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If you have ever used any passwords, credit card numbers or such personal information they might be still there in files and hidden areas of your computer without your knowledge. As Identity theft can have big financial impact on you and it poses a security threat to your privacy, here is a free /paid security program that will find out unprotected instances of passwords or such information on your PC. You may then take action to secure anything you find. Identity Finder Free edition provides following benefits for consumers: Identity Finder for free will determines whether or not Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and passwords exist on your computer in an unprotected manner. You may then take action to secure anything you find. Browser clean up tools: Remove personal information from your web browsers (Firefox and Internet Explorer). File shredder: permanently delete any file or folder on your computer Password vault: This tool allows you to securely store and manage usernames and passwor...

Bookmark Autohider is an extension to Firefox which is useful for people who like to have a simple interface and more space to their browser. Bookmark Autohider hides the bookmark toolbar until you move the mouse above it. When you drag your mouse above bookmark toolbar it appears, and disappears after a few seconds (you can set the time from the Bookmark Autohider Option menu). [via] Download Bookmark Autohider

If you have recently upgraded your hardware and installed new drivers, it is necessary to properly remove old driver leftovers from your computer. ( This article show you how to view and uninstall old drivers) Driver leftovers can cause stability, startup and other problems to your PC. Driver Sweeper is a free tool to remove driver leftovers from your system. The following steps are the best way to clean the drivers from your system. Use the official uninstaller(s) of the driver(s) you want to uninstall. Reboot your PC in Safe Mode (Optional). Run Driver Sweeper and select what to clean. Analyze lists all the entries to remove, where cleaning removes the entries select The current supported drivers are: ATI (Display), Creative (Sound), Microsoft (Mouse), NVIDIA (Chipset), NVIDIA (Display), NVIIDA (PhysX) and Realtek (Sound) Driver Sweeper 2.0.0 and higher requires Windows 7, Vista and XP with at least .NET 3.0 installed. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows are supported. Downl...

If you own an iPhone 3G, iPod or PSP, there is a cool giveaway for this holiday season. Ourpix.com is offering you Slideshow Maker (worth $30 each) absolutely free as a holiday gift for iPhone, iPod and PSP. Another free offering is Spring StylePack (for Wondershare Photo Story Platinum) which contains a variety of style effects to let you make a holiday photo story in seconds. The free giveaway includes: 1. Spring StylePack: Each style comes with a variety of effects to let you make a holiday photo story in seconds 2. iPhone 3G Slideshow Maker: Free photo slideshow maker to make some holiday movies for your new iPhone 3G. 3. iPod Slideshow Maker: Make something new for your iPod. It's not only a mp3 player, but a home movie theatre on the go. 4. PSP Slideshow Maker: Like the iPod, PSP could also be a home movie theatre for playback your home-made movies. Download the free offers from here

Paragon Total Defrag 2010 is a new comprehensive product for total file system defragmentation and optimization. Built on original Paragon technologies, it performs complete low-level defragmentation that provides almost zero fragmentation level . Paragon Total Defrag 2010 allows you: 1. Perform a complete low-level defragmentation that provides almost zero fragmentation level. 2. Speed up and optimize all critical system files and metadata including MFT (Master File Table), directories, paging files, registry hives and others. The program supports Windows 7, Vista and XP. You can download Paragon Total Defrag 2010 absolutely free (Until Nov 29, 2009)

CheckDrive is a free utility for detecting hard drive errors that might appear on system crashes or when switching off your PC without a proper Windows shutdown If you ever had a system crash then check it with CheckDrive It shows info about your drives and determines if your hard drive needs to be cleaned or defragmented. CheckDrive detects current fragmentation of your hard drives and shows the amount of garbage on your disks Download CheckDrive (required free registration to use the tool)

There is a problem that BitLocker enabled machine that is running Windows 7 (Ultimate and Enterprise) or Windows Server 2008 R2 may stops responding when shutting down. And also, the operating system seems to have already shut down, and the screen turns black. However the computer does not turn off completely. Its fan and other devices are still turned on. If you have experienced such a problem, Microsoft has released a hot fix for that. More details and download is available at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=975496

Free Process Freezer is a very simple to use tool that works similar to Windows Task Manager, but instead of terminating a process it suspend the problematic process and resume it later. It is handy when a process is consuming lots of system resources, but you do not want to terminate it. That is you can use Free Process Freezer to suspend a process without losing any data, and resume it later whenever you wish. To install the program required Microsoft .NET Framework installed on your machine. Download Free Process Freezer from programs homepage.

