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Secure And Optimize Windows PC with System Security Expert 2010

Raj — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:52:16 +0000

System Security Expert is an advanced program to scan and clean rogueware / malware on your computer and exploring hidden rogueware/malware programs on your PC. You have also some utilities to use for a safe and secure PC. System Security Expert will speed up the shutdown, log off, restart process with very less memory usage. This is the best way to Secure And Optimize your windows PC easily.

Read Also: TOP 5 Free PC Security Programs

Download System Security Expert 2010 here

Check Bad Hard Drive Sectors with Windows Surface Scanner

Raj — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:49:23 +0000

Windows Surface Scanner is a free but powerful software which quickly scan your hard drives and let you know if there are any sector errors. This free utility takes a look at your hard drives and ferrets out any physical errors it finds, so you know what might be causing random crashes or system flakiness. This software will read each sector of a physical drive that is currently mounted on an XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating system.

How to use it:-

1. Press the ‘Mount’ button. That will query your system for all physical
Drives currently mounted. Once found a list will be presented to you with check
boxes next to each drive. You may only choose on drive at a time to scan.

2. Use the check boxes to the left of the drive to indicate which drive
you wish to have the software scan. One again, only one drive may be
scanned at a time.

3. Press the ‘Scan’ button. This will start the surface scan of the
currently selected drive. As the scan progresses the progress bar will move
forward and a percent indicator above the progress bar will be incremented.
A ‘Sector’ counter will be incremented to give you an indication that the
software is indeed scanning the surface of your drive. In addition there is a
‘Time’ indicator that will give you an estimate as to the time remaining for the
current scan. This time can fluctuate if there are several or just a few bad
sectors on the drive.

Lastly, there is an ‘Error’ indicator. This indicator will increment every time
the software encounters a bad sector.

Download Windows Surface Scanner here

Black Screen of Death Fix for Windows 7, Vista

Raj — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:21:20 +0000

Most of the Windows User are familiar with Blue Screen of Death, but now after the latest Microsoft patch was delivered on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, users began reporting a crippling black screen. The Black Screen of Death causes your PC to seize up and removes everything except, in some cases, a single open My Computer window. And if you are one of the user who is getting this Error, than here is the Solution Black Screen Fix Download here.

Here are the Instructions to Use it :-

1) Restart your PC

2) Logon and wait for the black screen to appear

3) Make sure your PC should be able to connect to the internet (black screen does not appear to affect this)

4) Press the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys simultaneously

5) When prompted, Click Start Task Manager

6) In Task Manager Click on the Application Tab

7) Next Click New Task

Now enter the command:

“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” “http://info.prevx.com/download.asp?GRAB=BLACKSCREENFIX”

Note this command assumes that you are using internet explorer as your browser, if not substitute your browser path and file details for those of iexplore.exe or use the Browser option of Task manager to locate it.

9-) Click OK and your browser should start up and begin the download process

10) When prompted for the download Click run, the black screen fix program will download and run to automatically fix the issue.

11) Now restart your PC and the black screen problem will hopefully be gone.

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.

See Also: 10 best Free Online Virus Scanners
See Also: 12 Free Windows Antivirus of 2009

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.

Backup Windows Mail Easily

Raj — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:54:38 +0000

Windows Mail Backup is free tool which help you to take the backup of windows mail with simple and easy steps. Windows Mail Backup Free is an application which helps users to backup and restore their emails. It’s a freeware and you can use it without any limitation. Restore wizard has been included. It can take the Backup Upto 4GB.

Features:-

· Support Windows Mail
· Windows Mail Backup Free can easy to backup email store and settings from Windows Mail
· Easy to use
· Just few clicks you will get your email store backed up
· Double click to restore
· You can double click your archive to run the restore process
· Large file support
· Backup program can backup large file more than 4GB

Windows Product Key Finder: Recover Windows Product Key

Raj — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:29:52 +0000

Some Months back we mentioned about 8 Free Serial Key/Product Key Finder Tools. Now today we found the new App Windows Product Key Finder. Which Allows you to locate your windows product key. Its easy and Simple to Use, Just install the App and it will help you to find and recover the Windows Product Key.

Download Windows Product Key Finder

Partition Wizard : Free partition manager for Windows 7, Vista, XP

Raj — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:06:05 +0000

Partition Wizard Home Edition is the Free app Which helps you Create and Manage Partition in Windows 7, Vista, XP. Home users can perform complicated partition operations by using this powerful but free partition manager to manage their hard disk partition such as Resizing partitions, Copying partitions, Create partition, Delete partition, Format partition, Convert partition, Explore partition, Hide partition, Change drive letter, Set active partition and Partition Recovery. Even the inexperienced users will be able to easily manage their partitions.

Features:-

. Extend system partition to improve computer performance to maximum.
· Manage the hard disk to get the best performance of computer.
· Create , Delete and Format partitions with simple steps.
· Disk Copy to protect or transfer data.
· Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB.
· Convert partition format from FAT to NTFS.
· Partition Copy: Copy the entire hard disk to another one.
· Copy Disk Wizard: Copy the entire hard disk to another one without windows reinstalling.
· Disk Map – Visually demonstrate your disk / partition configuration; preview the changes before applying.
· Hide/unhide partition, set active partition, etc. – Change partition properties.
· Explore FAT/NTFS partition.

Download Partition Wizard here

Build your own Start menu with Portable Start Menu

Raj — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:39 +0000

Wanna Quickly build up your own start menu that you can access from the system tray using Portable Start Menu. Yes you can, Portable Start Menu is a lightweight start menu application that can be installed on both USB sticks and local PC’s. It allows you to organize your programs in a simple menu system and launch them via a tray icon. If you close Portable Start Menu on an USB-Stick, running applications will be closed automatically.

Features:

· Organize and launch applications via a tray menu
· Automatically closes running applications on USB-Sticks
· Checks if an application has been changed before execution
· Runs on USB-Sticks without leaving any traces on a host PC

Download Portable Start Menu

TweetZ: Twitter Sidebar Gadget for Windows 7/Vista

Raj — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:13:03 +0000

Wanns add Twitter as the Sidebar Gadget in your windows 7 and Windows Vista PC. Than you have to try the new App Tweetz. Like other sidebar gadgets, Tweetz docks comfortably in the sidebar. TweetZ works much like other Twitter clients. You can tweet and reply as expected. Click on the “What are you doing” button and the editing window pops up.

You can shorten links easily. Simply compose your tweet, complete with the long versions of your links and then click “shorten”. Tweetz will convert links that it finds into their short versions using the services of http://is.gd.

Download TweetZ Sidebar Gadget here

Run Windows apps on Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X

Raj — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:01:02 +0000

Wine enables Linux, Mac, BSD, and Solaris users run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows. Wine is free software under constant development. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

Wine is still under development, and it is not yet suitable for general use. Nevertheless, many people find it useful in running a growing number of Windows programs.