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Avast Free Antivirus 5.1.889

2011-05-26T08:53:00.001-07:00

License type: Freeware

OS/Requirements: Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Developer: AVAST Software

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Description of Avast Free Antivirus 5.1.889

Avast Free 5, an A-list freeware antivirus app, provides the same steadfast protection of well-known, pricier antivirus programs. Avast is remarkable for both its effectiveness and arguably providing the most complete free antivirus on the market.

Avast Free 5, formerly known as the Home Edition, protects you with multiple guards. The antivirus, antispyware, and heuristics engines form a security core that also includes multiple real-time shields. The adjustable mail and file system shields join the pre-existing behavior, network, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and Web shields. The behavioral shield is a common-sense feature, as security software publishers leverage their large user bases to detect threats early and warn others. Other new features include a silent-gaming mode and an "intelligent scanner" that only looks at changed files after establishing a baseline. The biggest change in Avast 5, though, is the interface. Gone is the music player default look, which was skinnable but confusing. In its place is a sleek UI that new users should find far more manageable. It's also Aero-friendly, with Explorer-style navigation buttons in case you can't remember where you tweaked a particular setting.

Avast's recent independent third-party testing has been notably solid, able to hold its own against better-known programs from Symantec and Microsoft. Avast 5 Free lacks features in the paid upgrade including antispam measures, a testing sandbox, a Script shield, and a firewall. Even without those, Avast Free 5 is probably the strongest, free antivirus currently available.

Download Yahoo Messenger

2011-05-26T08:52:00.001-07:00

License type: Freeware

OS/Requirements: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Developer: Yahoo

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Description of Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.1270

Yahoo Messenger 10 adds some visual enhancements that call out VoIP and video chats on the conversation window. Tweaks in the buddy list showcase an updates tab that operates as a newsfeed for friends' status messages. Other visual refreshes to version 10 spruce up select icons.

Users should note that the download stub will finish installing the program online, and that the download bundles the Yahoo Toolbar. In the preinstallation window, click over to Custom Install to deselect add-ons you don't want. We could also live without the heavy-handed Yahoo branding, and it would be nice to see a link to hidden smileys in the emoticon drop-down, but these are minor niggles when weighed against the benefits of an easy-to-use, feature-rich chat client that only continues to improve.

Winamp 5.601 Full

2011-05-26T08:28:00.000-07:00

Description of Winamp 5.601 Full

The Winamp application was developed to be more than just a player. It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.

We liked that clicking on an artist's name will get you related headlines and Web sites in a separate pane. There's also Podcast support, device synchronization that lets you tweak the sync list while in progress, and continued support for AOL's excellent Shoutcast. The new Bento layout is worth mentioning, too, because it gets the venerable llama away from the old modular format. The joined panes for the browser, media player, artist list, album list and more make WinAmp instantly more visually appealing. There's also an Auto-Tag feature, which will download metatags from the Gracenote database, and Winamp's proprietary music scrobler called Orgler, with links back to AOL Music.

If you want MP3 encoding and full-speed CD burning, you have to shell out $19.95 for the Pro version. However, there are other problems. Automatic album art download support is spotty at best. More importantly, there are some stability issues when playing videos, and occasional program crashes were far more common than they should be.

WinAmp 5.56 is no iTunes killer--not yet. It has become, however, a strong alternative and should be of interest to those looking for something with more meat on its bones. Llama meat, that is.

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License type: Freeware

OS/Requirements: Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Developer: NullSoft

DAEMON Tools 4.06 Home Ed.

2011-05-26T08:25:00.000-07:00

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License type: Freeware

OS/Requirements: Windows ALL

Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.13

2011-05-26T08:22:00.001-07:00

License type: Freeware
OS/Requirements: Windows ALL

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Avast Free Antivirus 5.1.889

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Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.13

License type: FreewareOS/Requirements: Windows ALL

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License type: Freeware
OS/Requirements: Windows ALL