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  • Best Free Windows Disk Defragmenter in Terms of Features, Performance and Speed

    I have to admit that although I know the importance of defragmenting my hard drive to keep my hard disk running at peak performance but I rarely do it. I am just lazy. PERIOD. If you do a search on this blog, you’ll find that the only article I’ve written about disk defragmentation is “Defraggler“. It is more like a file defragmenter rather than disk defragmenter. Well ,everyone should defrag their hard drive once in a while especially for people like me who downloads a lot of stuff from the Internet and moving files around. By doing this, your programs and files launches faster because your hard drive takes lesser time to seek the file fragments and it puts less stress on your hard drive as well.

    Now the question is which would probably be one of the best disk defragmenter software since there are so many free and commercial disk defragmenter tools to use? Just few days ago I noticed that a disk defragmenter software called IObit SmartDefrag has released version 1 final. I did a little research and found that SmartDefrag has been in BETA test for 2 years and it is finally out of beta!

    The developers of SmartDefrag has done a comparison between a few disk defragmenter such as Defraggler, JKDefrag, Auslogics Disk Defrag, Diskeeper Professional, PerfectDisk Professional. SmartDefrag actually provides features other free defragmeters cannot offer, highest disk performance and better fragments prevention.




    SmartDefrag helps defragment your hard drive most efficiently. Smart Defrag not only defragments computer deeply but optimizes disk performance. With “Install it and forget it” feature, Smart Defrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest. Slow down, freeze-ups and crashes will be a thing of the past. Smart Defrag is 100% free for home, organization, and business.

    Download SmartDefrag

    SmartDefrag Key Benefits

    Extremely Easy to Use
    Install it and forget it. This powerful, free defragmenter works continuously, automatically and quietly in the background on your PC. Its intuitive interface makes Smart Defrag the ideal utility for complete computer dummies.

    Exceptionally Efficient Defragmentation
    Smart Defrag has the world’s fastest defragmenting engine. It’s been specially designed for modern, large hard drives, so it eliminates long waiting times.

    Optimize Disk Performance
    Smart Defrag doesn’t just use simple defragmentation. It also streamlines your file system, places the frequently used files and directories into the fastest area of the disk, enabling your computer to run at top speed with the most stability.

    Always-on to Work Automatically
    Smart Defrag works automatically and quietly in the background, so it continually and constantly keeps your computer fragment-free.

    Data Safe and Reliability Guaranteed
    Smart Defrag uses the commercial-level standard to move data and does not damage any file in your disk. Besides, unlike other “Automated” Defragmenters, Smart Defrag does NOT constantly perform analysis and defragment, which does damage your hard drive and shorten its life. Smart Defrag has a “Safe Intelligence” technology that can assure the health of your disk by deciding When and How to start defragmentation.

    Free Defragmenter Forever
    Smart Defrag is 100% freeware. You can download it and update absolutely free –– it won’t cost you a penny.

    What I like about SmartDefrag is the interface is very clean and straight forward, small in size, rather fast in defragmenting, has smart features such as auto defrag, SmartSilent technology, scheduler, stop defrag while using battery and etc. Definitely worth using!

    [ Download IObit SmartDefrag ]

  • Windows XP Genuine v1.5.540 cracked by DTCG

    The DESPERATE TURK CRACKERS GROUP (DTCG) has been consistently releasing cracks for Windows Genuine Advantage that enables you to download Windows Update. However, this time for v1.5.540, they released it a little late.

    If you visit their site, you’ll find two nearly identical cracks for Windows XP Genuine v1.5.540.
    Windows Genuine Advantage DTCG crack
    The difference between the “Fixed Exe” and “Patch” is….


    The “Patch” is for patching LegitCheckControl.dll which enabling you to download updates from Windows Update but you might still get the notification messages stating that you are using a pirated version of Microsoft Windows nag popup.
    Windows XP Genuine LegitCheckControl.dll v1.5.540 crack

    The “Fixed Exe” is the already cracked wgatray.exe, wgalogon.dll and LegitCheckControl.dll. Meaning if you install this crack, you will be able to download updates from Windows Update and also the nag popup will disappear.
    Windows XP Genuine wgatray.exe wgalogon.dll v1.5.540 crack

    So installing the “Fixed Exe” will be more complete and better choice.

