Tired of dealing with rogue software, spyware and malware? Tired of spending countless hours removing unsolicited software? Try Sandboxie.

When you run a program on your computer, data flows from the hard disk to the program via read operations. The data is then processed and displayed, and finally flows back from the program to the hard disk via write operations.

For example, if you run the Freecell program to play a game, it starts by reading the previously recorded statistics, displaying and altering them as you play the game, and finally writing them back to disk for future reference.

Sandboxie changes the rules such that write operations do not make it back to your hard disk.

Sandboxie can be installed on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7; 32-bit only

Sandboxie is provided free of any charges for non-commercial use only.

Download: Sandboxie 3.44

Download: Sandboxie 3.45.02 Beta

Crypt4Free builds on our award winning Advanced Encryption Package 2006 Standard. It uses two encryption algorithms to protect your files: Blowfish & DESX. And “Quick Wipe” secure files erasure algorithm to wipe sensitive files.

Features

Interface
· Easy in use
· Skin support (1 skin in standard downloadable package)

Work with files
· Crypt4Free encrypts every kind of file on every kind of medium, whether floppy disk, removable hard drive, zip drive, tape drive or other
· Full .ZIP support Crypt4Free can browse for existing .zip archives, extract its contents and even create new .zip archives!
· Built in files compression to reduce size in transmission

Download: Crypt4Free 5.3.2

UltraSurf is a free software which enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely. Users in countries without internet censorship also use it to protect their internet privacy and security.

With UltraSurf started, you can use web browsers (like IE, Firefox) the same as before, but all are under UltraSurf’s protection now.

It includes “Green Tsunami” to remove “Green Dam”.

UltraSurf is also available as Firefox Add-On.

Download: UltraSurf 9.95

Online Armor Free is our powerful windows firewall – the only FREE firewall to offer 100% leak protection out of the box! It’s easy to use, powerful – and completely free. Online Armor is straightforward, and simple to use.

Online Armor includes powerful “HIPS” functions, which give you the ability to stop all unrecognised programs from running on your computer unless you say so, making it possible to protect yourself against these new attacks. Of course, programs Online Armor knows are safe will be allowed to run, no problem.

This is different to a pure Antivirus program – these let any program run, unless they know it is a virus. This means that it must have that that exact threat in its database before it can do anything about it. Your antivirus will completely ignore programs it does not recognise – which unfortunately includes new viruses.

Online Armor currently runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (32 bit only).

Download: Online Armor Personal Firewall Free 4.0.0.35

Cryptainer LE is a freeware utility from Cypherix. It is a 128 bit disk encryption software that is a “miniature” version of Cryptainer PE and Cryptainer. It creates encrypted containers (vaults) of upto 25 MB each to store any type of data. You can encrypt files and folders by simply dragging and dropping them into this vault. Additionally, it lets you create secure e-mail files that you can send to anyone.

Cryptainer LE includes a ‘Mobile’ feature, which allows it to encrypt all media (including, USB, CD ROM etc). It works on all 32 bit as well as 64 bit versions of Windows.

The Best Part – this award winning encryption package is totally free and never expires.

Platforms: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista/Windows 7.

Download: Cryptainer LE 8.1.0

KeePass Password Safe is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).

Features:

• Highly encrypted databases
• Support of master passwords and key-disks
• Runs on all Windows operating systems and doesn’t need to be installed
• Export password list to TXT, HTML, XML or CSV files
• Import from CSV, CodeWallet(Pro) TXT and Password Safe v2 TXT files
• Easy database transfer
• Support of password groups
• Time fields and entry attachment support
• Auto-type, global auto-type hot key combination and drag-n-drop support
• Intuitive and secure Windows clipboard handling
• Searching and sorting
• Multi-language support
• Strong random password generator
• Low memory requirement
• Plugin architecture
• Open-Source!

Windows 98 / 98SE / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7 / Wine, each 32-bit and 64-bit. Mono (Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, …).

