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Test Your Password Strength

Passwords are the keys to your system.Many passwords used by users are quite easy to guess.Many occasions we hear stories of people who have had their accounts hacked . Having an easy password is like handing your house keys to a stranger. So it is very important that you choose a password that is hard to guess and that you keep this password a secret.

Importance of Password

  • Password represents the identity of an individual for a system.
  • This helps individuals protect personal information from being viewed by unauthorized users. Hence it is important  to secure passwords.
  • Passwords acts  like a barrier between the user and his personal information

If you want to test the strength of a password , then here are some free online links where you can check your password strength.

PasswordMeter

Password Meter gives you a full description about the positive and negative points about your password.The instantaneous visual feedback provides the user a means to improve the strength of their passwords.

 

http://www.passwordmeter.com/

Password Checker:  Microsoft Security

The security of the passwords typed into this password checker is similar to the security of the password you enter if you log on to Windows.Just type in your password and get an instant strength rating: Weak, Medium, Strong, or Best.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx

A strong password is not necessarily difficult to be memorized, there are some small changes that can transform a common word in a strong password.To make a common word in a strong password, it combines uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.

WinTinker Password Generator a small  free tool, which   makes sure that the passwords you will use for online banking, social networking sites and computers are strong and secure. Simply type the word and it will convert it into a strong password.This  tool allows you to create random passwords combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.

 

For example, you can type “SparksSpace” and generate a secure password unreadable.The coolest feature is that you do not need to memorize the password you created when you need to use it, simply access the program, type “SparksSpace” and the program displays the password you created.

Features

  • Creates an easy-to-remember secure passwords that combines all Upper Case, Lower Case, Numbers and Symbol.
  • Creates an unreadable Randomly generated password that you can write down.
  • Generates a password that balances the unrecognizable difficult secure passwords and easy-to-remember password ones. From a very simple suggested password like “carlo” into a strong and encrypted words

Download : WinTinker Password Generator 

Other Useful Links

http://www.testyourpassword.com/

http://www.yetanotherpasswordmeter.com/

Also Read:Test the Strength of Your Passwords

March 13, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

AndyManchesta- Free Security Tools All At One Place

Looking for free Security Tools for you computer? Then visit  .This is the right place for you! Here you will be able to find from Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware AntiRootkit Firewall and much more for free! 

AndyManchesta  is the developer of SDFix  the famous tool that removes thousands of different types of trojans, worms, rootkits and other malwares

 

Visit :http://andymanchesta.com/

March 6, 2010 Posted by | Useful Sites | , , | Leave a Comment

50 Best Websites To Download Free E-Books

 

 

http://4ebooks.org/  
http://bookboon.com/  
http://bookcrossing.com/  
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
http://ebook.networkgood.com/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://flazx.com/    
http://freecomputerbooks.com/
http://knowfree.net/  
http://manybooks.net/  
http://worldlibrary.net/  
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/
http://www.baen.com/library/
http://www.bookrags.com/browse/ebooks/
http://www.bookyards.com/  
http://www.chmpdf.com/archives/ebooks/
http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/
http://www.docstoc.com/  
http://www.downloadfreepdf.com/
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
http://www.ebook3000.com/  
http://www.ebookdirectory.com/
http://www.ebooklobby.com/
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http://www.freetechbooks.com/
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http://www.pdfoo.com/  
http://www.planetpdf.com/
http://www.pmillett.com/
http://www.podiobooks.com/
http://www.scribd.com/  
http://www.snipfiles.com/  
http://www.swapsimple.com/
http://www.ufindbook.com/  
http://www.zillr.org/  

 

March 5, 2010 Posted by | E-Books | | Leave a Comment

ZeuAPP: The BEST Way to Download Free Applications With One Click

Most of us looking for free software for everyday use  Or maybe we’re just looking for games that are free but don’t have time to Google for them?If there is a neat way to get free applications from one place, then it  will be  very useful .Ok, then  you should try ZeuAPP.

