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Avast! Home Edition - free antivirus
This impressive software provides the same steadfast protection of well-known antivirus programs, yet it's surprisingly free!
* Antivirus and anti-spyware
* Anti-rootkit protection
* Secures e-mail and chats
Free for home users only
Malwarebytes - free anti-malware tool
A surprisingly effective freeware anti - malware tool.
It's a speedy malware remover, with the quick scan taking about 8 minutes even with other high-resource programs running. This impressive software provides the same steadfast protection of well-known antivirus programs, yet it's surprisingly free!
* supports multiple drive scanning including networked drives,
*context menu options including a scan-on-demand for individual files.
*simple interface but pleasant-looking and well-organized.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a responsive malware remover that does what it should with a minimum of fuss.
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Advance System Care - system optimiser.
This is an excellent utility for cleaning and maintaining your computer for better overall system performance. The interface is very simple, featuring only a few buttons, which makes it easy use and avoids the confusion of similar multiple step programs.
* Four areas of maintenance: spyware removal, Registry cleaning, a privacy sweep, and deletion of junk files.
*The Diagnose System button provides system optimization tools, detects spyware, defragments your disk, and scans for hijacked Windows settings.
* Advanced SystemCare Free is a good way to maintain your system's speed and clear out junk files.
Real Player SP
It's social. It's portable. It's the new RealPlayer SP. And it's perfect for playing and sharing video with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. You'll also be happy to know it works easily with your favorite flavors of Blackberry, iPod, iPhone and game systems. Now you can download and organize your favorite videos from YouTube and thousands of other sites. Then watch them anytime, anywhere you want.
The new video converter makes it easy to copy online video to your iPod, cell phone, Xbox, PS3 or other favorite device. RealPlayer SP is the easiest way to share your favorite videos--with your favorite people--on your Facebook page or Twitter feed. Take your media experience to the next level with RealPlayer Plus. Its advanced video features let you burn DVDs with a single click.
* A 'Download This Video' button will appear automatically when you play web video. Click on the button and the video starts downloading to your hard drive. It's that simple to create your own video library.
*Connect your mobile to your PC. Click on the Copy button. RealPlayer converts the video to the correct format and transfers it to your mobile. Now enjoy your videos on the go without data charges or connectivity issues!
*Pick a downloaded video from your library and click on the icon for the social network you want to share it on (or the envelope icon if you just want to e-mail it). Entertain your friends and show them what you are into!
You Tube Downloader
This simple freeware application works pretty well, given how basic the interface is.
It has two main features: to download FLV files from YouTube, and to convert them to most major formats. If there's a YouTube URL in your clipboard, it will automatically paste it for you when you click on the dialog box. From there, just hit OK and the downloading will commence.
One more left-click is all it takes to load the file in the converter, which supports iPhone, iPod, PSP, cell phone, AVI, MP3, WMV, and Xvid. Surprisingly, there's also a basic video editor for cropping videos by time stamp. You can also cut out the sound when converting.
This is one of the lightest editors around, but the simplistic interface belies its functionality and it performs exactly as advertised.
The YouTube Downloader is proof that not only is video-making accessible to everyone, so is video downloading and editing.
GOM Media Player
As various media players jockey for position to become your default setting for music and video streams, GOM Media Player's support for a wide range of file formats has helped it stand out as a firm favorite.
Supported formats include DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF, AVI, and MOV, as are common codecs like FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, and H263. A pop-out playlist can save and organize your various media files, though the limited sort modes--two--hardly makes it a champ.
More impressive are the customizable settings on the control panel. Here you can adjust a video's image brightness, hue, and saturation.
There's no preview window, and changes occur as the video runs, so unless you care for a rousing session of trial and error, be sure to tweak the settings after clicking "play."
There's also a built-in screen-capture feature that includes zooming and panning, customizable themes, hot keys, and a host of preset and adjustable audio controls.
Overall it's a very strong player worth at least a supporting role in your video-watching habits, if not the lead.
IrfanView
IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter. Simple for beginners but powerful for professionals. Many supported file formats and features. Features include: multi-language support, Thumbnail option, Painting, slideshow, toolbar skins, fast directory browsing, batch conversion/editing, multipage editing, file search, change color depth, scanning, cut/crop, IPTC edit, capturing, lossless JPG operations, effects, ICC support, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, command line options and plugins.
The program lets you open and edit images, as well as multiple media formats. You can cut and crop images, apply batch conversions, add, sharpen, or blur effects, create panoramas, and change color modes easily. The program continues to add support for an array of file formats and has plug-in support for most image, video, and sound formats, including MP3, AVI, audio CD, and WMA. The interface is far from fancy but should be easy enough for most users to figure out.
An IrfanView Thumbnails shortcut on the desktop offers an Explorer-like file tree that quickly displays all images in a particular folder. The latest version includes a basic drawing palette made accessible by hitting F12. It contains simple Erase, Draw, Fill, Rotate, Draw an Arrow, and Color Picker commands, perfect for grabbing screenshots and highlighting image specifics.
Smart Defrag (v1.3)
Disk fragmentation is generally the main cause of slow and unstable computer performance.
Smart Defrag works effectively as the program not only defragments your computer deeply but also optimizes disk performance.
With its 'install it and forget it' feature, Smart Defrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest.
It's hard to stand out in the crowded field of defraggers, but SmartDefrag is able to do so with an unexpected twist.