Download: KeePass Password Safe 2.10

Comodo Firewall and Antivirus is now Comodo Internet Security. The Latest version of our award-winning Firewall

COMODO Internet Security is an internet security package which integrates Comodo Antivirus, Comodo Firewall and Comodo Defense+

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit

Download: Comodo Internet Security 4.0.135239.742

Free Internet Security WOT warns you about risky websites

WOT is a free Internet security addon for your browser. It will keep you safe from online scams, identity theft, spyware, spam, viruses and unreliable shopping sites. WOT warns you before you interact with a risky website. It’s easy and it’s free.

Surf safer and protect your computer. Add WOT to your browser now!

System requirements
· Operating system: Windows (all), Mac OS X, or Linux
· Browser: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or newer (3.0 recommended) or Internet Explorer

Download: WOT for Internet Explorer 20100303 | WOT for Firefox 20091028

Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.

Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called onion routers, protecting you from websites that build profiles of your interests, local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit, and even the onion routers themselves.

Tor’s security is improved as its user base grows and as more people volunteer to run servers.

The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser and is self contained. The Tor IM Browser Bundle additionally allows instant messaging and chat over Tor (Contains Tor, Vidalia, Torbutton, Polipo, Firefox, and Pidgin).

Tor runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD.

Download: Tor 0.2.1.24 | Tor Browser Bundle 1.3.3

Stay one step ahead of the Data Snatchers

Data Snatchers hide in even the most trusted websites, to steal your personal information: credit card details, private files & your identity.

The Data Snatchers move fast – a page that was safe yesterday may not be safe today – and your antivirus and firewall won’t help you.

AVG LinkScanner – Stay safe while you search and surf – for free

It’s getting personal
Today’s web threats don’t just attack your computer, they get into major, everyday websites and then jump onto your PC to go after your identity, money, and digital valuables.

What about anti-virus?
AVG LinkScanner is already part of all of AVG’s award-winning security products, protecting 80m people Worldwide. Now it’s available on its own to run alongside your current anti-virus software and provide an additional, invisible layer of protection that lets you search and surf safely.

What you get
Protection and renewed confidence to click on anything. AVG LinkScanner looks for threats in every search result and every link to a web page – right as you click on it. If there’s danger there, you’ll be protected.

Browser security
Works with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera

Download: AVG LinkScanner 8.5.364

Protect Me! creates secure executable (.exe) container files to which you can add any file(s) you want to! Your files will be stored securetly inside the container file. To ensure a maximum of security, Protect Me! 2010 uses SHA1 for password validation and AES for encryption.

The container file can either run or extract your files once you typed in the right password.

Features:

 · Easily password-protect any file you want!
 · simply add files using Drag&Drop
 · You get one .exe file which contains the encrypted file(s)
 · The result will be just a few KB bigger than the encrypted files themselves!
 · No one can see what’s inside without knowing the right password
 · Your data is really secure!
 · SHA1 for password validation
 · AES (Rijndael) for your data
 · The container file is compiled at runtime!

Requirements:

· NET Framework 3.5 (or higher versions)

Download: Protect Me! 2010 1.0.1.1

PREDATOR locks your PC when you are away, even if your Windows session is still opened. It uses a regular USB flash drive as an access control device, and works as follows:

• you insert the USB drive
• you run PREDATOR (autostart with Windows is possible)
• you do your work…
• when you’re away from your PC, you simply remove the USB drive:
 · once it is removed, the keyboard and mouse are disabled and the screen darkens
• when you return back to your PC, you put the USB flash drive in place:
 · keyboard and mouse are immediately released, and the display is restored.

It’s easier and faster than closing your Windows session, since you do not have to retype your password when you return.

PREDATOR records all security-related events in a log file: start, alarms, stop. By reading this log, you will know if intruders have tried to use your computer while you have been away.
P
REDATOR can replicate this log on your Twitter account, allowing you to remotely monitor all access-control activity on your PC.

PREDATOR frequently changes the security codes recorded on your USB drive. If an intruder manages to copy your stick, this copy will not work because the codes on your own stick will have changed in the meantime.

PREDATOR disables the Windows task manager when you unplug the USB drive. Nobody can stop it with Ctrl-Alt-Del.

