OK. NOW how about ANY favorite FREEWARE program!! (Links too, if possible)

Thanks, discogail. These are definitely some of the best!

sk

 

For that I apologize. I didn't see it as a joke.

All I ask is you do it in your first post instead of saying things that can be taken as mocking or degrading.
Sorry I let this get out of hand, JayK.

Douglas

 

C´mon guys......

These conversations became more like boring because of talking about " adwares, sharewares" etc whatever there might be more of them for free to load copies....I say it is not relevant. Do you pay money for the software or not is more relevant. Stick to this please.

Now kill me. http://skins.hotbar.com/skins/mailskins/em/062802/062802beat_prv.gif
*Ari*

 

I am not sure we have clearly made the difference between "adware" and "ad-supported" software. One, with hidden programs dropping ads unawares. The other, simply software with a banner - clearly not being deceptive in any way.

SK, Question for you: I'm not a member of WebAttack but have been giving it some thought for the organizational features it offers members. Are you saying the Freeware section of WebAttack includes AdWare - or Ad-Supported software? If the answer is the first, I will be more careful there in the future. But ad-supported software with a banner? I don't like it. But to me, it's kind of like watching TV on cable - I much prefer watching a movie on one of the networks without commercials during movies (like Turner Classic Movies and AMC used to be ) , but that doesn't mean I simply will not watch a movie interrupted by commercials, because it's supported by advertisements. So it is with me with ad-supported software.

There's a big difference here, and SK, I'm looking forward to hearing back from you -- I would hate to hear that WebAttack is now listing true-blue AdWare!

John
Luv2BSecure

 

As I understand it, John, Webattack sometimes puts ad-supported software in the freeware categories, and marks them Adware (their term for it, not mine.) As an example, they list EmC in their freeware group. I have heard some very reputable folks confirm that in their opinion EmC is a genuine ad-supported program that is not spyware and while possibly annoying because of its ads is not actively insidious in any other means at all. I have seen EmC listed in the freeware category, so I can speak to that program specifically. I have not gone through all of the other categories to ferret out any other programs. But if the other programs are similar to EmC, then I think it would fit your criteria of ad-support software/freeware. Hope that was helpful.

sk

 

Hi guys:

Read the thread just now and will add my favourite FREEWARE [by definition, I did not pay for with Cash/Cheque/Credit Card] but I, also do NOT like ad-supported freebies that use *any* form of info tracking/gathering.

Star Rated out of 5

Javacool's Tools ~ THE LOT: [SpywareBlaster, Browser Hijack Blaster, ID Blaster, MRU Blaster, File Checker]. The man's a genius. Dedicated to keeping us safe, and happy in our surfing.
Rated: *****
Support: *****
Download: http://wilders.org/downloads.htm

Spybot S&D: Patrick Kolla's proggy is a prime example of selfless endeavour to help people in general surf safely, confidently, and spyware free.
Rated: *****
Support: *****
Download: http://beam.to/spybotsd

Kerio Firewall: Nice and easy to install, fairly easy to configure for a rules based FW. Very well recommended by a lot of people whose opinions I respect greatly.
Rated: ****1/2 [Little learning curve with rules]
Support: ***** [Good forum support at DSL Broadband's dedicated forum]
Download: http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html

MailWasher ~ email client vetting: Easy to use, upgrades freely, many configurable options. [Despite the "ad" which I consider to be NO hassle, only information about the author which is fair enough, after all it's free]
Rated: ****1/2
Support: *****
Download: http://mailwasher.net/

jv16 Power Tools: Very powerful array of tools for keeping your system Clean/Lean/Mean. Although one does have to look carefully when using, as it's easy to wipe something out quickly. Backups applicable, in case you do something silly.
Rated: *****
Support: No Comment. Haven't seen a forum, nor have I contacted the site itself as yet, needing support.
Download: http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/software.shtml
This site also has a lot of other "Tools" which I have not tried, but look promising.

SamSpade ~ Powerful Tool designed for Whois/Trace/Dig/Ping etc. etc.
Rated: ****1/2
Support: Not used, no comment.
Download: http://www.samspade.org/ssw/

RegistryProt ~ 100% free, standalone, compact, low-level realtime registry monitor and protector. Any changes, it will alert and you have option to Allow/Disallow. Just 94kb
Rated: *****
Support: Never needed by me.
Download: http://www.diamondcs.com.au/

IRClean ~ IRClean is a 100% free, standalone, compact (30kb total download), and easy-to-use anti-worm system designed to specifically combat worms that target or use IRC chat networks to propagate.
Rated: *****
Support: Never needed by me.
Download: http://www.diamondcs.com.au/

