WebFerret

Free, use WebFerret and get the best search results on the web. WebFerret users can now search the top news sites on the web including the following news sources: ABC News, BBC, CNET News.com, CNN, Reuters, MSNBC, and New York Times. You'll save time because only WebFerret directly searches the top news sites on the web to help you find top news stories. Type "news:" at the beginning of your search. For example: "news: mars" or "news: technology". (I use WebFerret and can tell you from my own experience that WebFerret will deliver the best search results every time, no matter what you are searching for.)

Biography Assistant

Free, your personal research assistant for writing biographies about your relatives or an autobiography about yourself. Biography Assistant makes it easy for you to record these special family memories because it helps you decide what to write about.

ScreenHunter 4.0

Free, a very simple screen capture tool for you to easily capture any picture or items on your screen, or capture the entire screen itself!

3d Traceroute

Free, Don't rely on some spooky-looking line of text to tell you about the target; visualize it with a full color, live map of what is actually taking place. You can WHOIS query to to everything with one click. Instead of having to bounce from site to site, use the built-in WHOIS query tool to get the information that you need about a particular site or domain. There's a history window with desination ping time. Don't feel like playing with the photographic memory today? Then let the history window guide you through the path with the destination ping time of a target. Record and play back: record any trace and play back step by step. It is like having a live trecerroute connected to a VCR! You have the ability to play and stop every part of the traceroute. This is beyond helpful when trying to spot the problem areas of a ping during a trace. The browser? It's already built in! The port scanner identifies 3,612 well-known ports. Definitely an administration's favorite! Having the ability right there in the same program to scan for open ports will help you find weak areas that might need to be blocked on a target. Remember, unnecessary open ports are an easy target for the enemy! IP-Range Scanner (scan from start-IP to end-IP ): Before you can port scan a PC on a specific network, it helps to have a target first. This is where a reliable IP-Range-Scanner comes in handy. See what is really out there, even if you are not sure what the exact IP address is. Once a scan is completed, you will have a complete list of candidates to choose from. Analyze e-mail headers against RBLs. INTO TRACKING DOWN SPAMMERS? If you know what you are doing, this can be a real help. Connection Viewer / TCP, IP, UDP, etc. statistics. When it's all said and done, it is nice to know what protocols are being used, where, and how often. Thanks to the connection viewer, this is super easy to monitor. There are a ton of other features built into this program as well, but I wanted to highlight some of the ones that would matter to you the most. The bottom line is this: Whether you are a security expert or just a home PC user, trying to keep your network from falling into The Dark Side of things, having this program in your bag of tricks is going to save you a lot of running around, and more important, keep you in control.

GEDClean 16-bit download

UltraShredder 1.0

free, UltraShredder Shreds Files by overwriting them 199 times with random characters, saving it to disk each time, and then bypasses the recycle bin. If the file were to be recovered by a restoration program, they would only be able to see unintelligible characters on disk where the file used to be. The program is very small with a minute memory footprint, and makes no changes to your system whatsoever. 197 kB, Win 98/NT/ME/2000/XP

ABC Security Protector

SurfAnonymous

MAILTO GUARD

free, Every webmaster knows that after a new e-mail address is published on a web page the corresponding account is soon filled up with spam. Why is this so? Spammers for several years now have been using spiders/crawlers on the World Wide Web to continually search the contents of sites for the "@" character and collect every e-mail address they find for inclusion in their target address databases. MAILTO GUARD can encode your e-mail address so that it can't be recognised by spammer tools, but remains perfectly visible (and functional!) to you and the vistiors of your page. A free executable version (no installation required) for Windows is available as well as this online Flash version for immediate use. There's also a universal version available for Mac, Linux or any operating system supporting the Flash Player plugin. Product Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/MAC/LINUX

