Ebook Tips-Applications of INet part 7 pot

in your task bar, it's accessible from any application. Comes with a host of other
features such as dictionary/thesaurus access and even a calculator. If that's not
enough for you, it's totally customizable. A serious second choice is the new
Google DeskBar which shares many of the features of Dave's Search Bar but is
geared exclusively to Google searches.

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Best Free Download Accelerator Updated
Star Downloader 1.43 is not only free of charge, it's free of ads, spyware and other
undesirable extras packed into most free download accelerators. On top of that, it is
blindingly fast and has a raft of features including automatic mirror site detection,
automatic resumption of failed downloads, download scheduling, anti-virus
integration and more. If you are not yet using a download accelerator, go get this
product and start counting the time you save. The faster your internet connection,
the more you will gain. Users with slow modem connections will, unfortunately,
benefit least. (1.4MB)




Best Free Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover New
Ewido the best of a new crop of anti-Trojan programs. On my recent tests over at
www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com it emerged as was one of the few products
that could reliably detect polymorphic and process injecting Trojans that were
totally missed by anti-virus products like Norton and AVG. No, it's not as good as
TDS-3 or Trojan Hunter but you get what you pay for. You see, the free version of
Ewido doesn’t have a memory monitor but the on-demand scanner is so good

you'll have no complaints. The free version download is actually the same as the
paid version but after 14 days the memory monitor becomes non-functional. I
recommend all readers download the product and scan their PCs weekly. I suspect
you may be surprised at what you will find. I've also included a link to my full
Ewido review for those who want to know more about the product prior to
downloading.

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Best Free Web Site Ripper New
HTTrack is one impressive product: it's easy to use, has an excellent user interface,
offers every feature you could want, is blindingly fast and free of any adware as
well. If you like to download web sites so that you can "browse them offline", this
is the product to get. (3.23MB)




Best Free DLL Cleaner Updated
Over time most PCs become cluttered up with the unwanted remainders of long
deleted programs. DLL Archive is a free utility that will scan your PC for DLLs
that are no longer referenced. You can then archive the unwanted programs away
or delete them entirely. Archived items can easily be restored to their original
location if any problems arise. (227KB)

Best Free File Cleaner
I've tried quite a few commercial products designed to clean unneeded temporary
files off your hard disk but must say that the free utility "Empty Temp Folders"
ranks with the best. It takes a few minutes to set up but after that, just press a
button to recover many megabytes of disk space. (667KB)




Best Free Resource Meter
This is cute. TinyResMeter is an itsy-bitsy system monitor. Unlike many other
monitors, it doesn't consume a lot of CPU utilization in order to tell you your CPU
utilization. In addition to CPU usage, you can optionally monitor cache, RAM,
page file and swap file usage, running processes and threads, disk space utilization
and a number of other parameters as well.
Also built-in, is a screen grabber that saves the current screen to disk when you
press PrintScreen. How they fit all this into 96KB beats me.




Best Free Spam Filter for the Average User Updated
Mailwasher is for most folk, the easiest way of dealing with Spam. It's a free email
preview utility that allows you to check your email on your mail server before you
download it to your PC. The advantage of this approach is that you can kill
unwanted messages including spam, viruses and large attachments before they get
anywhere near your computer. Mailwasher automatically flags for you any
messages containing viruses and possible spam which makes for quick and easy
identification. It also will send a message back to the spam mail sender saying that

their message could not be delivered. Hopefully this will encourage some
spammers to take your name off their mailing list. The free version only handles
only one POP email account but that's sufficient for most users. If you need
multiple account try XTerminator which provides many of the same features of
Mailwasher though with a less elegant interface.

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Best Free Spam Filter for Experienced Users Updated
When it comes to effectiveness, POPFile beats the pants off most other spam filters
I've tried. But this effectiveness takes a little time to develop. POPFile is a
statistical filter so it has to be trained to recognize your spam from your normal
mail. It takes a week or so before it starts becoming accurate and best results may
take a month or more. POPFile works as a proxy mail server so that means that it
can be used with any POP email client. Setup is reasonably straightforward for
experienced users but beginners should stick with Mailwasher. Outlook users
should check out SpamBayes, another open source statistical filter that offers an
Outlook plug-in that makes it more more convenient to use.

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Best Free PopUp Stopper Updated Updated
The Proxomitron is not like your average popup stopper. It operates by filtering
and transforming all your Web pages on the fly. As a result you can not only stop
pop-ups but pop-unders, ads, flash animations, status bar scrollers and just about

anything else. Besides, next time you are asked what pop-up stopper you use, you
can answer; "why, I use The Proxomitron" and how cool is that. The first link
below is to version 4.5, the last and final version of this superb utility. The
following two links offer useful setup and usage tips. Note: For Novice PC users I
suggest you try the news Google tool bar rather than The Proxomitron. It's free as
well and has an excellent popup filter built in. It's not as flexible as as The
Proxomitron, but it requires no setup. As a bonus it also makes Google searches
easier.







Best Free Sticky Notes Utility New
Some people hate these programs others swear they can't work effectively without
them. I used to be in the first category but with so many things on my plate these
days, I'm slowly being converted. The function that I find really useful is the
reminder that pops up at a designated time and date. I use it for simple things like
"put up the latest issue on the web site." ATnotes is a neat implementation that
features configurable alarms, resizable windows, variable fonts and a host of other
useful features. The product is remarkably similar to the commercial sticky notes
utility called, TurboNotes. Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Maybe not.
(723KB)



Best Free Secure Erase Utility
Eraser is a free, GNU license utility that will securely erase files, folders or even

whole disks from any Windows or DOS PC. Eraser overwrites data area with
selectable random data patterns and also wipes data in the paging file, Internet
cache, temporary files, Internet cookies, unused disk space and a number of other
places where data can secretly lurk. It handles FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions
as well. Erasing files with high security will always be a difficult and time
consuming task and can never offer absolute 100% safety. However Eraser makes
the task about as easy as it be, with a security level beyond most conceivable
requirements. An impressive package. (2.6MB)




Best Free Outlook Express Backup
This free utility allows you to do a full or selective backup of OE's critical files
including mail folders, newsgroups, address book and identity settings. Simple,
effective neat. (2.1MB)




Best Free Process Viewer New New
PrcView has long been my personal choice but Process Explorer has pushed it
aside. The reason? A better display setup coupled with more features and even
more information. Process Explorer uses two vertical panes. The top contains all
active processes while the second shows either all the handles opened by a selected
process or, optimally, a list of DLLs and memory mapped files. A very handy
search feature allows you to work backwards from named DLLs or handles to the
owning process. A gem. Freeware, 230KB.

Best Free Inventory Tool
AIDA32 is arguably the best system inventorying tools I've used regardless of
price. It will document just about every aspect of your hardware and software
configuration. Throw in the fact that it checks out networks, gives memory
benchmarks and that it is totally free, and you end up with a product that should be
in everyone's toolkit. Download from the link below but remember to download
the documentation as well. Corporate users need to register - but there's still no
charge. The developer announced in March 2004 that the product has been frozen
and there will be no more development. However, as of today, it is still the best in
its class.




Best Free Anti-Scumware Utility New
There's a scumware plague at the moment. All it takes is a visit to a pushy web site
or a loaded shareware install and next minute your Internet Explorer homepage has