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With around 80% of virus attacks happening at the web application layer you need to ensure that you are fully protected from attack. Traditional security software’s are using virus signature updates for protecting you from the new threats, but do they really keep up with the speedy rise in malicious code?
DriveSentry is the next generation Security 2.0 antivirus technology providing personal data protection for your computer which ensures that you are safe from the rapidly growing number of Trojans, worms, viruses and all the other “nasties” out there in the wild. Collectively known as malware, these ‘nasties’ could easily ruin your day, your computer or even empty your bank account!
DriveSentry takes a different approach to conventional antivirus software and adopts a unique white listing technology which combines its database of known threats with it database of known “trusted” programs and its online Advisor Community statistics, to ensure that users are protected against the known and the unknown treats.
Key Features:

• DriveSentry is the new generation antivirus product providing security 2.0 protections, allowing you to protect and control access to your folders, files and system settings.
• It can protect all drives including all removable storage devices attached to your computer - Flash drive, SD cards,iPODs, memory cards, media players, mobile phones, digital camera media and removable PDA memory.
• Automates write access decisions, minimizing pop up notifications.
• Only allow trusted programs to write to your protected items preventing damage from zero day threats which go undetected by conventional antivirus software
• “tri-security” technology (good programs, bad programs, and Advisor community information) to protect your drives and automate write access decisions.
• Over 1 million unique malware signatures in database enabling effective offline protection and automation of write access decisions.
• Scans the content of files to check for malware before allowing them to write to your drives.
• Automatically blocks and quarantines known viruses, Trojans, and malware code.
• DriveSentry enables the immediate scanning of files, folders and drives for over 1 million malware files held in their Advisor database.

File size 1.5MB / License: FREE / Download / Home Page
DriveSentry 3.1 supports Window 2000/XP/2003/Vista
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InfraRecorder Portable is a FREE CD/ DVD burning program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer like a normal program. This is the portable version of the popular InfraRecorder that can be installed on any USB flash drive, so you can do your disk burning on the go.
InfraRecorder Portable has all the same great features of InfraRecorder including the creation of custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and recording them to physical discs as well as disc images.
InfraRecorder offers a wide range of powerful features including:

• Create custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs as well as disc images.
• Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs.
• Blank (erase) rewritable discs using four different methods.
• Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE).
• Fixate discs (write lead-out information to prevent further data from being added to the disc).
• Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect information about their capabilities.
• Create disc copies, on the fly and using a temporary disc image.
• Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them.
• Display disc information.
• Save audio and data tracks to files (.wav, .wma, .ogg, .mp3 and .iso).

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If you want to back up copies of your DVD movie collections or want to convert DVD movies in to another formats like VCD, SVCD,MPEG, iPod, PSP, 3GP or Pocket PC, A-One DVD tools is the perfect choice. A-One DVD Tools is a special discount package available for download, which includes A-One DVD Copy and A-one DVD Ripper.
A-one DVD copy is the most efficient way to create backup copies of your DVD movie collections and get disc protection with no loss of playback quality. It is easy and simple to use, without any basic DVD movie knowledge.
Key features:

• Just takes 30 minutes to backup a DVD Disc
• Backup DVD movies onto your hard disk -- great for laptops
• Burn DVD movies to DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) Disc.
• Support copying DVD-5/DVD-9 type DVD movies to DVD-9(Dual Layer) disc.
• Support compressing DVD-5/DVD-9 type DVD movies to DVD-5 disc.
• Keep or remove audio-tracks or sub-titles of original DVD movies.
• With latest industry standard compression technology to ensure the DVD disc you create with best quality.

