The Best Free Software – Part 4
Network Monitoring / Firewall: PC Tools Firewall Plus 7, Online Armor Free, Comodo Firewall, Ashampoo FireWall Free
File & Disk Management: Auslogics Disk Defrag, Defraggler, IObit Smart Defrag
Recovery: Recuva, FreeUndelete, ADRC Data Recovery
Uninstall: Revo Uninstaller Free, IObit Uninstaller
System: Glary Utilities, CCleaner, IObit Toolbox
File Compression: Universal Extractor, IZArc, PeaZip
Network Monitoring / Firewall
PC Tools Firewall Plus 7
PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful personal firewall for Windows that protects your computer from intruders and controls the network traffic in and out of your PC. By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and stealing your private information.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed specially for people, not experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default and advanced users can also easily create their own packet filtering rules to customize the network defenses. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.
Download PC Tools Firewall Plus 7 Here!
Online Armor Free
Online Armor FREE – powerful Windows Firewall. Provides a blend of usability and hard-wired PC security to ensure a good user experience. This award-winning program is easy to use and provides 100% leak protection out of the box. The powerful HIPS functions, which is designed to stop all unrecognized programs from running on your computer, makes it possible to protect yourself against new threats and attacks. In standard mode, most decisions are made completely automatically based on Online Armor’s whitelist – users never need answer a complex firewall prompt again.
Online Armor protects your passwords and private information from being stolen by blocking keyloggers as they try to activate. Online Armors behavior detection ensures that even specially created or new keyloggers are detected and prevented. Kernel Mode Security Execution Protection Termination Protection Script/Worm Protection Process Guard Tamper Protection The Full version of Online Armor has many more protection features like Banking Mode, Run Safer, Webshield, Mail shield and Phishing Filter and many more. Built on the same technology as Online Armor, the free version offers a powerful firewall at no cost – there are no advertisements, no time limitations and no nag screens. Download Online Armor Free Here!
Comodo Firewall
Comodo’s free Firewall is your first layer of defense against viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, hackers, and all Internet threats. In order to prevent threats from occurring, rather than just detecting them when it’s already too late, Comodo’s Firewall utilizes unique Default Deny Protection.
When a file or application knocks on your PC’s door, Comodo Firewall is able to access a “safe list” of over 2 million files and applications that are known to be PC-friendly. If the file asking for access is on the list, Comodo Firewall can be sure it’s safe for your computer and allow it to execute.
If not, Comodo Firewall will alert you that a possibly malicious file is trying to enter your PC. Comodo Firewall is a “learning” piece of software, able to recognize your downloads and alter its alerts accordingly. Download Comodo Firewall Here!
Ashampoo FireWall Free
You probably know that you need a firewall program to use the Internet safely. In addition to protecting you against attacks from the Internet, a good firewall will also tell you when programs installed on your computer are trying to phone home and enable you to prevent them from doing it.
This is something that Windows® own firewall doesn`t do, and it`s essential for identifying and stopping the activities of many malicious virus and spyware programs. For example, this enables you to prevent your computer from being turned into a “zombie” controlled by spammers or destructive hackers.
Features: – Easy Mode / Expert Mode
Download Ashampoo FireWall Free Here!
File & Disk Management
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system. It can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. With Disk Defrag you’ll get the maximum out of your hard drive performance.
It is supplied with a powerful engine and smart algorithms which allow Disk Defrag to run much faster than similar tools. And with its comprehensive reports you will always be aware of what have been done.
Download Auslogics Disk Defrag Here!
Defraggler
Defraggler is a file defragmentation tool. It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. Use Defraggler to defrag your entire hard drive, or individual files – unique in the industry. This compact and portable Windows application supports NTFS and FAT32 file systems.
From everyone here at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva… we now bring you a file defragmentation tool… Defraggler!
IObit Smart Defrag
Disk fragmentation is generally main cause of slow and unstable computer performance. Smart Defrag 2 helps defragment your hard drive most efficiently. Smart Defrag 2 not only defragments computer deeply but optimizes disk performance. With “Install it and forget it” feature, Smart Defrag 2 works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest. Slow down, freeze-ups and crashes will be a thing of the past. Features include: Easy 2 Use Install it and forget it.
Download IObit Smart Defrag Here!
Recovery
Recuva
Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important when your computer crashed? No problem! Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player. And it’s free!
