Norton antivirus/internet security 2010 beta released

Symantec has made its upcoming 2010 products available to the public for testing here are some of the new features of the upcoming products:

• 1. Performance
  We are determined never to take our eye off that particular ball again. The goal is to put out the fastest scanner that uses the least memory and that does the least to impact your computing experience. We will be testing the performance many different ways - but we want to hear from you on this year’s model.
• 2. Quorum Which is an internal name for a dynamic reputation system that informs many of our components. Last year we introduced Norton Insight - which used reputation to separate what files are safe from those that are not

This year we extended that to give you insight into what is impacting the performance of the system. We also are using Quorum to better make firewall decisions

• 3. SONAR 2 our new heuristic engine. It looks for new/unknown malware both in static files and in real time and rates every file and every process. The security rating feeds Quorum - and you get to see the security rating of everything running on your system. We expect big improvements on pro-active malware tests.
• 4. Feeding your inner geek. More information for the user. Including more info on:
  - What happened when a system got infected
  - Information on the safety and performance rating of new software before you install it
  - And pretty pictures of system performance - and system changes. The idea is to make it easy to how new software impacted your system's performance.
• 5. Brightmail
  Yes, they finally put the Brightmail spam engine into NIS.
  
• 6. Onlinefamily a new approach to parental controls - gives you a little insight into what your pre-teen is doing online.

To register and download the new beta 2010 products you can go to this page.

This is beta software, so expect the unexpected and don't run it on your production machine.

Windows 7 Editions Features Comparison

Microsoft has published the Windows 7 SKU or product editions that will be available to end-users in october 2009.

The higher versions of Windows 7 (that is the ones that are more expensive) includes all of the features of the lower versions plus eatra features that are not available in the lower versions.

this page gives you all the information about what will and wont be included in the different versions of Windows 7.

Add Items to the Start Button using the Registry

Before you begin always backup the windows registry as its very easy to deliet the wrong thing and that can cause the whole system to crash and make your system un-bootable.



Follow these steps to add items to the start button:

• First click on the Start button then type Regedit in the search box or useing the run option in xp


• In the Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell


• Here Right click on the Shell folder option and add any new key with a descriptive name and Press Enter.


• Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you want to add in the start button. For example if you want to add MS word, then full path may be C:\programfiles\msoffice\msword.EXE


• Now close all of the open programs and check the changes you made in your computers Start button.

Download The new Kaspersky 2010 Security Products

Kaspersky Lab has relesed next years batch of its security programes Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet security 2010. More infomation can be found here .

I will be reviewing Kaspersky Internet security 2010 in the near future so stay tuned If you wish to download the new version now just go to these links

(You must have a current subscription to kaspersky to upgrade your current product).

Kaspersky Antivirus can be downloaded here

Kaspersky Internet Security can be downloaded here

Windows 7 Relese Date Announced

Windows 7 the next major release of the worlds most popular operating system will officially be available to the public on october 22nd

Microsoft is trying to avoid the the negative press that surrounded the launch of Vista, the last major Windows release that was almost 3 years ago! Windows 7 has been designed to be compatible with Vista and all the programes that you use in vista so users do not have to invest in new hardware or worrie about updateing exsisting software. And Customers who buy a new Windows Vista based pc now will be offerd free upgrades to Windows 7 when it is released.

Windows 7 features:

• Windows XP mode - a virtual PC that can run older applications that might not run on Windows 7


• Remote Media Streaming - access your home digital media over the net


• Aero Peek - full screen previews of applications


• Windows Touch: Support for multi-touch devices


• Gadgets: Widgets now appear on the desktop and not in a sidebar

Beta testers of Windows 7 have reported that it is faster than Vista, especially in terms of start-up and shutdown sequence of the computer.

Download Antivirus for Windows Live Messenger 2009

Instant messaging is now so popular that virus creators are using it to spread malicious programs. There are a few things you can do to help protect yourself from this such as never clicking on links or saveing files from people you do not know. And now there is an script for the wlm addon Messenger Plus! that can help protect you.

According to the publisher, it can detect and block infected virus and fishing URLs, blocks spam messages, Hackers, and much more.

To download this script click here

if you do not yet have messenger plus! then it is available for download here

Restore the "Show Desktop icon" in XP

This small icon on the Quick Launch bar is very handy when you need to access a program or document from your desktop.

