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Advanced SystemCare Free | Free Windows XP/Vista/7 Registry Cleaner, Clean Privacy & Speed Up PC
Clean the registry, tweak settings, check for some forms of malware. Good all-round cleanup and tweak tool. Free and advanced payware versions.
LastPass Password Manager, Form Filler - The Last Password You'll Have To Remember
Excellent cross-browser web password manager and secure form filler.
It is under very active development & is already suitable for all but the most sensitive passwords. Plugins for IE & Firefox give the best user interface but you can use it just from the web - there is even a one-time password feature to access your password store from public computers (go to https://lastpass.com/otp.php, you have to log in on that page itself to generate a list of OTPs). All the data is LOCALLY encrypted on your computer and nothing is stored on their computers unencrypted.
No mistakes? NH P2P case highlights MediaSentry's issues - Ars Technica
Useful overview of some security trace methods used by MediaSentry and their possible short-comings
Free Online Backup, File and Folder Sync, Share & Storage for Windows, Mac, and Linux - SpiderOak.com
Interesting online backup facility. Uses a custom version control/rdiff type client to keep multiple versions and only send minimal change data to the server. Data on the server is encrypted.
2GB Free for life. USD100 per 100GB per year so its a good price. High levels of compression and redundant file checking make it even better value. No bandwidth charges and no restrictions on how many client machines access the online account.
Client versions for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu/Debian.
import this. » Blog Archive » HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY
A useful how-to on using Putty as a SOCKS 5 local proxy. With loads of comments from people on how to stop DNS leakage, use SSH directly and so on.
clavid - one key, all access
Provider of security and identity services. OpenID, YubiKey, etc.
duplicati - Google Code
A native Windows port (.net, works with MONO too) of Duplicity (backup software supporting various network transports and that is able to keep the remote backup encrypted). Does incremental backups. Supports SSH and Amazon S3 back-ends. Also adds a GUI.
The best free antivirus: a comparison | freewaregenius.com
Analysis of free AV tools (April 2009)
ThreatFire AntiVirus - Behavioral Virus and Spyware Protection
Highly rated heuristic anti-malware tool. Free for non-commercial uses. USD30 for commercial use with support Combine with more traditional Anti-Virus tools for the best protection.
Free Antivirus for Windows - Open source GPL virus scanner
Does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware. However, it is free for all uses and uses the cross-platform ClamAV engine.
PrefPass 2
PrefPass is the easy way to support every major identity provider on your site today.
WinAudit v2.27 - Free Computer Audit Software
WinAudit is easy to use, no special knowledge is required to use the programme. It is a self-contained single file that needs no installation or configuration. It can be run from a floppy disk or USB stick. Simply download the programme and double click on it. User interface translations have been kindly contributed by several people, if possible WinAudit will automatically start in your language.
The programme reports on virtually every aspect of computer inventory and configuration. Results are displayed in web-page format, categorised for ease of viewing and text searching. Whether your interest is in software compliance, hardware inventory, technical support, security or just plain curiosity, WinAudit has it all. The programme has advanced features such as service tag detection, hard-drive failure diagnosis, network port to process mapping, network connection speed, system availability statistics as well as Windows® update and firewall settings.
WinAudit is free, you can use it in your commercial applications and distribute it freely to anyone. The programme requires neither installation nor configuration. Its small size and ability to create formatted emails means you can audit just about any Windows® based personal computer.
Roadkil.Net
Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.
Startup Programs Database
Startup programs are programs that are automatically started by Windows when the operating system starts. The problem is that many programs, viruses, hijackers, spyware, and other malware set themselves to start automatically when Windows starts. As more and more programs are started automatically, your computer's valuable resources are drained, causing your computer to operate slowly.
This database will allow you to search for programs that you find starting automatically on your computer and determine if they are considered to be malware (harmful), optional, unnecessary, or necessary to run. To examine your computer for programs that are automatically started by Windows, you can download and install Autoruns by Sysinternals. You can then search for entries found in the programs output using this database to determine if the program should be running. If from the information you decide they are not necessary to run, you can uncheck that entry in the Autoruns program and it will no longer start.
Jungle Disk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 and Rackspace - JungleDisk
$2 per month + 15 cents per GB per month. Pay per use, cloud storage, encryption (256-bit AES done before transmission). Appears as drive. Block level updates (minimises traffic). Use with existing backup tools. Access to files using browser if needed. 1 price for any number of computers backed up. Unlimited bandwidth! Worldwide data centres. Use Amazon S3 instead of cloudspace if required. Workgroup and Windows Home Server editions also available
NB: Max 5GB single file limitation.
Iconix
Verifies email sender identity using several methods
Clonezilla
Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone efficiency.
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