PREDATOR lets you regain control of your computer if you lose your stick: when you start the software for the first time, you set a password that will unlock your session if your USB drive is not available.

PREDATOR can sound an audible alarm if somebody enters an invalid password.

And finally, PREDATOR can protect several PCs with the same USB flash drive, e.g. your home and office computers.

With PREDATOR, security is as simple as inserting or removing a USB stick !

PREDATOR Free Edition is for private, non-commercial use only.

Download: PREDATOR 2.0.1

Unencrypted, plain-text emails can easily be intercepted, read, and edited. In fact, sending an unencrypted email is a bit like sending a postcard written in pencil: whoever intercepts it can read it with ease. Until now, the process of encrypting email messages was lengthy, difficult, and cumbersome, even to the most tech-savvy PC user. Of course, security systems that, however necessary, are a chore to use will never be adopted on a large scale. That’s why we created SecureEmail: it’s total secure email without the hassle. Unlike conventional email security software, we make it easy.

Comodo SecureEmail Features

• Just install and forget! SecureEmail automatically encrypts all emails and manages the certificate exchange process
• Install as a seamless Plug-in to Microsoft Outlook or in Network Level Mode for compatibility with most other mail clients
• Innovative one-time ’session’ certificates allow encrypting email without first exchanging signed mails
• Built-in wizard allows quick download and installation of Comodo email certificates

In the past, exchanging digital signatures with someone required both of you to send each other already signed secure emails. Before taking this step, neither could read each other’s encrypted secure emails. SecureEmail’s unique ‘session’ certificates make this usually complex process seamless. Here’s how it works: when sending a digitally signed secure email to someone else, they’ll be able to view it immediately by either downloading SecureEmail themselves, or simply using our online WebReader.

System Requirements:

Windows 7 / Vista / XP (SP2) / Windows 2000 (SP4) 32 bit and 64 bit.

Download: Comodo SecureEmail 2.5.0.31

RoboForm is a free password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence.

What it does:
· AutoSave passwords in browser.
· AutoFill passwords to login form.
· Click Login button for you.
· Fill personal info into online forms.
· Save offline passwords and notes.
· Generate Secure Random Passwords.
· Encrypt passwords and personal data using 3-DES.
· All personal info is stored on your computer only.
· Take RoboForm with you on USB disk for ultimate portability.
· Sync your passwords and notes to Palm or Pocket PC.
· Backup and Restore, Print your passwords.

Roboform is FREE if you have 10 logins or less in it. No Adware. No Spyware.

Download: RoboForm 6.9.99

Download: RoboForm 7 Beta

Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single “Master Password” of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

Security starts with you, the user. Keeping written lists of passwords on scraps of paper, or in a text document on your desktop is unsafe and is easily viewed by prying eyes (both cyber-based and human). Using the same password over and over again across a wide spectrum of systems and web sites creates the nightmare scenario where once someone has figured out one password, they have figured out all your passwords and now have access to every part of your life (system, e-mail, retail, financial, work).

Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords are just a few clicks away.

Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references—for example, by user ID, category, web site, or location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home, for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and running in minutes.

Oh, and the desktop version of Password Safe is freely available under an Open Source approved license.

Download: Password Safe 3.21

Recover Lost Instant Messenger Passwords

MessenPass is a password recovery tool that reveals the passwords of the following instant messenger applications:

· MSN Messenger
· Windows Messenger (In Windows XP)
· Windows Live Messenger (In Windows XP/Vista/7)
· Yahoo Messenger (Versions 5.x and 6.x)
· Google Talk
· ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003
· AOL Instant Messenger v4.6 or below, AIM 6.x, and AIM Pro.
· Trillian
· Trillian Astra
· Miranda
· GAIM/Pidgin
· MySpace IM
· PaltalkScene
· Digsby

MessenPass can only be used to recover the passwords for the current logged-on user on your local computer, and it only works if you chose the remember your password in one of the above programs. You cannot use this utility for grabbing the passwords of other users.

