A guide to Freeware utilities that will display the status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock Keys as well as locking or changing (remapping) them.

No Autorun is a small free application that protects from USB flash drive (dongle) viruses. It locks any executing file, stopping Malware from working and can also disable the USB autorun function.

This guide shows how to remove Flash Cookies with Freeware. Flash Cookies or LSO's are a privacy risk and should be deleted. Using the free software here it is possible to remove them.

FireFox updates to 3.6 and some of my extensions have been disabled...again!

How to get 7-Zip to be associated with rar, zip, and other compressed files.

Omnibar the all in one search / address bar for Google Chrome can be added to Firefox with this nicely made extension.

Windows 7 and Vista  haven’t got the option to clean up old icons on the desktop – the old XP cleanup wizard. This used to be accessed by right clicking on the desktop and selecting run desktop cleanup wizard. This is a small replacement tool that does this task for you, either cleaning permanently, or to [...]

Reasons you’re not uninstalling your old software: You might use it, someday, somehow in some other alternate reality. Reasons you should uninstall your old software: You’re not using it! It’s taking up hard drive space. It’s cluttering your start menu. When you come to use it a year down the line it may want to update itself entirely anyway. You will [...]

This is the second part of JonnysBlog’s  How To Test Your Computer’s Security Guide. The first part can be found here – Security Guide Part One. Keylogger Test Zemana have made a keylogger simulation application that will capture keystrokes from another window. It is only a simulation as it is not hidden from view and doesn’t [...]

Okay, I’ve written about firewalls a few times before. I have trialled a few paid firewalls and I believe most of the free 64 bit Firewalls. The trouble is, none of them seem to work trouble free. It may be my system, it may be the other software I run causing conflicts, but I’m not so [...]

This list aims to show you the *BEST* freeware video tools for various video related tasks. These tools are all free and should be all you need to complete most video related tasks. Ripping a Protected DVD DVDShrink – Can Rip many  DVD9 (dual layer)  DVD’s onto your hard drive into DVD5 (single layer) size, ready for [...]

Moo0 is a new software developer to me but their website has lots of nifty little freeware utilities on it. One of these is Moo0 Diskcleaner. This cleaner is similar to the others I have included in my roundup of computer cleaners comparison. It simply has a checklist of items to clean and a clean [...]

Privoxy is a very small proxy that can be run from startup to filter your web traffic. It is simple to set up and basically acts as a go between in front of your browser stopping rubbish getting through. The kind of filtering it provides is: Ad removal Web bug removal Removes html and JavaScript annoyances Popup prevention Advanced cookie handling Configurable [...]