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IN THIS FREE ISSUE: 0.0 EDITORIAL - end of year reflections ** Additional items in the Premium SE Edition ** 2.17 How to Remove Master Boot Record Viruses3.0 BEST FREEWARE AND SHAREWARE UTILITIES FOR 2005 ** Additional items in the Premium SE Edition ** 3.16 Outstanding Free Remote Access Program4.0 MANAGING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 0.0 EDITORIALThis is the special end of year edition of Support Alert. It features my annual awards for the "Product of the Year" and the "Best Free Utility." It also includes my pick of the best tech sites and utilities that have appeared in the newsletter throughout the year. I'm not making any claims about any of these being the absolute best in their class. I haven't reviewed all the sites and products available and besides, there is always an element of the subjective in such matters. What I can say is that the sites and products listed are superb by any standards. Congratulations to all involved. I'd like to give particular thanks to the Web's freeware authors. They, in the true spirit of the internet, do what they do simply for the pleasure of their craft and the pleasure of sharing. We are the beneficiaries. The free edition of Support Alert currently has over 75,000 subscribers in 81 different countries. To all of you, I wish peace, happiness and prosperity for 2006. See you next month. Gizmo
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the link below to subscribe now: 1. SUPPORT ALERT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 20051.1 Product of the YearWinner: Mozilla FireFox Browser V1.5 Firefox V1.0 won my Product of the Year Award in 2004 and the just released V1.5 takes the prize again for 2005. At first glance version 1.5 seems little changed from version 1 but under the hood the changes are many and significant. Here are just a few: -
Browsing back and forth between sites is now lightning fast.
- There is a new "Clear private data" feature that allows you to
erase your internet tracks with the click of a button.
- Updating of the base product and extensions is now automatic
with support for incremental downloads. Perhaps the most important change has been the further enhancements to security. Firefox has always been a safe browser and the latest changes have made it even safer. In fact, it is Firefox's high level of security that is the principal reason why I have awarded Firefox 1.5 "Product of the Year." Yes, Firefox is also a great browser. Yes, it has many features totally missing from Internet Explorer. Yes, it has many free extensions that allow users to totally customize their browsing experience. But security is the killer feature. With the internet awash with unscrupulous hostile web sites trying to infect your PC with unwanted spyware, users need all the protection they can get. Firefox provides outstanding primary protection against such attacks. Almost all of these exploits utilize flaws in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft's proprietary ActiveX technology. Firefox users are immune to these attacks. It is true that Firefox has suffered its own security flaws that could be exploited; however, the Mozilla organization has patched these promptly and effectively. So promptly in fact that I have never seen an active exploit that utilizes any Firefox flaw. In contrast, I see exploits utilizing Internet Explorer flaws every single day. Over the year I've received dozens of letters from subscribers who have changed from Internet Explorer to Firefox. A common theme in these letters has been the dramatic reduction in spyware infection since using Firefox. No browser can ever be 100% safe but Firefox is safer than most. That's the main reason why I recommend it to all users. It's also why Firefox is the worthy winner of my 2005 Product of the Year. 1.2 Best Free Utility for 2005Winner: Microsoft Antispyware Beta Although Microsoft Antispyware is an outstanding product, I was reluctant to choose it. That's because whenever I recommend any Microsoft product I always get vehemently slammed by the anti-Microsoft vigilantes. Mind you, if I criticize a Microsoft product I get equally abused by the Microsoft apologists. ;>) But I've chosen to set politics aside. Microsoft Antispyware is a damn fine product and a worthy winner. 2005 has been the year of the great spyware plague. All users now need to protect their PCs with an effective anti-spyware product in addition to a competent anti-virus scanner. Microsoft Antispyware is easily the best free anti-spyware product available. In all my tests it comfortably outperformed its main rivals SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.4 and Ad-aware 1.6. It out-performed many commercial anti-spyware scanners as well. Its particular strength is the quality of its real-time monitors that are constantly checking your PC for possible new infections. These monitors are noticeably more effective than the "Teatimer" monitor used in SpyBot. The free version of Ad- aware does not have any monitors. Good as it is, there is an upgraded version of MS Antispyware on the way. It will be called Windows Defender and will include an enhanced user interface, the addition of rootkit detection and improved signature file updating. Windows Defender will form part of an integrated set of security utilities that will be included in the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Windows Defender will also be made available to Windows XP users who use MS Antispyware via a software update. Timing details have yet