A smart freeware program that can clear all forms of mal-ware from your computer. SpyBot Search & Destroy is a powerful application that offers a default mode and an advanced mode.

When you install SpyBot Search & Destroy, you are immediately given the choice to update, which is of course all important when dealing with the various forms of spyware that you want to be protected from. Unfortunately, when updating, progress can seem rapid and then stop for no apparent reason, for several minutes before finishing off the job.

Once you get over that small hiccup, you are prompted to create a system backup, just in case SpyBot Search & Destroy happens to remove something that is actually quite important for the smooth running of your system. It should go without saying that making this backup is recommended after which you may finally immunize your system with SpyBot Search & Destroy from a growing database of malicious processes.

SpyBot Search & Destroy has plenty of options for tweaking and customizing scans as well as some unrelated functions like the secure shredder and a start-up manager.

Although SpyBot Search & Destroy is a powerful piece of anti-spyware software, it may be better to see it as part of your security solution. For example, team this up with Ad-Aware SE and you should be covered from practically every form of threat to your online safety.

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Windows Movie Maker 2012 is the stand out application of Windows Essentials 2012. This basic video editing tool remains great while offering a few new, useful features.

Windows Movie Maker 2012 takes advantage of hardware acceleration, which will speed up video exporting and encoding. There is also a new video stabilization feature, which will be a boon to those with cameras that don't offer this feature. Videos now output to h.264 by default.

The interface of Windows Movie Maker 2012 has stayed the same for the most part but integrating audio is easier as you can now look up music from services like AudioMicro, Free Music Archive, and Vimeo Music Store. The video timeline also features a wav form so you can easily see where audio is placed within the video.

Overall, Windows Movie Maker 2012 is a great update to an already great video editor.

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You can add new downloads from the Internet Download Manager interface, but it's more usual to let it capture links. This means that every time you click on a certain file type (which can be specified through configuration options), Internet Download Manager will handle the download itself rather than letting the browser do the job. Everything is automatic: no changing from one app to another, no copying and pasting, no hassle at all.

Once Internet Download Manager captures the link, you can either download the file right away or save it for later, which can be a good alternative if you need all of your bandwidth for the moment and plan to leave the computer on during the night. Downloads can be classified into custom categories before starting them and can also be resumed if the connection is lost or broken.

Speedy downloads

Internet Download Manager does accelerate downloads, although it all depends on your internet connection. That is, don’t expect to download at the speed of light if you’re still using one of those old-fashioned 56K modems. Internet Download Manager achieves quite satisfying download rates by using multiple thread connections with servers.

Internet Download Manager's configuration menu displays a wide range of functions and tools devoted to handling your downloads, such as checking files for viruses with your own antivirus or limiting the amount of bandwidth used by the program. There’s also support for server authentication and proxy, FTP and HTTPS servers.

Internet Download Manager does its job and does it well, so even if your internet connection speed is faster than usual, you should still give it a try.

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With Nitro PDF Reader you can not only read PDF files on your computer, but also edit them in several ways: you can annotate PDF documents, insert notes, and highlight, cross-out or underline certain text. Plus Nitro PDF Reader also lets you extract all images in a PDF or save all the text inside the PDF in plain text, removing all the formatting and making it easier to edit.

Another great feature in Nitro PDF Reader is a virtual printer, with which you can convert any document to PDF – as long as the application you use to open it has printing capabilities. All you need to do is choose the Print option and select the Nitro PDF printer.

Nitro PDF Reader features a nicely designed interface that makes the program a pleasure to use. Plus the program seems to have solved the unstability issues that affected earlier versions, so there's really no reason why you shouldn't give it a try!

Nitro PDF Reader is a full featured PDF reader with annotation tools, image and text extractors and a special tool to convert documents to PDF.

