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Beware of false Avira AntiVir providers; download only from Avira’s home page

2009-07-09T21:37:00.003+05:30

Avira AntiVir is known to be one of the best free antivirus application that offers features and protection of a full fledged antivirus program. Its popularity has grown substantially in recent years. Because of its popularity there are several false providers on the internet, which try to sell their free of charge AntiVir Personal Edition Classic with some additional "bonussoftware”.

Make sure that you are surf Avira sites at www.avira.com, www.avira.de, www.free-av.de or www.free-av.com in case you want to purchase their premium software or to download the free classic version.

You will get full details of those bribe homepages from Avira support forum.

Free Laptop protecting program

2009-07-09T19:43:00.003+05:30

LAlarm is free laptop alarm software that helps you to protect your Laptop from theft and data loss. It sounds an alarm when some one trying to steal a laptop, it alarms when the hard disk damaged or erred and also give warning alarm when the battery level is too low.

After installing the program, press [win] - L to lock a laptop computer. This software emits a loud alarm sound when the locked computer is disconnected from the AC power. For example, someone unplugs the laptop AC power cord.

To unlock the computer enter a correct Windows login password. When the computer is unlocked, the alarm sound will stop.

For the best result, do not allow your computer hibernate or standby automatically while it is running on AC power and user account must be protected by a password.(via)

More details and download.

Google bookmarks extension (GBX) for Google Chrome

2009-07-09T15:52:00.001+05:30

Google Bookmark Extension (GBX) for Google Chrome lets you synchronize Chrome Bookmarks with other browsers via Google Bookmarks. Even though the newest build of Google Chrome has Bookmark manager, but there is no plug-ins available for synchronize with other browsers.GBX for Chrome is such a plug-in that replaces default Google Chrome Bookmarks with Google Bookmarks (online service).

This Google Bookmarks extension (GBX) for Google Chrome deletes your existing Chrome bookmarks and replaces them with your Google Bookmarks in order to share them across browsers. So you can access your bookmarks from any computer with different browser and from anywhere in the world.

Like any other extensions for Chrome, this extension also requires a recent dev-channel version of Chrome. As the Chrome extension system is still in development stage, there may be bugs and problems, so if you choose to use this extension, you do so at your own risk.

It is highly recommended that you back up your bookmarks before installing as it will delete your existing Chrome bookmarks and replace them with your Google Bookmarks.

More information (via – Blogsdna) and download

Portable UPX, ZIP and 7z multi -compressing and decompressing utility

2009-07-08T17:46:00.004+05:30

ArcThemAll is an open source, portable software to multi-compress files and folders in UPX, ZIP and 7z formats. Drag and drop files and folders to compress or zip archives to decompress. This program includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, support to self-extracting archive creation (7Zip), encryption and decryption of archives using AES-256 bit algorithm and much more.

The program is very simple to use and found to be reasonably fast in compressing or decompressing items. You only need to drag and drop into the program interface what you want to compress or decompress.

ArchThemAll features: Multi-compression in UPX, ZIP and 7z formats, multi-extration of UPX, 7z, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats, loading of files and folders with drag & drop, intelligent UPX compression modality, creation of self-extracting archives (only 7z), AES-256 encryption/decryption of archives, advanced UPX compression settings, completely portable and more.

ArchThemAll is available for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Tips to make your incompatible extensions works with Firefox 3.5

2009-07-08T15:05:00.006+05:30

'Close tab on double click' is one of my favorite add-ons to Firefox browser. This extension helps me to close a tab by just double clicking anywhere on it. I was using this extension on my previous version of Firefox 3.0, but, after upgraded into Firefox 3.5 it’s become incompatible and unfortunately there is no updated version available for downloading.

However, I found some simple tips on the net to make an old extension works with Firefox 3.5 browser. Even though this is not a recommended method, it’s working perfectly well.

- First of all download the extension ‘Close tab on doable click’ from here (right click on the download link and save).
- Change the extension xpi to zip by renaming it. (Example: ctodc.xpi to ctodc.zip)
- Open it by a zip archive (Example 7 Zip). Right click and open install.rdf file using Notepad (see screenshot)- Locate this line <em:maxversion>3.0</em:maxversion> and change 3.0 to 3.5. Save and close.
- Next re-change zip extension to xpi as it was done previously. That’s all. Just drag this extension to the address bar of the Firefox 3.5 to install.

