/index.html)
Most people use Total Commander i think. I never got friends with that one but this instead. They are rather similar though. Anyway a nice file manager.

FastStone (http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm)
I put this image browser, editor etc here because not only do i really like it, but its also free, yay!

Magic Folder Now (http://www.elongsoft.com/magicfolder/magicfolder.htm)
This program lets you add favourite folders to context menu so with a right click i can quick jump into those folders. NOTE! This one works within "open files" / "save" etc so whenever your doing a "save as" and you realize you have to do a zillion clicks to jump into that folder you want, just right click and in MFN context menu folder(s) choose that folder. Check it out, saves my wrists bigtime!

Ghost Security Suite (http://www.ghostsecurity.com/)
Well everyone here already knows about this so no "review" needed. Love app/regdefend.

Jv16 Powertools 2005 (http://www.jv16.org/)
My favourite registry cleaner though it can do a bunch of other stuff too. Has great überclean interface. Jouni (maker of jv16) is a friendly, good guy and takes suggestions seriously.

Movie Collector (Collectorz) (http://www.collectorz.com/movie/)
Very nice movie database program that can autoupdate reviews, actor info, and all a bunch of other info straight from imdb, amazon and more. Really give s a nice overview of your films, along with those reviews and clickable front and back covers. Check it out instead, specially "features" at program site.

[Larry38]

This is a hard one, but here are a few, of many.
Opera Browser
Firefox Browser
AVG Pro.
Zone Alarm Free
Ewido Plus
AdAware SE with custom setup and VX2 Cleaner
Spybot S & D
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard
CCleaner
I also have some others.

[Alphalutra1]

CHX-I or Kerio 2.1.5. They kind of boosted me into learning or at least attempting to computer security. NOD32 is sweet too, but I need money before buying

[dog]

My Fav's in Windows - Locate32, WinMerge, XYplorer, MP3tag, Media Player Classic, Open Office, Foobar, Juice, Nero, Partition Magic, Process Guard, Pegasus, Proxomitron, Firefox, LnS, NOD and True Image.

In Linux amaroK, iPodder, Stream Tuner, M Player, krusader, kdiff, K3b, Open Office, Firefox, Kmail, xChat, Privoxy ... favoruite distro atm Mandriva

[stalker]

Mine is the DNSKong (http://www.pyrenean.com/?page_value=-1) program; a caching/filtering local DNS server software. If anyone wants to, see the DNSKong - a personal caching/filtering psuedo-DNS server (http://castlecops.com/postp529007.html) thread that I opened on CastleCops forums (my nick is "satyr")


The others might be Proxomitron (http://castlecops.com/Proxomitron.html) proxy software, the K9 (http://www.keir.net/k9.html) anti-spamming software and finally the most secure Off By One (http://www.OffByOne.com) web browser.


/EDIT: For descriptions and download links, see my profile at CastleCops: userinfo-satyr.html (http://castlecops.com/userinfo-satyr.html) and look below under "Last 10 Downloads Submitted by satyr:"



Additionally alse see these other topics below, related to programs mentioned above; Keir's K9 program; an only 81 KB in-size anti-spam program (http://castlecops.com/p684991-Keirs_K9_program_an_only_81_KB_in_size_anti_spam_program.html), The most secure browser - Off By One web browser ... (http://castlecops.com/p546692-The_most_secure_browser_Off_By_One_web_browser.html), Review: DNSKong program (https://www.readyresponse.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1815) ), while here are also links to two articles on Wikipedia that I've created or participated in editing (my nick is "Wayfarer"): DNSKong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSKong), OffByOne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OffByOne)


stalker