FreeUndelete
FreeUndelete is a freeware data recovery program for deleted files. In case of accidental deletion of files on a NTFS file system (used by default in Windows XP/2000/NT) and FAT32 FreeUndelete is the utility to help. Features a comprehensive interface, which allows user to sort the files according to their efficiency (good, average, poor). New integrated data recovery center implementation – all standalone OfficeRecovery products now united with common convenient for end-user GUI.
ADRC Data Recovery
Data Recovery using ADRC Software Tools Tools which is a collection of DIY data recovery tools that supports a wide variety of drives (fixed drives or removable drives) and file systems (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS) for Windows 95/ 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 server. The software incorporates extremely simple GUI with novice users in mind. The software zooms in to do only critical data recovery or backup functions with minimum complexity. I
t gives you full control to undelete files. You can even undelete the files even after you have cleared the recycle bin. The software also supports disk to disk mage back up or disk cloning, export or import a backup disk image so you could back up and restore the system image and data at one go (in case you do not want to reinstall the operating system and application program). This function is especially useful if you need to clone disk with unknown file systems such as MAC or UNIX.
Download ADRC Data Recovery Here!
Uninstall
Revo Uninstaller Free
Revo Uninstaller helps you uninstall and remove unwanted programs on your computer completely even if you have problems uninstalling from “Windows Add/Remove Programs” control panel applet.
With its advanced and fast algorithm, Revo Uninstaller analyzes an application’s data before uninstall and scans the computer for left-overs. After program’s regular uninstaller runs, you can remove any unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are usually left over on your computer.
The application can scan for left-over files even if you have a broken installation.
Download Revo Uninstaller Free Here!
IObit Uninstaller
Uninstall programs with IObit Uninstaller. The free software removal program can uninstall programs and clean leftovers thoroughly. As a pure uninstall program, IObit Uninstaller features himself in the market without install required to remove programs. Providing normal uninstall to remove program with its own uninstall part, it also has Advanced Uninstall and Forced Uninstall modules built in the software that helps you remove programs that are corrupted or cannot be uninstalled by Windows “Add or Remove Programs”.
Download IObit Uninstaller Here!
System
Glary Utilities
One Click A Day For PC Maintenance, Keeps Any PC Problems Away. With millions of worldwide users, the first-rank & powerful Glary Utilities is an INDISPENSABLE friend for your PC, with its 100% safe, thorough & quick cleaning and worry-free restoration. Glary Utilities offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces. You can manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and find duplicate files. You can also view and manage installed shell extensions, encrypt your files from unauthorized access and use, split large files into smaller manageable files and then rejoin them. Furthermore, Glary Utilities includes the options to optimize memory, find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts, manage the programs that start at Windows startup and uninstall software.
Download Glary Utilities Here!
CCleaner
Cleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. Keep your privacy safe online, and make your computer faster and more secure. Over 500 million downloads!
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
IObit Toolbox
IObit Toolbox is FREE portable software that system administrators and computer geeks will take along to solve PC problems anytime and anywhere. With more than 20 dedicated tools,IObit Toolbox allows you to display/diagnose PC information, enhance PC security, optimize PC performance and repairing PC problems. IObit Toolbox is like a Swiss army knife, with more than 20 computer tools in one place, you have more than 20 powers to diagnose and fix PC problems, including cleaning, optimizing, repairing, security and fully control. IObit toolbox requires 0 installation. You can take it along with you in any portable devices, like flash disk, to solve PC problems anytime and anywhere. Also it eats little room in your disk. Each admin tool in IObit Toolbox is stand-alone and powerful.
File Compression
Universal Extractor
Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it’s a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This is still a work in progress, but so far it’s proven quite useful and I feel others can also benefit from it.
Download Universal Extractor Here!
IZArc
IZArc is the best freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.
With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support.
PeaZip
PeaZip is a free, open source file and archive manager. PeaZip is cross platform, available as portable and installable software for 32 and 64 bit Windows (9x, 2000, XP, Vista, 7) and Linux (PeaZip is a desktop neutral application).
PeaZip allows to save archive’s layouts; apply powerful multiple search filters to archive’s content; handle multiple archives at once; export job definition as command line; bookmark archives and folders etc… Other features: archive conversion, AES256 encryption, robust file copy, split/join files (file span), secure file deletion, compare, checksum and hash files, system benchmark, generate random passwords and keyfiles. The user interface is skinnable.