Useful Programs:-
These are programs and utilities that I used to recommend.
These are all legal versions of the programs, some may need you to register to use them.
| Eraser | Shreds files you want to delete so they can’t be recovered (un-deleted) Original version has stopped being updated. (http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/) | Latest version is available from: https://eraser.heidi.ie/ |
| WINRAR | unzipper for RAR files | https://www.win-rar.com |
| 7Zip | Zip and Unzip files | https://www.7-zip.org/ |
| Zone Alarm | Personal firewall, blocks hackers from getting onto your pc. Very easy to setup and use. | http://www.zonelabs.com |
| CPU-Z | Looks at your CPU & motherboard to show all the info you ever needed | https://www.cpuid.com/ |
| So you flashed your BIOS and screwed it up – help is on hand http://www.sysopt.com |
| Need a boot disk to start up a messed up pc? http://www.bootdisk.com/ |
These are ones that are no longer available, haven’t been updated for years, or are no longer free.
| Pop Up Stopper | Kills all those annoying pop up windows. Only works for Internet Explorer – Not AOL | To allow genuine pop ups hold the shift key then click on the link you want. |
| DVD2One | Encrypts DVDs | |
| Clean Up | Deletes History, Cookies, Web Cache, etc | |
| SpyBot | Deletes Spyware * NOW VERSION 1.3 * | To get new updates you need to install version 1.3 as version 1.2 stopped allowing updates at the beginning of 2004. |
| Mail Washer | Filters email for spam before you download with your normal email prog | |
| Drive Rescue | Recovers deleted (but not shredded) files. Even recovers drives that have been quick formatted | |
| Ad-Aware SE | Deletes those naughty little programs, files, cookies and registry entries that send your web surfing info to advertisers and worse! | |
| WS FTP LE | Free FTP program. (File Transfer Protocol – use it to upload files to your website or get files from other websites) | |
| Kazaa++ | A bit like Napster – download MP3 music files plus loads of other files. | |
| Power Strip | Snoops directly into your graphics card to identy make, model, serial number and loads more info. Also offers tools and tweeks. |