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Support other model - MSI SlideBook S20, Milagrow TabTop 7.4 , Nook HD, Nook HD+, Onda V972, Razer Edge Pro, Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T, Samsung ATIV Smart PC 700T, Samsung ATIV Tab, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, Sony VAIO Duo 11, Sony Xperia Tablet S, Sony Xperia Tablet Z, Toshiba Excite 7.7, Toshiba Excite AT200, Toshiba Excite AT305, Surface Pro, Surface RT, iPad 3rd Generation, iPad 4rd Generation, iPad 2rd Generation and iPad Mini.

Support Model - Acer Iconia A510, Acer Iconia A700, Acer Iconia W510, Acer Iconia W700, Ainol Novo7 Aurora II, Ainol Novo7 Flame, Amazon Kindle Fire, Archos 101 XS, Archos 97 Titanium HD, Archos GamePad, Asus PadFone 2, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, Asus Transformer Pad TF300, Asus VivoTab RT, Asus VivoTab Smart, Dell Latitude 10 Tablet, Dell XPS 10 Tablet, Fuhu Nabi 2, Google Nexus 10, Google Nexus 7, Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD, Kindle Fire HD, Kobo Arc, Lenovo IdeaTab S2110, Lenovo Thinkpad 2.

Suitable for home users and company users to convert popular video format to mp4 or wmv video format for tablets.

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Traditionally the first choice when it comes to compressing and uncompressing files, WinZip is one of the most popular downloads of all time. Despite the fact that its competitors have caught up somewhat, it remains a simple way to archive programs and reduce file sizes.

Much of WinZip's success has been down to its simplicity. From the outset, the program prompts you to choose between Classic mode and Wizard mode. The wizard is great for beginners, although even the classic interface is easily negotiated, giving you instant access to a range of features such as compression ratios, password-protection and a Favorites list.

While archiving files in WinZip is quick and easy, you can't help but thinking that the program has lost some ground on its competitors. For instance, the compression rates aren’t as high as they are in WinRAR, and you can only save files in Zip format rather than RAR, ISO or JAR.

Nevertheless, WinZip performs its function well, helping you archive files quickly and effectively.

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It's not just a GIF maker. It's a converter of video to GIF animation. It supports many video formats, YouTube video, and even allow to record animations from webcam. So you don't need to be a professional web designer, or animator in order to create stunning GIF animations.

This software is designed for a large audience. Anyone can use this software to make cool GIF animations, and share it with the World.

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In the same vein as other open source productivity suites like OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice boasts a comprehensive set of office management tools arguably on par with Microsoft Office itself. LibreOffice offers six different office management tools to meet your project management needs: Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing, Database, and Formula.

Text Document is relatively synonymous with Microsoft Word, where Spreadsheet is like Excel. Presentation mirrors Microsoft's PowerPoint, and Database is similar to Access. Then you also have two additional programs in Drawing and Formula, which are an added bonus to the entire package. LibreOffice is compatible with Microsoft Office's document formats and also supports PDFs natively. It also has its own document format called Open Document.

Unfortunately, if you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Office products, this program might take a little additional time to get used to, particularly if you want to master some of its more advanced features. Regular Microsoft Office users will find LibreOffice's interface quite similar, however, and should pick up on how to use its various programs without too much difficulty.

A great alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice is a must-try for managing your various office projects.

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It has the ability to save the retrieved product key into a text file.

zebNet Office Keyfinder TNG is a one-click tool that easily retrieves the products keys of all Microsoft Office Suites or stand-alone applications installed on the users system. Compared to other application of this kind, zebNet Office Keyfinder TNG can retrieve all Microsoft Office product keys. Even the user has two different MS Office editions installed, zebNet Office Keyfinder TNG offers then a dropdown list to select the desired edition.

This application targets both end-users as well as business users. End users can use the application to easily retrieve their MS Office product keys when need to reinstalling it. Business users can use this application to inventory their company keys

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Avira Free Antivirus 2013 is the free – for personal use – version of Avira Antivir Premium; this means there are a few advanced features unavailable, like the virus filter for email or for web browsing, but the program is as powerful and efficient as its big brother.

Avira Free Antivirus 2013 installs in a few seconds and starts protecting your system in real time right away. It includes all the tools and options you would expect from an antivirus these days, such as different types of scan, support for scheduling, automatic updates, and a quarantine area for suspicious files.