    [ DTCG “Fixed Exe” for Windows XP Genuine v1.5.540 ]
    [ DTCG “Patch” for Windows XP Genuine v1.5.540 ]

  • MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM Status Checker and MSN Delete Checker

    I found an interesting website today while I was browsing the Internet.
    This website enables you to check a person’s status on MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AIM instant messengers.
    That means, you can use it to see your friend is Online or Offline on MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AIM instant messenger.
    Best part is, you don’t need to download or install anything.
    Just visit the website, enter the ID that you want to check and click the “Check” button. It’s that EASY!

    Not only you can check the status of a person on instant messenger, you can also check who has deleted you on MSN Messenger!
    That’s really cool so that you can remove unnecessary people on your MSN Messenger contact list.
    MSN Delete Checker

    The website is…


    Blockstatus.com

  • Latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.18.5 Cracked

    Just after days Microsoft released Windows Genuine Advantage Validation version 1.7.18.1, now it has an updated version 1.7.18.5 or 1.7.0018.5. Looks a like a bug fixed version of WGA. All 3 files LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll has been updated to version 1.7.18.5. Even Wikipedia doesn’t display the latest version of WGA.
    WGA 1.7.0018.5 ETH0 Crack


    Team ETH0 downloaded the latest WGA and cracked it. They released the cracked version of WGA 1.7.18.5 on 26 March 2007 which is 5 days later after they released cracked WGA 1.7.18.1.
    WGA 1.7.18.5 Crack ETH0

    This WGA 1.7.18.5 crack does NOT work with Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11. Both uses their own wga check that is in their install program. It only lets you use Windows Updates and download from Microsoft Download Center. And also, no more nag screens.

    Same thing. Just extract the compressed file and run installer.bat. Everything is automated.

    [ Download Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.18.5 Crack ]

  • File in use, unable to delete, move, or rename.

    Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?
    Error Deleting File Or Folder

    It has many other similar errors:

  • Cannot delete file: Access is denied.
  • There has been a sharing violation.
  • The source or destination file may be in use.
  • The file is in use by another program or user.
  • Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

    • You’ve checked and is very sure that all programs are closed, but you’re still unable to delete, rename or move the files/folders.
    The ultimate solution to this problem is…


    The Unlocker!
    1. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker
    Right click the folder or file and select Unlocker

    2. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear
    Window listing of lockers will appear if the folder or file is locked

    3. Simply click Unlock All and you are done!

    Ohh… and this is a FREEWARE 😉

    [ Download Unlocker v1.8.5 ]

  • BitDefender Offers FREE Rescue CD with Ability to Auto Update Virus Definition

    Previously I’ve shared with you about Kaspersky Rescue CD and Avira Antivir Rescue System CD which is very useful when you have a computer that is unable to boot in to Windows caused by virus. All you need to do is to boot up the computer with Kaspersky Rescue Disk CD or Avira Antivir Rescue System CD and it will launch the scanner to scan your computer for any virus that causes your Windows computer unable to start up.

    However, updating the virus definition for both Kaspersky and Avira Rescue CD is not easy. Kaspersky Rescue CD virus definition has an extension of .kvp but the Windows version uses .avp. I still haven’t figure out a way to manually update Kaspersky Recue CD’s virus definition but I am sure it’ll involve editing the ISO image. As for Avira Rescue CD, there is an option to update the VDF file, but it requires the VDF file to be copied to a floppy drive or somewhere in the disk.

    The best is to use BitDefender Rescue CD because it has the ability to automatically update its virus definition if it finds an internet connection whenever you boot up the computer with the Rescue CD. As far as I know, BitDefender is highly sensitive in detecting both known and unknown virus.


    BitDefender Rescue CD is similar to Kaspersky and Avira’s one. You’ll have to download the ISO image (bitdefender_2008_RescueCD_v2.iso) and burn it to a CD or DVD. Then boot up the computer with the disc and you’ll get a screen that looks like the image below.

