After the increase in the number of free wares available, it is often confusing to know what to download and what not to download. Here are ten free wares that can increase the efficiency of your computer. Try them out and see the difference for yourself.
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Omziff
Omziff is a free encryption program that splits files and does secure file deletion. It also generates random passwords for files to keep them more secure. Moreover, it doesn’t need to be installed. Unzip it and it is ready to serve. -
Comodo Firewall Pro
Comodo Firewall Pro is an excellent PC firewall. It gives complete protection from hackers, Trojans, spyware and identity theft. It stops malware from being installed and allows only applications that you approve to be installed on your computer. -
RoboForm2Go
RoboForm2Go is the most recommended free password management software. It generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess and encrypts the information (given by you) with AES. It helps you log in automatically by memorizing your passwords and fight against Phishing. -
Belarc Advisor
Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. With Belarc Advisor, you will instantly know if your PC is missing some critical, Windows security patches. -
CurrPorts
CurrPorts is a port scanner. It is very beneficial in tracing system and network slowdowns and finding the root cause of it. It scans local windows open ports and the processes using them. You can save the findings by exporting it into a HTML report. You can terminate any malicious processes you find. -
Magic Transfer
Magic transfer is a free PC backup program that helps you transfer windows settings to another PC. This freeware backs up your windows settings including Windows system settings, Internet Explorer settings, Mozilla Firefox settings and Microsoft Outlook settings and restore them each time virus or spyware messes up your system. -
FreeMeter
FreeMeter is a powerful system monitor for windows without slowing down the system itself. This freeware monitors disk space, CPU usage, physical memory usage, page file usage and alert you when your system is low on disk space. -
LanSpy
LanSpy is a PC auditing software as well as a network security scanner. It is an effective port scanner too. It helps you learn more on the networked computers around you, not your PC alone. -
Unlocker
Unlocker, as the name suggests, unlocks any locked files and folders to ease deletion. It deletes stubborn, annoying file and folders. -
Eraser
Eraser is a free secure deletion tool. It helps you completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
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That is all very useful information. I printed it out. Thanks a bunch. Ruby
Great article Valli..Very useful and informative!
i think i really have to try these,
thanks a lot valli,
You have a useful list here,Valli. I use Comodo Firewall Pro and am pleased with it’s performance. I will have to look into a couple of the others you mentioned.
Thank you for reading and commenting Ruby, Icy, Nobert and Darlelene.
Nice article, I hadn’t heard of half of these before! Thanks!
I think you should have put Revo Uninstaller on this list, it is a useful program used to remove any traces of a program on your system, and control system tasks such as what programs start up with windows.
Sincerely
– eimaj
Thanks, Julie for the comment, and Eimaj for the info
Great stuff. I had some of it bu I found some I stumbled uppon just hre. Big thanks!
Great stuff.
I have already some of it, but I found some other I stumbled upon here for the first time. Big thanks!
If you want to keep your pc efficient, the best thing that you can do is forget Windooze O.S’s and switch to linux. Its also free =)
Never knew you had so many freeware to boost performance and reliability of just one product – Microsoft OS. Great list of tools though. Thanks for sharing.
buenos programas grax!!!
What’s to say you’re not being paid to recommend these? I haven’t heard of any of these programs. Might be because they’re not that good. Or not.
Just be aware that just because this site isn’t selling you anything, it’s not necessarily legitimate. Do your own research.
comodo recommended
Thanks for making life easier to computer users.
Tim,
There is nothing to say that you don’t work for a company that is trying to sell commercial alternatives to any to these free programs.
I’ve worked in the computer industry for almost 15 years now as a security specialist, and 8 or 9 out of 10 times, I have much more success with free programs then any service my company has ever payed for. Comodo is one of the best programs period that you can put on you machine for security, both versions of it are excellent.
Great stuffs here. have you seen trin ?
Powerfully informative article. Nice work.
God Bless,
Nelson Doyle
I haven’t use it before. Anyway.. for my PC i used kapersky. But anyway..thanks for the info and I’ll try to search for it later.
great i didn’t knew these
Thank you everybody for reading and commenting.
well u dont really need all that rubbish, my computer is running fine without any of that stuff
but anyway i liked it
For those who’ve expressed skepticism about these programs because they’ve never heard of them, but as a freeware hobbiest I know most of them and plan to try the 1 or 2 I haven’t heard of because of the 8 others on the list that I’ve found to be excelllent.
Revo Uninstaller is a great free uninstaller, which could be added to the list!
I’ve already downloaded a number from the suggested free wares..great!
Hi! Nice article. Downloading comodo now! =)
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Very useful review…..with interesting software.
Hey I really liked this good info
I appreciate this article. My boyfriend has been using various programs to beter his computer’s performance, however these have been paid for and can become quite expensive and are not necessarily all they are made out to be. I will be sharing this article and hopefully will help pass the word!!
Thank you everybody for reading and commenting.
I’ve had excellent results with Comodo Firewall. This list is great to know.
Thanks for compiling it.
Thanks, i’ve already started using these items and am seeing results
Looks good but I just wanted to ask (i’m not that good with computers) , do any of these actually increase computer speed?
TheAngusBurger, NO. I can’t see any of these bringing a significant boost to your PC’s performance. If you are looking for a performance boost, try CCleaner and run both the sweep and registry repair tools.
I’m having a hard time understanding what is so useful about this list.
Omziff – why? I don’t use floppy disks anymore.
Comodo – I use a Linksys router. Just use the Windoze firewall; anyother firewall program will just piss off Windoze and cause problems
RoboForm2Go – Doesn’t your browser keep track of these now?
Belarc – My goodness! Learn to turn on AutoUpdates on these programs.
CurrPort, LanSpy, – Yeah, I have them and used, um…once, twice?
FreeMeter – trinket. Doesn’t help you unless you know the problem.
Magic Transfer – You’ll need this, once, twice?
Eraser – Just defrag your drive.
Sorry, this list surprised me for its uselessness.
“Freeware” is not a countable noun.
interesting links
you may consider adding this free clipboard manager to ur list
http://www.xneat.com/
Thank you everybody for reading and commenting.
Outstanding article! Thank you for spreading the word about Comodo, if you dont have Kaspersky or a paid for anti-virus then Comodo is the one to get. Please, keep writing!
Lex, if you’re relying on your router and the Windows firewall, then any program can send out stuff to the internet without you knowing about it. You need a firewall like Comodo or Zonealarm to alert you to outgoing traffic.
Unlocker does not work with Windows7. Use LockHunter instead http://geekypage.blogspot.com/2010/02/unlock-locked-files-in-windows-7-using.html