However sometimes people loose this icon It can accidentally be deleted or you might loose it for some other reason but only a few people know how to restore it this is because it is not an ordinary shortcut.

To restore it:

• Click start>>Run
• In the open box type "notepad" (without the quotes)
• click ok
• Copy the following lines in your new notepad window :

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

• Then click "file" in the notepad menu and select "save as"
• Save the file to your desktop as Show Desktop.scf
• Drag the new icon from your desktop to your Quick Launch toobar and select "Move here"

Now the icon should have been restored to your Quick Launch bar if not then just leave a comment and i will get back to you:)

How to change the default search engine in Google Chrome

When you download and install Google Chrome the default search engine is already set to Google for you.But what if you want to change the default search engine to something else?

Well there is an easy way to do this and I am going to show you how to do it.

• First open Google Chrome and right click on the search bar as shown below:

• Select “Edit search engines”
• Click on the add button
• Enter the name of the search engine e.g. Yahoo
• Then enter the address of the search engine e.g http://uk.search.yahoo.com/
• Then click ok and click on the “Make default” button

How to uninstall Windows Media Player 11 from your computer(XP)

Some software from Microsoft like Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 7 do not have a option to uninstall from the XP programe menu like other software does. So here is a method to uninstall Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 11 plus all other software that does not have an uninstall option

• Click start>>Control Panel>>Add or Remove Programs
• In Add or Remove you will see a list of the installed programs on your computer in the top section of Add or Remove you will see a check box option saying " show updates " click this option as shown below

• Once you have done that scroll down until you see "Windows XP software updates"
• Under that remove everything related to Windows Media Player 11
• Done! but you can also do the same for Internet Explorer 7

Get Norton antivirus,Internet security and 360 free for 90 days

Once again you can get norton free for 90 days. The promo page isnt in english its in russian but you can simply use google translate if you wish.

However all you really need to do is click the download button under the product you wish to install the installers are in english just go here to download and you will get 90 days of Norton for free.

PS.i know its a very short post today but i am very busy with exams at the moment.

free Chat Encryption program from BitDefender

Like email messages Instant Messaging now suffers from the threat of malicious intruders every location where a user access his or her IM account faces the risk of being observed by a hacker. You never know who has got an eye on your private conversations.

There are a few things that you can do to help protect yourself from these threats such as never giving out personal infomation etc.

BitDefender Chat Encryption is a free utility that keeps your instant messages safe from hijacking through a simple and automatic encryption process. It is compatable with Yahoo Messenger (8.1 or later) and Windows Live Messenger (v8.5 or later). And BOTH users must have it installed on there systems.

System Requirements are: Windows XP SP2 (32 bit) Windows Vista (32 bit) Yahoo Messenger v8 or higher Windows Live Messenger v8.5 or higher.

BitDefender Chat Encryption can be downloaded for free here.

Vista SP2 RTM Leaked and Available for Download

Microsoft has yet to announce the relese to manufacture (RTM) of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 yet they have both already been leaked to torrent trackers.

Both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 have been leaked. Installing the service pack will bump up the Windows version up to 6002.18005 if you dont want to wait until Microsoft to officially release sp2 than you can download it from the links below.

32-bit Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 RTM (including 36 Languages)

Download

64-bit Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 RTM (including 36 Languages)

Download

Note you will need a bittorrent client to download the files such as utorrent or limewire. Utorrent can be downloaded here.

And Limewire here.

Get PC Tools Internet Security free for 12 months

Today i am going to show you a trick to get pc tools internet security free for 1 year.

This offer is intended for all Westpac Banking Corporation custermers but anyone is able to optain a licence. Simply go here and fill in the registration form,the licence key should be sent to your email address within 1 hour.

If the licence key has not been sent to your email address it means that this promotion has ended so please do not ask me for licence keys.

Easily Optimize Vista by Disabling Unnecessary Vista Services

When you first use microsoft windows vista for the first time you will notice that there are many services that are running in the background taking alot of cpu power and consuming alot of your RAM which we do not need them at all. Disabling these services will increse your computers speed however disabling the wrong ones can lead to serious problems.