    FREE BitDefender Rescue CD

    Hit the “ENTER” key on your keyboard and it’ll start loading Linux from the CD. At the final stage of loading linux files, BitDefender will automatically try to update the scanner and virus definition. This is automated and you don’t need to configure or run anything. If you have a fast internet connection (broadband), you’d need to wait for about 10 minutes for the update to complete. If it stalls for a long time and your modem/router adsl LED is not blinking, then I suggest you to try boot up the CD again.

    Update BitDefender Virus Definition

    Once the scanner and definition is updated, it’ll automatically launch BitDefender Antimalware Scan interface. All you need to do is to click the Start button and it’ll start scanning your local hard drive for virus.

    BitDefender Antimalware scan

    The free BitDefender Rescue CD also contains other useful third party utilities such as ChkRootkit for scanning for rootkis, Nessus Network Scanner as remote network security scanner, Mozilla Firefox, Partition Image, GtkRecover and etc… Now we have Kaspersky Rescue CD, Avira Antivir Rescue System CD and BitDefender Rescue CD. Now I’ll try to figure out whether it is possible to combine all 3 CD or ISO into 1 disc.

    Tip: If for some reason the Linux is unable to mount and read your hard drive which is preventing BitDefender scanner to scan your files, you can run “Terminal Emulator” from the desktop and type the command ntfsfix.

    [ Download BitDefender 2008 RescueCD v2 ]

  • Another Addictive Game – Master of Defense

    Here you are, another addictive game that has the same concept as the previous Tower Defense game I posted except that it’s BETTER!

    Defend your village from invading monsters in this strategic thriller! In this real-time strategy game, you are tasked with building towers to defend your citizens. Choose up to five different defense towers, all with different strengths. As you progress through 6 detailed levels with hundreds of raids, you’ll be able to build new towers and add skills with the gold you’ve earned. Choose your defense carefully to keep your citizens protected! Even one monster could spell certain doom for your entire city!


    Master of Defence crack

    This game is not FREE. To continue playing, you’ll have to pay $19.99. But don’t worry as Reflexive games gets cracked very often and there are cracks lying everywhere.

    Reflexive Arcade is a game reseller and has been providing lousy protection to the game developers. Most crackers is able to crack them without a problem. With the FFF crack, you can use it to crack ALL reflexive games. Imagine how much money is lost there. So if you really love this game, do buy it.

    Here’s a tip if you have trouble winning this game. “Put at least 1 point in Ice towers as soon as you can“. This will give you a good chance to win!

    [ Download Master of Defense ]

  • VBA32 Joins the List of Free Rescue CD with VBA Rescue

    Recently I stumbled on a Rescue Live CD provided by Vba32 for free. The good thing about Rescue CDs are it can scan and remove virus even without booting in to Windows. Usually it is booted from a Linux LiveCD and autoruns the scanner module. If your computer has been infected by a virus but unable to boot up to Windows / safe mode or it is too slow to do anything on it, rescue CD is probably your only chance to remove the virus and get Windows working again.
    Free VBA Rescue
    VBA32 is a less well known antivirus company internationally but it is well established in Belarus. VirusBlokAda Ltd. has been established in May, 1997. The Vba32 products are successfully used in The National Bank of The Republic of Belarus, in all sorts of the Belarusian organizations and enterprises. Also it is installed at the mail servers of such Belarusian Internet providers as tut.by and mail.by. Vba32 is the first antivirus software which has been certified in The State Centre of Information Security supported by the President of The Republic of Belarus.