Advanced System Care Pro is an advanced maintenance and optimization utility for Windows that can fix many computer problems and ensures maximum computer performance automatically. It lets you clean junk files, delete invalid registry entries, wipeout internet surfing history, defrag hard disk, remove spyware from your computer – overall a perfect tool for maintaining your PC. As a thanks giving gift, you can download a free licensed version of Advanced System Care Pro from IObit today. However, remember that while installing the program, don’t forget to uncheck the installation of ‘Unnecessary’ Toolbar option. Visit here to get Advanced SystemCare PRO Edition for free.

Recycle bin helps us deleting files using drag & drop. But the view of the desktop must be free, or else it is annoying. But if you can place the taskbar in an always visible area, that is, on the left side of your taskbar (quick launch bar), you will always have access to it. So you can easily drag & drop files into it to delete. In Windows XP and Vista you can do this very easily by just dragging and dropping the recycle bin to the quick launch bar. 1. Before doing that, right click on the taskbar and uncheck ‘Lock the Taskbar’ . Enable Quick Launch bar , if not enabled ( Right click on the Taskbar – Toolbars – Quick launch bar ) 2. If you have many items on the quick launch bar, drag the Separator (vertical bar) to the right side to accommodate the recycle bin. 3. Finally right click on the taskbar and check ‘Lock the taskbar’ . However in Windows 7 you have needed some other tricks to place the recycle bin to the taskbar. Do as described below. 1- Right click on the ta...

Each Google Chrome installation contains a unique ID that allows identifying its user. If you want to browse ‘anonymously’ with Chrome browser you need to remove this id. Google doesn't make it an easy job to remove this ID. Here is a freeware tool called UnChrome which helps you with this task. It replaces your unique ID with Null values so that your browser can no longer be identified. The functionality of Google Chrome is not affected by this. You only need to apply UnChrome once. Download UnChrome from here.

Keyboard shortcuts always help us to speed up work, save time and it significantly improves productivity. Microsoft has published important shortcut keys for Windows 7 that can help make your computer easier to use. Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcut Keys complete lists

F-Secure recently launched a tool called F-Secure Updater and Tuneup that helps keep our system up-to-date and make it stay optimized by defragging the drive, checking the registry, etc. Maintaining a computer can be a chore sometimes, especially if you're the kind of person that's always on the go. Keeping all the programs on a computer up-to-speed with the latest updates can be a hassle. Periodically 'housecleaning' the system (like defragging the hard drive) in order to optimize performance is even less exciting. This single tool can handle both these tasks. Updater and Tuneup is a Technology Preview program and can be used free till the end of January 2010. F-Secure offering the following items as prizes (by lucky draw ) to users who give feedback about F-Secure Updater and Tuneup : 5 boxes of F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and 15 VIP Cards for F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and F-Secure Mobile Security

iFree recorder is a simple tool for recording (automatically/ manually) Skype voice conversations. You can use this freeware tool for recording Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn calls, and Conference calls. iFree recorder works with Windows XP/Vista and 7 and you need Skpye installed on your computer. Key Features of iFree recorder - Automatic or manual recording capabilities. - Choice to record different side - Skype2Skype calls, SkypeOut/SkypeIn. - Store your calls to MP3 format (Using Lame MP3 Encoder). - Easy to track record history. - Built-in audio player. Download iFree Recorder

If you have a multi-core system (dual / quad core, etc), there is a great potential to increase the performance of applications, for example, assigning a single core or multiple cores to an application. Although it is possible to manually modify the cores assigned to an application using the 'Task manager ( core affinity ), the freeware tool called Core Affinity Resident will automate this. Core Affinity Resident is a portable tool. After executing the tool, left click on the tray icon, you will see all applications running in your system that are able to be reassigned to one or more cores. Once your target application is selected, its core affinity will be shown. Now proceed to check or uncheck the desired cores and then push 'Save'. Now your application will use only the cores you want to, and will remember your preferences in the future. Download Core Affinity Resident (for Windows7, vista and XP)

Accessing Linux partition (Ext2/Ext3 file system) from Windows is not possible without special software. If you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot on your computer, there may be many situations that you have need files stored on your Linux installation. Previously we mentioned about a free tool called Paragon ExtBrowser , which lets you read, write, modify, create, and delete files and folders under Windows. Here is another freeware tool called DiskInternals Linux Reader that allows you to browse Ext2/Ext3 Linux file systems from Windows and extract files from there. DiskInternals Linux Reader provides for read-only access and does not allow you to make records in Ext2/Ext3 file system partitions. This guarantees that the interference in an alterative file system will not affect the work of Linux later. Apart from this, it is necessary to note, that it gives you an opportunity to use common Windows Explorer for extracting data. A preview option for pictures is one ...

