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Top 6 Windows Spyware Scanners

Raj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:29:37 +0000

Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and collects information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user’s personal computer. Sometimes, however, spywares such as keyloggers are installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer on purpose in order to secretly monitor other users. Following are a selection of the best adware and spyware scanning tools to ferret out these often hidden menaces. If you go the standalone route, make sure you back it up with antivirus software and a firewall.

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1. McAfee VirusScan

McAfee AntiSpyware 2006 is no longer sold as a standalone product, but don’t despair. McAfee VirusScan (2006) includes the same stellar protection. In our tests, both products nabbed 98% of running processes associated with adware and spyware, effectively neutering the infestation. At $39.99 for both stellar spyware protection and a top-notch virus scanner, McAfee VirusScan (2006) is a steal.

2. Windows Defender

Windows Defender is offered free and, like CounterSpy, sports above average detection rates. The product is still considered beta and tech support is not provided. Despite these setbacks, it can provide a good second opinion. However, Microsoft AntiSpyware and CounterSpy should not be installed on the same system, as they both share common components.

3. Spybot Search & Destroy

Free for personal use, Spybot doesn’t have stellar removal rates. It does, however, provide TeaTimer and SDHelper which are extremely effective at preventing adware and spyware from gaining a foothold on your computer. So while you may not want to rely on it for detection and removal, you may want to install and activate it alongside other protection to help keep your system spyware-free.

4. Webroot Spy Sweeper

Spy Sweeper removed 100% of the miscreant BHOs and Toolbars in our tests and stopped 84% of the active processes associated with adware and spyware. Spy Sweeper is a standalone spyware scanner and not a full-fledged Internet security suite, thus it is best used in conjunction with antivirus and firewall software.

5. Sunbelt CounterSpy

Sunbelt’s CounterSpy removed 90% of the miscreant Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) in our tests. Sporting above average detection for only $19.99, CounterSpy offers inexpensive protection, an easy-to-use interface and US-based tech support.

6. Hijack This

Another free utility, Hijack This isn’t a traditional spyware scanner. It will, however, provide a full report of what’s active on your system. Experienced users can peruse the report, identify the miscreants, and use Hijack This to disable the unwanted loading (or do so manually). Less experienced users can save the Hijack This log and send it to a more savvy friend for advice.

Create Sticky Notes in Windows 7

Raj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:24 +0000

Sticky Notes is one of my Favorite feature in Windows 7, its Really simple to use, Now you don,t need to paste digital stickies to your Windows desktop. If you are Windows 7 Users you can do this with simple and easy steps. To run the app, just click Start, type sticky, and press Enter. You’ll immediately see a new note; just start typing whatever it is you need to remember.

Want another Note as a Sticky, Click on the + icon for a new Sticky and Prefer a different color. Right-click in the body of the note and choose from six options. Thats it !

Google Chrome OS Launch

Raj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:41 +0000

Today Google released the code for there new upcoming Chrome OS, and plans to have a netbook running the operating system available for sale before the 2010 holiday season. Google also provided an early demonstration of the web operating system, which sports a Chrome browser-like interface that features application tabs instead of web page tab and a seven second bootup time that is expected to be much faster on its release.

Under the hood, Chrome OS does a few interesting things. The entire root file system partition is read-only, and the user file system is encrypted. You shouldn’t see the user file system as a place to store files – it’s actually a cache. All user data is stored on the internet, and continuously synced. As you probably already anticipated, the operating system updates itself automatically.

8 Awesome Windows 7 Themes

Raj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:47:37 +0000

Looking for the Windows 7 Themes, than you are at the right place, here we present you 8 Awesome Windows 7 Themes. To download a theme, click the on the Image Below, and then click Open. The theme is applied to your desktop and added to Personalization in Control Panel.

1. Zune Windows 7 Theme

2. Porsche Windows 7 Theme

3. Infiniti Windows 7 Theme

4. Gears of War Windows 7 Theme

5. Ferari Windows 7 Theme

6. Ducati Windows 7 Theme

7. Bing Windows 7 Theme

8. Avatar Windows 7 Theme

Microsoft Office 2010 beta Download Free

Raj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:04:46 +0000

Microsoft announced that the beta of Office 2010 is now publicly available from the company’s Web site. Office 2010 suite includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and others. Among the features new to the beta is a social networking connector that allows users to bring in Windows Live and other social networking feeds into Outlook. When you’re reading an e-mail message to or from someone, the Connector appears at the bottom of your message in its own separate pane. The pane displays a history of your communications with that person in Outlook — e-mail messages, attachments exchanged, meetings scheduled in Outlook, and so on. You can see all these items in one big list or click a tab to view just one type — for example, just e-mails you’ve exchanged with that contact — then click an item to go directly to it.

