Kaspersky Security Scan is a free utility that can scan your system for all types of security risks. It can check your system for malware, vulnerabilities, presence of a protection software (antivirus) and more. It then generates a report about the found items that could be putting your system at risk. Even if you have an antivirus installed, you can use this utility to have a second opinion about your system security settings.
Read moreAdd Restart Options in Mozilla Firefox Browser
When you install a new add-on in Firefox, some of them want you to restart Firefox in order to finish the installation. But if you want to restart Firefox manually, then strangely enough, there is no restart option available in Firefox. Now you can add a restart option in Firefox browser using a new add-on called Restart. It adds many options in Firefox user interface which allow you to easily restart the Firefox browser.
Read moreErase Re-Writable Optical Disks with Active DVD Eraser
If you have a re-writable DVD or CD disk, then you can use Windows in-built CD/DVD burner function to write files on it. But what if you want to delete the data that already exists on the DVD-RW or CD-RW disk? The free Active DVD Eraser can help you easily erase all the data present on DVD-RW, DVD+RW or CD-RW disks and make them blank again.
Read moreAdd Windows Update Cleanup feature for Disk Cleanup Tool
The disk cleanup utility in the latest version of Windows (Windows 8) comes with a feature to clean the installed Windows updates. This feature can clean hundreds of megabytes of the Windows updates downloaded over many months or years. If you are a Windows 7 user and are feeling left out, then you can install this feature as an add-on in the disk cleanup utility for Windows 7.
Read moreChange Adobe Flash Player Update Frequency in Windows
Adobe Flash Player is set to automatically update itself in Windows, which is a good thing. By default, it schedules itself to check for latest updates on the Adobe server every hour of the day in the background. Personally, I find this an overkill to continuously keep querying Adobe servers. After all, they release updates only once in a month. If you are like me and want to reduce the number of times Adobe Flash Player checks for updates, then you can follow these instructions.
Read moreCheck Software Updates with Soft4Boost Update Checker
Windows operating system and some other popular software regularly checks for updates from their respective servers. But other third party software stay un-updated for a long time. Now you can use the free Soft4Boost Update Checker software to automatically check the latest updates for all the installed software on your PC.
Read moreDisable URL Prediction Service in Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a very fast and advanced web browser with tons of features. One of the features it comes with is the URL prediction service which suggests web domain names as you type a URL in the location bar. This may be helpful if for some people, but others may find it annoying because the predicted URLs are sometimes embarrassing. If you fall in the second category, then there is a way to disable this URL prediction feature.
Read moreZ-Anaglyph : Turn 2D Images into a 3D Picture
These days 3D images and movies are a craze. Every other movie is available in 3D vision that has to be watched with the special red-blue glasses. Newer digital cameras are coming with ability to capture pictures in 3D. But if you do not have a 3D camera, then you can use the free Z-Anaglyph program to convert two of your 2D pictures into one 3D picture.
Read moreScanner : Display Hard Disk Usage in Chart Form
After a few months of regular use, the free hard disk space seems to evaporate in thin air. We find ourselves scratching our head and wondering where all the hard disk space has gone. Now you no longer have to fumble in the darkness, the freeware Scanner can help you find out which folders on your hard disk are taking up a large portion of the hard disk space.
Read moreAny.do : Remember What You Want to Do
How many times you walk out of your home only to pause and think about why did you get out of your home? If you often find yourself forgetting about the everyday tasks and keep coming home without buying one or more items in the groceries, then Any.do would be highly useful for you. Any.do is a mobile app and Chrome extension that works as a to-do list and reminder accessible from anywhere on the internet.
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