to be announced. Although MS Antispyware is the outstanding free anti-spyware product, it is not without its limitations. First, it's only available for Windows 2000 and later. Second, it may be the best free anti-spyware product but it's not currently quite as good as the best commercial products CounterSpy and WebRoot SpySweeper, both of which offer somewhat better detection and removal. Third, its memory monitors may provide great protection but they eat up a quite a few of your CPU cycles in the process. Consequently, users with older, slower PCs may experience a performance hit. MS Antispyware is not alone in this characteristic but it's something you should be aware of. That said, MS Antispyware is currently providing excellent protection for millions of PCs. For users with relatively recent PCs it the best free anti-spyware product available. For
its contribution to internet security I'm happy to declare
Microsoft Antispyware the Best Free Utility for 2005. 2.0 BEST TECH SITES AND RESOURCES FOR 2005A
Wonderful Christmas Gift 2.1 Site Offers Free Malware Test for Suspicious FilesRegular
contributor Richard Thomas writes, "This [1] is a useful
site Gizmo. You can upload a suspicious file and have it checked
by several virus scanners and then have a report emailed to
you." Thanks Richard, nice find - though I wish they documented
exactly what AV scanners they use. That's one of the reasons I
like the service offered by jotti.org [2] which uses 13 top of
the line AV products to scan the suspect files you submit.
2.2 Good Malware Prevention and Removal SiteHere
you can find excellent advice on how to configure your
system to reduce the chance of spyware infection plus detailed
information how to remove an existing infection. Most of this
information is available elsewhere but the site owner Shanmuga
has done an excellent job compiling the information and making
it accessible. Well worth visiting and bookmarking.
2.3 Help with Spyware You Simply Can't RemoveSome
spyware just keeps on re-appearing on your PC no matter how
many times you remove it. When this happens, download HijackThis
from this page and follow the instructions. These folks should
be able to help you permanently get rid of the problem. It won't
cost you a cent, either. 2.4 Guide to Building an Unattended XP Install CDThis
site offers a clear how-to guide with separate instructions
for beginners, intermediates and advanced users. When completed
you'll have an unattended Windows XP install CD that includes
SP2 and all subsequent hot fixes. 2.5 Search Podcasts and RSS FeedsPodcasts
are really taking off since Apple introduced PodCasting
support in iTunes. This site offers a good searchable directory
of what podcasts are available [1]. If you are looking for an
RSS feed on a particular topic then check out this RSS search
engine [2]. 2.6 Spyware-Free P2P ClientsFind
out which P2P programs are clean and which are infected
from this table: 2.7 How to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your DataWorth
bookmarking; one day you may need it. Better still, print
a hard copy. ;>) 2.8 $50 FolderShare Web Service Now FreeI've
reported favorably about FolderShare in previous issues.
It's a web service that allows you to automatically synchronize
and/or share files in a given folder across multiple computers.
It also allows you access these files from any computer.
FolderShare used to offer a cut-down service for free but a full-
featured service with unlimited file space and individual files
up to 2GB cost $50. Not anymore. FolderShare has just been
bought by Microsoft and you can get the full premium service for
free. I recommend you sign up, it's an unbeatable deal. Use it
for syncing your home and office data, sharing photos and other
large files with friends or simply as online backup of your
critical data. To use the service you need to sign up on the web
site and download the FolderShare "Satellite" client software.
Free, Windows ME and later plus Mac OSX 10.3.8+, 646KB.
2.9 Fast Free Anonymizing ServiceAnonymouse
[1] is a free web service that allows you to browse
anonymously via their site. No proxy setup is required; all you
have to do is go to the Anonymouse home page and enter the
address of the site you want to browse to. Anonymouse also
offers from their site a free web based anonymous email system
called AnonEmail. Anonymouse has been recommended by over a
dozen subscribers and I can see why; it's relatively fast for an
anonymizing service, easy to use and free. I doubt that it
provides the industrial strength security of services like JAP
[2] and Tor [3] but most folks don't need that anyway and
besides, Anonymouse is way faster. 2.10 Free Spyware ScanI've
written before about Trend Micro's excellent free online
anti-virus scanner. Now they are offering a free anti-spyware
scanner [1] as well. This one is not online; you have to
download the 1.7MB file and then run it on your PC. It works
just like McAfee's Stinger program in that there are no
signature file updates so if you want to run the program in the
future you have to download the latest version of the full
program once again. It's a pretty competent anti-spyware scanner
and will fix any problems detected. It's well worth the download
even if you are already using another anti-spyware product; two
opinions are always better then one. While at the Trend Micro
site why not try their free online anti-virus scan as well? It's
accessible from the same page as the spyware scanner. It will
only work with Internet Explorer but Firefox and Opera users can
use this [2] version.
