Useful Software - This Could be the Answer to your Problems

Useful Software - This Could be the Answer to your Problems

The cyber-rulerz team have put this collection of utilities here for your convenience, and in the hope that it may solve a problem or two. The software listed below is FREE and it is tried and tested by many forums. We cannot, however, take responsibility for any problems that arise if you decide to use any of the links below, all we can say is that they are in common use and have been proved to be reliable.
If you do have a problem that you can't solve then please feel free to post it in the appropriate forum.

All of the software found here is free.


Hardware / Software Utilities

1 Belarc Adviser This software gives you a diagnostic of you whole system.
2 MS Windows memory Diagnostic Runs a diagnostic on RAM - tests physical memory
3 PCPitstop checks many things from disk fragmentation to Internet speed tests.
4 Driver Detective will check your drivers and report what updates are available. This program is not free, so we generally recommend people to simply write down their results and then manually get the updated drivers.
5 Ethereal is a troubleshooting and reporting utility for networks.
6 Tweaks Is your PC configured for broadband?
7 Memory Ten This site can scan your Motherboard and tell you exactly what RAM you need and the max for your motherboard.
8 Win Audit Scans your PC and gives a comprehensive diagnostic of the hardware / software

Internet Security

Keeping your computer secure is your first line of defense against hackers, viruses, trojans, hijackers, spammers, and adware. These programs and sites will help you make the job a little bit easier.

A1 Windows Update This is probably the most important thing you can do to help with security of your pc
A2 Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD order You can order SP2 on CD so you do not have to download it.
A3 AuditmyPC has tests for firewall, spyware, and pop-ups.
A4 AVG (free) Excellent AntiVirus that provides regular up-dates
A5 Avast Another popular Anti Virus
A6 Active Virus Shield Supplied by AOL
A7 Trend Housecall This provides an online Anti Virus scan
A8 Panda Active Scan Another online Anti Virus scan that is very effective
A9 Shoot the Messenger Disables windows messenger service - do not confuse with MSN
A10 Setting up Security Zones in IE
A11 Microsoft Protect your PC
A12 Random Password Generator generate single or thousands of random passwords
A13 Hijack Eliminator can prevent worms and hijacking and gives recommendations on your Internet browser settings
A14 DirextX Buster Uninstalls DirectX from your system
A15 Audit my PC Test your PC firewall and check for Spyware and popups

Never have more than 1 AV or Firewall running - they will conflict

Free Firewalls

B1 Zone Alarm
B2 Outpost

Browsers

It is recommended that you have a second browser on your system so that you can check to see if the problem is unique to your primary browser.

C1 Firefox 2
C2 Firefox Add-ons
C3 Opera
C4 Avant

Web-based Virus and Trojan Scanners

D1 Bit Defender You may need to install ActiveX Control
D2 Housecall
D3 Panda
D4 McAfee (free)
D5 Symantec Security Scan Test your computer's exposure to threats
D6 Free Online Trojan Scan
D7 Trend CWShredder removes CoolWebSearch
D8 Mike Lin's Startup Monitor alerts you if any programs like trojans, viruses, or hijackers register to run at startup

Adware, Spyware, Trojan and Hijacker Scanners

E1 A-Squared
E2 Adaware SE Personal
E3 Spybot Search & Destroy
E4 Hijack this - direct link Save it to its own folder.
E5 Spyware Blaster
E6 Ewido Security Suite scanner for spyware, highjackers, worms, trojans, dialers
E7 MS Defender

Clean up your PC

F1 WinPatrol
F2 CCleaner
F3 EasyCleaner Do NOT delete any DUPLICATE files

Registry Cleaners, File Shredders and File Recovery

G1 RegSeeker Is a Registry Cleaner
G2 Eraser Is a file shredder recommended by many sites
G3 Ultrawipe Allows you to wipe sensitive data from your system
G4 Active@Killdisk Will COMPLETELY wipe your Hard Drive
G5 PC Inspector File Recovery is a File Recovery utility
G6 Restoration - file undelete Can recover files after deleting from the recycle bin
G7 DBAN Is a floppy-based utility that will completely wipe a Hard Drive

waqar hussain wrote:

ahaan sharing to achee hai per sachi kahoo yeh seref ann ko hee samaj ahai gi joo networking say talook raktai hai

I have no interest in networking as you so put it..but i am sure there are millions of people out there who are aware of the dangers and will want to stay protected.

Nice Sharing Khushboo Aapi. Keep it up..........