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CCleaner 2.25.1025 (Windows)

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry...

Tags: Freeware, CCleaner, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-26

CCleaner 2.22.968 (Windows)

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry...

Tags: Freeware, CCleaner, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-29

Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning

Some of you have probably heard about Conficker.C, the computer virus/worm that is set to activate on April 1st.  Conficker.C exploits a particular vulnerability in Windows that was announced in October of 2008 which allows code to be remotely executed. Nobody exactly knows what Conficker.C is supposed to do on...

Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Antivirus Software, Virus, Conficker.C, Chances, CLAMAV, CCleaner, WinDirStat, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Tools & Techniques, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Free alternatives to commercial software

Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

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GoodNightPC 1.9 (Windows)

GoodNightPC is an award-winning PC utility to automatically shut down, restart, lock, or hibernate your computer. Ideal for saving electricity and cut off your power bill. GoodNightPC is small and efficient. New features include boss key for fast windows hiding and automatic run of maintenance software like ad-aware, ccleaner or...

Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, StudioZ, GoodNightPC, Construction

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

Run a Linux distro or a MacIt is funny, when you 'weld' a web_browserinto an operating system and viruses/worms/malware/trojans and spyware come in from outside sources it is amazing how insecureit makes an Operating System.Say what you will, Linux distro's power theInternet with Bind dns, dhcp, routers/switchesand they do not...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, MSE, antivirus, operating system, malware, Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full 2.0 update later this fall

Top iPhone appsHa ha, one of the visual search galleries is for iPhone apps, how ironic!BUT, Can We Block The Bing Cookies?One issue that is irritating me with MS is their disregard for me, and for every person who uses MS products. (No, I am not anti MS. However, I...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Bing, cookie, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Open source reputations build brand loyalty

Bing might be lower if..I continue to use Google on a regular basis, but when setting up PCs and having a Windows update change the search provider to Bing, I get frustrated and have to change it back. I am sure that I have entered a query in there...

Tags: Branding, Linux User, Bing, brand loyalty, Open source reputation, open source, Google Inc., brand, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

How to recover deleted photos from your SD card

How to recover deleted photos from your SD cardOr for the PCwww.recuva.comFrom the makers of CCleaner - The best FREE recovery answer for windows users!RE: How to recover deleted photos from your SD cardI use CardRaider on OSX platforms, recovered about a hundred photos accidentally deleted from my SD card....

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, SD card, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

PC OEMs: Please Cut the Crap!

Buying a new PC from one of the Tier 1 OEMs can often be a frustrating exercise in crapware removal. My Tuesday morning started like this. Phone rings. 9AM. Hey Jason, uh, it's Christine. Javi just booted up the laptop...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Costco, PC, OEM, Intuit QuickBooks, Laptop Computer, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-01

ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps

In February, I asked ZDNet readers for the free, lightweight applications they simply can't live without. After tallying the suggestions in the comments and via e-mail -- and there were an awful lot of good suggestions, believe me -- here are the 25 most popular. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Site, Evernote, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-25

How do I... Remove unwanted files with Ccleaner in one click?

Combining the features of Ccleaner with Click & Clean gives you the power to remove unwanted and unnecessary files from a Microsoft Windows PC in one click. Jack Wallen shows you how to set it up.

Tags: Jack Wallen, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2009-03-11

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?

Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?A few Light AppsVLCFoxit ReaderFilezillaIceChatQuicktime AlternativeIZArc...everything else is rather heavy.Joeycan't live without ....starup.cpl .......!!!!!http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtmlRE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?THE best free lightweight app of all-time has got to be Irfanview:http://www.irfanview.comThe swiss army knife of images.RE: Reader poll: Best free lightweight apps?Definitely as...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, lightweight app, Reader Poll

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Review: iolo System Mechanic

Review: iolo System MechanicA few things...There are few reasons why these cleaner software won't tells you everything.1) Registry cleanner can help speedboost a bit, but almost all of them are well known locations. Telling you how it's fixed basically it's as same as telling you it's doing the same job...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, System Mechanic Pro, System Mechanic

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Review: iolo System Mechanic

There's always an arms race when it comes to the jack of all trades system tool: registry cleaner, anti-spyware, defragmenter, settings control panel. Some ZDNet readers, including myself, default to a combination of the free but popular CCleaner, Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy and an antivirus program. ...

Tags: Hard Drive, System Mechanic, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Windows bit-rot - fact or fiction?

Windows bit-rot - fact or fiction?A fix which does not involve "nuking the system" is best.If the problem is coming from residue in the registry, 5 minutes with a registry cleaner will suffice. Try the registry cleaner in CCleaner as a first step. That should be sufficient. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, fiction, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Ultimate Security Toolbox 6.0.6 (Windows)

Ultimate Security Toolbox is a very powerful security and computer health tool that allows you to protect against and repair ANY computer issue. Comprised of Advanced System Care, CCleaner, Spybot and Sygate, Ultimate Security Toolbox is the most comprehensive security and computer health suite available today. The first line of...

Tags: Health Care, Microsoft Windows, SpyBot, Computer, TestPortal, Productivity, Firewalls, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Network Security, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-03

What's your computer's life expectancy? Iolo intends to extend it

What's your computer's life expectancy? Iolo intends to extend itQuestions and CommentDid you mean catastrophic hardware, rather than software, failure? 2.4 years average lifetime? What's the standard deviation? Is that statistic broken down as to corporate versus private? By brands?As to scrubbing a disk, I've downloaded the Knoppix Live Disk...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Iolo, software, PC, computer

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

How to ruin a perfectly good Sunday with Windows Vista

The HP J4580 Multi-Function Inkjet Printer, Scanner and Fax. The $99.00 multifunction device that was the icing on the cake that ruined my Sunday. I always know when my weekend is going to be ruined. It usually starts like this: ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, MFD, Printers, Scanners, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Fax, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-17

Adventures in CA Support Day 2

Adventures in CA Support Day 2At Least I'm Not AloneYour experience with CA's support website is the main reason my organization dropped their Internet Security Suite.There's no need to put up w/bad service.Try using a combination of best-of-breed applications to protect yourself: Grisoft's AVG and Checkpoint's ZoneAlarm. For maintaining...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows XP, Computer Associates International Inc., restore point

Discussion threads 2008-11-14