TaskMan+ ~ TaskMan+ is a free tiny utility that launches Windows Task Manager in a special way as to boost the security privileges of Task Manager, which in turn gives it a real unconditional license to terminate ANY process. Requires Administrator privileges. [Quote taken from site, worded better than I could]
Rated: *****
Support: Never needed by me.
Download: http://www.diamondcs.com.au/
NOTE: I have it, but used only a couple of times when I could not get a process to stop. It worked. Have not used in a long while though by me. Try at own discretion.

and finally

TClockEx: A nice little app [see pic] to put a free clock/date in Sys Tray, with Calendar, etc. Very handy, easy to use, see at a glance. Configureable with different modes, colour, etc. Click once on it in SysTray and the Calendar pops up, right click to get Menu.
Rated: *****
Support: Not needed, even Stevie Wonder could configure this puppy.
Download: http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/

That's it from me. I do have a couple of others, but maybe not everyone's cup of tea. I do not want to recommend them as not applicable with all OS.

Cheers.

 

Well, aren't YOU just a little devil?!
Sitting on a veritable gold mine, eh, Taz?

Thanks.

I would give your post:

***** for content
***** for style
***** for quality, and
***** for originality

Now come on the rest of you folks...this IS Wilder's, isn't it?


(Or have we totally tapped out the entire freeware universe?)

sk

 

LOL, thanks sk.

Appreciate it. If I get/think of any more I will post.

I have truckload, but some of them I have only ever needed once or twice, but those times they sure came in handy.

 

Outpost firewall 1.0
(whilst im waiting for kaspersky to get there act together with there anti-hacker firewall )

proxomitron

mailwasher

spywareblaster

Sptbot-Search&Destroy

Gladiator scanner

fp-up

 

Well, I'm 4 out of 6 right out of the shoot here. I would imagine there is probably a core of about 10 or 20 proggies that we all use that constitute the 'best of the best'. Thanks for posting.

sk

 

Hi!

A list of my favorites softs:

1.Total uninstall: Its a soft. that erases completely any program you want to remove, no leftover keys in the register.

The main steps you have to do are:

Install a program along with Total Uninstall you keep it as you like it, and then, if one day you decide to remove that program, you open Total Uninstall, hit the name of the very program in the window, and you remove it. A spy program.

http://www.webattack.com/get/totaluninstall.shtml

2. Spybot (see Tassie_Devil's topic)

http://beam.to/spybotsd

This one is well known here

3. Jv16 PowerTools. Useful for all other programs I installed before "Total Uninstall" which still leave useless keys when
they are removed.
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/software.shtml

4. Pixia : light, quite easy to use. A good drawing pogram. Many filters and opportunities to add on more too.

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

5. Easy Thumbnails: makes thumbnails of every kind of pictures or drawing you have. The original is kept by default. So you still have the original one + the thumbnail you made.

www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/index.html?2.53

6.PowerArchiver: similar to Winzip but free.

http://www.powerarchiver.com/

7. Serene Screen Aquarium: My best screensaver, almost free , just have to hit the space bar and write a few letters and it starts up. If you pay for it, you won't have to hit anything.
Fish and sound are just like in real life!

http://www.serenescreen.com/

I think this is all for now!


Uguel

Now, we can add Photoshop plug-ins to Pixia. Many of them work very well!

 

Wow. Super post, Uguel!! I use a lot of those same programs. And it also gave me some ideas of ones I'd like to try. That's pretty good considering how many posts there have been. Thanks a lot for these contributions!

sk

 

Thank you!

That's funny ! For I wanted to see a post like that but as a new member, I didn't know if that post had been there before. That's why I took pleasure in taking part.
You see, I learn by myself and come here to get information . Most people I know don't like "computing" too much so, they won't give me any advice. But I get a little bit more "objective" by coming here. I consider what suits my computer and I. I try to get the best of it!
Good evening! Uguel

 

And a good evening to you too, Uguel. I was actually thinking sort of along those lines when I took a saw that you hadn't had that many posts, yet your contribution was not only solid, but also at the front of the group. I definitely like the idea of the Uninstaller. I'd seen it at webattack.com, but never downloaded it. I just did, and I have you to thank. Again, thanks a lot and do come back and participate as often as you like.



sk

 

welcome Uguel

I had forgotten about Uninstall, darn, lol. See sk, I told you I had several more but forgot.

Anyway, just looking at my quick launch I also see BigFix:
This is an extra proggy like "MS Windows Update" only it looks for more stuff you may, may not have on your system and tell you.