Editor's
Note: It appears that Trend are no longer offering the spyware scan download. 2.11 Free Bootable Ubuntu Linux CDIf
you haven't dabbled with Linux for a while you should try the
latest 5.1 release of Ubuntu. It's a real step forward in both
ease of installation and general usage. It's available for free
download [1] as a full installation version or as a bootable
live CD which includes all the free software from TheOpenCD
project [2]. The live CD version is a great way to try out Linux
without risking your Windows setup. It also allows you to test
drive popular Open Source software products such as OpenOffice,
Thunderbird, AbiWord and The Gimp which come pre-installed on
the CD. Ubuntu.org will even send you free CDs containing both
the full install and live CD versions by mail [3] though you do
have to register first. You can even order multiple sets of CDs
to give away to friends. They are truly free as Ubuntu.org wears
the mailing cost as well. Now how good is that? Before
installing Linux beginners should check out the introductory
guide referenced in the last link below [4]. 2.12 More Secure Cookie Management for Internet ExplorerIf
you configure IE to not accept any cookies, you'll find that
quite a few web sites won't work correctly. I was over at the
JAP security site the other day and noticed this downloadable
IE6 cookie configuration file that allows you accept cookies for
a single web session and then dispose of them when the session
ends. It's a neat solution. 2.13 The Best Internet Network Information SiteIt's
been a while since I last visited the DNS Tools site and in
the interim it has added a whole batch of new online inquiry
tools to its already excellent collection of free services.
There are too many tools to describe but if you need to know
anything about a web site, URL, email address or web routing
then this is the place to go. 2.14 Master BitTorrent Search SiteHere's
a nice find; a site that allows you to do a single search
that will cover all the major BitTorrent sites. If you can't
find what you want, try the second link which is to another BT
search engine. 2.15 Make Sure You Don't Have a Rogue Anti-Spyware ScannerThere
are more than 200 bogus anti-spyware scanners out there
trying to cash in on the current spyware plague. Many of these
products generate a long list of supposed infections on your PC
to panic users into buying. Worse still, some of these
"security" products are actually themselves spyware. Almost all
use product names similar to well known, reputable brands in
order to confuse customers. Here's a complete list of products
you should avoid compiled by security researcher Eric Howes.
Check this list before buying any anti-spyware product.
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of the best free utilities I've discovered during the year
have been added to the "46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities" page on
my web site so I haven't listed them again here. Do, however,
check out the web site; you'll find some real gems there.
3.1 Free Utility Identifies Download File SizeIt's
often useful to know the size of a file before you download
it, particularly if you have a slow connection or are
approaching your bandwidth quota. Most folks do this by starting
the download and then looking at the indicated file size in
their download manager but InternetFileSize offers a far simpler
solution. It works by adding a menu item to the right click
context menu. All you do is right click on a download link and
InternetFileSize shows the true file size, modification date and
the true download path. Freeware, Windows 98 and later, 575KB.
3.2 Use One Keyboard and Mouse with Several ComputersNormally
you need a KVM hardware switch to achieve this but
Synergy is a free open source package that lets you do it with
software. As a bonus, you can also switch between computers with
different operating systems. Switching is achieved by simply
moving your mouse off the edge of your screen. You can even cut
and paste between machines. Neat eh? (543KB for Windows version)
3.3 Firefox Extension Lets You Use Old ExtensionsOne
of the annoyances about installing a new version of Firefox
is the likelihood that one or more of your old extensions won't
work with the new version. This will become a pressing problem
for many users when they upgrade to version 1.5. You can get
around this by using the free "Nightly Tester Tools" extension
which allows you to re-install your old extensions by bypassing
compatibility testing. It adds a check box to the Firefox
install dialog box. When checked, the extension will be
installed regardless. That doesn't mean it will necessarily
work, though, so use with appropriate caution. 3.4 Find Out What's Taking Up Your Disk SpaceSpacemonger
is a free utility that displays the amount of space
taken up by all the different folders and files in your system.