You can Download the Microsoft Office 2010 beta free now from here

Lock This: Password Protect any File

Raj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:51 +0000

There are so many App are available which helps you to Lock your Folders and Images but none of them can lock any other programs and Documnets. LockThis! is a small and easy to use application that makes it possibile to password protect almost any programs or documents that’s currently open / running. This tool is perfect for people who often lend their PC to others, because with this tool they can keep the content of some programs or documents from other people eyes without need to close them first.

Huge time saver if you really often lend your PC. It’s very easy to apply the protection. All you have to do is pressing Ctrl button while minimizing the window of the program / document and supply the password in the dialog that follows. Now the content is save because the window can not be restored or maximized without supplying the correct password.

Whenever the window is about to be restored or maximized a dialog asking for password will pop up. If the correct password is not supplied, the restore or maximize request is simply ignored and the window stays minimized.

Download Lock this here

Google Image Swirl in Google Labs

Raj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:17 +0000

Now Google is Giving competition to Bing in Image Search, now Google adds new image search: Google Image Swirl in google labs. Image Swirl, a new product from Google Labs, takes that and makes it all a whole lot easier to use. It’s based on Google’s existing Wonder Wheel search tool but because it uses images it’s much sexier to look at.

When you do a search in Image Swirl, the first results will be in the form of 12 stacks of images grouped by similitude. Clicking on any of them will bring up the “swirl” view, centering on the group of images related to the one you clicked on. Image Swirl currently works for more than 200,000 queries and we plan to include more queries in the future. Available queries will auto-complete as you start to type in the search box, similar to Google Suggest. You can try out Google Image Swirl in Google Labs today.

25 Creative Twitter Backgrounds

Raj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:08:25 +0000

If you are the Twitter user, than you’ve probably noticed that many people have spiffed up their personal Twitter backgrounds with all sorts of fun stuff: favorite photos, information about their business, images from their favorite TV show, etc. If you want to get some serious inspiration, check out these amazing Twitter background.

Do you have a special Twitter background? Check mine out at @Raj_r I’d love to hear from you!

@cheth

@adamplitt

@yahoo

@unmarketing

@themeforest

@studio3k

@sixreffie

@sitepointdotcom

@ramesstudios

@naina

@marekuk

@mailchimp

@kon3raz

@juliaroy

@inspiredmag

@insideblackbox

@ijustine

@idesignstudios

@hungrygirl

@honeytech

@gopalraju

@gaksdesigns

@Farrhad

@Doubleolee

@coffeemaverick

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BlackBerry Theme Studio: Create Themes For Blackberry

Raj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:24:26 +0000

Are you a Blackberry user and looking for some Cool themes or want to create your own, than here is app for you. BlackBerry Theme Studio is a free suite of graphics design tools that allows graphics designers, software developers and hobbyists to create colorful and interactive BlackBerry smartphone themes, mobile websites, splash screens, graphics and animated content that are optimized for the BlackBerry smartphone. This application will offer you the possibility to personalize your smartphone according to your preferences.

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Features

1. Customize virtually every aspect of a BlackBerry Theme
2. Bring themes to life with custom animation
3. Easy to use graphical interface
4. Compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash
5. Customize the applications and navigation on your BlackBerry
6. Create themes for almost any BlackBerry smartphone
7. Test your themes on a Blackberry smartphone or on a computer with BlackBerry Simulators
8. Bring life to mobile websites and applications too

Download BlackBerry Theme Studio

Google Tasks Access Google apps on Your Desktop

Raj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:50:31 +0000

Google Tasks is also called Gmail Tasks as it uses the Gmail login credentials to access your tasks. It is a secure application with which one can manage various tasks from any device on which this application is installed. There is a facility to create lists. Using lists, one can manage various tasks by different categories. If you are a person who use Gmail and Google applications, this is a very useful tool. Next time you get to call or visit someone, you can enter in your task details in this tool. Every time you login to this application, all your tasks will be right before your eyes. This tool is compatible will most of the Windows operating systems; however it is not available for Linux.

Developer Jash has taken very good care of designing this program so its look and feel is just like a web application, though it is a desktop-based one. The installer of this application is very easy and quick. One can manage the completed task in smart sticking off feature. Users can clear all their completed task in just one click. It requires Adobe Air, but if you don’t have it in your system, the installation program will install it as well.

Download Google tasks here