Wednesday, August 15, 2007

AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition 7.5.484 Build 1100

AVG Anti-Virus has been protecting computers around the world for more than 12 years!
AVG for workstations provide comprehensive antivirus protection for personal computers. The unique combination of detection methods (heueristic analysis, generic detection, scanning and integrity checking) ensures that your computer receives the maximum protection possible on multiple levels (Resident Shield, Email Scanner plug-ins, Personal Email Scanner, On-Demand and other tests, etc.). It is available as AVG Professional Single Edition for single workstation protection and AVG SoHo Edition (Small office - Home office) for home or small offices.

Highlights include:
- Automatic update functionality
- The AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run
- The AVG E-mail Scanner, which protects your e-mail
- The AVG On-Demand Scanner, which allows the user to perform scheduled and manual tests
- The AVG heueristic analysing monitor
- Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product
- AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files
- Great customer satisfaction!

Hotmail Gets Storage Limit Bump, Other Upgrades

Microsoft announced today that Hotmail would undergo some major upgrades over the next several weeks that should make the service more attractive to webmail users. The most notable change is that the company is bumping the storage limit for Hotmail from 2GB (for free account users) to 5GB, and from 4GB to 10GB for paid users. This brings Hotmail's storage limit above that offered by Google—which remains at 2.8GB for free accounts and 8.8GB for the lowest tier of paid accounts.
That's not the only upgrade the webmail service is getting. Hotmail program manager Ellie Powers-Boyle wrote on the Windows Live Blog that the team has begun adding features that the "more advanced" users have been asking for. Some of the more general upgrades include performance and quality of service enhancements and an increase to the amount of time junk mail and deleted items are kept on the server.

News source : Ars Technica

RealPlayer 11.0.0.175 Beta

The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real's revolutionary new Harmony technology. RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the Apple iPod. RealPlayer is the only digital-media player you need for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips, and taking your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand. Keep all your digital-media clips organized in one place; save CD tracks with one click; pause and rewind live streams; transfer music to CDs and portable devices effortlessly; and enjoy clear, smooth video playback and multichannel, surround-sound support.

Helix Powered RealPlayer is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play everything. This popular streaming-media player offers improved video controls and access to 3200 radio stations. RealPlayer also includes an option during setup to install the Real Toolbar for Internet Explorer. With RealPlayer you get an improved graphic equalizer and media services, including a radio tuner and an artist and music guide. Meanwhile, the Take 5 news service can offer you daily sports updates. A contextual video search helps you find interviews with your favorite artists. The RealPlayer music store lets you buy music files. Finally, you can use the software to transfer files to CDs and portable devices.

Features of RealPlayer :
- Best video & audio quality ever
- Plays CDs, DVDs and all major file types.
- Integrated Music Store
- Harmony™ Technology – download music to 100+ secure portable devices
- Download selected songs for only 49¢ in RealPlayer
- Online Radio: Over 3200 stations worldwide & 60 ad-free stations for endless listening.
- Expanded Controls: Optimize sound with the 10-Band Graphic Equalizer and get the sharpest picture with advanced video controls.
- Advanced CD Burning: Rip, mix & burn CDs like a pro - fast! Encode MP3s at up to 320kbps.
- Play Everything: RealOne Player plays all major media formats including Quicktime MPEG-4, Windows Media, DVDs, & more.
- Easy, Fun & Intuitive: Browse the web, organize audio & video files, create playlists, & more!


Comodo AntiVirus 2.0.15.51 Beta

Comodo AntiVirus leverages multiple technologies (including on demand & on access scanning, email scanning, process monitoring and worm blocking) to immediately start cleaning or quarantining suspicious files from your hard drives, shared disks, emails, downloads and system memory. It´s easy to install and configure, will not slow down your PC by hogging system resources and is free for life to the end user.



Features at a Glance:
- On Access Scanning - Always on, real-time protection against threats
- On Demand scanning - Take control by running instant scans on any file, folder or drive
- Automatic Daily Updates - Up-to-the second protection against the latest threats
- Email Scanning - Automatic checking and disinfection of incoming and outgoing mail
- Process Monitoring - Continuously scans your PC's memory for viruses
- Worm Blocker - Monitors and intercepts suspicious mass mailing attempts
- In- depth Reporting - Comprehensive logs of all scans performed
- Pro-active virus defense - Submit suspicious files for analysis by the Comodo AV team
- Easy, User Friendly interface - Sleek design provides fingertip access to all major settings
- Scan Scheduling - Timetable scans to run when you choose
- Dedicated Quarantine Facility - Isolate suspected files where they can do no harm
- Advanced Heuristic detection Engine - Protection against unknown viruses
- Scan Removable Devices - CD's, DVD's, external drives, USB devices, digital cameras
- Scans Network drives - protection from any potential threats on your network
- Scans Compressed Files - there's no hiding place for viruses, even in a .zip file
- Does not hog system resources - Maximum Protection with no slow down of your PC

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.32

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.
This tool will help to remove specific, prevalent malicious software from infected systems. Because computers can appear to function normally when infected, Microsoft advises you to run this tool even if your computer seems to be fine. In addition to using this tool, you should use an up-to-date antivirus product to help protect your computer from other malicious software.