A-One DVD Ripper is professional DVD software, providing a fast and easy way to convert your DVD movies or just the parts of the movie that you want. It allows you to watch your favorite movies on your iPod / PSP / mobile phone / laptop /PDA anytime anywhere.
Key features:

• Convert DVD to AVI,DivX,XviD.
• Convert DVD to VCD,SVCD,MPEG by custom file size.
• Convert DVD to iPod, PSP, 3GP, Pocket PC.
• Support choosing subtitle and Audio track to rip.
• Support Setting Beginning and Ending point to rip.
• Support Ripping region protected DVD movies.
• Support Ripping Macrovision Protected DVD movies.
• Support Automatically Shutingdown your computer after long time conversion.

A-One DVD Tools costs $ 51.95 to buy, however Giveawayoftheday.com provides this tool for free a day only, you need to install it in the same day.
For those who lost this opportunity here is the FREE registration key (given by Giveawayoftheday.com with the downloaded application). Download the application from here / here.
Install the software – just run the exe and follow the instruction, both the application installs simultaneously - and unlock the program by using the key given below.
A-one DVD copy:
Registration name: Giveawayoftheday
Registration keys: 40BA3A129AC04A2D892D8C2830EEC68F3DA9069911C130A1
A-one DVD ripper:
Registration name: Giveawayoftheday
Registration keys: 6B8325570F92D8586023669619EB40BB1AC7647486D6BF47
[I don’t know it is legal or not - source]
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PCWIZARD 2008 is an advanced system information and benchmarking utility that can identify a large scale of system components, analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance and MP3 compression performance.PCWizard 2008 supports the latest technologies and standards and provides information on many components such as Main board, BIOS, Chipset, Cache memory, Processors, sound card, Direct X. It can also reveal passwords of Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup, etc, Windows -Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes, etc - Windows Uptime - Boot, Shutdown, Blue Screen, System Restore Points, etc, Resources -IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory, etc and many more.
PC Wizard 2008 can also be run directly from removable support (CD/DVD, USB Key), but options are not saved. It can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs ...).
Supports - 32-bit (x86-32) : Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, Me, NT SP4, 2000, XP Home/Professional, XP (SP1/SP2/SP3), 64-bit (x86-64, IA-64) : Windows XP/2003, Server 2003,Server 2003R2, Vista..
>>File size: 2.37Mb (Version 2008.1.85) License: Free
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One of the important tasks a computer user should do and what we are often forgetting is back up our important data. To avoid any unpleasant situation in the future we should have back up critical files in some other locations. There are many applications available for data back up; you can find some of them here / here / here / here or hereCarbonFolder is a small and extremely simple in use utility with which you can synchronize files between two folders on your computer or through the network. For instance, it lets you perform fast synchronization of files on your desktop PC and a notebook in the local network.
CarbonFolder is absolutely free and runs on Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.[Via-Visualbeta]
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VideoGet is a very useful and efficient tool to download video from over 100 of streaming websites. Some of them are YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, Yahoo Video, VSocial, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, Aol and many others.
Most of these videos are in flv format and VideoGet also offers the opportunity to convert each video in another format such as AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, FLV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 or can directly load Video in an iPod, iPhone, PSP and other mobile devices.In addition, you can also set the quality of audio and video, the frame rate. We can also schedule download and create a list of all videos downloaded. The application has also a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox that allows, in case of disconnection, to resume downloading a video from where it left off.
If you like this software download VideoGet from here and use the license key -D4CA27A8-5DDE-4517-B6D2 -to unlock 20 day trial (This key is from Giveawayoftheday.com to use without time limits)
The software is tested and found to be working perfectly and you may require an internet connection while installing, just for updating.
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Easeus Partition Manager is comprehensive partition software, which not only provides with convenient user-interface simplifying your tasks but also enables you to configure and manage partitions of hard disk.
Easeus Partition Manager provides all types of basic and advanced functions such as Resize and Move partitions by using fee spaces, Create, Delete and Format partitions, Hide and Unhide partitions, support hard disk from 20 to 800GB and much more and it works perfectly with hardware RAID. Your data is completely protected during all operations.
Key Features:

