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OperaTor - Opera + Tor. Surf anonymously
OperaTor is a portable software bundle which allows you to browse the web anonymously. It combines the power of the Opera Browser, Tor and Privoxy.
With OperaTor no data will be stored at the computer you plugged your portable memory into.
Download: OperaTor 3.1
PC Tools Firewall Plus is a powerful personal firewall for Windows that protects your computer from intruders and controls the network traffic in and out of your PC. 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 specially for people, not experts. Powerful prevention against attacks and known exploits is activated by default and advanced users can also easily create their own packet filtering rules to customize the network defenses. All you need to do is install it for immediate and automatic ongoing protection.
That’s why PC Tools Firewall Plus provides world-leading protection, backed by regular Smart Updates, OnGuard real-time protection and comprehensive network shielding to ensure your system remains safe and hacker free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people everyday to protect their home and business computers against online threats.
it’s FREE. No catches, limitations or time-limits.
Download: PC Tools Firewall Plus 4.0.0.35 Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
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 progam 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 and /XP/2003/Vista 32, 64-bit.
Sandboxie is provided free of any charges for non-commercial use only.
Download: Sandboxie 3.28
CryptoExpert creates encrypted virtual disks and these disks are visible as usual disks with drive letters (for example, G:, H:, Z:, i.e. with any drive letter that is not used by other system devices). The data stored on a CryptoExpert disk is stored in the container file. A container is a file, so it is possible to backup a container, move or copy it to other disk (CD-ROM or network, for instance) and continue to access your encrypted data using CryptoExpert. Any free drive letter (or choosen letter) in the system may be used to mount and to open an encrypted file-container for access. When the virtual disk is opened, you can read and write data as if it were a conventional removable disk. You can do anything with a CryptoExpert virtual drive that you can do with a normal hard drive; only that with CryptoExpert, the encrypted volumes require password authentication before the files become accessible.
Works under WinNT/2000/XP/2003
Download: CryptoExpert 2008 Lite 7.6.2
Autostart and Process Viewer gives you a control over applications which start with Windows, and shows which processes are running on your computer. But the most important thing is that this program helps you find out which processes and autostart entries are new. You can “accept” a process or a program starting with windows, and if a new (”unaccepted”) item appears - the program tells you about it.
Why? Simply because most trojans and viruses put themselves to the autostart, and/or, must run as a process, all of this without your knowledge (unless you have this program installed). Of course having a good anti-virus and anti-trojans software is a must, but the key problem is that a certain trojan/virus may not be detected by this programs yet (for example because a trojan is new, and the databases of anti-trojan programs are not yet aware of them).
Download: Autostart and Process Viewer 1.41
XPassGen is a secure password generator which uses mouse movement for generating passwords. The advantage of using mouse movement is the result is 100% random and impossible to predict.
Download: XPassGen 0.4
XeroBank Browser is a free anonymous web browser. You’re just a click away from anonymous surfing right now! The benefits of xB Browser is that it allows you to securely and anonymously surf the internet, bypass firewalls and website censorship. For enhanced privacy, xB Browser clears history of browing and deletes cookies when you close the browser.
The main advantages compared to other anonymous web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration, technical knowledge, or installation in order to achieve anonymity. xB Browser is open source so you can feel safe knowing what goes into xB Browser. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick so you can take it to work, school, or on vacation.
Download: xB Browser (Torpark) 2.0.0.14b
Built-in Compression, Encryption, Revision Control, Task Scheduler, Automatic Synchronization, Backup and Restore, Public and Secure Vault Sharing, Virus Scan Interface, Scanner Interface, Email, FTP, Printing, Previewing, Full Search and File Shortcuts.
deVault is intuitive, easy to use, powerful, far more superior to any Zip, Rar or any other arhiver. Most important, take control of all your files and file sharing needs today!
deVault Personal Edition is absolutely FREE for personal/home use.
Download: deVault 2008 X7
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
· 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 1.44
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. Please consider volunteering your time or volunteering your bandwidth. And remember that this is development code it’s not a good idea to rely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.
Tor is distributed as Free Software under the 3-clause BSD license. The bundles also include Vidalia and Privoxy, which are supporting applications distributed under the GNU GPL.
Download: Tor 0.2.1.2 Alpha Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD
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 4.7.6 Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/9X
JonDo - the free client software for JonDonym
JonDo is a free, open-source and highly portable (Java-based) client software for accessing the JonDonym services. Its primary use is the anonymisation of web site requests against web site operators, internet providers and the anonymisation service Operators.
All requests of the web browser have to be processed by the JonDo program instead of accessing the internet directly. JonDo encrypts the data and sends it to the first Mix of a Mix Cascade. The first Mix then mixes the data with that of other users and sends it to the second mix station which passes it on to the third mix station which decrypts and sends the data through a cache proxy to the internet.
Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista, MacOS X, Linux
Download: JonDo 00.10.003
KeyPass is a versatile and portable password manager that types your passwords for you! Unlike other password managers that requires tedious cut-and-paste or drag-and-drop operations to enter your passwords, KeyPass types the passwords for you when a user-defined “hot key” is pressed. As such, it works with any browser or application, including web browsers, terminal emulators and corporate services. You are not limited to Internet Explorer alone!
KeyPass stores all your sensitive information in an encrypted database. The information is encrypted using 448-bit blowfish algorithm and a master password is required to unlock the information in the database. You can be sure that only you have access to secret information such as passwords, credit card numbers, PIN numbers and sensitive documents.
The Free Edition of KeyPass has all the features of the Standard Edition, except that you are restricted to adding a maximum of 10 entries to the database.
Download: KeyPass 4.7.3
Test the Secunia Software Inspector (PSI) is an invaluable tool for you to use when assessing the security patch state of software installed on your system. It constantly monitors your system for insecure software installations, notifies you when an insecure application is installed, and even provides you with detailed instructions for updating the application when available.
It is NOT the purpose of the Secunia PSI to detect whether your system has already been compromised or if local changes, settings, or missing requirements could cause the Secunia PSI to report incorrect results. The Secunia PSI relies on the meta-data of executables and library files. The Secunia PSI does NOT conduct an integrity check of the individual files, rather, it checks whether a specific program is vulnerable according to the reported version numbers and not whether the files have been compromised or replaced by other users or programs.
The Secunia PSI is not a replacement for other security measures such anti-virus or personal firewalls, the Secunia PSI is a great supplement to other security measures such as anti-virus and personal firewalls as it helps preventing exploitation of often overlooked exposures.
Additionally, it is important to understand that the process of identifying insecure software installations on any system involves many different factors and, in rare cases, may result in incorrect detections.
Download: Secunia Software Inspector (PSI) 0.9.0.4
fsLock is a simple program that protects your most important files by locking them in a list. Once locked, these files will be protected against being renamed, deleted, modified, moved, etc. Any number of files can be protected (except executables (EXE) and Dynamic Link Library (DLL) and different lists of files can be used and easily switched between. Drag and Drop support for the list is also available if you find files in explorer you want to protect as well. Start with Windows support is included and the ability to start the engine on start-up. fsLock also supports full logging support.
fsLock also supports secure file deleting via the “Delete Files” section of the window. IN this section, you are able to move directly from the “Secure Files” list and completely wipe the files clean (if the engine is not running).
Download: fsLock 2.0 Build 931
Email Security Made Simple
Security experts agree – normal email is not secure! And, many say that previous security solutions are difficult to use.
eCipher secure email is the easiest way to protect your business and personal email communications.
Send eCipher secure messages through your existing email accounts, and rest assured that only the intended recipients can open them. eCipher is Free.
Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Vista
Download: eCipher 1.5
Crypturn Quickly encrypts any file type
• New command line functionality.
• 448 bit Blowfish Encryption
• Crypturn is now even easier to use.
• Portable and allows for multiple file encryption/decryption.
Crypturn now runs from the command line this means that you can incoparate Crypturn with your other apps and batch scripts. We have made crypturn even more secure by changing the encryption from 64bit to 448 bit Blowfish encryption. Crypturn is even easier to use, portable and allows for multiple file encryption/decryption. Crypturn is a powerful and safe tool that allows you to protect private documents on your hard disk, Flash device and before sending via email.
Download: Crypturn 1.0.1.36
Protector Plus Windows Vulnerability Scanner checks your system for Windows Vulnerabilities. It guides you to update with the right patch to make your system secure.
This program is updated regularly by Proland Software to detect all the vulnerabilities discovered.
Protector Plus Windows Vulnerability Scanner can be downloaded free of cost.
Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Download: Windows Vulnerability Scanner 1.23
SniffPass is small freeware utility that listens to your network, capture the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and display them on the screen instantly. SniffPass can capture the passwords of the following Protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication passwords).
You can use this utility to recover lost Web/FTP/Email passwords.
System Requirements
SniffPass can capture passwords on any 32-bit Windows operating system (Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista) as long as WinPcap capture driver is installed and works properly with your network adapter.
Under Windows 2000/XP (or greater), SniffPass also allows you to capture TCP/IP packets without installing any capture driver, by using ‘Raw Sockets’ method. However, this capture method has the following limitation:
On Windows XP/SP1 passwords cannot be captured at all - Thanks to Microsoft’s bug that appeared in SP1 update…
This bug was fixed on SP2 update, but under Vista, Microsoft returned back the outgoing packets bug of XP/SP1.
This utility is released as freeware.
Download: SniffPass 1.06
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