If you do not know what services you can disable than there is a free utility called Vista Services Optimizer its perfect for tweaking windows vista and can increase your system speed and security with a simple mouse click by tweaking Windows services in an automatic and a very safe way according to the way you use your computer and which software are installed on your system.



The programe also allows you to desable services manually for advanced users who want more control over what services are disabled.

If your computer running Vista got messed up because of Vista Services Optimizer all you need to do is to run the program and go to Rescue Center use the Express Services Restore. This will undo any changes that Vista Services Optimizer has made to your Windows Vista services configurations.

Vista Service Optimiser works on both 32bit and 64 bit versions of vista and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with service pack 1 installed in order to run.

Click here to download Vista service optimiser.

Get free licenced software daily with Giveaway of the day

Giveaway of the day offers free licenced software for its visitors everyday the software has no limitations accept you have to install it within the giveaway period ( usally 24 hours).

One of the downsides to this is if your computer crashes and you have to format it there is no way for you to retrieve your software so you would have to buy it. To go to Giveaway of the day click here and start downloading you free software.

Extend Vista notebook battery life with Aerofoil

Aerofoil is a small free utility that can help you extend your Vista notebooks battery life by switching powerplans disabling aero and turning windows sidebar on/off.

These changes are essential in order to save your battery because Aero and windows sidebar need more graphics processing power than when they are switched off.

When you return to A/C power Aerofoil will automatically switch powerplans for you.

You can download Aerofoil here unzip it and instal it,a small configeration icon will appear in your system tray just right click on it to select the power options.

Download Limewire Pro for free

Limewire is the most popular file shereing programe that uses p2p technology. there are two versions of limewire available the free version and the paid version which has a faster connection and optimised search results.There are other alternatives available to limewire such as Frostwire and Ares however i still prefere to use the latest Limewire Pro.

However few people know that it is possable to get the latest version of Limewire Pro without paying anything all you need to do is go to this link: http://www.freelimewirepro.net/ .Once you download the programe all you need to do is enter the password to unzip the file and install the programe here is the password: www.FreeLimeWirePro.net

Get Panda Internet Security 2009 free for 90 days

Panda is offereing a free subscription to there Panda Internet Security 2009 suite to all microsoft coustermers simply go to this page
http://www.pandasecurity.com/promotions/microsoft/

And click on dowload panda internet security 2009 free button after the subscription period you can get a discount from there store.

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview

Microsoft has opened up the registration page for the Office 2010 Technical Preview simply go to to the registration page:

https://microsoft.crgevents.com/Office2010TheMovie/Content/Home.aspx

Fill out the short registration form and when you have completed the form your name will be enterd into a list of potential testers and if you are one of the lucky people who gets selected to test Microsoft office 2010 you will be notified in mid july acording to the signup page.

Install every single internet explorer version on your pc

Internet explorer is one of the worst internet browsers around but no matter what we still need it because it is part of windows and some programs depend on internet explorer to work properly.

Anyway here is a complete collection that allows you to run multiple versions of internet explorer from version 1 to the latest version internet explorer 8 finalEvery version is portable so you don't need to worry about it messing up your computerInternet Explorer collection are multiple IE versions and they are all standalone so they can be used at the same time Internet Explorer Collection contains the following versions of IE:

Internet Explorer 1.0 (4.40.308)
Internet Explorer 1.5 (0.1.0.10)
Internet Explorer 2.01 (2.01.046)
Internet Explorer 3.0 (3.0.1152)
Internet Explorer 4.01 (4.72.3110.0)
Internet Explorer 5.01 (5.00.3314.2100)
Internet Explorer 5.5 (5.51.4807.2300)
Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2800.1106)
Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2900.2180)
Internet Explorer 7.0 (7.00.5730.13)
Internet Explorer 8.0 (8.00.6001.18702)

If your useing xp/vista/7 you can install all of the versions in the collection exept IE1.0.

Restore Deleted or Missing Desktop and Switch Between Window Shortcut in Windows Vista

For my first post i will be showing you how to restore both Show Desktop and Switch Between Windows icons in vista.The easiest way to do this is to go to this location C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

If you carnt see the defult folders then you will have to go to Control Panel > Folder options > view tab and select "show hiden files and folders".

Copy both of the icons to your quick launch your quick lanch folder should be at

C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Now your Icons should be restored.