It does this via a graphic display where the screen size of each
folder is proportional to the space it takes on disk. At first
look it seems rather ungainly, but it is actually extremely
effective. Better still, the program does not need to be
installed; all you have to do is run the executable file. This
suits me fine as I only occasionally have need for this kind of
utility - so why have it cluttering your Registry when you don't
need it? Freeware, all Windows versions, 103KB. 3.5 Free Utility Resets Read Only FilesIt's
a familiar problem; you copy your report to a CD-ROM at
work but when you take it home and transfer the file to your
hard drive you find you cannot edit the file. The problem is
that CD-ROM is a read-only medium so Windows flags any files as
"Read Only." When you copy any files to your hard drive, the
"Read Only" attribute gets copied too. Resetting the file
attribute to "Read-Write" is not all that hard from Windows but
it's much easier to use a specialist utility, particularly when
a lot of files are involved. Thanks to Robert Conley for letting
me know about CROA, a tiny free utility whose name tells it all;
Clear Read Only Attributes. It's easy to use, will clear
individual files, folders or whole drives and works at lightning
speed. A nice little addition to your toolkit. Freeware, Windows
98 and later, 285KB 3.6 Free Utility Minimizes Windows Apps to the System TrayI've
mentioned in the past a couple of programs that allow you
to do this but I must say TrayIt! impressed me with its
combination of simplicity and effectiveness. First, it requires
no installation; just double click the program file and it's up
and running. Second, it can minimize open windows to the tray
either temporarily or permanently with just one click. Third, it
handles "difficult" windows such as skins, with ease. Fourth, it
works with all versions of Windows. Fifth, it's a tiny 45KB!
Finally, it's free. A little gem. 3.7 Free RSS Readers/AggregatorsIf
you want to make use of the new Support Alert RSS feeds
you'll need an RSS Reader of one sort or another. There's no
shortage of options with dozens of stand-alone products on the
market but one of the sweetest ways to access RSS is through
your browser. Firefox users can subscribe to and read RSS feeds
using the built-in Live Bookmarks feature. Use the first link
below for a simple tutorial [1]. However Live Bookmarks is a bit
minimal and most users would be better off installing a full
Firefox RSS extension. Sage [2] is the safest bet for most users
though some may prefer Pluck [3] because it allows you to store
your feeds and bookmarks on a central server which you can then
access from any PC. However, the centralized storage causes
Pluck to run slower than Sage which stores information locally.
Internet Explorer users can use also use Pluck as there's an IE
add-in available. In fact, the IE version has more features than
the Firefox version. If you want a stand-alone reader, check out
two free, third generation aggregators BlogBridge [4] and
GreatNews [5]. Those wanting to integrate RSS with Microsoft
Outlook email might like to try RSS Popper [6]. 3.8 Outstanding Firefox ExtensionsHere are three
less-known Firefox extensions that could really lift your productivity,
particularly if you are an RSS user. The first is ScrapBook [1]. This allows you
to save web pages, page snippets and links into hierarchical collections. Kind
of like bookmarks on steroids with the web content available for offline use.
All material you save can be annotated and you can even edit the raw material
itself. On top of that, you can search saved collections including all saved web
pages. Just the thing for all you information hunters and collectors for saving
interesting information from web sites as well as your favorite blogs and feeds.
The second extension I'd like to recommend is All-In-One Sidebar [2]. This
allows you to select and load any of your Firefox sidebars with a single click.
That includes bookmarks, history, Download, Sage, Scrapbook and more. I've
always found the Firefox sidebar a little awkward to use but this extension
pretty well solves the problem. It's a real timesaver, particularly if you a
switching between Sage and ScrapBook. It also provides a number of other
benefits like listing your extensions alphabetically and giving you fine control
over how clicked links open in tabs. The third extension, "Livelines" [3], is a
little more mundane but valuable in its own way. It allows you to add an RSS
feed to Sage (or Bloglines or many other RSS readers) simply by clicking the
Firefox Live Bookmarks icon that appears in the browser status bar of RSS
enabled sites. It's simple, neat and effective. 3.9 Google Toolbar for FirefoxThere's
been an unofficial third party version of the Goggle
Toolbar for the Firefox browser for some time. It works well
enough but has been just been eclipsed by the release of
Google's own version. It includes all of the same features of
the third party version but adds many additional capabilities
including SpellCheck, a web form spelling checker, AutoLink that
turns street addresses into links to online maps, AutoFill for
filling out online forms and WordTranslator for foreign language
word translation. It looks better and is more compact as well.