ZeuAPP

ZeuAPP is a small  free program, where you can choose the programs you want to download.The latest version has 10 categories and about 76 free software programs to choose .The 10 categories include Files, Audio and Video, Internet, DVD CD / DVD, File Sharing, Games, Picture Editor, Instant Messaging, Security and Office. The interface is quite simple.In just one click of a button you’ll be installing applications that you choose.ZeuAPP is quite interesting and worth trying out.

Download :ZeuAPP1.2 | 925KB|OS:Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7

March 3, 2010 Posted by | Freeware, Useful Sites | , | Leave a Comment

Defrag Your Registry With Quicksys RegDefrag

For better performance   keep your  registry as compact as possible. In Windows registry  vital  information like user preferences, installed software, hardware settings, etc  are stored.So it has  a key role  in the proper  functioning of Windows.Each and every operation that occurs on your system adds or removes information from the registry. Most of the time, when these entries are no longer required, they are removed from the registry. Over time this data tends to be fragmented in the record, leaving the operating system slower and less stable.Registry files also get fragmented due to the accumulation of several empty registry keys within it.In due course, the number of these empty registry keys increases in the registry and causes registry fragmentation.

Quicksys RegDefrag is a freeware utility to defrag registry. Improve whole performance and boost access to registry. It optimizes registry by removing gaps, fragments and wasted space in Windows registry files.

Quicksys RegDefrag

Features

  • Compression of the Windows registry
  • Defragmenting the Windows registry
  • Reconstruction of the Windows registry
  • Correction of defects in the Windows registry
  • Accelerates the startup and shutdown of Windows
  • Makes the operating system more stable
  • Improves the response time of programs
  • Reduce the amount of memory used by record

Get Registry Info

Download : Quicksys RegDefrag | OS:Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7|1.59MB

March 3, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , , | Leave a Comment

Oxelon Media Converter – Free Media Converter

Oxelon Media Converter is a genuine gift for all media addicts.It is a complete audio and video converter.If  you have a processor with multiple cores, Oxelon Media Converter can convert multiple files simultaneously to speed up the conversion.You can adjust a lot of conversion parameters, such as video codec, amount of frames per second, width and height, video bitrate, audio codec, audio bitrate, channels, sampling rate. By changing these parameters you can minimize file size, optimize video and audio quality of each output media file.


You can also use it to extract audio from a video file to a single audio file.This can be useful to quickly convert all the videos you downloaded from the Internet to the format compatible with your phone, etc.It adds shortcuts to the right-click context menus. So you can just right-click on a file and decide what format you want to convert it to.This process saves a lot of time.

Video formats:

3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DV, DVD MPEG2, FFM, FLV, GIF, MOV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, NUT, PSP, RAW YUV, RM, MPEG2 SVCD, SWF, VCD, MPEG1, VOB, YUV4MPEG, M1V, M2V, M4V.

Audio formats:

AC3, AAC, AIFF, AMR, AU, FLAC, MMF, MP2, MP3, OGG, VOC, WAV.

Features

  • Easy to use Interface
  • Supports Batch files
  • Seamless integration with Explorer (Right-click context menu)
  • Adjust Audio parameters like Channels, Bitrate & Sample rate
  • Adjust Video parameters like size of video file, frames/second & bitrate
  • See Video/audio file information by right clicking
  • Extract audio from video files
  • Direct Stream Copy
  • Drag and Drop support
  • 100% Free

Download :Oxelon Media Converter | Oxelon Media Converter Plugins OS:Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7| 3.11MB

March 3, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | | Leave a Comment

How to Remove and Disable Yahoo Messenger Ads Banner

When you open the yahoo messenger you’ll notice an annoying animated ad at the bottom of the main window.This  Ads can get really irritating at times. From time to time it changes Ads wasting our precious bandwidth. One of the easiest ways around this is to remove them with Ad Banner Remover Plus.

Some adverts can be removed and there are few that cannot be. For the ones that cannot be removed a HTML replacement file is created and saved with HTML replacement file select a background color of your choice. This can help blend the advert in with the window it is in.


In addition to remove Ads on YM applications, AdBannerRemoverPlus can also be used for Multi Login ID (Multi YM). So we can open multiple Yahoo Messenger on single PC at the same time.