• Support hardware RAID
• Resize and move partitions without losing data
• Create and delete partitions with simple step
• Label partitions - assigned to a partition for easier recognition
• Format partitions with a click
• View Disk/Partition property of each partition
• Hide and unhide partitions - protect important data from unauthorized or casual access
• Set an active partition - specify one partition to be the boot partition
• Preview the effects of partitioning a hard drive before implementing anything
• Change cluster size automatically and manually
• Support hard disks from 20GB to 800GB
• User-friendly interface

Easeus Partition Manager Personal Edition is FREE for home users only. Single license costs $99.95 (Server edition)
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I8kfanGUI is a graphical Windows application which shows you the internal temperatures and allows controlling the fan operation on the Dell Inspiron/Latitude/Precision notebook series. It's running under Windows 2000 and above operating system versions (Windows 2000/XP/Server2003/Vista).
The software has the following features –
Automatic temperature control – Automatically regulate the fans speed depending on the sensor temperatures. Basically, it allows you to define fan speeds which are to be used when the temperature of one or more sensor falls within four different temperature ranges.
Manual fan control - This section allows you to set the speed of up to two fans. You can set the speeds for both fans at the same time by enabling the check boxes for both fans.
Current system state - Here you can watch the current status of the sensors in your notebook. The values shown here correspond to the sensors that I8kfanGUI found on your system. You can enable and disable the sensor readings on the options window.
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ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware + Firewall provide powerful protection against spyware and hackers. It not only stops spyware before it gets on your computer but also scans your computer and removes spyware already on it.
ZoneAlarm Firewall delivers proactive firewall protection with multiple layers of security that stop inbound, outbound, and program attacks while remaining completely invisible to hackers and the OS Firewall protects your Windows operating system from attacks all the way down to its core.
Its Smart defense service provides real-time security updates that automatically adjust your security settings for maximum protection against the latest virus and spyware outbreaks. Quarantines suspicious attachments on your email to help defend against unknown viruses; automatically halts outbound messages to keep you from accidentally infecting others.
If you like this product here is how to get a 5 month FREE license key. This is a little older promotion. However it is still active and working.
Just enter this page. Ignore the message “Sorry you missed it” Fill up the form (name, last name, email address) shown on the right side of the page and submit.You will receive two emails shortly. One is a confirmation letter and other email includes your serial number and download link to the software.
Just download the software (13.5Mb) and install it. Follow the instruction shown on your email to activate the software.
This license key is valid to 11/12/08 for use on one computer.
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If you have lost your Windows XP / Vista and Office product key, normally it is difficult to recover by just looking at your registry. WinGuggle is a small application that allows you to recover Windows XP/ Vista and Office Product Key. Also the application can set, change and backup your Original Equipment Manufacturer's Information (OEM) and logo. No Installation is needed, just unzip the archive and launch the application.
Features:

• Get Windows Vista and Office Product Key (CD Key)
• Change OEM Logo and Information Completely (Vista and XP)
• Change Performance Information and Tools OEM Logo (Vista Only)
• Manual and Automatic Backup of OEM Logo and Information Settings
• Reset to Default Restore's the Original Settings
• Your Anti-Virus will not give any alarm message

