Emsisoft Emergency Kit: Clean Malware Infected Computer, Portable Virus Scanner

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The Emsisoft Emergency kit is a freeware portable virus scanning tool for Windows that you can use to clean infected systems. The Emsisoft Emergency kit is basically collection of four utilities that you can run without installation from any device connected to the computer system.

The four utilities included in the emergency kit are: a disc scanner to check and clean infected systems, a command line scanner that offers the same functionality but without the graphical user interface, HiJackFree that provides an in depth analysis of the system and a cleanup software called BlitzBlank which can delete data that cannot be deleted by normal means. [Read more...]

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Starter: Take Control Over Windows Startup, Services, Processes

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Starter is a freeware portable application that functions as a startup manager, Windows service manager and process monitor. It is very small but very powerful in functionality.

As you go on installing new applications in Windows, some of them are configured to launch themselves when Windows starts up. This slows up the start-up process and you end up hogging your system resources. You can use Starter to remove any unneeded program that is in your startup list so that it doesn’t run on startup any more and you gain back system performance. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Utilities, Vista, Windows, Windows 7

ClipCycler: Enable Cut-Copy-Paste of Multiple Clipboard Contents [Windows]

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In Windows, one of the most common activity performed by us is simple cut/copy and paste. But, in the copy and paste activity, Windows remembers only the last copied contents. If you are looking for an application that can help you keep up multiple clipboard contents with simple keyboard hotkey combination, then look no further than ClipCycler.

ClipCycler is a free, open-source, portable clipboard app that allows you to cycle through a number of clipboard contents. Using it will lift away the current limitation of just a single clipboard content, no longer enough for power users. [Read more...]

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Process Lasso 4 Free: Optimize Windows Process Priority For Stability

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Process Lasso is a unique application for Windows that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability during periods of high CPU load. Windows operating system is designed to allow programs to monopolize CPU usage without restraint but this leading to system hang and lags when a single process takes up huge share of CPU.

Process Lasso has been designed to optimize Windows responsiveness and stability by automatically adjusting processes and applications that take more than their fair share of the computer resource. It does so by intelligently adjusting the process priority of running programs or processes automatically using its unique ProBalance (Process Balance) technology, so that badly behaved processes won’t negatively impact the responsiveness of your PC. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Utilities, Vista, Windows, Windows 7

[Expired] TuneUp Utilities 2011 Exclusive Giveaway, 3 Genuine Licenses To Be Won!

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TuneUp Utilities 2011, the ultimate system utility for Windows is released few days back and we got a chance to review the product. Below is a brief summary of our conclusion after testing TuneUp Utilities 2011:

TuneUp Utilities 2011 is one of the most complete system utility. It features a memory optimizer, registry cleaner, registry defragment, disk cleaner, disk defragment, disk space explorer, system tweaker, secure file shredder, deleted file recovery (undelete), process explorer, turbo mode for instant performance gain, program deactivator, uninstaller and more.

Overall, TuneUp Utilities 2011 does a great job and is an ultimate tool if you want to improve computer performance.

You can read our full review: TuneUp Utilities 2011 Review [Read more...]

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TuneUp Utilities 2011 Review

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When Windows becomes too slow and doing a simple task like refreshing the desktop takes ages, it is generally result of fragmented hard disk, junk files, and a badly maintained Windows registry. If you want to speed up your Windows and bring back the performance you used to get when it was freshly installed, then check out TuneUp Utilities 2011, an application that can dramatically speed up Windows performance.

TuneUp Utilities 2011 edition got released few days back and I got a chance to test it. I am testing it for the last few days on both my Windows XP and Windows 7 installation. It comes with a promising new feature TuneUp Program Deactivator with TuneUp Programs-On-Demand (more on this later) while including all the features from the successful 2010 edition. It also includes the new Overview of All Functions interface, Tuning Status, an enhanced Turbo Mode and a revamped Start Center. Read on to find out about our experience using TuneUp Utilities 2011 and how it became my favorite ultimate system utility. [Read more...]

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Librarian: Free Feature Rich Windows 7 Library Management Utility

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Windows 7 Library is one of the most notable feature included by Microsoft. Windows 7 Library is a collection of folders and files from different locations. You can group the files and folders based on different categories like music, pictures, videos etc. However, unlike a folder, a Library can display files stored in several folders at the same time. This is a subtle, but important, difference. Libraries don’t actually store items. They monitor folders that contain a user’s items, and offers a single access point of all the content.

Librarian is a simple freeware application that allows you to tweak and customize Windows 7 libraries. It offers more features than the default Windows 7 Library management. Using Librarian, you can manage your Windows 7 Library and add custom icons to them to recognize them quickly. [Read more...]

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Square Privacy Cleaner From NoVirusThanks Helps Protect Your Privacy

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Square Privacy Cleaner (SPC) is a fast, powerful, and easy to use privacy protection tool from NoVirusThanks. It can help remove all the unwanted history data present on your computer. With just one click, SPC allows you to erase Windows traces, recent opened documents, prefetch files, clipboard cache, MRU lists, temp folders, junk files, making PC operation fast and smooth.

You can clean all Internet traces, like cookies, history and cache of popular web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Google Chrome. You can also clean history of all third-party applications. Thus, using this app, it is possible to erase WinRAR history, WinZIP history, Java cache, Java logs, Java temporary folder, Media Player Classic history, Borland Delphi history, Microsoft Office history, and many more including Adobe Reader, Windows Media Player, MS Office, FlashGet, 7-Zip. [Read more...]

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