AdBannerRemoverPlus works with most of YM versions 8, 9  & 10 .If you want to restore Ads on a later date ,then that also possible with this software.

Download Ad Banner Remover Plus 1.0.4.2

Other tools : Y.AddsRemover 1.00Yahoo! Messenger Tweaker 1.3.1.0

To remove Ads manually here is the Procedure:-

(1)Open Notepad,
(2) Paste the following code on Notepad and save it as: adremover.reg
Code: REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\YUrl]
“N2Phone Adurl”=”*”
“Messenger Ad”=”*”
“Address Book”=”*”
“Change Room Banner”=”*”
“Conf Adurl”=”*”
“Chat Adurl”=”*”
“Tutorials”=”*”
“Messenger Help”=”*”
“Voice General Help”=”*”
“Finance Disclaimer”=”*”
“Webcam Upload Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Big”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Medium”=”*”
“News Alert Ad URL”=”*”


(3)Double click the file ( say: adremover.reg )
(4)Click Yes
Its Done!! No more ads will be there in the yahoo messenger Window!

February 19, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

Optimize Your Web Page for Print

When you are online ,you want to take a print out of a blog post or news article. But it not easy to  take a print out  by avoid the graphics, ads which waste your ink.Most of the sites are not print friendly, so to overcome this use PrintFriendly.Just enter the   URL of a webpage and get a printable version  with the content and inline images only.You can also remove inline pictures/ paragraphs if you don’t want. You can download the content as in PDF.When  ever you  need a quick printout without wasting ink  use this  handy tool .

  • Prints Clean: it removes ads, navigation, and all the junk you don’t want to print.
  • Prints Pretty: use best practices in print Typography to format your document for great readability.
  • Customize: Save even more paper and ink, remove images, paragraphs, and Get PDF

Visit http://www.printfriendly.com

February 18, 2010 Posted by | Useful Sites | , | Leave a Comment

Protect Your Private Files With MK Drive Access Control

Sharing your computer with others? Worrying that other user may pry into your private files?Worrying that they may modify your system settings arbitrarily?MK Drive Access Control is a small and easy to use application that helps you lock your drives from unwanted access.It doesn’t matter  whether it is a portable USB drive, Local Drive on hard disk or it is a CD / DVD  drive you can lock them.This  tool  will lock these drives and prevent unwanted access by other users on these locked drives which you define with this software, so it prevents others to copy your private files and view them.


Features

· Lock CD/DVD drives doors to prevent write CD / DVD from your files
· Lock and Unlock all kind of drives from access and show in Windows Explorer, include Windows Drive
· Password Protecting Program Changes


Download  MK Drive Access |Mirror| SysReq: Windows NT/ 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7|813 KB

February 17, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , , | Leave a Comment

OpenDisc –Collection of Best Open Source Programs

OpenDisc is a collection of some of the best  open source software in-one download file, ready to burn to CD and subsequently installed in Windows.

The OpenDisc is available as an ISO image file ready to be burned to DVD. Program has user friendly interface that simplifies the process of installing  it .

 

OpenDisc The programs are organized into different categories  as under

  • Design: Blender, Dia, The GIMP, Inkscape, NVU, Scribus, Tux Paint.
  • Education: CARMETAL, Guido van Robot, Maxima.
  • Games: Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Freeciv, FreeCol, Neverball, PokerTH, Sokoban YASC, tuxmath, TuxType.
  • Internet: Alliance, FileZilla, Firefox, HTTrack, Miro, Pidgin, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, Vuze, WinSCP.
  • Multimedia: Audacity, Avidemux, Celestia, InfraRecorder, Really Slick Screensavers, Songbird, Stellarium, Sumatra PDF, TuxGuitar, VLC Media Player
  • Productivity: DjVuLibre, FreeMind, GanttProject, GnuCash, Notepad2, OpenOffice
  • Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK +, TrueCrypt, Workrave
    Besides OpenDisc, the team also produced the OpenEducationDisc that contains everything that is on OpenDisc along with a number of other educational programs.

Download  OpenDisc |1.2 GB |  Visit  here  | Burn with imgburn

February 14, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

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