Freeware Reviews: March 2008

Winamp 5.53 Full

Winamp is a free multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. Version 5.53 contains unspecified enhancements and bug-fixes.

What is Winamp 5.53 Full ?
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music and video player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library.

Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.21.329

Comodo Firewall Pro is a firewall freeware. Unlike some other free firewalls, this is not a stripped down version, but is a fully functional product. Updates are also free. Version 3.0.21.329 is stability update.

What is Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.21.329 ?
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.

GOM Player 2.1.9.3754

GOM Player is a free multimedia player with popular video and audio codecs built-in. GOM Player supports file formats such as AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF.

What is GOM Player 2.1.9.3754 ?
GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in. No need to install codecs separately! Try one of your broken AVI files or one of the files that is being downloaded with GOM.

BitComet 1.00

BitComet is a p2p file-sharing freeware. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more.

Support download certain files within torrent, disk cache, fast resume, port mapping, speed limits, etc. Small, clean, and fast. No adware or spyware.

What is BitComet 1.00 ?
BitComet is a p2p file-sharing freeware fully compatible with Bittorrent, which is one of the most popular p2p protocol designed for high-speed distribution of 100MB or GB sized files. BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use bittorrent client. It supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, ip-filter, etc.

Songbird 0.5 Beta

Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source.

Beta or prerelease software is not intended for inexperienced users, as the software may contain bugs or may potentially damage your system. We strongly recommend that users exercise caution and save all mission-critical data before installing or using this software.

Firefox 2.0.0.13

Firefox is a fast browser freeware. The last version of firefox 2, was Firefox 2.0.0.12. This update helps you identify and defeat the latest threats to your online security.

What is Firefox 2.0.0.13 ?
The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started.

CCleaner 2.06.567

CCleaner is a cleaner freeware that removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. This application is also a system optimization and privacy tool.

What is CCleaner 2.06.567 ?
CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free.

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.1.43

AVG Anti-Spyware is a popular free antispyware solution available at no cost to home users and provides a high level of detection capability.

What is AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.1.43 ?
Anti-Virus programs offer insufficient protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers. That's where the protection of ewido anti-spyware begins and supplements existing security applications to create a complete security system - because only a complete security system works effectively.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.519

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Version 7.5.519 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides all the necessities, including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.

What is AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.519 ?
AVG Free is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).

VLC Media Player 0.8.6e

VLC Media Player is a multimedia freeware that offers a one-stop solution for the file-format problem. The program supports playback of OGG, MP2, MP3, MP4, DivX, DVD, and a whole slew of other file types. In addition, it also can function as a streaming media server. Because of its open-source foundation, VLC Media Player evolves quickly, with new features and fixes released frequently.

Version 0.8.6e is a bugfix release. VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier versions suffer from security vulnerabilities in the Web interface, Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, SDL_image library and MP4 demuxer.

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2

Spybot Search & Destroy is a spyware remover freeware. Version 1.5.2 improves the program starting time as compares to the version 1.5.1. For advanced users, it allows you to fix Registry inconsistencies related to adware and to malicious program installations. The handy online-update feature ensures that Spybot always has the most current and complete listings of adware, dialers, and other uninvited system residents.

What is Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2 ?
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware.

DeepBurner 1.9

DeepBurner is a free CD and DVD burning tool from Astonsoft It comes loaded with an extensive list of practical and amazingly valuable features that will totally satisfy your burning needs. These start from compiling your CDs and DVDs in different formats and ending with the creation of fascinating photo albums and rock solid, reliable backups.

What is DeepBurner 1.9 ?
DeepBurner 1.9 is a CD/DVD authoring program made by Astonsoft which supports CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Additionally it can create and burn ISO images. It is available in a free or pro version - the pro version includes features to burn specific types of discs, such as DVD movies, photo albums, as well as backup and disc duplication utilities. The free version is also available as a portable version which runs off a USB flash drive.

Blender 2.46 RC1

Blender is an open-source 3D freeware that features subsurface scattering (SSS) support and two new composite nodes.

What is Blender 2.46 RC1 ?
Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

XnView 1.93 Beta 2

XnView is a freeware to view, organise, convert graphics files. XnView is a fast multi-format graphics browser, viewer, and converter. It can read more than 400 file formats, e.g. gif, bmp, jpeg, png, targa, multipage tiff, camera RAW, jpeg 2000, mpeg, Avi, Quicktime. EXIF & IPTC metadata are also supported. The image viewer has an Explorer-like browser that allows quick and simple browsing of directory contents.

What is XnView 1.93 Beta 2 ?
XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It's very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

SuperAntiSpyware 4.0.1154

SUPERAntiSpyware with its Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware and remove pests such as SpyLocked, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon. Repair broken Internet connections, desktops, registry editing, and task manager.

What is SuperAntiSpyware 4.0.1154 ?
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!

EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380

EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380 Blacklist #9, Like most Registry cleaning utilities lets you select individual areas to clear out. It lists and deletes invalid shortcuts, duplicate junk files, and clears the Recent Documents list.

What is EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380 ?
EasyCleaner is a small program which searches the Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files such as temps and backups. You can search for duplicate files and you can view some interesting info about your disk space usage! You are also able to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove software list. ToniArts may not be held accountable in any way if EasyCleaner affects your computer in a negative way.

Notepad++ 4.8.1

Notepad++ is a free (under the GPL license) source code editor which supports several programming languages under Windows environment. This is a Notepad replacement with an eye toward programmers, although it should also appeal to the casual user who wants a cross between Notepad and WordPad. Notepad++ has some noticeable differences from WordPad. Support for tabs is key, letting users manage different documents simultaneously. Line-numbering is important, too, a feature that nobody mucking about in C should be without.

OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 RC2

OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to those of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.

What is OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 RC2 ?
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office.

Pidgin 2.4.0

Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.

What is Pidgin 2.4.0 ?
Pidgin (previously called Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.

Google Desktop 5.7.802.22438

Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required (though you can certainly make your own customizations if you want to).

What is Google Desktop 5.7.802.22438 ?
Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.

SpywareBlaster 4.0

SpywareBlaster can help keep your system spyware-free and secure, without interfering with the "good side" of the web. And unlike other programs, SpywareBlaster does not have to remain running in the background.

What is SpywareBlaster 4.0 ?
Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today. By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one of these unwanted fiends!

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