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  1. This might help you decide: http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_02.php Avira, Kaspersky and NOD32 are among the best, but don't rule out Norton! Yes, it's been resource heavy in the past, but I've heard that the 2007 version is lighter. It also gets great ratings in AV detection. Remember too that Symantec's site is like the internet bible of virus and trojan descriptions. If you need to manually clean a virus, that's the most detailed AV vendor site I know of that gives instructions for file and registry cleaning (other than the Castle Cops and Wilders Security forums). Some of the free Antivirus programs are pretty good, but as has been mentioned before, you can occasionally get Norton and Kaspersky for free after rebates.
  2. http://pack.google.com/intl/en/product_info.html?sd Google is offering a free starter edition of their excellent Spyware Doctor anti-spyware program. Some of the guards aren't active, but it will scan and remove spyware and has some "on guard" protection. Just having access to their signature updates and being able to scan on demand is an asset. Has anyone tried this yet and can you just install this program from the whole Google pack?
  3. I used to have the same opinion of Spyware Terminator that you do until I read the threads on Wilders Security, and saw that it's not listed as a rogue program on Spywarewarrior.com. They even include it in their comparisons: http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-features.htm Check out this discussion about the latest version: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread....ware+terminator It's also listed as #3 on Castle Cops wiki of popular anti-spyware and they give it a thumbs up. http://wiki.castlecops.com/Lists_of_freeware_antispyware I just noticed on the above thread that Google is offering a starter edition of Spyware Doctor, which is an excellent product. (check out the thread I'm going to post after submitting this post). I'm currently using Winpatrol Free and Comodo's Boclean in addition to my firewall and AV program for resident scanning. I'm thinking of reinstalling Spyware Terminator based on the Wilders Thread. I installed it several months ago and wanted to try something else. I also use Spyware Blaster, have a nice HOSTS file, and occasionally run free versions of Asquared, Spybot S&D, Superantispyware, and AVG Antispyware for on demand scanning. For those of you who use Spybot, do you activate the Teatimer. It's a great utility, but it sometimes has problems with certain registry strings. The Spybot forum is very helpful, and if you get a chance, activate it and see if you like it. I uninstalled the old version of Ad-Aware and based on numerous posts about the bloated new version, I haven't installed it again.
  4. Would you happen to know the name of the system file that it deleted? I've been using Zsoft Uninstaller for more than a few months now, and I load and uninstall alot of freeware. I even monitor the programs that I self-install by just extracting zip files. I've never had a problem after uninstalling. I even loaded one very large partitioning utlility that many users had problems uninstalling due to several files that loaded into the system directory. I ran the program uninstaller, and then Zsoft's. I then did a file search, and a registry search for related strings. Except for one or two strings created after the program was installed, all files and registry keys were deleted. I make sure to check the log files (Zsoft calls them *.zulog) after every installation and see if there are any files that have been added to my OS directory. If there are, I research them to make sure they were loaded by the program I just installed. Is it possible that you had an Auto Windows update at the same time Zsoft was completing it's "after" installation scan, or one of your security programs was updating? I find Zsoft's log alot easier to read than the GUI file/registry screen created after a system scan by the last freeware version of Total Uninstall. I just scanned the images on Martau's site of the latest TU version (4.12) and see there's been a vast improvement. It does look like a great program, but unfortunately, it's not free. There's a nice multi-computer discount for offices and home networks, though. At this point, I'll save the $30, and stay with Zsoft. Zsoft is recommended on several Wilders threads (although many also like Total Uninstall). In addition, in May's "Tech Support" Alert, Gizmo added Zsoft's Uninstaller to his list of best freeware: http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm#59
  5. BrownSugar

    Freeware!

    The only way to get that download is to have someone post the several links. They seem to have it hosted by other sites, and the only way to get the link is to reduce the security on your firewall. For those of you who are trying Super, how is it going? You might want to try one of these programs that I posted in other threads: Winff (very good and simple GUI front end for ffmpeg) http://biggmatt.com/home/ or the more advanced: Mediacoder http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ Mediacoder has an excellent forum, good Wiki, is updated several times a week, and is an open source program recommended by Cnet. The author is open to suggestions and frequently incorporates the best ones into the next build. This is an excellent little tool to use to download from video sites. It downloads the file and then converts to a pre-defined codec of your choice. http://www.vdownloader.es/ While it's converting, you can copy the downloaded file to another drive, partition or directory.