Download: MessenPass 1.30

Extract lost email passwords

Mail PassView is a small password-recovery tool that reveals the passwords and other account details for the following email clients:

 · Outlook Express
 · Microsoft Outlook 2000 (POP3 and SMTP Accounts only)
 · Microsoft Outlook 2002/2003/2007 (POP3, IMAP, HTTP and SMTP Accounts)
 · Windows Mail
 · Windows Live Mail
 · IncrediMail
 · Eudora
 · Netscape 6.x/7.x (If the password is not encrypted with master password)
 · Mozilla Thunderbird (If the password is not encrypted with master password)
 · Group Mail Free
 · Yahoo! Mail – If the password is saved in Yahoo! Messenger application.
 · Hotmail/MSN mail – If the password is saved in MSN/Windows/Live Messenger application.
 · Gmail – If the password is saved by Gmail Notifier application, Google Desktop, or by Google Talk.

For each email account, the following fields are displayed: Account Name, Application, Email, Server, Server Type (POP3/IMAP/SMTP), User Name, and the Password.

Download: Mail PassView 1.55

Free, Reliable Wi-Fi Security

Sure, public Wi-Fi hotspots are great. After all, what would life be without checking your email each morning at your favorite café?

But while you’re enjoying your latte and a bagel, some hacker might be accessing your passwords, credit card numbers, sensitive company data and much more. And standard antivirus software won’t protect you.

That’s why AnchorFree is pleased to offer Hotspot Shield. This free security software keeps your Internet connection secure at public hotspots, home or work.

100% Security Through a VPN

Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and our Internet gateway. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over the network. Hotspot Shield security application is free to download, employs the latest VPN technology, and is easy to install and use.

Hotspot Shield runs on: Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger), Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard)

Download: Hotspot Shield 1.37 | Hotspot Shield for iPhone

Completely free but beautiful, easy-to-use and powerful password software – Efficient Password Manager

Still be worrying about so many passwords to remember? Now we have Efficient Password Manager, a completely free but powerful and unique password management package. She can not only help you remember general password information, but also record website login passwords, software registration codes, e-mail account passwords, or even passwords for your FTP accounts, etc. A random password generator is integrated which saves your time meditating for passwords. Actually, the passwords generated by this tool are usually safer. Your private information is fully protected – the main login password is encrypted by the irreversible SHA algorithm, while the password information itself is encrypted by 256-bit AES algorithm, the encryption strength of which is among the highest in the world. The software also offers many special features such as password management in hierarchical grouping, adding attachments to password entry, setting record importance, displaying record list in card view. The interface of the software looks fashionable and cute. It has up to 8 interface styles of different tones of color for you to choose from! With Efficient Password Manager, you only need to remember one password!

Requirements: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003/2000/98/ME/NT4 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Download: Efficient Password Manager 1.58

PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful free personal firewall for Windows that protects your computer by preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or a network. By monitoring applications that connect to the network Firewall Plus can stop Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other malware from damaging your computer and stealing your private information.

PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed especially for people, not just experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default while experienced users can optionally create their own advanced packet filtering rules, including IPv6 support, to customize the network defenses. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.

That’s how PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection, backed by regular Smart Updates, real-time protection and comprehensive network shielding to ensure your PC remains safe and hacker free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people every day to protect their home and business computers against online threats.

PC Tools Firewall Plus feature highlights

· Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing.
· Intelligent automatic protection without all the questions.
· Easy to use. Designed for both, novice and expert users.
· Advanced rules to protect your PC against common attacks.
· Best of all it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.

Platforms: Designed for Windows 7 (32/64bit), Vista (32/64bit) and XP (32bit)

Download: PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.88

Free Hide Folder is a free computer security software to hide your private folders. It is very useful to keep your personal data away from others. Others will not know where your personal files exist and they will not be able to accidentally view them. You can hide folders simply with a few mouse clicks. Free Hide Folder is protected by a password that you can change or remove at any time.

Key Features:

• Hide your folder completely. Unless you unhide it yourself, nobody can find it.
• Password protection when running program.
• No file system structure modifications needed.
• Any number of folders may be hidden at the same time.
• Easy-to-use user interface.
• 100% Spyware FREE. This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

Platform: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

Download: Free Hide Folder 2.5