K-Lite Codec Pack 3.3.3 Beta Full

This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages. Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

Full supports both playback and encoding. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

Latest Changes:
Updated Media Player Classic
Updated ffdshow to revision 1419
Updated Xvid to version 1.2.0-dev build 2007-07-25
Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.0.0.1828
Updated Codec Tweak Tool
Added option to store MPC settings in registry (instead of ini)
Added file association options for .m4a .aac .flac .ape .mpc .wv
Minor changes

Slysoft GameJackal Pro 2.9.18.570

Game Jackal Pro is the ultimate "must have" killer app for the PC gamer! If you, like most gamers, find it annoying looking for and inserting the CD-ROM for your favorite game each time you play it, then Game Jackal Pro is for you.



Features Pro Version:
• Create profiles right from the desktop with the new "One-click" profile creation option. Simply right-click any game icon on you desktop (or anywhere else for that matter) and select "Convert to Game Jackal Profile", a much simplified creation wizard guides you through a 2 step process.
• Unused profiles can now be moved to an archive section allowing you to keep only your current favorites in the "My Game Profile" section.
• A new "plug-in" interface is now available, this allows third-party developers to create plug-ins for Game Jackal Pro.
• Right-click popup menu for profiles, this provides a faster and easier way to manage profiles.
• Improved reliability, support and performance for many games and hardware configurations.
• Support for multi processor hardware, including the ability to specific processor(s) on for each profile.
• Image mode, for games that need to stream data from the CD or DVD during game play.
• An easy to use interface, providing the user with a single tool for "cd free" gaming.
• The creation of a Game Jackal Profile is performed while you are playing your favorite game!
• Using the auto update feature, your version of Game Jackal Pro will always be the latest version available.
• Guardian Control, this feature allows for the password protection of game profiles in addition to specifying when and how long a game can be played.
• No longer do you need to find and insert the game's CD-ROM.
• Preserve the original game's CD-ROM: one of the problems with having a favorite game is that the CD-ROM gets damaged over time.
• Game load times are dramatically shortened

Changes in version 2.9.18.570 (2007-08-14):
- Removed blacklisting issue
- Improved dynamic extended profiling.
- Much improved Vista support.
- Minor updates.
- Enterprise support.

Comodo Memory Guardian Beta v1

Comodo Memory Gurdian is a buffer overflow detecion and protection tool which provides the ultimate defense against one of the most serious and common attack types on the Internet.



What is a Buffer Overflow attack?

...excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow

In computer security and programming, a buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, is a programming error which may result in a memory access exception and program termination, or in the event of the user being malicious, a possible breach of system security.

A buffer overflow is an anomalous condition where a process attempts to store data beyond the boundaries of a fixed-length buffer. The result is that the extra data overwrites adjacent memory locations. The overwritten data may include other buffers, variables and program flow data and may cause a process to crash or produce incorrect results. They can be triggered by inputs specifically designed to execute malicious code or to make the program operate in an unintended way. As such, buffer overflows cause many software vulnerabilities and form the basis of many exploits. Sufficient bounds checking by either the programmer or the compiler can prevent buffer overflows."

Features :
* Detection of Buffer Overflows which occur in the STACK memory,
* Detection of Buffer Overflows which occur in the HEAP memory,
* Detection of ret2libc attacks,
* Full 32 bit and 64 bit Support,

Opera 9.23 Build 8808 Final

The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking e-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

Download : Opera 9.23 Build 8808 Final

IE7pro 1.0.10 Final

IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras to make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable. You can use IE7pro as Tab Management, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey for IE and etc . Using IE7pro, you can Close/Open tab by double left click, build your own greasemonkey script, switch proxy, switch user agent, block ads and flash, recover browser crash, apply super drag drop, auto scroll page, manage tab history, refresh tab automatically, open new tab from address bar and favorites, view page information and save whole page to images quickly and so on.