On the downside, Avira Free Antivirus 2013 is let down by a somewhat rough interface that feels like it was designed ten years ago and never restyled: simple to use, but too plain.

Looking for an efficient, uncomplicated antivirus tool? Avira Free Antivirus 2013 may be a good choice.

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We offer the basic functionalities to create PDF document as a freeware program called Modern PDF Maker so that everyone in the world could create PDF files totally for free. Other similar products might offer more features and functionalities but charge a certain sum of money. Our product is free, and no hidden charge, no strings attached. We have other advanced products with more features as well.

Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP users who are familiar with the print-to-PDF process to create PDF files and those users who do not want to invest on a PDF creation software.

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This is the case of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, an anti-virus tool that you may find simpler than other similar applications, but this simplicity is precisely the key to its success. In fact, NOD32 is one of the most popular anti-virus apps among computer users.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus is easy to install and launches without even restarting the system (something most anti-virus tools require after installation). The program has a simple, straightforward design, though you'll soon discover that this is actually the Standard mode display and that you can choose the Advanced mode if you prefer to have more options and tools at your fingertips.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus includes basic anti-virus tools such as system analysis, antispyware filters, filters to exclude certain applications, a scheduling tool for automatic analysis and seamless integration within Windows Explorer. Being used to more complex anti-virus solutions though, I missed having an email and web browsing filter. Also, I found the Settings menu a bit too hidden and difficult to use. Apart from these small flaws, ESET NOD32 Antivirus is definitely worth a try, especially if you want to have a simple, hassle-free anti-virus that takes care of your system and doesn't bother you all the time.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus may be simpler than other anti-virus tools, but it's perfect for users who prefer an easy, unobtrusive app even if that means giving up on certain advanced functions.

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The interface in Advanced SystemCare can be a bit confusing at first. Instead of having a standard toolbar or menu system, the program shows a sphere structure on the left side pane that gives you access to the four main sections: Home, which is a summary of the program's usage stats; Maintain Windows and Diagnose System, which contain Advanced SystemCare's main tools to scan, repair and optimize the computer; and finally Utilities, a pack of small system tools that let you perform small fixing tasks, like defragging the hard drive, backing up drivers, finding duplicate files or finding out which programs are set up to run with Windows.

Advanced SystemCare is surprisingly quick. It hardly takes a few minutes to scan and fix your system, though it may take a bit longer when defragmenting the disk. In any case, Advanced SystemCare always creates a backup copy before fixing anything (as well as a restoration point the very first time you launch it) just to be on the safe side.

Advanced SystemCare is an easy-to-use, quick system analyzer and optimizer that fixes the most common computer problems and can make your PC faster and more stable.

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Shadow Explorer is the only other similar freeware program. For its purpose, this client acts more like Windows 7 and Vista Business previous version utility because this client only returns files that different from the target file and different from each other. Shadow Explorer requires choosing a Restore Point and then navigating with an Explorer like interface to the target file and then seeing if its different. It may not be, in which case you need to pull up another restore point date

Average Vista Home Basic and Premium or Windows 8 user faced with a need to recover a previous version of a file.

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You will can make a report almost instantaneous and save it for share with people on the web or simply to have a registry when a future hardware or software modification is done. The format types that you will can save the reports are 4: RTF, HTM, TXT o BB Code (Exclusive format to post the description of your computer in web forums).

AM-Pro System Info is free and portable that is to say you can carry it and run it wherever you want without wasting time in full of steps and options installations.

Home users with low PC knowledges whose wants to know the more important parts of his computer.

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CCleaner is a very efficient and easy to use utility that cleans and optimizes your PC to ensure best performance and freedom from malware.

The beauty of free download CCleaner is the speed at which it carries out the various scans and fixes. Its main purpose is to clean any unnecessary files from your hard-drive and on opening the program you see the various aspects of Windows that you can search through and clear. CCleaner will also detect your installed applications that may hold on to files which are no longer any use, such as Google Earth histories or Flash Player configurations. The uninstaller is probably more useful, and more powerful, than Windows own uninstaller although use it with care! If you don't know what an entry relates to in the program list, leave it alone to be on the safe side otherwise you could end-up removing vital components.