ProcessGuard

FREE, ProcessGuard is a groundbreaking security system first released late in 2003 that protects Windows from attacks by other processes, services, drivers, and other forms of executing code on your system.
ProcessGuard also stops applications from executing without the user's consent, stops malicious worms and trojans from being executed silently in the background, as well as a variety of other attacks. ProcessGuard even stops most keyloggers and leaktests, and is recognised by many to be the most comprehensive anti-rootkit solution available.
Why do you need it?
Security-conscious users on the Internet these days typically have a firewall and anti-virus program at the very least, yet very few users are aware that these layers of security can easily be rendered null and void simply by terminating or modifying the host process. For example, a trojan could simply terminate your personal firewall before attempting to transmit your personal details over the Internet, effectively rendering the firewall useless and leaving the user with a false sense of security. Likewise, it could modify your anti-virus program by patching it in memory so that it no longer detects any viruses, so even with a database update and even if it was a known trojan it would remain undetected.
Rootkits are another serious threat, because once they've infected your system they can often be extremely difficult to detect (as they modify the operating system itself in order to hide, effectively becoming stealth trojans). ProcessGuard allows you to block the installation of rootkit drivers, preventing any infection from occurring. Firewall bypass techniques are also another big security problem where ProcessGuard can lend a hand. These are just some of the many advantages you'll get from securing your system with ProcessGuard. [Win2k/XP/03 Server] [1.87M]

DCOMbobulator

Free, Ever since Windows 98, a powerful, but unnecessary and rarely used facility known as DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) has been an integral part of Windows. The DCOMbobulator checks the effectiveness of Microsoft's security patches and allows the user to increase the security of their system by simply turning DCOM off. The strange history of DCOM Many years ago, Microsoft began modularizing Windows and their Windows applications by breaking them into functional components with well-defined, "version safe" interfaces. The idea was to allow pieces of Windows and applications to inter-operate. The first name given to this effort was "OLE", which stood for Object Linking and Embedding. OLE suffered nearly terminal birthing pains and developed a reputation for being a bad idea. Undaunted, Microsoft renamed it COM for "Component Object Model". This was still the same old OLE, but Microsoft appeared to hope no one would notice. COM fared somewhat better, but it wasn't until Microsoft gave it the sexy name "ActiveX", and built it into virtually everything, that developers finally gave up trying not to use it. What does all this have to do with you? Asolutely nothing . . . and that's the point. Somewhere along the bumpy road from OLE through COM to ActiveX Microsoft's industry competitors began working on a distributed object system called CORBA. Microsoft's object system was not distributed, but as we know, if anyone else has one, Microsoft does too. So Microsoft looked around and quickly stuck a "D" (for Distributed) in front of COM to create their Distributed Component Object Model - DCOM. Then they crammed it into every version of Windows from Win98 on (even though no one needed it, wanted it, or was using it), so that they could say Windows already had a distributed component system built in. What does DCOM do for you?
Well let's see . . . it attracts Internet worms and permits your system to be remotely compromised by malicious hackers. Other than that, it's of absolutely no use other than for Microsoft's "We have That Too" chart. There may be some custom corporate application developers who managed to make some use for it, but mostly no one ever has. Nonetheless, it's there in Windows so that the competitors' CORBA isn't. 29 Kb (Win All)

Local Port Scanner

Free, How wide open is your door? Scan your computer for open/listening ports used by hackers. 562 Kb (Win All)

NukeNabber

Free, NukeNabber sets itself up to listen on TCP and UDP ports commonly attacked over the internet. A total of 50 ports can be monitored simultaneously. ICMP dest_unreach attacks are now logged. It is designed to give you the information you need in order to trace an attacker including a method of finding an attacker's nickname on IRC (mIRC, VIRC and PIRCH clients are supported). 767 Kb (Win All)

EasyCleaner

free, EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files like temps, backups etc. You can search for duplicate files and you can view some intresting info about your disk space usage! You are also able to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove software list. System requirements: 486, 8mb RAM, Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