Recently there have been a number of complaints about Avira anti-virus updating problems. Users of the free Avira AntiVir Personal had issues fetching the Updates in time because of the overloaded server. To solve this issue Avira has changed the update scheme, they switched their current virus definition files (called iVDF ) to a new format called nVDF . iVDF consists of 4 VDF files, while nVDF uses at least 32 files - need to transfer less data for updating virus definitions. Another change is using an additional Content Delivery Network (CDN) in order to redirect the update requests to servers close to the user’s location - Read More Users of Free AntiVir Personl visit here to solve current issue.

Just deleting data by dragging and dropping into the recycle bin is not able to destroy it permanently. Anyone can recover it with special software. Here is a tiny, portable tool for deleting data permanently from your hard disk. The free tool called ‘Blank And Secure’ overwrites the data with zeros before deleting it, so recovering became impossible. Using Blank And Secure is very easy. Run the program, drag and drop files and folder into it. Select overwrite times (Overwrite the data X times with NULL), and click delete button, that’s all. For a security reason, this type of tool is necessary. It allows users to completely remove sensitive data from their hard drive by overwriting it several times. Download Blank And Secure Similar tools: 1). Eraser 2). Hard drive eraser .

Fast Video Converter PRO is an all-in-one, easy to use video converter that lets you convert almost all video formats into any video formats. With this tool you may easily get the specific video format watched on TV, played on portable media players, loaded to mobile phones, or put on websites, etc. Fast Video Converter PRO supports video formats like AVI, ASF, AVC, DIVX, FLV, H264, MP4, MOV, MPEG1/2, OGG, RM, RMVB, VOB, WMV, XVID, 3GP, 3G2, etc., and also for creating fascinating photos from video files. DVDFAST is providing "Fast Video Converter PRO" absolutely free, which normally sells for $24.95 as a holiday gift. This offer is valid till November 30, 2009. Features includes: Converts Videos between Popular Video Formats Supports Batch Conversion Extracts Audio From Video Converts Multiform Videos to Portable Multimedia Devices Fastest speed to convert video Just visit this link http://www.dvdfast.net/gift/thanksgiving.php to get a free license key (for 10 PCs) and the ...

Here is some cool, free, high quality desktop wallpaper (more than 100) from popular feature films created by Pixar like Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monster Inc, Finding Memo, etc. Pixar is known to be the best for creating CGI (computer generated imagery) films and generate high-quality images using their image-rendering API. The images are high quality, in 1024 × 768 resolutions, so there's sure to be one to fit your monitor. Download Pixar Movie Wallpaper

MalAware is an ultra fast cloud based malware scanner from Emsisoft ( a-squared Anti-Malware ) that scans your PC for malware and inform you. The basic idea behind this free tool, according to the company is to build a lightweight tool (below 1Mb) and provide a fastest possible malware scanner (less than a minute). Although MalAware has included basic known malware signature files, most scans are done in the cloud (required active internet connection). So it can achieve a similar accuracy as a-squared Anti-Malware. However, remember that MalAware only detects threats, in order to remove the threats you need a-squared Anti-Malware. MalAware is a portable tool (no installation required) and runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 ( 32 bit and 64 bit editions). [ Please note that MalAware performs a very fast scanning and may therefore not wholly give information on whether the PC is possibly infected in system areas outside the scanned ]. Download MalAware

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (available with Windows XP and Vista) is a very simple to use video editing application for creating small movies at home. Here is a free tool called Windows Movie Maker Installer that allows you to install Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 6.0 in a fresh installation of Windows 7 . The specialty about this tool is that you can enjoy DV export and a true timeline that are not found in the new Windows Live Movie Maker . Both versions of Movie Maker may be installed side-by-side though if needed. This installer supports both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. Download (13Mb) Windows Movie Maker Installer .

