If you could explain a little what they do and why you like them that would be great! Thx
2007-07-01 17:32:33 · 7 answers · asked by Fender-Strat 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Some software I consider unessential
Firefox
+ add ons:
Adblock Plus
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Autohide: Gives you total control over your favorite browser's fullscreen mode.
http://lifehacker.com/software/fullscreen/download-of-the-day-autohide-firefox-217327.php
http://www.krickelkrackel.de/autohide/
DownThemAll! download manager
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201
FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox offers
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109
Google toolbar
McAfee Site Advisor
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
NoScript
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
SmartSearch (for advanced users) Perform quicksearches for the selected text, using your context menu
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/188
http://www.pitt.edu/~crp11/firefox/smartsearch/
Smartsearch Kewwords
Mozilla/Firefox Custom Keywords Directory
http://www.wormus.com/leakytap/Internet/CustomKeywords
How Cool are Custom Keywords?
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html
List of keyword searches
http://kb.mozillazine.org/List_of_keyword_searches
IE7 add ons
BackRex: Backup favorites, history, proxy settings, fonts, dialup accounts, autocomplete passwords and cookies.
http://www.backsettings.com/internet-explorer-backup.html
Google toolbar
IE7Pro: Includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins and many more power packed features.
http://www.ie7pro.com/
McAfee Site Advisor
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
Microsoft Office (not free) or OpenOffice (free)
DivX, Quicktime / iTunes, RealPlayer Free, Winamp, Windows Media Player
Audacity: record online music
DVD/CD burning software. Nero or Roxio (not free)
Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Shockwave Player
AZZ Cardfile Similar to Windows Cardfile in Windows 3.1
helps manage any personal information like addresses, phone numbers, references, notes, etc.
Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger,
http://www.azzcardfile.com/
Belarc Advisor: Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, Security benchmarks
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
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Full Time (Active) Virus Protection
AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
AOL Active Virus Shield (powered by Kaspersky)
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp
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Windows Defender Full time spyware protection
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection.
Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper
After installation: update + scan + immunize
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/
CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history
In options. Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
http://www.ccleaner.com/
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Microsoft OneCare Live, run “full service scan”
Updates windows, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), backs up registry and then cleans registry, and checks for open firewall ports
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
Malicious Software Removal Tool (run “full scan”)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
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Rootkits Removers Pick any 2 install and run one each month
AVG Anti-Rootkit
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-rootkit-update-app-art/?ver=1.1.0.29
F-Secure BlackLight
http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/
Panda Anti-Rootkit
http://research.pandasoftware.com/blogs/research/archive/2007/04/27/New-Panda-Anti_2D00_Rootkit-_2D00_-Version-1.07.aspx
Sophos Anti-Rootkit
http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html
Trend Micro Rootkit Buster
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/rbuster.asp
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Online Free Scanners:
Run a different one each month.
Trend Micro HouseCall
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
BitDefender Online Scanner
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Kaspersky Labs Online Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
McAfee
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?affid=294
Edwido Spyware Scan
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
F-Secure
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
Panda ActiveScan Free Online Scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan?
Symantic Online Scanner http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/ssc_eula.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=ALUFRHYTINMHDKDCWLL&vc_scanstate=2
2007-07-01 19:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ports on a PC are not open unless that port is in use. A program that protects these ports once opened are firewalls. I'm sure people below me will give you a long list of firewalls.
2016-05-21 00:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh gosh
aMule - Allows me to find those hard to find files
Amarok - best music player ever
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird - better than IE anyday
Evolution - ever needed to check your email?
Gimp - graphics made easy
OpenOffice - ready for the future of word processing
Beryl - eye candy galore
K3B - cd/dvd burning made easy (and free)
Helix Player - neat little video player
MPlayer - integrates well with many codecs for video
Pidgin (my favorite) - was able to get rid of spyware AOL instant messenger forever!
Bittorrent - for those long haul downloads
Quake III Arena (GPL'd and open source now hahahaha) - something to keep me busy and the cpu burning
2007-07-01 18:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by jmjonesey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ziepod - Just cannot live without it. A great podcast software. I like it because you can listen to podcasts without downloading them.
CCleaner - Cleans the registry and removes unnecessary stuff.
uTorrent - Tiny but freaking useful torrent client
2007-07-01 17:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by boogie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real download, because it helps me download things a lot faster and makes it easier to find them.
Limewire, download free music! And if I am looking for something that is hard to find, I can usually find it there.
Adobe Acrobat, for downloading documents, especially tax documents.
Skype for talking to family for free! Yes!
2007-07-01 17:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there,
If you need to download QUAKE III Arena you can get it here for free: http://j.mp/1p0CpIk
Team Arena focused on team multiplayer, as its name implies; it introduced new weapons, bots, maps and powerups, including the infamous Kamikaze.
I love it!
2014-08-27 13:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ad-aware se plus - it removes all spyware and as a result my computer works quicker
2007-07-01 17:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