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Two Notes is a handy and easy to use desktop sticky notes and reminder program for home and office. The freeware consumes very little system resources and weighs only 263Kb.The freeware, Two Notes has user-friendly interface and works as a visual reminder on your computer. The notes stick to the desktop and doesn't prevent your working.
With Two Notes program you can change the color of your notes, font, size, signature, style and more. You can create your own note's templates too.
>> File size 263Kb / Download / Home page
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1. HWMonitor - This is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors such as voltages, temperatures and fans speed.
The program handles the most common sensor chips, like ITE IT87 series, most Winbond ICs, and others. In addition, it can read modern CPUs on-die core thermal sensors, as well has hard drives temperature via S.M.A.R.T, and video card GPU temperature.
Special hardware monitors such as abit uGuru and Gigabyte ODIN power supplies serie are supported too.
HWMonitor does not need to be installed. Just unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe. In order to remove the program, just delete the files.
The program does not copy any file in any directory, neither writes in the registry.
Available for 64 bit / 32 bit Windows PC/ File size: 334Kb
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2. CPU-Z – This application gathers information on some of the main devices of your computer. Such as CPU, Main board, memory etc.
It shows you Name and number of CPU, Core stepping and process, Package, Core voltage, Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, Supported instructions sets, and Cache information.
Vendor, model and revision of main board, BIOS model and date, Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor, and Graphic interface.
Frequency and timings of memory, Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table and Windows and DirectX version.
CPU-Z also does not need to be installed. Just unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe
File size: 558Kb / Download
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How can you gain access to a Windows computer if you forgot the administrator's password? Normally it is not possible without formatting and re-installing the operating system.
PCLoginNow is a useful and easy to use application in this situation. This free tool is able to reset local administrator and other accounts passwords without reinstall the system. This tool can also help maintain, change accounts policy setting and properties. You can easily upgrades a general account to administrator level, lock or unlock those accounts you don't need anymore, and moreover, all of these are done without booting your system.
The most powerful feature PCLoginNow have is to support Syskey. Even though the system registry is protected by Syskey, PCLoginNow can easily bypass this mechanism and reset the Windows passwords.
The download is an ISO file that needs to be burnt to a CD to make it a bootable CD. Just use any burning software to burn this image file. Before using this Live CD, ensure that your computer will boot from your CD drive (otherwise do it from the BIOS settings).
PC Login Now is made available as a freeware now and supports all Windows OS (Windows 2000/ XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008), and it can handle dual boot machines also.
File size: 55Mb Download / Home page
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No doubt Kaspersky is one of the best antivirus software available today. After several posts on FREE Kaspersky antivirus and Kaspersky Internet security software, here is another trick to get a FREE 6 month license key for Kaspersky Antivirus 7.This FREE Kaspersky antivirus 7 license is actually giving to the registered members of Yuva Yantra (from Tata Communication) as a Kaspersky promotion. To get a free 6 month KAV 7 license, all you need to have a free registration with YuvaYantra.
To obtain a FREE membership, just enter the site and fill up the member registration form and submit. You will be direct a congratulate page as the YuvaYantra member. A button ‘Get in here’ will display on bottom pages, just click on it to start the process to obtain the kaspersky anti virus 7 license key and download link.
When Kaspersky introduction pages and step 1, 2, 3 and 4 show, Just press the 'Get your free license now!' button to start to obtain the kaspersky anti virus 7 license key.
On final pages, you will see activation code for kaspersky anti virus and full instruction guide how to download and activate the kaspersky anti virus 7.0. (source)
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Laptop Alarm 2.0 beta is a free and small utility with which you can protect your laptop. For example, if you're in a cafe or at the office and have to go to the bathroom an instant, if someone tries to move or steal your laptop, it will emit a loud alarm.

Laptop Alarm 2.0 will emit a loud alarm on:
1. Disconnecting A/C Power
2. Disconnecting USB Mouse
3. Mouse Movement
4. Shutdown / Suspend your Laptop

Thus, with Laptop Alarm 2.0 beta may not allow even touch your laptop or move your site, without sounding the alarm. The new version eliminates the possibility of lowering the volume or leaves your laptop in mute, so that the alarm will always be audible. (Visualbeta)
File size: 350Kb / License: Free
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Trinity Rescue Kit is a FREE live CD (Linux distribution) ideal for repairing and rescuing your Windows computer (equally usable for Linux recovery issues also).
You can restore and back up passwords, remove viruses before it damaging your computer, recover lost partitions, recover deleted files, etc with Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) Live CD.
Important features of Trinity Rescue Kit:

• Easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore)
• 4 different virus scan products (ClamAV, AVG, F-Prot, BitDefender) integrated in a single uniform command line with online update capability
• Full NTFS write support through ntfs-3g
• Wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)
• Easy script to find all local file systems
• Recovery and un-deletion of files with utilities and procedures
• Recovery of lost partitions
• Evacuation of dying disks
• 2 root kit detection utilities

