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Zone labs have recently introduced this firewall software which is free for personal and non-profit use. It not only controls incoming connections but also keeps track of software making outgoing connections. Fight back against spyware!
Don't think you need a firewall? Read on.
If you're worried your software is sending secret messages about you or you've got an always-on internet connection like ADSL or a cable modem you need a firewall. Now. Crackers (unscrupulous individuals who try to break into web servers) and spammers are always on the lookout for PC's they can use to re-route attacks. They can and do break into domestic PC's! One cracker is known to be able to scan all the IP addresses of a small country overnight. If your PC is online for any length of time you are at risk.
Grok are also giving away a firewall which is free for single PC use.
If you've ever been stuck with a compressed file you couldn't use perhaps you need this program. It decompresses (unzips) many file-types including zip, arc, arj etc etc. There are 3 versions for Windows (95/98/NT4) + Mac + DOS platfoms.
WS_FTP is an essential package for uploading files to your free website. It is recommended by most of the free sites as the best free uploading tool. Note that it's only free for non-business use.
Eudora Lite is one of the best freeware POP3 email packages. It only supports one "personality" (email account) though.
Despite it's popularity Pegasus' author Dave Harris is committed to it remaining freeware. If you want you can pay for proper manuals.
NB Pegasus is a 3.7Mb download.
Save on the phone bill with Free Agent, a very popular offline newsgroup reader.
Neotrace is a high-speed traceroute that actually shows you a map with the path the data is taking between you and any site you choose. NeoTrace Express is the freeware version which is only for personal use.
NetLab is an incredibly useful utility program for diagnosing net problems. It offers finger, ping & traceroute services as well as other things like port scan.
Net.Medic - limited demo version
NetMedic is a useful utility for keeping track of connection problems. It also has lots of testing facilities built in so you can work out where your net connection problems are.
Want to put video on your personal website? You too can have realtime http streaming video. Just download RealEncoder and you can encode your video files into RealVideo format.
Sonique is a software MP3 and Windows Media File player. It'll also control the playing of audio CD's your CD-ROM drive. Like the old favourite Winamp you can download "skins" which give Sonique a whole new look onscreen. It's also got a mean sound-to-light graphics generator (which is geat for parties if you own a data projector).
Download free .MP3 audio files from MP3.com and you can play them from your hard disk. They're almost CD quality & a great way to try out unfamiliar music before lashing out on a CD. Takes about 17 minutes at 56k to download a single track though! You'll also need either the Sonique player software above or one of the alternatives available from MP3.com.
Analog is the most popular logfile analysis software in the world. And it's free. Logfiles make available an amazing amount of information about traffic to your site. Find out how many visitors each page gets, even how popular individual files are. You can also find out which site your visitors have come from - find out which search engines are working for you!
This list catalogues freely available software for language tools, which includes the following: compilers, compiler generators, interpreters, translators, important libraries, assemblers, etc. -- things whose user interface is a language. Natural language processing tools may also be included
Probably the biggest & best software repository in the world.
Shareware.com have a huge repository of free and shareware programs.
CNet's Download.com has a bewildering array of freeware and shareware available at the click of a mouse.
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