    VBA Rescue runs on Linux LiveCD and uses VBA32 Console Scanner for Linux (Vba32.L). VBA32 Rescue doesn’t contain any fancy looking graphics or interface. The menus are simple and easy to navigate through so you shouldn’t have a problem using it. To get your free VBA Rescue, just download the ISO image (72 MB) from the link located at the end of this article. Burn the ISO image with your favorite disc recording software. If you’re unsure how to burn ISO image to a CD, read this article. Insert the VBA Rescue disc and set your computer to boot up with it. You should see a menu that looks like the image below. If you’re unsure which resolution can your computer support, just select the first one by simply hitting the ENTER key.
    VBA32 Rescue Screen Resolution

    Next you’ll get to select the language of the interface. Currently it only supports English and Russian.
    VBA Rescue Language

    You will get an information window advising you on how to work in VBA Rescue Menu. Hit enter to continue. Now you get to configure VBA Rescue on where to scan, what files to scan, what to do with the infected file, Midnight Commander File Manager and etc. When you’re done configuring, select the second option “Scanning files” to start scanning your computer for viruses with VBA Rescue.Good news is before VBA Rescue starts scanning, it will check for the latest virus signature and updates automatically.
    VBA Rescue Menu

    You will need a computer with i586 CPU and 128MB of RAM. It only supports NTFS and FAT file systems. Vba32 Rescue supports auto-mounting including removable devices so you don’t need to know or memorize those elite linux mount commands. NTFS state is checked during mounting and additional confirmation dialog such as the partition was unmounted incorrectly and the partition contains system memory image (hibernate).

    I personally have never heard of Vba32 antivirus before but I’ve seen it appear in VirusTotal, AV-Comparatives, Virus Bulletin, Anti-Malware Test Lab and virus.gr. Unfortunately Vba32 doesn’t perform very well at all of the tests conducted by the test lab. In my opinion, Vba32 wouldn’t be the best choice to use on desktop computer for real-time protection but no harm having another rescue disc in hand when other rescue disk fails to boot up. Do take note that currently VBA Rescue is still in BETA.

    [ Download VBA32 Rescue ]

  • The File Splitter vs HJSplit (Battle of 2 FREE File Splitter Program)

    The reason I wanted to write this is because when I found HJSplit and posted an article about it, I’ve got two comments recommending The File Splitter. temosis said that it’s the best and fastest file splitter program while jakpo agrees. So I decided to put The File Splitter and HJSplit to the test.


    I tested splitting and joining the same 600MB file on a computer that has fresh Windows XP. Only drivers and no software are installed on that computer so it won’t affect the performance while splitting and joining. Here’s the computer specification that I tested on:

      CPU: Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz
      Mainboard: MSI 945P Platinum
      Memory: 1GB
      Hard Disk: 120GB 7200RPM

    The File Splitter claims to support splitting files up to 9 billion GB and as for HJSplit, it claims to handle files which are larger than 10GB. I’m not sure if there is a single file bigger than 100GB for now… So let’s just test splitting 600MB into 6 parts and joining it back.

    The File Splitter
    How to split video files
    Splits 600MB to 6 parts. 100MB each.
    Time taken to split: 1 min 23 sec
    Time taken to join: 1 min 36 sec

    HJSplit
    Split and Join Files
    Splits 600MB to 6 parts. 100MB each.
    Time taken to split: 1 min 38 sec
    Time taken to join: 1 min 51 sec

    Clear winner here. I noticed that The File Splitter is 15 seconds faster than HJSplit in both splitting and joining the 600MB file. Not only The File Splitter is faster, the other feature I like about it is it automatically creates a “joiner” executable file after splitting the file. HJSplit also has the joiner program called HJJoin, but it didn’t automatically include together with the splitted parts. You have to download separately. Another reason The File Splitter is better than HJSplit is that The File Splitter file size is only 131KB and HJSplit is 313KB.

    Looks like I will only be using The File Splitter in future if I need to split and join files. Thanks to the commenters!

    [ Download The File Splitter ]
    [ Download HJSplit ]

  • IObit Advanced SystemCare 4 Review and Giveaway

    The last time I did a quick review on IObit Advanced SystemCare was nearly 3 years ago when it was still version 3. A major update version 4 was released about half a year ago and was approached by Keros from IObit multiple times to do a review but with my really busy work schedule, my 1 year old daughter and my wife to take care of, it had to wait until today… IObit Advanced SystemCare is one of the most popular automated system maintenance software for Windows computer. Currently the version 4 supports both 32 and 64 bit of Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7.

