Windows Defender detects and removes spyware

Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it’s detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

The benefits of installing Windows Defender include:

Spyware detection and removal

• Windows Defender quickly and easily finds spyware and other unwanted programs that can slow down your computer, display annoying pop-up ads, change Internet settings, or use your private information without your consent.
• Windows Defender eliminates detected spyware easily at your direction, and if you inadvertently remove programs that you actually want, it’s easy to get them back.
• Windows Defender allows you to schedule your scanning and removal times when it’s convenient for you, whether it’s on-demand or on a schedule that you set.

Improved Internet browsing safety

• Windows Defender helps stop spyware before it infiltrates your computer. Windows Defender also offers a continuous safeguard designed to target all the ways that spyware can infiltrate your computer.
• Windows Defender works without distracting you. It runs in the background and automatically handles spyware based on preferences that you set. You can use your computer with minimal interruption.

Protection against the latest threats

• A dedicated team of Microsoft researchers continuously searches the Internet to discover new spyware and develop methods to counteract it.
• A voluntary, worldwide network of Windows Defender users helps Microsoft determine which suspicious programs to classify as spyware. Participants help discover new threats quickly and notify Microsoft analysts, so that everyone is better protected. Anyone who uses Windows Defender can join this network and help report potential spyware to Microsoft.
• To help protect your computer from the latest threats, you can choose to have updates that counteract new spyware automatically downloaded to your computer.

Windows Defender is included with all versions of Windows Vista and is available to download for genuine copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later.

Learn more about Windows Defender and other Microsoft anti-malware solutions, and to learn more using Windows Defender, watch this demo. ]]> http://freeware.pbiswas.com/2009/06/24/windows-defender-free-anti-virus-from-microsoft/feed/ 2 http://freeware.pbiswas.com/2009/05/06/ak-player-freeware-media-player/ http://freeware.pbiswas.com/2009/05/06/ak-player-freeware-media-player/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:18 +0000 admin http://freeware.pbiswas.com/?p=306 Zoom video, open many movies at the same time with high performance. Control 20 levels to fast up and slow down video or audio. Six levels to fast up and slow down MP3 with clear voice. Auto-continue and auto-play with multimedia search engine. Open hidden and system files through quick search engine. Support playing video, MP3, and pictures. Eject and inject all your CD or DVD in the same time.Features:

• Video Zoom
• Fast and slow Video or MP3s
• Run many movies at the same time
• Auto-play search engine
• Open video, MP3, Pictures
• And more…

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Get AK-Player here.

Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts allow for accelerated Web navigation while the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons ease browsing. Users are able to run multiple windows as well as personalize the user interface with one-click skins. The browser also contains special elements for users with disabilities, drag-and-drop support, a notes function, user profiles, and a host of other features. Opera supports the latest in security and provides password and cookie managers. If you have already installed Java, you can download the smaller non-Java version.

Opera´s new looks are complemented with exciting features such as the Personal Bar and Pagebar, hotclick, improved window handling, bookmarks search, redesigned preferences, new shortcuts, extensive drag and drop, and support for Unicode and LiveConnect.

Download Opera version 9.64 for Windows

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

What’s New in version 2.6:

• Minor bug fixes to PDF rendering code (from v2.5)
• PDF button – can now open and OCR scanned PDF files
• Images from a scanned document can be selected and placed on the clipboard
• Scans can be cropped before OCR
• Added button to remove line breaks from the OCR’ed text
• Fixed some bugs causing FreeOCR to crash when opening PNG’s
• Improved user interface

Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development.

We’re working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are lots of ways to contribute your time to the project. We’d love your help!

There are several features we’re proud of, but we’ll be the first to admit that others need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There’s still a lot to do.

What’s New in version 3.03:

• implement cache flushing for PowerPC (esp. model 440)
• fix cache flushing on MIPS (>3 MiB compressed, or with holes)
• fix MIPS big-endian
• bug fixes