Change log IE7Pro 1.0.10:

- EasyHome added
- Hotkey full customizable now
- Single IE instance support
- Tab session restore function added
- Can use hotkey to dupliate tabs
- DEP problem solved
- Fix autofill in iframe bugs
- Inline search improved
- Spell checking improved
- Plugin system improved
- IE6 Quick Search Added
- Update automatic notfiy now

Download : IE7pro 1.0.10

Zoom Player WMV Pro/Pro/Standard 5.50 Beta 1

Zoom Player Professional is a robust Media and DVD Front-End Player
Zoom Player is a robust Media and DVD Front-End Player designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably flexible and dynamic when used to its full potential. Zoom Player works in two modes.

A Media mode which can play any file supported by DirectShow (any file which plays in MediaPlayer) and a DVD mode which uses pre-installed DirectShow DVD filters to play DVD content. It supersedes media player in all it`s functions and provides several important functions that media player lacks. Zoom Player provides special zooming functions to improve TV-Output quality by eliminating overscan.

You will notice that there are two versions of Zoom Player (Professional and Standard). The difference is simple, the Standard version is free for non-commercial use and is limited to file playback. The Professional is a trial version with DVD Front-End Capabilities and requires registration.

The professional trial version is fully functional and allows you to test every feature prior to registration.



WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 5.5 Beta 1:

* Zoom Player can now communicate with uTorrent's Web UI interface in order to display download progress within the Media Library and File Browsing fullscreen navigation interfaces. This feature is accessible under "Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display / Fullscreen Navigation / File Tracker". Press the "?" button on this page for additional information.

* Zoom Player can now keep track with eMule's temporary files directory in order to display download progress within the Media Library and File Browsing fullscreen navigation interfaces. This feature is accessible under "Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display / Fullscreen Navigation / File Tracker". Press the "?" button on this page for additional information.

* New "Download Manager" navigation interface (Ctrl+"J"), allowing you to get an overview of your currently downloading files (compatible with eMule and uTorrent).

* The Scene Cut editor has been simplified and enhanced. The Scene cut editor no longer requires you to click on the save button, saving is done automatically now. A new edit button allows you to edit entries without having to remove an old entry first. Lastly, the scene cut interface layout has been updated to make it simpler to use.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Video / Aspect Ratio) instructing Zoom Player "Derived" Aspect Ratio mode to Automatically Adjust (fix) the Aspect Ratio for badly encoded content. This would convert 4:3 content encoded as 720x480 to display as 720x540, 720x576 to 768x576, 352x240 to 352x264, 352x288 to 384x288, etc... Badly encoded 16:9 content is also adjusted in a similar fashion. This setting also fixes small aspect ratio inaccuracies caused by a requirement made by video encoders for the video pixel width or height to be dividable by 16 (or 8 or 4).

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface / On Screen Display / Fullscreen Navigation) allowing you to skip the "Library Filter Mode" page. With this setting enabled, navigating left on the media library category list will go straight to the Main navigation menu.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface) allowing you to disable the delete key from erasing the currently playing file.

* New Setting (Adv. Options / System / Paths) allowing you to select the Frame Capture (screenshot) format. BMP, PNG and JPEG are supported.

* The Zoom Player function selection dialog is now split into three categories: Content, Interface and Control. The function list is also sorted, making functions easier to find.

* New "IconScale" parmeter for the "ListData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to set the size of list line icons relative to the size of the line height.

* New "ProgressColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation Skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be used when displaying download progress within the Media Library, File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be used for the path text within the Media Library, File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the path text within the Media Library, File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathExtraColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the extra path text within the Media Library, File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "PathExtraOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the path extra text within the Media Library, File Browsing and Download Manager fullscreen navigation interfaces.

* New "ConfirmColor" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface.

* New "ConfirmOutline" parameter for the "ColorData" navigation skin-script command, allowing you to select which outline color will be used for the confirmation fullscreen navigation interface.

* New Vista specific feature allowing you to make the entire Zoom Player window semi-transparent. This also requires that you use a video renderer that would work (Haali's/VMR9/EVR) and that VISTA Aero is enabled. To use: Alt+Ctrl+F4 = Fully visible window / Alt+Ctrl+F5 = 80% visiblity / Alt+Ctrl+F6 = 60% visiblity / Alt+Ctrl+F7 = 40% visiblity. You can also specify exact transparency values using the new "exTransWin" extended function.

* New "exTransWin" extended function, allowing you to specify a transparency value (1-255) for the Zoom Player window. This function requires Windows VISTA with Aero enabled.

* The default Audio mode skin now has a wider volume bar and includes a new button that opens the statio manager.

