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While it is no secret that spam and botnet attacks are becoming more sophisticated with each passing day, there are a number of advanced security software programs that have been able to effectively combat malware in most of its forms. In spite of ... these positive strides, Symantec recently revealed new information that suggests botnets are adapting new methods of attacking computers. In short, a botnet is a jargon term used to describe a network of computers under the control of 1 (or few) users. For example, a PC can become part of a botnet when the primary user inadvertently download and ... (view more)

Set Owner 1.0 Set Owner 1.0 is a mini utility that lets you quickly and safely change the registered owner and organization in Windows (the information you see when you run Winver command). Portable and simple to use, Set Owner 1.0 has been tested ... on Win XP and Win 7. http://www.leelusoft.blogspot.com Active Directory Editor This utility will load the Active Directory user account attributes for the Domain you are currently logged in to. All three attribute types, Standard, Mandatory and Optional are loaded. Also added is the ability to use different values for each account changed in ... (view more)

Ultra Surf UltraSurf allows you to overcome censorship and blockage on the Internet. You can browse any website freely, so as to obtain true information from the free world. Protect Internet privacy with anonymous surfing and browsing -- hide IP ... addresses and locations, clean browsing history, cookies ... (view more)

Infopackets Reader 'Kim' writes: " Dear Dennis, I am studying photography and I need an easy to use external harddrive (HD) to store lots of memory. Could you please suggest a good exterior hard drive. By the way, what is the difference between ... eSATA, Firewire and USB external HDs? " My Response: There is an easy answer to your question, but let's first break down the basics to better understand what your options are. Acronyms: eSATA, USB, and Firewire: What does it mean? USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. eSATA stands for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. Firewire is not an acronym ... (view more)

Icolorfolder Customize the color of each Windows XP folder. Some cool features, mainly: skin selector, customization of the "generic" folder icon, ability to use any icon to customize a folder. Two new skins included in the package, Longhorn and ... Snow.E2. http://icolorfolder.sourceforge.net/ Active Virus Shield Advanced detection technology to help stop known and new viruses, spyware and other malware before they attack you. Always-on, automatically checks for updates every hour- providing real-time scanning and protection against virus threats. http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/ ... (view more)

Windows Power Shell Windows PowerShell is a new task-based command line shell and intuitive scripting language for system administration that provides comprehensive control and automation for Windows administrators. Windows PowerShell allows ... administrators to be more productive by improving the manageability of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. Free from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com Active Security Monitor Active Security Monitor scans your computer and provides you with a consolidated overview of your PC security based on the existence of common ... (view more)

Active Desktop Cookbook Active Desktop. Old versions of this were a bit buggy, but it works fine under XP (and it's even enabled by default, so let's see what can be done with it). Here's the cookbook. ... http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=129 Remove The Explorer Menu Bar Removes the IE and Windows Explorer menu bar: works in Win 9x/ME/2K/XP. http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showtweak.php?tweak_id=124 (view more)