PC Inspector File Recovery v4.x

free, Depending on how your files were lost, it may be hard to recover them. This data recovery program recovers lost files and finds partitions automatically, even when the boot sector of your machine has become damaged or erased. Even when a file's header entry is no longer available, PC Inspector File Recovery can recover the file. The program lets you save recovered files on network drives. It recovers files with the original time and date stamp, so maybe it'll be like nothing ever happened. Operating System(s):Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 9.x

Force Delete

free, Have you ever tried to delete a file or folder, only to get a Windows error message saying no can do? Maybe you're having a bad hair day, but more likely the file is being used by a program. Try downloading ForceDel, a utility that works with all Windows versions to force delete the stubborn file. The program runs from a DOS command window (click Start, Run, and type "cmd"). Enter forcedel filename to give the file the boot for good. Operating System(s):Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 9.x

AbiWord

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth. Our latest stable release is version 2.2.7. It's available for a number of languages and operating systems. AbiWord is GNU Free Software software, which means that you will always have the freedom to use it, make copies of it, and improve it. You are encouraged to make use of these freedoms and share the program with your family and friends! (This is a very nice alternative to Microsoft Word, and I am currently using this program because my MS Word started acted screwy. Abi Word is performing very well, and it looks almost like MS Word. It's very easy to operate and I think most users will be very happy with this application).

Free IP Address and Browser Check

If you need to know what your IP address is, or want to find out some information about what kind of browser your using - just go to this address and you'll have all the information you need. Even find out if your java is working or not!

English2metric 1.0

Free, English2metric is an easy -to-use unit converter to convert between imperial and metric units, including miles/km, gallons/liters, Celsius/Fahrenheit, feet/meters and more. The program supports fractions, allowing you for example to convert values like 1 3/4 or 2.5. You can customize the available conversion units, and also copy a list of all recent conversion. Operating Systems; 98/ME/2000/XP

SpywareBlaster 3.4

Free, SpywareBlaster doesn`t scan and clean for so-called spyware, but prevents it from being installed in the first place. It achieves this by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage. This allows you to run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but it will never download or even prompt you for any of the known ActiveX controls. All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work fine. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these known spyware Active-X controls and can be updated with the click of a button. The application windows displays a list of all controls that it is able to detect (this is not a list of what was found on your computer). The program cannot detect if you have any of the known objects already installed, but if you do, they will be disabled. The program also allows you to take a snapshot of your computer (certain settings) in its clean state and later revert many changes made by spyware and browser hijackers. Operating Systems 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

UltraWipe 1.51

Free, UltraWipe is a utility that enables complete removal of sensitive data from the hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns while protecting your privacy and recovering disk space at the same time. You can quickly select common file types like browser cache, temp files and others - but also add your custom entries as well. The program comes with an "Urgent Wipe" features that enables a "panic button" which will instantly delete a user defined range of files by either pressing the tray icon or a keyboard shortcut. UltraWipe includes a scheduler which can use to automate the wiping process. In addition to cleaning up the browsers cache, cookies, history, recent document list and custom entries, UltraWipe can also wipe free space, DRAM and much more! Operating Systems 98/NT/ME/2000

aCrypt

Free, aCrypt+ is a secure, fast and efficient way to e-mail securely encrypted attachments as self extracting executable files. The recipient does not need any software to decrypt the package. Typical uses of aCrypt include:
intra-company transmission of confidential company files and documents when no public key infrastructure exists.
Transmission of confidential data by non-specialists ( doctors, lawyers, etc... ) aCrypt+ uses the old aCrypt engine with a more advanced interface. aCrypt+ + is free.
aCrypt and aCrypt+ both come with full source code. aCrypt is developed by DataRescue as a public service. DataRescue develops and publishes the world's most advanced disassembler. aCrypt+ has been updated, aCrypt Command Line is now available for purchase, all other versions are free. Why does aCrypt expire? Simply for your safety: we don't want you to run older, potentially vulnerable versions of aCrypt. Once in a while, we will force you to upgrade, but fear not, aCrypt will remain free.

CCleaner

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free. Operates on all Windows systems.

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