  6. Thanks! Glad to be of assistance. LOL! I have. It took a few years, but the person who wrote Asfbin wrote the best wmv file joiner there is. You hardly even see the breaks between the files. With a program like Cuttermaran or Avidemux (and also Virtualdub), you can do almost any kind of video editing. For example, I plan to take a friend's wedding video and edit it for him. With those programs and nice FREE conversion tools like: Winff (very good and simple GUI front end for ffmpeg) http://biggmatt.com/home/ or the more advanced: Mediacoder http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ he can have the edited video converted to Xvid, or SVCD (closest codecs to VOB/DVD in quality playable on Divx certified home DVD players). Another nice little converter that many seem to like (I haven't used it yet) is Auto Gordian Knot or Auto Gk http://www.autogk.me.uk/ I'm not dismissing Super from Erightsoft.com. I used it last year before I reinstalled my OS. I'm just reluctant to install it now until I read that more people are having success with it (and after they make their site a little easier to navigate and download from).
  7. There are great freeware editors out there, it's just that you may need a different one for each format. For example: For mpeg files, there's a nice program called Cuttermaran http://www.cuttermaran.de However, to use it, you have to demux (separate the video from the audio) the files, and combine them again when the editing is finished. That sounds harder than it is. There are free tools that do it. The most popular one is probably Tmpgenc (which can also do mpeg1 editing) For wmv files, the best one I've found is Cutassistant http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Cut_Assistant When used with Asfbin, you can really make nice edits of wmv files. http://www.radioactivepages.com/ For an all-in-one free editing tool, Avidemux is one of the best, but a little more advanced than those above http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ Another highly recommended freeware editing tool is Virtualdub: You can download it from www.virtualdub.org but you should look at the different modifications of the program at Videohelp.com. Several programmers have modified Virtualdub so that it can handle wmv and mpeg files. http://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=...authorfeatures= Note that both Avidemux and Virtualdub also have video conversion features. They are two of the most recommended freeware programs among audio/video enthusiasts.
  8. BrownSugar

    MS DOS 6.2

    Where did you find the MS Dos 6.2 download on the MS site? All I see are MS-Dos step-up files. I would like to find a full copy of MS Dos myself so I can set up a dual boot OS and run old programs.
  9. For some time, I've read about this nice little freeware program called Vdownloader. A forum search here showed no results and I was surprised it's never been discussed. I recently started playing with it, and it's a great little tool for 1) quickly downloading the flv files without using Keepvid.com or copying and pasting from your temp files directory, or 2) immediately converting the flv file to mpeg or xvid. The program offers the option to convert to standard NTSC/PAL VCD or SVCD, although after converting to a NTSC VCD file, I checked it with Gspot and it didn't reflect the files as being standardized. However, a DVD player such as the Philips 642 will probably have no problems playing the converted files. In addition, you can queue up numerous files for downloading at the same time. Author's site: http://www.vdownloader.es/ Also: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Down...ownloader.shtml
  10. Any reason why you guys like Picasa more than Irfanview? Personally, I like several of Irfanview's features (the simplicity of the slideshow/screensaver utility and the thumbnail option, to name two).
  11. Oh, ok. I thought that Dennis was clairvoyant because I do have a cat named Lulu!
  12. Do you mean "Lulu" the still gorgeous singer of "To Sir With Love", or some other Lulu?
  13. Glad to hear you all enjoyed the link. I bookmarked the site immediately as well. The guy really gives an insightful review of the programs and it's a pleasure to not have to click through 4 pages of ads and links that other review sites have (PC Mag for one. Between Firefox, my HOSTS file, and Zone Alarm, there's so much blocking of popups, ads, scripts, and links going on that sites like CNET and PCmag take much longer to load). As for JkDefrag, the moment I saw a link to Mr. Kessel's cats, I knew he was a caring programmer. It seems like some of the best free software is written by programmers who have pages dedicated to their pet cats.
  14. Here's the programs I've used, and I can recommend every one of them: Directory Printer - great for selecting different combinations of info to print to a file. Calculator - some recommend others, but I think I liked her for ease of use. Whois - great tool for checking sites you find connecting to your computer using Sysinternals TCPIP. Sysinternals command line utility whois is pretty good, too, but Karen's tool searches more servers. Time Sync - also a great tool to check your computer clock. Drive Info - much easier way to find drive space remaining than to constantly check explorer. Hasher - there are some smaller md5 checkers out there, but this one gives you alot of versatility. It's good to see she's updated alot of them, but mostly it seems to be for Vista users. I'm surprised that none of her programs have been sold to a major vendor or have been included in Microsoft's tech updates board. Her Replicator program seem to be recommended for backups on many sites.