Other solutions to make your extension works with Firefox 3.5: 1. Follow this Lifehacker tips.

2. You can also try this Nightly tester tool extension to Firefox which will override the incompatibility.

VLC Media Player has got major update, v1.0 released

2009-07-07T22:22:00.004+05:30

VLC Media Player is one of my favorite programs. It can handle just about any video or audio format, it's fast, reliable, and has many configuration options. This open source player has got a major change today. This new release (Version 1.0) introduces many few features, formats and codecs and fixes many bugs that were present in the previous versions.

Update to the latest version today and enjoy a great multimedia experience with this open-source multimedia framework and player. VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, flv, mp3, ogg, DVDs, VCDs, etc) and various streaming protocols.

It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

It doesn't need any external codec or program to work. Get more information and download VLC media player 1.0.

Delete partially uninstalled program entries from Windows

2009-07-07T16:16:00.001+05:30

In some cases when you trying to uninstall an application from your Windows PC using Windows add-remove program it may stops in the middle and you can’t uninstall it completely. It would leftover some files or registry entries on your computer. This causes problems when reinstalling them or in some cases causes to system crash.

UnInstall Cleaner is a freeware tool that cleans up the Windows uninstall list. It enables you to remove entries, not properly removed by the uninstall function of the relevant application. Additionally, applications can be deinstalled with UnInstall Cleaner too.

If a program does not properly uninstall or occur problems in the uninstall process, there will be remain an entry in the uninstall list of the Registry. UnInstall Cleaner can delete these entries so that you don't take the painstaking job of cleaning the Windows Registry manually. Download Uninstall Cleaner

Troubleshot your computer using Kaspersky GSI

2009-07-07T14:26:00.006+05:30

GSI (Get System Info) is a freeware utility from Kaspersky that can be used to identify and cure security/technical issues of a Windows computer system. This is very simple and easy to understand program, any one can try it (even with limited computer experience) with an internet connection.

The program collects system information like operating system, process, registry entries, installed software, etc and saves the information as a log file. We can send this file at Kaspersky lab for troubleshooting technical issues.

At Kaspersky lab this file is being analyzed and give solutions for the followings: incompatible software installed (recommend update), possible malware on the system (both known and unknown), and program function errors (installation, use, uninstall etc.).The whole process requires only a few minutes.

1. To start, the user should download and run the following file: http://telecharger.kaspersky.fr/GSI/GetSystemInfo.exe
2. By default, the settings are set to collect recommended information from the system. (In most cases, a recommended level scan will provide the information necessary to troubleshoot an issue).
3. Before running the utility on the system, it is recommended to close all other applications running on the system.
4. When the utility is finished, it will create a zipped folder on the user’s desktop that contains the information about the system. (Typical size of the log files ranges from 800KB to 1.2 MB)5. You can now upload the log file to the online parser at:http://www.getsysteminfo.com/
6. When the upload of the report file is finished, the first screen you will see is the summary table. This table easily allows you to view potential issues that may present in the system. More information about Kaspersky GSI.

Download new free AVG antivirus for Windows 7, XP and Vista

2009-07-06T13:27:00.004+05:30

Advancements in technology have increased the vulnerability of computer system to threats and other attacks. These threats may be in the form of viruses, spyware or hackers. In order to fight against these threats you required a reliable security system. If you prefer free antivirus software, the new version of AVG antivirus (8.5) is a good choice.

The new AVG Antivirus (v 8.5) comes with splendid features and user friendly interface as well as some new features like the new antivirus and anti-spyware protection engine, link scanner, etc.

AVG antivirus free has the following features:

- Protection against viruses and spyware (antivirus and antispyware)
- Fast, effective security that is kind on resources
- Link Scanner, Active Surf-Shield and Search-Shield - Protects in real time against poisoned web pages while you're surfing and give real-time safety ratings for all search results in Google, Yahoo and MSN/Live search.
- Compatible with Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista
- AVG Security Toolbar - Easy access to Link Scanner tools, built-in search capability

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use. Download AVG Anti-Virus Free

Create thousands of folders quickly based on your rules

2009-07-06T08:28:00.003+05:30

Creating a large number of new folders manually in Windows is time consuming and frustrating. If you have such situations, here is a freeware tool, New Folder Wizard that can help you create thousands of folders with a single click. You only need to enter the number of folders required, at which directory, prefix and suffix text.