    After installing Advanced SystemCare 4 on my test system, I was presented with a sleek and dark skin that contains 4 huge main buttons which are Quick Care, Deep Care, Turbo Boost and Toolbox.

    Advanced SystemCare 4

    There are two care modes which automatically runs a few tools from the Toolbox to optimize your computer. The Quick Care runs only 5 modules (Malware Scan, Registry Fix, Shortcut Fix, Privacy Sweep and Junk Files Clean) while the Deep Care runs 10 (All 5 modules from Quick Care plus System Optimization, Passive Defense, Disk Scan, Vulnerability Fix and Disk Defragment) with a more thorough scan for malware and deeper registry fix. Which care options you decide to run very much depend on how much free time you have to spare. If you don’t mind waiting, you can run the Deep Care that takes longer time to finish but giving your computer a more optimized state compared to the Quick Care.


    The Turbo Boost feature allows you to quickly speed up your computer but temporarily shutting down unnecessary background processes and services, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. One click and you’re good to go. The first time you click on the Boost your PC now button will ask you to configure Turbo Boost. It is important to go through the configuration because some of the functions that you may want constantly enabled will be disabled when Turbo Boost is turned on. For example, if you need to print when Turbo Boost is in effect, you should uncheck the “Disable printer support” option.

    ASC Turbo Boost

    Finally, the Toolbox button offers you with 20 smart and dedicated system tools where you can clean, optimize, repair, secure and control your Windows computer. Basically the tools used in Quick Care and Deep Care can be manually launched from here.

    ASC toolbox

    At the top right corner, there is a Rescue at the menu. The rescue function is a very important feature to provide rollback in system maintenance software such as Advanced SystemCare in case if something goes wrong and you are able to revert the changes made by the software. I noticed that the rollback would only be created when the whole repair process has been completed. If you manually stop the repair somewhere in the middle before it is finished, the backup will not appear in Rescue Center. The trick is to finish the repair so that the backup will be created. I also noticed that the backup is only created for registry changes while others such as invalid shortcuts and junk files are permanently removed from the system.

    ASC Rescue Center Rollback

    Advanced SystemCare 4 also comes with a built-in updater where it checks for the latest version but doesn’t do auto update on the main program. For example, to update from ASC v4.1 to v4.2, you will be brought to download.com to redownload a newer installer which is 29.1MB in size and reinstall. Do note that at the end of the installation, you will be prompted to install the IObit Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Depending on whether you need it or not, there is an option to skip the installation of the toolbar.

    There are two versions of Advanced SystemCare 4 which is the free and professional. The professional version offers automatic and scheduled functions with registry deep clean and some useful tools in Toolbox are locked in Free version. As an extra added feature, the Professional edition allows eye candy lovers to choose as many as 10 fantastic skins that make the use of the software more enjoyable. There are more that can be downloaded from the official IObit’s forum. The Professional version cost $19.95 for a year subscription but it is currently discounted to $12.97.

    If you go to the Disk Defragment Settings, you should see an additional option “Enable Optimization Defragmentation” which can only be enabled in Professional version. It seems that the freeware IObit’s Smart Defrag v2.2 is able to do the same because I tried running the “Defrag and Fast Optimize” method in Smart Defrag first and then followed by running Disk Defragment from Deep Care with the Optimization Defragmentation option enabled. Surprisingly Advanced SystemCare Disk Defragment reports “No Problem” and doesn’t require any further action.

    With all the functions and automation that can be found on Advanced SystemCare 4, any Windows users (whether they don’t know how to maintain their computer or just plain lazy to do it) that uses it can easily keep their computer clean and optimized.

    IObit has generously sponsored 50 Advanced SystemCare 4 Professional license valid for 1 year to be given away at Raymond.cc. However because I needed to use one of the license to test the professional version, there will be 49 to be given away instead. Head on to the forum to participate in the draw.