It is possible to boot TRK in three different ways: As a bootable CD which you can burn yourself from a downloadable ISO file.
From a USB stick installable from Windows or from the bootable TRK CD
From network over PXE, this requires some modifications on your local network.
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Keygold Secure is the complete Parental Control & Internet Security package available and brings the best available protection to you in one easy to use product.
Combining the award winning filtering technology of Netintelligence with Kaspersky’s Anti Virus, Keygold Secure ensures that both your family and your computer are protected from on line predators and security threats.
Keygold Secure gives you the ability to filter and customize web access for your children, record all instant messaging conversations, set and monitor time spent on your computers, both on and off line and prevent harmful viruses.
Features of Keygold Secure includes

• Kaspersky Antivirus and Anti-spyware
• Advanced Parental control
• Advanced Firewall and Anti-Hacker
• Remote control from any PC
• Block harmful websites
• Chat monitor

Keygold Secure costs £49.99 for a 12 Months, 3 separate PC License, and supports Windows Vista, XP & 2000.
To get a FREE 5 month trial of KeyGold Secure, enter here and click on Proceed button. Give your details such as your name, email address, etc and enter the promotion code METRO under the ‘Promotion code text box and click Proceed. Now copy your user name, password and license key.
Follow the instructions in the email you just received to download the software.(source)
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The Ear Test / Hearing Test program is designed to give you a quick test of your ear's capabilities to hear all frequencies of the audible spectrum, separately for each ear. You can measure with good accuracy up to which frequency you can hear and compare your result with those of your friends and family. The test result is drawn as a graphical chart.The upper frequency limit of the human ears is strongly dependent on a person's age. A child can usually hear frequencies of up to 20,000 Hz (oscillations per second), while for an old person it can be as low as 5,000 Hz and even lower. For a middle-aged person (40 years), a frequency of 14,000 Hz is an average value.
Some people can have gaps in their hearing spectrum, due to inner ear injuries - this can also be checked.
Due to the lack of calibration, this program cannot replace a medical hearing test. Please be careful when using it with headphones.
>>License: Free / File size: 249Kb
>>Requirements: Microsoft .Net 2
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Registry data is consistently being written to and removed during a normal windows operation. Whenever a user makes changes to a Control Panel settings, or File Associations, System Policies, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the registry. Overtime all these data become fragmented. Fragmentation affects your computer’s overall performance.Quicksys RegDefrag is a freeware utility for Windows that optimizes your registry by removing gaps, fragmented and wasted space in windows registry files. This tool improves the whole system performance and boot access to registry.
License: Free / File size: 1Mb
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RISING is one of the earliest enterprises engaged in computer virus prevention in the world. Now they releases free edition, based on its Rising antivirus application, that protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, Worms, Rootkits and other malicious programs.
Ease of use, Active Defense technology, Patented Unknown Virus Scan&Clean technology and Patented Smartupdate technology make RISING Antivirus ' install-and-forget ' product that lets you focus on what you really want to do.
‘Rising antivirus Free Edition still provides the SAME level of detection and protection capability as RISING Antivirus 2008. RISING Support centre will also provide technical support for the free edition users. RISING expects more users can enjoy Lion-strong security protection’
Functions and advantages:

• Anti virus, worms, Trojans
• Anti Rootkit
• Mail Protection(POP3/SMTP)
• Application Protection(RISING unique Account Safe function protects your online bank, online game, MSN, E-mail account, Yahoo Messenger and other private information.),
• Proactive Defence(protects your security safe from malicious program) ,
• Application Access Control ,
• Program Startup Control ,
• Malicious Behavior Detection ,
• Hidden Process Detection ,
• Multiple Languages ,
• High Speed Update Service ,
• Support Service,
• Free

>>Download Rising anti-virus free edition from here / here
>>OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
>>File size: 53.66Mb
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