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The antivirus software industry is enlarging rapidly as an answer to the growing need for dependable protection caused by the increasing number of malicious programs which are threatening the safety of our computers. Despite all the competition, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition manages to remain one of the most popular and appreciated antivirus products for more than just the fact that it’s free. The constant improvements and newly added features converged into what AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition stands for today: a reliable antivirus program which provides successfully basic protection against digital threats using the latest AVG technologies.
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There are people, Mac fans even, that find the startup sound annoying. As a proud Mac owner, I don’t find the startup sound stressful or annoying in any way, on the contrary, not only that lets everyone know that there’s another Mac user in range but the sound itself indicates that the hardware startup testing has been successful.
Now, for all those who need to know how to disable the startup sound, there are 2 methods, the easy mode or the software mode.
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There’s no doubt about it, laptop/notebook battery life is still an issue nowadays and we need to learn how to optimize it specially when we’re travelling. Introducing Aerofoil, a tiny little program that in its simplicity, greatly increases your battery life. What Aerofoil is doing is actually detecting when the laptop is running on battery and switches off some battery eating features such as: Vista/7 Aero glass interface, the sidebar or muting the sound.
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Rootkits were and still are a pain in the behind for many of us. A rookit is basically a piece of maliciouos software that allows an attacker to do stuff, bad stuff with your system. Fortunately there are many anti-rootkit applications out there, detectors and removers. Gmer is a nifty little software that detects and removes rootkits.
It scans for:
- hidden processes
- hidden threads
- hidden modules
- hidden services
- hidden files
- hidden Alternate Data Streams
- hidden registry keys
- drivers hooking SSDT
- drivers hooking IDT
- drivers hooking IRP calls
- inline hooks
You can give Gmer a test try, it doesn’t load as resident and eats almost no memory. For instructions, features and changelogs, please visit the developer’s website.
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Device Doctor is yet another driver update scanner, that, well, updates your computer drivers within some mouse clicks. What made us write about this, is that, as you probably figured it out, it’s completely free. The advantages of a driver updating software are obvious, keeping your computer updated at all times, with the latest driver releases, directly from the application. Of course, there are some drawbacks to any automated task, older drivers are not always found or some incorrect versions are slipped here and there, but overall, a driver update scanner is strongly recommended.
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WinMacro is a nifty macro recorder/player that can record any action you do on your computer’s desktop, then replay it identically. Then the question comes in mind…what’s this better than normal screen recording software? First of all, WinMacro doesn’t create movies, making the file much more smaller, kb size. Secondly, you can create powerful automated macros, just hitting play. You want an “alive” tutorial? Just record your moves, hit play and enjoy the ride.
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We all faced the DLL problem one way or the other, either by uninstalling some software or just deleted something somehow by mistake..right? This is where AnalogX DLL Archive comes in handy and saves you and your system from failure.
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Well here is an application that will probably get very useful for everyone. Did you ever had any screen resolution adjustments, driver failures or any that high-tech drama that messed up your desktop icons? I sure did. This is where DesktopOK comes into play, saving the position of all your icons so you can restore them after hell breaks loose.
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