* The Control Bar and OSD Pop-ups are now accessible even when the player window is set to "Stay on Top".

* Pressing stop twice was set to resume playback from the position prior to the stop function being called. This wasn't too clear so now a "Resume" OSD message pops up.

* Newly supported file extensions: M4B, HDMOV.

* The Navigation interfaces should work slightly faster, especially in situations where more complex navigation skins are used (skins with large transparency effects).

* The skin selection interface behavior has been changed slightly. In order to apply a custom tint, you must now click the Apply Tint button.

* The skin selection interface is now sorted alphabetically.

* The Frame Capture Alt+"F" (screenshot) function should now work in all video renderers except Overlay Mixer, VMR9 Renderless (VMR9 Windowed and Windowles should work) and EVR.

* Function descriptions have changed to make them easier to Read, Understand and Search.

* The Girder Exported commands are now sorted and split into categories, making it easier to program remote devices and home automation systems.

* Mouse left click while holding the Alt key now zooms in 10% instead of 50% (which wasn't as useful).

* Ctrl+"C" now enables/disables closed captioning when used by media files (it was previously limited to DVDs).

* With some file formats, the playlist would not update the total playlist duration properly.

* Enabling the "Show Time Seek Position Over Timeline" feature would cause the Zoom Player window to become the top-most window if the mouse cursor hovered over the timeline.

* Trying to open the Options dialog with the main window set to "Stay on Top" and Zoom Player set to only show an icon on the tray area would cause the options dialog to appear behind the main window.

* Monitor Powerdown will no longer be disabled when playing in windowed mode (Powerdown will only be disabled when fullscreen).

* Detaching the control bar would not snap its position to the previously saved detached position under some conditions.

* Trying to play streaming content while in DVD Mode would not switch to media mode automatically and then fail to play.

* The Context Navigator did not use the scripting parameters assigned to it correctly.

* The Contact Sheet creation form didn't allow you to select the contact sheet color values.

* Some navigation interface titles could not be translated into other languages.

* The "exSetMode" function would not switch modes properly under some conditions.

* Switching between Media/DVD/Audio mode could result in an Audio mode skin loaded in DVD mode.

* The "Scrollbar Highlight" color for forced Playlist colors was not being saved properly.

* If the internal screen saver got activated with the open file dialog already open, it could cause Zoom Player to become non-responsive.

PlayStation 3 Exploit - Run BluRay Backups via Swap

The new TIFF might be our ticket to a ISO Loader. By copying the TIFF image (download below) to a USB/SD card and opening it in the PS3, causes a unusual response in which the PS3 controls and XMB are still fully functional, and ables you to launch a game.


Instructions:
1. Put the .TIF on a USB (download below)
2. Put a game in the PS3.
3. Insert the card with the .TIF exploit and go to "Photo icon" ... let it load.
3. Try to start the game and it should just lock up.
4. Take the USB out and the game should continue loading.

Vista Manager v1.2.1

Vista Manager is a system utility that helps you to optimize and tweak, clean up your Windows Vista PC. It will increase you system speed, improve system security and suit your idea.



Latest Changes:
Privacy Protector updated to v1.4
Smart Uninstaller updated to v1.3
Process Manager updated to v1.7
Wallpaper Changer updated to v1.1, fix the problem that blocked when startup with Vista
Free Memory updated to v1.3, fix the problem that blocked when startup with Vista
Duplicate File Finder updated to v1.2

ATI Catalyst Display Driver 7.8 WHQL For WinXP/Vista

The Catalyst™ software suite 7.8 contains the following:
- Radeon™ display driver 8.401
- Multimedia Center™ 9.16
- HydraVision™
- HydraVision™ Basic Edition
- Remote Wonder 3.04
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalyst™ Control Center Version 7.8

Vopt 8.20

Why you should use VoptMe™- there are other disk defraggers, including some that come free with Windows. Why should you get VoptMe instead of using what you have?

Fast - Saves more time than it spends.
Safe - Builds a new copy of your valuable data before it unlinks the original.
Easy - You can ask it to defrag automatically, daily or weekly.
Powerful - Includes great tools for checking your system and cleaning-up unwanted trash.

Download : Vopt 8.20

Net Transport for Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista 2.46

Net Transport is a fast and powerful download tool. You may use it to download files from Internet servers. It now supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS (Microsoft Media Services), and RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) - five protocols used to transfer data. It can use multiple threads to download files. If a site allows multithreaded downloads, you can expect much faster speeds. This is especially effective for MMS streams because they use a fixed transmission speed and loading several streams of the same file fully uses your Internet bandwidth.