When you install CCleaner, it will prompt you whether you want to install Google Chrome as well and whether you want to use CCleaner to preserve cookies that you use regularly to log-onto websites, security checks etc.
The interface in CCleaner is very easy to navigate and before taking any action, you will always be asked to confirm that you are sure about what you want to do. There is a useful Registry Checker that will quickly check its integrity, and let you fix bad entries after making a backup. CCleaner's uninstall and startup tools are very handy to have overall and simply add to the usability of this very rounded little maintenance assistant.

The most recent release of CCleaner now comes with a Drive Wiper. Drive Wiper can be accessed in the Tools section of CCleaner and allows you to choose whether to scrub only free space or an entire drive using three levels of strength - Department of Defense-level three-pass option, a National Security Administration-level seven-pass cleaning or a 35-pass Gutmann-level deep scrub.

There's also improved support for cleaning files left behind by Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 9. Web Apps that use HTML5 database storage are also now included in CCleaner's cleaning process. Finally, a few more System directories have been targeted for cleaning and CCleaner now supports 64 bit machines.

CCleaner makes keeping your PC clean easy for beginners and experts alike. It's small, fast, comprehensive, and free to download - get cleaning now!

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In most cases when Windows is running slower, faulty driver installations are to blame. The problem is that Windows automatically stores versions of older drivers just in case you want to roll back, but sometimes it these conflict with the new ones.

DriverMax basically backs-up and restores driver in a very attractive and well presented interface. It has a powerful export wizard to help you export the drivers you need to back up by copying the required files to a folder or compressed ZIP file. After reinstalling Windows, DriverMax can ensure that all drivers are reinstalled.

While the process is nowhere near this quick - or straightforward because many drivers may not work properly first time round - it is on the whole very easy to use and efficient. DriverMax certainly saves you the hours of searching and installing that you'd usually have to go through.

DriverMax also allows you to keep all your drivers up to date. The scanning and download process is straightforward (although it can take a while), and installing new versions of drivers is very simple. It's also worth pointing out that for a free driver app, DriverMax certainly offers more features than rival programs.

DriverMax is a powerful driver installation and restore tool that's easy enough for beginners and does the job in decent time.

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Video converters - there's more of them on the market that almost any other type of software, but very few of them impress. How does 4Free Video Converter hold up against accepted leaders, like
Format Factory and GOM Video Converter? Well, in short, 4Free Video Converter is good, but not great, like a good many of its contemporaries.

For a start, 4Free Video Converter is ugly. Really ugly. Whoever decided that sludge green made a good interface color was wrong - and there's no option to change it! That said, the color doesn't impact on the usability, so it's pretty easy to load videos up, decide where to save them, and pick the format you want to convert to.

The good thing about picking a format is that 4Free Video Converter has all of the options nicely arranged by both format and device compatibility, which makes it easier to choose. It also allows you to customize formats for your own specifications, but this feature seemed buggy, didn't always work, and wouldn't let us save any presets for future use.

On the upside, 4Free Video Converter does allow you to convert batches of videos, but it doesn't have an automatic shutdown feature, so you'll have to wait until they're finished before you go to bed. Also bear in mind that although it's called "4Free" Video Converter, this is a limited "freemium" app, and so some of the features you can see on the interface are not actually available.

4Free Video Converter - it's good, but not great, and misses all the nice touches that make the perfect conversion app.

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Wise Care 365 is divided into four different features: PC Checkup, System Tune-up, Privacy Protector, and Wise Utilities. The program begins with an easy-to-follow setup tutorial that helps you configure Wise Care 365 for your PC. The initial scan will reveal various components and files that are either slowing down your PC or not needed.

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XPS Removal Tool is a safe tool to completely uninstall Microsoft XPS Document Writer that comes with Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012/2008 installation. No similar software on the market can be found.

PC or Mac users who have a fresh installation of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012/2008

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