Along with quick analysis and scans, SmartDefrag boasts an automated defragger that continually defrags the files that you use the most, and does it without becoming a persistent drag on your system resources. When running in the background, the program only eats up 14MB of RAM, so it's possible to run it smoothly on older machines.
Other features include a scheduler you can set up to defrag whenever you want and some customization features if you want the program to start when Windows loads or right before logging off. You also can set it to shutdown your computer when it's done defragging your hard drives and partitions.
Overall, if you would like a handy defragger with options for scheduling and more, this is a great defragger for both novices and more experienced users.
Recommended!
Media Player Codec Pack :
The Media Player Codec Pack is a simple to install package of codecs/filters/splitters used for playing back music and movie files. After installation you will be able to play 99.9% of files through your media player, along with XCD's, VCD's, SVCD's and DVD's. Also included in the package are a number of encoder codec's, allowing you to encode files in formats such as DivX. XviD, x264 and many more in your favourite encoding application. Compression types supported include DivX, XviD, x264, h.264 and many more in AVI, MKV, OGM, MP4 files. Video file types supported include 3GPP, AVI, MKV, OGM, MP4, MPG, MPEG, VOB, DAT, FLV, PS, TS, NUV. Audio file types supported include AC3, DTS, AAC, APE, FLAC, TTA, WV, OGG, Vorbis, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, UMX.
iTunes 9.0.2
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video.
It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.
And it's an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7
Apple's iTunes is basically a mega computer jukebox that lets you play music, movies, and podcasts, and also lets you connect to the iTunes Store to browse and buy additional content. iTunes has become the industry standard in media players, largely because of its connection to iPods and the iPhone. This latest version adds a number of new interface enhancements, as well as some new features to make managing your media and devices easier.
For those unfamiliar with the program, iTunes lets you play and manage music, movies, podcasts and more all from within an easy-to-understand interface. You can burn and encode CDs, listen to streaming radio, and connect to the iTunes Store to buy music and videos, iPhone apps, ringtones, and more. Apple's Genius feature lets you create playlists based around any song using the Genius algorithm to match up similar music. Perhaps most importantly, you can connect Apple's iPhone and iPod products to iTunes to sync music, movies, apps, photos, and ringtones, and keep your device firmware up to date.
iTunes 9 comes with a number of feature enhancements mostly to improve upon the way you interact with iTunes, your devices, and the iTunes Store. The interface of the iTunes Store has been cleaned up for easier navigation, redesigned with a new layout and a new black tabbed-menu system across the top. These new tabs replace the old left-side navigation to choose between categories like music, apps, movies, and podcasts. Also new to the iTunes Store, Apple has added more content when you purchase entire albums--what it's referring to as "LPs." Now when you purchase a full album or LP, you can show songs with lyrics, explore bonus content, and check out extra content created by the musicians themselves. All of these features are available for movies as well, including chapter selection, bonus content, and more.
The way you interact with apps on the iPhone and iPod Touch has also been improved. You can now interact with your home screen visually right inside the iTunes window, letting you drag apps wherever you want them before syncing to your device. You also now have the ability to selectively sync specific artists or playlists, or sync your photos by specific albums or faces.
An excellent free download!
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Webshots
Customizing your desktop and screensaver is a fun way to make your computer feel like an extension of your personality. Webshots Desktop offers a way to add professional quality photos to your desktop.
This is a great way to manage your personal digitail photograph collection and the software also includes very user friendly screensaver creation tools.
Also included are innovative tools for sharing your personal photos on the web should you wish to do so.
It's easy to upload, store and share photos on your personal Webshots homepage, and you can then add your personal photos, plus millions more from the Webshots website, to your screensaver and wallpaper.
Recommended!
"Computer Reference Library"
Master your PC - with an "all-in-one" Computer Library!
"Computer Reference Library" is a DVD ROM consisting of over 50 high quality computing reference works that will vastly expand your knowledge of computers and help you make the most of your PC.
The books selected for "Computer Reference Library" have been specifically chosen for their quality, understandability and relevance to the average user.
Having all these reference works on one convenient resource is like having the computer section at your local library right next to your PC !
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PC Professional Video Tutorials
PC Professional : Video Tutorials is a DVD ROM consisting of over 3 hours of Full Motion Video that will guide you through every aspect of building a computer system, from start to finish.
The PC Building Video Lessons are extremely easy to follow - aimed at the novice / intermediate computer user.
Expand your computing knowledge now !
Easy to follow, hugely informative and practical computor education.
Our step by step, easy to follow Video Tutorials cover all the main area's of personal PC maintainance and repair.
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Glary Utilities
This powerful application offers extensive utilities to improve your system's performance and protect your privacy. Glary Utilities' well-organized interface allows users to easily choose from several tools. It cleans unwanted junk files and removes invalid and broken shortcuts, freeing up valuable disk space.
Its Registry cleaner allows you to scan, remove, and back up faulty Registry entries. You also can wipe out online and Windows traces, although Internet Explorer is the only browser in which this function is supported. To improve the speed of your computer, Glary Utilities offers tools to manage start-up programs and memory optimization. Privacy-conscious users will certainly appreciate its inclusion of a government-standard file shredder to securely delete data.
Overall, users who are looking for an effective and easy-to-use application to keep their system in tip-top shape should try this one out.