As a bonus, it even includes some features not found in Google's
Internet Explorer Toolbar such as the useful ability to open
search links in new tabs. 3.10 Remove Web Ads, Popups, Cookies and Enhance Your PrivacyMy
favorite tool for filtering web content has long been "The
Proxomitron" but I'm well aware that it's way too complex for
most users to set up. A lot simpler is the free Open Source
utility Privoxy. It's basically an enhanced version of the well
known JunkBuster utility and filters content in the same way as
JunkBuster by setting up a proxy server that sits between your
browser and the web. In addition to filtering ads, it can also
enhance your privacy and security by blocking cookies and
masking referrer and other browser information. Once installed
all that's involved is configuring your browser's proxy
settings, a 30 second job. Most users can simply use the default
settings and they'll be rewarded with some excellent and
intelligent filtering. Advanced users will find a lot to play
with. FireFox users won't find much at all as FireFox already
has excellent filtering via the free AdBlock extension.
Freeware, all Windows versions, 1.27MB. 3.11 Free Utility from Microsoft Detects Network SniffersMicrosoft
has released a free security utility tool called
Promqry 1.0 designed to detect the unauthorized presence of
sniffers on a network. The utility, which can be operated
through a graphical user interface or via command line, works by
looking for network devices that are operating in promiscuous
mode. It requires Windows 2000 or later and the Microsoft .NET
framework. (255KB) 3.12 Free Enhanced Calculator from MicrosoftMicrosoft
Calculator Plus is really three calculators in one.
First, it's a normal four function calculator; second, it's a
full fledged scientific calculator; and finally, it's a powerful
unit conversion calculator. The scientific functions are
extensive and it will handle hex, octal and binary arithmetic as
well. The conversions offered are also comprehensive. It's a
pity they didn't offer a financial calculator mode as well, but
even so it is a most impressive freebie. Freeware, Windows XP
only, 475KB. 3.13 Free Utility Offers Alternative to HotkeysI'm
not a great fan of hotkey programs for a couple of reasons.
First, I keep forgetting the key assignments; second, I find I
run out of free key combinations very quickly. SlickRun solves
these problems by using "magic words" rather than hotkeys. It
places a tiny text box on your screen and when you type
specially assigned words into the box, they will launch a
program, go to a web site or whatever. For example if you type
"mail" it can launch your mail reader. Type in "46" and it can
take you to the web page of the "46 Best-ever Freeware
Utilities." Of course, it's up to you to define these magic
words and you can have as many as you want. It all works very
neatly with some really nice touches like auto-complete for your
magic words which means you only have to type in two or three
letters and SlickRun will complete the rest. Nice too, is an
eyedropper tool that allows you to identify a program you want
to "hotkey" just by clicking in its application window. There's
also a built-in note jotter and a calendar date display. All
this in a tiny 168KB. Highly recommended. Freeware, Win 98 and
later, 168KB. 3.14 Free Spell-Checkers for FireFox and Internet ExplorerI
use an excellent free extension for FireFox and the Mozilla
Suite called SpellBound [1] that will check the spelling in any
web form. Make sure you follow the installation instructions
carefully. Internet Explorer users can use the new Google
Toolbar [2] which includes a quite usable spell-checker or,
better still, install the free plug-in IESpell [3], a long time
fave of mine before I moved to Firefox. 3.15 Free Sound File Format ConverterThanks
to modest subscriber "willemien" for suggesting this free
utility that will convert from wav, mp3, ogg, flac, aac, wma,
au, aiff, ogg, msv, dvf, vox, atrac, gsm, dss and other formats
into mp3 or wav. There's a paid version as well that handles
even more formats but the free version should meet the needs of
most users. Check out the other sound utilities at the site, all
of which work together to form a most impressive sound
processing suite. Freeware, all Windows versions, 312KB.
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