New Folder Wizard requires no installation, just run it and creates folders (up to 20000). The only pre requisite is .Net frame work 2 for windows XP (Vista and Windows 7 already have it).

Use custom prefix and/or suffix along with custom folder names coming from a text file. Built-in preview functionality lets you preview all of your new folders before you commit to creating them.

Use a text file for your directory names. Simply open up a text editor, type in all the directory names you want and use that text file as the source for your new folders. No more right clicking > New > Folder over and over in Windows.

Download New Folder Wizard

Convert PDF into editable word documents

2009-07-05T19:53:00.005+05:30

A PDF is just a collection of images, meaning you can't edit the contents in their native format; you could opt for a utility that converts a PDF file into Word-friendly text. PDF to Word Converter is an easy-to-use application, which is specially designed for converting PDF to word 2007 (.docx) and 2003(.doc) documents.

PDF to Word Converter (currently beta) from Anypdftools is reasonably fast and the resultant output is also accurate. It preserves the original layout of your PDF file in an editable Word Document.

Main features of this program are:

1. Partial conversion: select any pages from the PDF file to convert.
2. Right-click conversion - Convert PDF to Word without launching the program.
3. Support converting encrypted and password-protected PDF files
4. The original layout, text content, images, and hyperlinks can be exactly retained in the generated Word documents.

You can download PDF to Word Converter (beta) from here (required registration key which is available free from the site)

If you like you can opt for any of these two free online services for converting PDF documents in to Word. 1. Viewdocsonline, 2. PDF to Word converter.

F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination

2009-07-05T10:40:00.000+05:30

F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology detects objects that are hidden from users and security tools and offers the user an option to remove them. The main purpose is to fight rootkits and all kinds of malware that use rootkits.

The F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology works by examining the system at a deep level. This enables BlackLight to detect objects that are hidden from the user and security software.

Benefits of F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology:

- Detect and eliminate active rootkits from the computer that Traditional antivirus scanners can't detect.- It does not confront the user with a long list of suspected objects, which makes F-Secure BlackLight useful even for non-technical users.
- It can be used in the background during normal system operation. Other available scanners require a reboot during scan or may produce false positives if the system is used during scanning.
- F-Secure BlackLight is suitable for use in both home and business environments.

Download free F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination

Email large files via Firefox

2009-07-05T08:38:00.002+05:30

Ever wished you could send all your vacation videos to your friends instead of only sending a few photographs? If yes, then check this Firefox add-on ArunaSend. This plug-in allows you to quickly upload and send a large file to anyone with an email address.

ArunaSend is a hosting service that lets store large files (up to 100Mb) temporarily for free. So that, the users can easily shares their files with others with in a specific time period.

The Firefox extension ArunaSend adds a button at the status bar. When you right click on it opens the preferences where enter email address you want to send the file to. Then click Browse and select the file (100Mb max) you want to send.

Now click send. You will be provided with a link to your file, which will be valid for 7 days. Your recipient will also be sent the link via email.

ArunaSend works with Firefox 1.5 – 3.5.

Save web videos while playing them on your browser

2009-07-04T21:52:00.002+05:30

There are several ways for downloading web videos from sites like You Tube. You can save videos locally by using software tools, browser add-on or manually. Here is a very tiny program (31.1Kb) from Nirsoft that lets you save videos on a folder locally while playing them on your browser.

WebVideoCap is a portable tool and is very simple to use. You only needed to click on the ‘Start Capture’ button in the application’s interface to capture the video. There are only a few options to select like Capture buffer size, scan method (Raw sockets and WinPCap) and save folder location.

WebVideoCap [via - ghacks] works under Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista systems. It lets you capture Flash video files (with .flv extension), Microsoft Windows media files (with .wmv extension) and RTSP/MMS video streams.