  15. This is the entire review: http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2007/0...ootout-all.html Link to review of JKdefrag He also makes reference to something I commented on (regarding the version numbering):
  16. As long Emro is contributing to these forums, would he be so kind as to inform us if the 0.8 GUI could safely be used with JKdefrag version 3.16? I see that your upcoming version 0.9 has been upgraded to 3.16, but since it's only a front end for the exe file, would it still be safe to use 3.16 or should we continue to use 3.15?
  17. What's the best way to install it? Backup the user profile and uninstall 1.5 first, or can you just upgrade by running the exe file? An uninstall would be cleaner but it would mean loading add-ons again.
  18. Which one? I've spent more time perusing Pricelesswarehome.org than freewarearena. Pricelesswarehome.org has archived ISO files of all their recommended freeware by year. The files are over 600 mg but very useful for archival purposes.
  19. Right now I use three add-ons, as I think that loading too many into Firefox just adds to the amount of time it takes the browser to open (and bloats the ram usage). McAfee Siteadvisor SecurePasswordGenerator ShowIP For those that have installed quite a few add-ons, do they ever "phone home" for reasons other than updating? When you start Firefox, have you tried a netstat -an command or used TCPIP to see how many ports are opened when the program starts?
  20. Pricelesswarehome.org (a great site for freeware links) links to this site for Faststone Capture 5.3 http://www.freewarearena.com/html/Download...ls/id=1993.html
  21. Could someone explain how Jkdefrag has gone from version 3.7 on February 24 to the recent version 3.15? It almost sounds like the versions are going backwards, unless the older versions are meant as 3.07, 3.08, etc? Update - I checked his forums and see that the versions are numbered 3.7, 3.8, 3.9. 3.11, etc. It's the equivalent of saying the version after 3.9 is 3 point 10. I'm not sure why he did it this way but I'm not going to question genius and someone who's willing to create and update such a great program for free.
  22. I think all software developers fine tune their free programs in the hope of eventually being purchased by a larger vendor, or by having enough faithful users so that they can distribute the program online or through retailers for some financial reward. Can you blame them? Sysinternals.com is a great example in that Microsoft bought them out (or hired the programmer). Piriform must be thinking the same thing with CCleaner. I think that even some of the Microsoft tech boards recommend it.
  23. Staples is currenty offering Webroot's Spysweeper plus AV for free after rebate. My general feeling is that there are plenty of free programs that do a great job, but once these programs start being offered for free after rebate (usually a few months before new versions are about to come out), it's time to buy them. I probably won't load it, bit if I do, I'll pull the exe's and dll's out of startup. However, it's excellent to have them sitting in your security library. Spy Sweeper is continually rated among the top two of pay anti-spyware programs. One problem is that it used to be resource heavy. I don't know if that's still the case - but since it's free AR....
  24. If you're joining mpeg-1 files, TMPGEnc Version 2.524 is the most all-emcompassing free tool you can find. It allows you to do alot of other editing, too. Pegasys bought it a few years ago, and released some other fine pay software, plus a payware version of this that includes mgeg-2 editing. This is the freeware version. There's many sites that offer tutorials. http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/e_main.html To join mpeg files, cancel the project wizard, and just click File/Mpeg Tools/ Use the Merge&Cut tab, add files and run. If the files aren't compatible, it will tell you immediately. If you so desire, you can convert them into a compatible format. It's not as simple as the previous program, but it performs a very clean edit. Most of these programs are just a front end for the old Dos "copy /b" command.
  25. For the last two months or so in the US, Symantec has been offering the Norton Internet Security/Ghost/Partition Magic package free after $70 in rebates. I think the smaller of the rebates ($20) was a competitive upgrade. Considering you could have all three programs for $20, I think it's still a good buy (even though I don't use NIS). I bought it online from Outpost.com several months ago and received my rebates about one month later. From what I've read though, Norton AV for 2007 has been scaled down in terms of resource usage and AV-comparatives has it highly rated. I reserve the right to use it in the future.
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