FREE. Download, install, FOLLOW THE TUITORIAL, "subscribe" to the Fixlet Sites [all in the tuitorial] then download and it will tell you what Hotfixes/Patches you need for your OS. [You have to subscribe to the site of YOUR OS]

http://www.bigfix.com/website/index.html

Download from this FIRST page on the left side. IF download elsewhere when browsing you may get the "trial" version for corporate/IT.

edit: Obviously sk, by my signature, 1 of those little people in my head must have been asleep, heh!

 

That's a nice one, Taz. I had used Belarc Advisor. They supposedly were working together with MS and had their 'blessing' so to speak. And while I was looking for that proggie I also found this one, which I haven't seen posted yet, and which should be an interesting item for the more security minded members: SONORK! Supposedly one of, if not the most secure IM module. Check it out. It's free for up to 5 networked computers! (Comes in client and server versions, I believe.)
http://www.sonork.com/eng/default.htm

Belarc Advisor:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

And I want to add in FilZip, a freeware zip tool that is now compatible with XP so you can junk that thing that MS calls a compression utility completely. At first FilZip had some compatibility problems with XP, but now that's been patched. Works so well; I've been using this one for years. Ever since the other one I used got too bloated.
http://www.filzip.com/en/index.html

 

Geeze sk. We must be "in the zone" with apps.
Yep got Belarc....

 

Yeah, Taz, Belarc definitely appears to be a class act.

sk

 

NOW here is a handy little app for Webmasters etc.

Called jpcleaner. http://rainbow.ht.st

It's FREE, and it cleans out hidden data streams in jpegs [especially from Adobe Photoshop] which decreases the jpeg file size.

help blurb: ~~ JPG Cleaner 95 is a Win32 program for cleaning JPG files from anything that is not picture data. Commonly used programs such as Adobe Photoshop are writing additional information into JPG file that isn't needed for correctly displaying the picture:
- Texts such asFile written by Adobe Photoshop, Creator: PolyView(R) Version 3.32 by Polybytes, LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01
- Picture previews (sometimes even bigger than main JPG data!)

- Color Management data

All this data is useful only when opening the file in program that created it. Other programs such as Internet Browsers are just skipping this data, so the data is downloaded ant then thrown away! Just use this program when publishing JPG files on the Internet and your JPG files become smaller (if they contain non-picture data) with NO QUALITY LOSS.
~~

Extremely easy, no installation. Unzip to a folder you just put into your directory [C:/ Drive] and away it goes. Make sure you read the Readme first, as it comes with 3 executables for different OS/application, etc.

there may be new versions, I have had mine since forever.

Must see and upgrade if there is when time permits.

Cheers. It's work time once again.

 

I seen a lot of good freeware being posted here. But There is one missing and I'm shocked that no one put it in this post. Eraser by Same Tolvvanen/ Garrett Trant.m You can find it at http://www.heidi.ie/eraser.
Aslo a good program that checks you favorites is FavOrg from PC Magazine. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,108438,00.asp
Also a good tool is Script Sentry. http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/scriptsentry.asp
Can't for PGP 8.0 freeware.
Zone Alarm free is a good firewall for the newbie firewall user. http://www.zonelabs.com
FreshDownload is a good program. http://www.freshdevices.com
And last but not least freashUI. See above link

- Fixed a couple links - LowWaterMark"

 

Goodness Gracious, Not-A. You're on fire! Absolutely awesome proggies. How did the rest of us miss them? Really good stuff, Not-A. And so as not to come empty handed, here is a group shot from none other than Foundstone. I must confess I can only point to Foundstone's world class reputation; the only program that I've used from them is BinText 3.0. (Although BinText is a real handy little utility for checking out .dat files; at least .dat files that are not currently being used by Windows. The best way to use BinText 3.0 is to right click on the .exe, copy, then past a shortcut in the 'Send To' folder in Windows, then all you have to do is find a .dat file that's not being used, right click on it, send it to BinText, and see what pops up. It's always an adventure when looking into .dat files. It's amazing how MANY of those little suckers MS has squirelled away on our systems! Heck. This little proggie might keep some of us busy for weeks!) But Wilder's has their Fport program listed (although it's misspelled as Fprot, but that's the program) and there are some posts here highlighting Foundstone as a leader in the security industry. So here's the link to their free tools page. (Wow. They've got some real interesting tools alright. Some that get right into the heart of exe files and everything. Have fun, kids! And don't do anything you're not supposed to!)

http://www.foundstone.com/knowledge/free_tools.html

 

I'm back with a few more good freeware programs.

RegSeeker you can find it here: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Xen (not for newbies) you can find it here: http://www.x9000.net

XenTweak you can find it at the same as above.

Thats all for now.

 

Wow, that's a new one for me, Not-A. I might start out with XenTweak first. All his stuff looks very cool! Thanks.

sk

 

You're welcomed SK.