East-Tec Backup 2009 free from Softpedia

2009-07-04T15:40:00.006+05:30

Combined with East Technologies, Softpedia, the software portal giant, giving away free license for the full version of the award winning backup software East-Tec Backup 2009 for its visitor (This $40 worth special giveaway is valid up to July 31, 2009). East-Tec Backup 2009 is a very easy to use backup program for Windows and features intuitive wizards, automatic backups, data compression, strong military AES encryption and FTP support.

- Create backup of your most important data: backup files, windows registry, mails and user settings.
- allows you to easily backup emails and rules for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Firefox, Opera, Thunderbird, Eudora, Windows settings, system registry and more...- Use any kind of storage device: internal or external hard disks, LAN, CD/DVD, removable media devices ( USB sticks, memory sticks, flash memory, floppy disks, ZIP disks, JAZ, etc.), remote locations using FTP.
- protect your backup privacy with 256-bit AES strong encryption.
- create self-extracting backups and standard Zip archives.

More information about the offer- Similar freeware program GFI Backup 2009

How to add custom message besides clock in Windows 7?

2009-07-04T10:52:00.004+05:30

Here is a simple, funny tips for your Windows 7 (Windows XP and Vista are also applicable) that lets you add custom texts (up to 12 letters) besides your tray clock.

All you have to do is open the Control Panel - Regional and Language- Additional Settings – Time. (In Windows XP and Vista: Control Panel – Regional and Language – Customize – Time.)

In this window simply use the “AM” and “PM” fields to enter any message (a maximum of 12 characters) you want to show up on the system tray.

Click ‘Apply’ to save the settings. The text will immediately appear on the system tray, besides the clock.

Returnil Virtual System 2009 (Beta) released

2009-07-04T07:00:00.004+05:30

Returnil Virtual System (RVS) is a powerful virtualization technology for Windows that doesn’t let anything affect the Windows installation drive. Through the virtualization technology, it creates a theoretical layer over the main drive (Normally ‘C’ drive). If enable the RVS, any changes on ‘C’ drive (Windows installation drive) will be automatically saved only in this layer and will be automatically erased up on the next reboot.

So that RVS can easily prevent malware and spyware programs, because any changes made to the system are automatically erased when you restart the computer. Returnil Virtual System 2009 (Beta) now comes with more features.

It uses a combination of antivirus and virtualization technologies to protect your system against both malicious software and unwanted changes.

Main Features of This new release

- Additional program level protection
- Compatible with all Antivirus solutions
- Dynamic, as needed caching
- Returnil Tools functionality now integrated into the program interface
- Access and browser for real disk and registry
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista (32-bit), and Server 2003/2008
- Program hot-key and skins
- Localized installer: English, Chinese-Simplified, German, Japanese
and Polish (note: the GUI is still only in English, new languages
coming soon)

This is a must have app for all who want to try different software on their system or want to make some trial and error on their system.

Firefox add-on to watch HTML5 videos in full screen mode

2009-07-03T16:31:00.003+05:30

As you know Mozilla’s new browser Firefox 3.5 comes with new web technologies. It HTML 5 support lets you view video and audio content from within the browser without installing the plug-ins. Now everyone can watch open format video and audio through Firefox. Here is an add-on for viewing HTML 5 video in full screen mode.

The add-on ‘Full Screen Video’ lets you view these videos in full screen mode. You can install Full Screen Video from here. When right click on any HTML 5 video you can see a ‘Full Screen menu, just click it to see in full mode.

How to block advertisements in Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and Gmail

2009-07-02T07:51:00.004+05:30

One of the annoying features of web mail services like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail is advertising in the message area. It takes screen space and page loading time and is unpleasant if the screen size is small.

If you are using Firefox browser (Firefox 2 – Firefox 3.6+) here is an add-on that helps you to block advertisement in the web mail services of Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.

It blocks ads on the right hand side of the screen when using Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and Gmail thereby expanding your message space.

Moreover, it also helps to load the page faster, so if you have a slow internet connection this add-on will also be useful.

And also it has options for Gmail to hide menu items such as Invites, Chat, Spam count etc. and the ability to highlight messages in your inbox when you mouse over.
You can install the add-on from Mozilla.

Ensure your privacy by permanently deleting sensitive information from your PC

2009-07-02T07:48:00.002+05:30

Most people have some data stored on their computer that they would rather not share with others such as passwords, personal information, financial records, etc. But when the time comes to remove these data from the computer, for instance when the PC sending for repairing, things get bit complicated. Because a deleted file can be recovered easily. There is a plenty of software recovery tools that can restore your deleted items.

