Based on the excellent Ewido Anti-Malware package, this new AVG offering is a do-it-all solution against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and adware.

The software is active for 30 days, so you can try out all the features before you buy, and buy is what you will probably do. It’s not wildly expensive and as far as I can see is very effective against keeping spyware threats at bay. Some of the threats I tested it on, like Spy Sheriff and Brave Sentry were not completely removed, but I think more needs to be done to free your machine of those nasty bugs.

Head over to Grisoft for more…

Here is a good software for you to use in making cool and unique web buttons in a matter of minutes with relative ease. Agama web buttons enables you to create professional quality, unique web buttons in a matter of minutes.

The cool thing about this software is that you can use it to create a variety of 2D and 3D glassy, metallic, plastic and even XP style buttons from predefined templates. You will love the fact that base installation of Agama Web Buttons contains 50 packages with more than 500 button templates available for instant use.

What really separates this software from the pack is that, unlike other software, you can download more new packages with attractive button templates from their website for free. Ain’t that Cool!

The latest updated version, Agama Web Buttons 2.62 released a couple of days ago has these changes:

• local menu in the list of packages
• packages can be tagged as favorite or new
• new button templates

GO CHECK IT OUT: http://www.agamabuttons.com/

Here’s one more web-based service that you can find useful. It’s called My ip-address & location and (yes, you’re totally right) it does exactly what the developers says. For those of you who still don’t get it let me explain… Just a bit 🙂

It is a web service that will automatically look up your IP address automatically, and locate your (means yours computers) current location by using Google Maps. Well, sometimes it didn’t trace you to your home PC showing just the location of your ISP, or the node of your ISP that you connect to. Can you look up other IP addresses? Yes, definitely.

Just try it. It’s even fun (for just a bit though).

RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility.A rootkit is an advanced method used by some types of viruses,trojans and spyware. It’s much harder to detect, as it hides itself deep within places most scanners usually don’t look. Rootkits can also help hackers gain greater control of an already-compromised computer.

Rootkits are more common in the world of Linux and UNIX-based computers. So called because they help a hacker gain or maintain root access (the highest level of administrative privileges) to a computer, several Windows-specific rootkits have appeared online in the past couple of years. They tend to be bundled with the most dangerous kinds of malware, such as keystroke-logging tools that steal passwords.

Although RootKit Revealer is powerful software, it is sure to generate false positives,it isn’t easy to use, so you really have to know what you’re doing, don’t delete anything without first seeking a second opinion and looking it up online, you have been warned. But for the truly paranoid/ extremely techy computer types, this could be an interesting addition to your computer defense kit! Remember, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you!

Download RootKitRevealer here and read more detailed information.

FreeCommander is an alternative to the standard windows file manager. It comes with a dual pane interface and has lots of great features and tools. This interface can be altered in numerous ways allowing you to fully customize how FreeCommander will look and work to optimize your ability to work freely with it. It also comes with a compression utility which will open up .zip, .rar and .cab files as well as the ability to create .zip and .cab files too. Their ‘Pack’ and ‘Unpack’ utility has many settings and is very easy to use.

This program also has more features such as Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders, Wipe files, Create and verify MD5 checksums, File splitting, File properties and context menu, Calculation of folder size, Folder comparison / synchronization Modification of file date and attributes Folder / program favorites File searching (inside archives too) and more.

Check it out here and oh yeah, its freeware. : )

If you’ve started using Internet Explorer 7, then you need to consider getting this cool tool that promises to improve your browsing experience. IE7pro.

IE7pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable.

The new version, IE7pro 0.9.6 which just hit the web on January 12 has these cool changes added to it:

• Support mouse gestures
• Fix the 404 bug of ADFilter
• Improve save whole page to picture
• Support Drag & Drop images without link

Go and Check it out: http://www.ie7pro.com/, It’s FREE!

Here is a nice instant messenger for you. TerraIM

It’s an instant messenger which connects to the AIM and ICQ instant messaging networks using either OSCAR or TOC as the protocol. It uses the wxWidgets toolkit and supports advanced features such as file transfer, logging, and tabbing.

The recent version, TerraIM 1.2.5 released just before the new year has these changes

• Fix text showing white on white or black on black
• Add option to keep buddy list always on top
• Add an option to auto-reconnect
• Sort the away messages dropdown box alphabetically
• Fix a potential crash when TerraIM is disconnected
• Fix the positioning of the remote control warning window
• Fix blocked buddies showing up when logging in invisible
• Improve the IM/Profile HTML display to correctly show Windings/Webdings etc
• Fix the invisibility status checkbox not updating with multiple logins

Etc.

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

In need of a software that can help you come cool slideshows and screensavers? gPhotoShow may be just the right tool for you.

With gPhotoShow, you can easily make your own photo slide show or screensaver. This easy to use software can display an unlimited number of jpeg, png, tiff, avi, mov, mpg, panorama, flash animations (.swf files) and web pages. gPhotoshow can also create professional looking standalone slideshows/screen savers that can be sent by email or cd and run on any Windows based computer.

The latest version has these changes incorporated into it:

• Added support for PlugIns
• Fixed a problem with automatic image rotation
• Now images are displayed correctly also when exif tags are corrupted
• Removed duplicated maker name in exif info display
• Now gPhotoShow loads default image properties from the file gprop.ini in the folder where the image is stored (format is the same as .gprop files)
• Added command to add/remove the windows explorer menu item “Start slideshow with gPhotoShow”
• Now in the windows display properties gPhotoShow displays a preview of the slideshow
• Fixed a problem in the skip to previous image function when all monitors displays the same image
• Added support for InnoSetup 5
• Added an option to display the slideshow only on secondary monitors
• Added support for AAC files (*.m4a,*.m4p). In order to play them you need to install iTunes or WinAmp with M4P plugin
• Added support for Apple iTunes
• It is now possible to specify additional file extensions for sound and music files

AND SO MUCH MORE!
I’ve got your attention? CLICK HERE

If you give a Web site your e-mail address, will you get spammed? Can you safely download files from a site you just found? Will clicking a search-result link dazzle you with endless pop-ups? The free SiteAdvisor add-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox answers these questions and more.

It gives every site a good/bad rating and backs up its analysis with a wealth of data.Mcafee SiteAdvisor is a program that works as an add on to Internet Explorer or Firefox. You simply use your browser as normal, but every site you go to will show a rating by site advisor. You’ll get an alert if you visit any site that’s known to harbour spyware or adware. Also as you search in say, google, the list of sites in your search results will have an icon beside them to symbolise if its safe or not.

Go here to download the free version.

This is one of those cool little flash games that can keep you happy for a few minutes.
You know the type, the ones you keep saying “just one more go” to and are still playing 20 minutes later when you should be doing something more productive.

You are a dolphin (in the game!!) and you have to do as any tricks as you can in 2 minutes. You can do corkscrews, backflips, tailslides, etc and you can try and beat the records for high jump, long jump, etc and make it to the high scores table.

This is one of those kinda games that is actually entertaining original and a little addicting, so take a break and have fun, its what flipper woulda wanted!