One major disadvantage of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the top-rated free anti-virus/anti-spyware program for Windows , is that it uses Windows Update to update the virus definition files. If you disabled the Windows update for some reasons MSE won’t update anymore. Since MSE virus definitions are updated almost daily, the manually updating is quite tiresome. To solve this situation here is a freeware utility called MSE Update Utility which can be used to update MSE even if Windows Update is disabled. After installing the tool, from the main window you can select the update intervals - Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Startup. Updating the virus definitions during startup is the best way to keep the system secure. It will automatically update the definitions and notify you when they are complete. Download the free tool MSE Update Utility from Additivetips

If you want High-Quality or High-Definition video in Skype, normally required dual-core processor and a high-end Logitech camera. However, here is a freeware tool to force Skype to activate HQ video or HD video without having a dual core processor or a Logitech camera. Force Skype HQ/HD Webcam Video is an application that lets you activate, enable, force, and configure Skype HQ video regardless of your camera or processor. Remember that, it works only Skype for Windows and if the bandwidth is too low, Skype will not send HQ video even if you activate it with this tool. You can download it free from here. Required Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP. (32 and 64bits), Skype 3.6, 3.8, 4.0, 4.1. and Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is the top rated, free, light weight Anti-virus and Anti-spyware program for Windows that give real-time protection against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. However after installing the MSE, you would have to update it with latest virus definitions which requires a 40Mb download. If you encounter problems while trying to install definition updates for Microsoft Security Essentials (internet problems, update stops in the middle way, etc) you can download and install the latest definition updates for computers manually. Unlike other antivirus programs, you need not to do anything with MSE. Just download the latest definition updates (46Mb) and double click on it (mpam-fe.exe) to install. That’s all. Note: If your computer is running Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click Mpam-fe.exe, and select Run as administrator, and then click Run to install. You can download MSE definition updates from here ( 32bit and 64bit ). Related Stories: ...

Windows Access Panel is a handy tool for Windows 7 that provides quick access to several settings and features of Windows7. The goal of this tool is to minimize the trouble in accessing such settings and features, because some settings or features are required several clicks to launch. Windows Access Panel is a portable application, just unzip and Place it in your Programs Files and Pin its shortcut to your Start menu. Windows Access Panel has three tabs – Basic, Advanced and About. The Basic tab links to commonly used programs like Disk Defragmenter, Registry Editor, and Firewall. Advanced tab links to less commonly used apps like DirectX Diagnostics, Problem Step Recorder, and Remote Assistance. Windows Access Panel supports Windows 7 and Vista (32bit and 64bit).

Windows XP Mode is a new feature for Windows 7 which makes it easy to run many old XP programs directly from your Windows 7 PC. But you required Professional or Ultimate editions of Windows 7 and also your system processor must support hardware virtualization If your system doesn't meet the above requirements, here is another tool called VMLite XP Mode which is similar to Microsoft XP Mode, but doesn't require hardware virtualization. It allows you to run Windows XP at the same time from your desktop running on a different host operating system. To install VMLite XP Mode, it needs VMLite Workstation and a licensed copy of Windows XP in virtualized image file format. (A licensed copy of virtualized Windows XP image file can be prepared by VMLite Workstation.) Download VMLite XP Mode [via – blogsdna ]

Speccy is a handy system information tool that gives detailed information about every piece of hardware used in your system. System information can be useful for most people. For example, you can check your RAM configuration before buying additional one, etc. Speccy (currently beta) is small, portable and freeware utility from Piriform (makers of CCleaner). It will give detailed information about CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives and Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if there's a problem.

WallpaperX is an automatic wallpaper changer for Windows (Windows XP, Vista and 7) which will change wallpaper in a given time interval specified by the user The program is very simple to use, install it (requires .Net Framework installed for XP), select wallpapers from your PC and set your wallpaper in scaling - Fill, Fit, Tile, Center, and Stretch. Nothing more to say about this tool, the program has an easy to use interface and the tray icon allows easy access on configuring your wallpapers and enabling/disabling auto changing. Download WallpaperX

FlashRecall is a little program that remind you not to forget your plugged in flash drive when you shutdown windows or logoff the current user. A handy tool for people who often forgot their pen drive at their office or friend’s PC. FlashRecall will show a popup-window and play a beep with the motherboard-speaker (if available) when try to log off or shutting down your computer without unplugging the stick. The program works on Windows 7, Vista and XP. You can download the free utility from program’s home page .

Flip 3D is a feature for Windows 7 and Vista that allows users to easily identify all open windows just with a click. This is very useful if you have many windows opened at a time. Flip 3D can be activated (if aero enabled) with a shortcut key Windows Key+Tab. But if you prefer to activate this with mouse (desktop icon), there are two options that you can choose. One is a free software tool ( see here for details ) and other is a manual method created by Windows7news . Below is how to create a shortcut icon for Flip3D and pin to taskbar. 1. Right-click on the desktop and select New , then Shortcut . 2. In the location field, enter C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe dwmapi #105 (assuming that Windows is installed on C:) 3. Click Next and type Window Switcher for the shortcut name, then press Finish . 4. Right-click on this new shortcut icon, then click on Properties . 5. Now click on the Change Icon button and in the ‘Look for icons in this file’ field type %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\...