In order to maintaining your privacy you want to be sure that the deleted file will be deleted permanently. Here comes the importance of file shredding software. There are several such tools and many of them are mentioned in my previous posts.

Here is a very simple, very easy to use (drag and drop), yet powerful file shredding program that destroys the data you choose before the deletion, using a complicated procedure of filling the actual content with random data.

Freeraser can function on three levels: A fast destruction (standard 1-round filling of random data), A forced destruction (3 rounds of filling according to DoD 5220.22M standard), and An ultimate destruction (35 rounds of filling with data according to Guttman algorithm).

You can download Freeraser from Codyssey (works with Windows XP and Vista)

TrayStatus shows keyboard status on system tray

2009-07-01T12:38:00.003+05:30

TrayStatus is a tiny tool that can show you the status of keyboard on your system’s notification area (system tray). The tool is useful, for instance, if your Notebook or computer keyboard doesn’t have a NumLock or CapsLock indicator or hard drive activity light. The tool shows the following information.

- Num Lock status
- Caps Lock status
- Scroll Lock status
- Hard Drive activity (read or write) with current speed in a tool tip

This information is shown using 4 separate icons (see screenshot). TrayStatus is configurable using the “TrayStatus.ini” file included in the download. Just edit the “TrayStatus.ini” from installation folder to enable/disable features you want to see or hide.

TrayStatus works with Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Windows 7 and requires the Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0.

Firefox 3.5 officially released: Upgrade your previous version into the fastest and safest browser

2009-06-30T21:24:00.003+05:30

Mozilla has released their open source web browser Firefox 3.5 officially and can be downloaded from Mozilla’s official page. It is said that Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2 (You can certainly notice this). As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive

You can download Firefox 3.5 Final from Mozilla (Windows, Mac and Linux)

Win a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition

2009-06-30T14:39:00.002+05:30

Here is a chance to win a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (via- Neowin) by just participating on a survey conducted by Microsoft. One lucky winner will get a free copy when it becomes available this October. The survey isn’t a complicated one; you just need to answer the four questions to complete the survey.

In order to be eligible for the survey, which is hosted on SurveyMonkey.com, all you have to do is answer the following questions:

- Name and e-mail address.
- What group best describer your role?
- What term would you use to search for a Microsoft page about Windows 7?
- Which URL would you most likely type to find information on the latest version of Windows?

Likes to participate on the survey just visit here. Good Luck!

Monitor Energy Saver

2009-06-30T09:37:00.003+05:30

Does it really save energy if you turn off your computer monitor when not in use? The simple answer is yes. Screen-saver doesn't do anything to cut energy use. Actually it uses more energy than not using one.

Monitor Energy Saver (MonitorES) is a little, portable tool that helps to turn off monitor and active screen saver automatically when user locks Laptop or work station or with hotkey (ctrl + F2 to just turn off display).

Moreover, it also helps to pause all media players like Windows Media player, Winamp, AIMP, etc and set away status message in IM Messenger (Google Talks) and restore it when you back

Download MonitorES (84Kb)

3D models of the most beautiful world on your desktop

2009-06-29T22:06:00.003+05:30

Vizerra is an interesting project that allows you to see amazing places around the world like Macchu Picchu, Taj Mahal, Tatev Monastery, etc with three-dimensional models. It is said that Vizerra is the World’s first 3D educational software application that gives high quality 3D locations, full editorial description for every location and full-functional map service.

Vizerra is a beta program; currently there are only a few places to view in 3D.

According to the publisher “they have been working on innovative technologies and created complicated technological process, which let us bring you 3D virtual copies of most beautiful world sites in revolutionary quality. Now anyone can surf the virtual world directly from home”

Here are the recommended system requirements to install the application:

- Operating system Windows XP / Vista
- Intel Core (TM) 2 Quad 2.4 GHz / AMD X3 8400 (2.1GHz) / AMD X3 8600 (2.3GHz)
- GeForce 9800GT 512 MB GDDR3 / Radeon HD 4850 X2
- 2GB of RAM
- 1 GB of free hard disk space
- Internet broadband (at least 2560 Kbit / s)
Download Vezerra