Title: Freeware Elite - Best Freeware Reviews and Downloads

TrueCrypt: Truely the best free encryption software of all time

Published on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:38

All freeware sites should at least include one piece of freeware encryption software for users to choose from. I’m surprised that I haven’t done it yet. After rounds and rounds of testing, TrueCrypt (TC) is my best choice. TC is a open-source software, which means that anyone can check it’s source code to verify for any read more..

Symbols, Accents, Weird punctuation – Do you know how to type them?

Published on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:46:34

You can always type the fullstop (.), the comma (,), the semicolon (;), etc. easily via the keyboard. The more difficult ones can be inserted from a menu in Microsoft Word or other word processors. However, what if you don’t have some word processor handy? Or, if the symbol you wanted wasn’t included in your read more..

Ahh… TubeLeecher?!

Published on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:47:48

We’ve got to have a laugh. On my post “Download youtube without installing any programs” there were a lot of similar spam comments, please refer to the image below. [Click on image to enlarge] See? The usernames, IPs are different but the email are the same [okay so I blurred the email]! The comment body is also read more..

Get to know updated websites real quick with Changedetection.com

Published on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:35:18

Most blogs and some sites provide RSS feeds or even email feeds  for you to subscribe to. These feeds will notify you once the website is updated. However, what if the site involved is not a blog, or a blog-like site? E.G. an article on Wikipedia? Changedetection.com kicks in here.It is a web service, you subscribe read more..

Remove viral/dangerous autorun files with Autorun Eater

Published on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:29:51

Nowadays, many people use removable storage such as USB Drives, DVD/CDs, etc. Most of these, especially CD and DVDs have autorun files in the root directory, namely [autorun.inf]. They were originally created to benefit us, the end users by starting up and allowing us to use the removable storage from interactive menus, or used to startup read more..

So, what is “portable”?

Published on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:28

So, we’ve all heard of and used Portable software before. I have even reviewed some of them on this blog. But what is the definition of “portable”? Many people consider portable software to be those that can be run from external media, e.g. CDs, DVDs, USB sticks, etc. So, here is my definition of “portable” (it’s read more..

AVG LinkScanner: Safe browsing!

Published on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:45:50

I have previously reviewed WOT (Web of Trust), a browser addon that identifies sites that are malicious by sheer power of the public. This time it’s AVG LinkScanner, which is completely different. AVG LS does not rely on a blacklist of any sort, but it does an ultra-fast scan of the webpage you’re trying to browse. read more..

Check whether a blog is down with “IS MY BLOG WORKING?”

Published on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:58:54

“Is my Blog working?” (IMBW) is a service that checks whether a website is down or not on their own servers. You can easily use this to find out whether the problem is on your side or on the server’s side when you cannot access a website. For example, you cannot access Freeware Elite. Now, you read more..

P2P File Sharing and Limewire

Published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:34

There are a lot of dangers in P2P file sharing. Firstly, your confidential documents might get spread over the internet easily; Secondly, most P2P songs, movies, games, etc. are illegal. The ThreatFire Research Blog collarborates more on the topic of Limewire in a July 09 article. http://blog.threatfire.com/2009/07/p2p-file-sharing-and-limewire.html In another “duh!” moment, it was discussed that government workers read more..

Shell Menu View: Disable/Enable context menu entries

Published on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:39

Okay, so I like programs which install context menu entries and I always review them. So, in time, my context menu becomes extremely clogged up and is very hard to navigate, not to mention being slow to load. Shell Menu View (SMV) can help you. Shell Menu View is a small and lightweight Nirsoft app that read more..

Backup your Facebook account with ArchiveFB

Published on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:03:52

Noaways, a lot of people use Facebook. Most people have lots of friends and play/use many of the games/apps on Facebook. It would be a great pain for people to lose their Facebook account for any reason. Archive Facebook is a browser extension for Firefox that allows you to backup your Facebook accounts. It has all read more..

Repeat- How To Promote Your Blog – Part 8

Published on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:56:07

Note: This is a repeat of an old article – just ignore it because I need to link to alphainventions to submit my site. Is this part 8 already? Anyway, this is the second - to – last issue of the “How to Promote your Blog” series. I’m sorry for the ten-day interval, but I found some read more..

Upgrading to Windows 7 – How about CPU?

Published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:27:09

Windows 7 has been released for nearly 3 weeks already, and many people are starting to upgrade to this version of the Microsoft OS recently. While Windows 7 is much more efficient than Windows Vista, it still needs a considerable amount of resources, e.g. RAM and CPU speed. If your CPU speed doesn’t meet the minimum read more..

Launchy: Great flashy launcher

Published on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:54:56

I generally don’t use launchers since I don’t like to slow my startup process with them. However, Launchy virtually starts in no time, and only uses ~500k of resources, and also it looks very cool, so I can’t resist in keeping it. Launchy is a launcher that helps you open files, programs, etc. without needing to read more..

Email and Message Viruses/Malware for Facebook Users?

Published on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:33:17

Alright, so now many people use Facebook to connect to their friend, colleagues, classmates, etc. However, there are times when you receive email that tells you to confirm your facebook login credentials. Beware of malicious content on Facebook… Case 1. Phishing attacks on your email address provided to Facebook Lately there have been a lot of phishing read more..