Archive : Selected Software

Don’t really have an article to comment on this time. Instead let me add a little something that jumped in my lap. Or maybe you could say, jumped on my computer. It may be that you too run into this and after reading about it here, you will have the answers on how to remove it. My little episode began with my antivirus running out. So I thought I would try another with an equivalent level of protection. Sadly, the new antivirus would not install without removing the firewall in place. I started [...]

7z is a new and open architecture archive format developed by Igor Pavlov and based on LZMA compression algorithm. Both LZMA and the utility for handling 7z archives, 7-Zip utility are released under GNU LGPL license which mean is free for commercial or personal use on any computer. A few of the most important features of 7z format are: High compression ratio Strong AES-256 encryption Open architecture Unicode file names Supporting files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB The utility created for handling [...]

Process Hacker deserves the label of “Software of the week” because it’s the most advanced and powerfull tool I ever tested for manipulating or managing computer processes. Here are included applications processes, running services, hidden processes, all revealed highly detailed. For example for a given process, the tool will display to the user the handles, modules loaded, threads, the services associated with it if any, the memory map, the token, the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) [...]

With its computer security approach, behavioral based and signature-less, Privatefirewall 7.0, a Privacyware product is the perfect complement to any antivirus software you may running. Beeing a firewall though advanced, it can not remove malware, otherwise it would be the perfect defense solution for a Windows based system. The program monitor the whole system activity and alert user about any presumably malicious modification or anomaly detected to the applications, protected registry area, protected [...]