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• Data Security •
Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional
A very good Firewall wiz a lot of advanced features. You can allow or disallow programs to connect to the Internet. Naturally you can allow or block all traffic or only incoming or outgoing traffic. It's called Professional Edition rightly but nevertheless it's free. You don't have to create own rules cause a lot of rules are integrated and you can switch e.g. between General Mode or Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Mode to allow clients only to access the local network or allow them to connect to the internet. Experts are naturally able to configurate their own advanced rules to block IP Addresses and ports or special rules for various programs like browsers. The Filseclab Personal Firewall runs under Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, Server, Advanced Server, XP and 2003.
Some Screenshots: Set 1
Set 2
Download
Version 3.0 (Helpfile is integrated).
The Homepage of the Filseclab Firewall and the Online Help page.
NO Firewall could protect you to 100%! If you misconfigure the firewall or share sensitive data thru the network without network protection, you could lose your data!! You should be a bit wakefully everytime you surf around the web!!!
Other free Firewalls
Comodo Internet Security for Windows XP (SP2) - 7, 32- and 64-bit. You have the choice to install Firewall and Antivirus separately or together during installation process. Visit my Antivirus, view some screenshots and get more informations.
Sunbelt Personal Firewall for Windows 2000, XP and Vista. After 30 days it will switch down from full to free and some advanced functions will be disabled.
PC Tools Firewall for Windows XP - 7, 32- and 64-bit.
Ashampoo Firewall Free for Windows 2000 and XP.
R-Firewall for Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003.
Don't want to have Spyware all the time on your Computer? Protect your privacy now! Spybot will find and remove the Spyware. Together with a lot of programs you install Spyware or Websites you visit sends Tracking Cookies to your system which will always send data to record your surfing habits and all of your visited Websites to send special advertisings to you. That's one way why you get all these Spam into your inbox. Integrated is an update function, so that you'll be always protected. Really a great Spyware Removal Tool. Free for private, none commercial use only!
Compatible with Windows 95 - 7 (32/64-bit) and UNIX/Linux thru Wine.
Some Screenshots to have a look.
Download Spybot (approx. 16 MB) from the Spybot Homepage.
SpywareBlaster
With this program you will find the right thing to block all ActiveX based spyware, adware, dialers ... It blocks spyware and tracking cookies in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox. SpywareBlaster is free for personal and educational use, Public libraries, Registered charities, Elementary or secondary schools, Degree-granting undergraduate and post-graduate community colleges, colleges, and universities!
SpywareBlaster runs on Windows 9x - 7 (32/64-bit).
Here are two Screenshots of SpywareBlaster.
You will need the VB Runtimes to run SpywareBlaster!
Download SpywareBlaster Version 4.4 now.
The Homepage and the Support
Forum.
ClearProg
Really a great tool to protect your privacy. Delete (secure) all unwanted data garbage wiz one click manually or automatically on Windows startup. Delete Cookies, Temporary Internet Files (Cache), History and typed Web addresses (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and Opera), Document History, Windows Temp Files, Media Player History and Office File Lists. In addition you can activate various plugins for different processes e.g. VirtualDub and Winamp (Screenshot). If you have programs which are not listed, write your own Plugin and add it to the plugin file. Secure file deletion and update check is available! Supported languages: Dutch, Catalan (only in ClearProg 1.6.1), Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Thai.
ClearProg is compatible with Windows 9x - Vista and partially 7.
ClearProg 1.6.0 Final: Setup Archive
Take the Beta if you have Windows 7!
ClearProg 1.6.1 Beta 3: Setup Archive
The ClearProg Homepage and the Support Forum.
CCleaner
Another good and free tool to delete data garbage and to optimize computer performance is CCleaner. Secure file deletion and update check is available, you can disable unwanted Autostart entries and manage system restore points.
CCleaner is compatible with Windows 9x - 7 (32/64-bit).
Screenshots: Windows XP Windows 7 64-bit
CCleaner 2.35.1223 Downloads: Setup Portable
Visit the CCleaner Homepage.
Wise Disk Cleaner Free
This tool seems to be a bit better in deleting junk files than ClearProg and CCleaner but without secure file deletion.
For Windows 98 - 7 and 64-bit versions. Screenshot
Downloads (version 5.53): Setup (3.68 MB) Portable (1.30 MB).
Visit the Homepage of Wise Disk Cleaner.
xp-AntiSpy
This is a tool to deactivate the Spy Functions of the Operating Systems Windows 2000, XP and Vista. E.g. the Windows Media Player sends always Data to Microsoft. Usually only your Computers configuration, but who knows what else!?! You can manually deactivate these functions but there are much more as only these of the Media Player and it's a lot of work to deactivate all spy functions of Windows manually and you need advanced knowledge to do it. xp-AntiSpy will do it all in one step.
Have a look at Screenshots of xp-AntiSpy.
Download
Version 3.97-9 as setup file (Installation).
Download Version 3.97-9 as zip file (without Installation).
For Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.
The xp-AntiSpy Homepage with files in other Languages.
xpy
(Open Source)
Another great tool for blocking the spy functions of Windows. Attention! You will need advanced knowledge for some functions. If you don't know exactly what to do, please read the FAQ first.
Have a look at Screenshots of xpy.
Download xpy 1.0.1 for Windows 2000/XP/2003.
Download Vispa 0.5.4 for Windows Vista/2008/7.
Visit the xpy and Vispa website.
Encryption / Decryption
NEVER save your sensitive personal data like account numbers and PINs on your Computers hard drive or flash drives!
AxCrypt - is compatible with Windows 2000 - 7 (32/64-bit). It's really simple to encrypt, decrypt, shred and delete files and folders with AxCrypt. After installation you will see a new entry within the context menu when you rightclick on files and folders. There will also be a submenu with entries like encrypt, decrypt, shred and delete and more.
TruCrypt - Encrypt and decrypt whole drives, patitions and files under Windows (2000 SP 4 and XP - 7, 32/64-bit), Linux (32/64-bit) and Mac OS X. A portable mode for working from removable drives is integrated and there are more than 30 languages available.
Both programs are Open Source Software.
More encrytion software: GnuPG and Gpg4win.
Read the Wikipedia article about GnuPG.
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