    [ Download IObit Advanced SystemCare 4 ]

  • FREE F-Secure Rescue CD 3.00 to Clean Virus from Unbootable Windows

    Previously I’ve introduced a total of 3 free rescue CDs provided by Kaspersky, Avira and BitDefender. In my opinion, Kaspersky is very well known for its detection rate but it is not updated regularly and can’t auto update. As for Avira, it is also pretty good in detecting both known and unknown virus. Although Avira Rescue CD is updated several times a day, we can’t possibly burn the ISO into a CD each time it is updated because we’ll wasting CDs. As for BitDefender Rescue CD, it has a very sensitive detection rate and is able to automatically update the virus definition and saving it to RAM disk. Each rescue disk has its own pros and cons.
    FREE F-Secure Antivirus
    Here’s another Rescue CD recommended by leofelix. Last month, F-Secure released a new major update on their free Rescue CD. It was one and a half year ago since their last update version 2.00. If you don’t know what is a Rescue CD, it is a CD that you can boot up the computer with and can run an antivirus program even without a working or bootable Windows. Rescue CD are best used when your computer no longer starts because the operating system has been corrupted by malware and you can use Rescue CD to scan the computer and quarantine the malware. This may allow the operating system to start properly again.


    F-Secure Rescue CD 3.00 will by default scan all hard drives in the computer, all USB drives attached to the computer, Windows FAT and NTFS filesystems. F-Secure Rescue CD ISO file is 155MB in size and you’ll need to burn the ISO to a CD. Boot up the computer with the CD and you’ll see a screen that looks like the image below. You have 15 seconds to press ENTER to start the CD or it will boot normally via hard drive.

    F-Secure Rescue CD startup screen

    Once the ENTER key is pressed, it will start uncompressing Linux and boot the kernel. Please make sure that you have access to the Internet. Either plug in your network cable or make sure you have wireless enabled. Once F-Secure Rescue CD is loaded, select Next and hit the ENTER key. It will automatically start updating virus definition database. I have a 1Mbps connection and it took less than 3 minutes to update. Click Next to agree the end user license agreement. At the next screen you get to select what to scan. To select or deselect an item on the list, use the space key and select Start Scan. While the scan is ongoing, you can hit Alt+F5 key to see details of files being scanned, Alt+F6 to see any malware found and Ctrl+C to cancel scanning.

    F-Secure Rescue CD Scanning

    F-Secure Rescue CD scans the computer and renames all files containing malware to .virus file extension. Using Rescue CD on a working operating system may rename essential system files and so cause your operating system to no longer start. If this happens you can use your operating system repair disk to reinstall the operating system. Note that this may reinstall a fresh operating system and so remove any personal settings and files you have. If your computer is working fine after the scan, simple do a search on all *.virus file and delete it.

    Rescue CD cannot scan encrypted disks. This includes for example, Windows Vista BitLocker disk encryption.

    If you do not have an internet connection, can download Rescue CD virus definition updates to a USB drive using a healthy computer. This USB drive must be empty and 256mb or greater in size. Just download fsdbupdate.run file (40MB) and save it to the root directory of the USB drive. Insert the USB flash drive to the infected computer, boot up using F-Secure Rescue CD and follow the instructions.

    [ Download F-Secure Rescue CD 3.00 ]

  • FREE Document File Hosting – YouTube for eBooks

    Instead of uploading your documents to free file hosting such as Rapidshare, why not try using Scribd? Scribd is very useful for documents because it has an embedded PDF player to publish and view documents right out of your browser! Even if you do not have Adobe PDF reader installed, you still can view because the embedded PDF player is in FLASH. Just like Youtube, when you upload a video file, it will only require Flash player installed to start streaming the video.
    FREE Documents file Hosting


    Uploading is very easy. On the top right hand side of the Scribd main page, you’ll see a small section where you can upload multiple documents by using Ctrl or Shift key when selecting the documents to upload. After completed uploading, you’ll have the option to give a title for the documents you’ve uploaded and also tag it with necessary keywords for easy searching and browsing through documents.
    Upload free documents
    Formats supported by Scribd are .pdf, .doc, .ppt, .xls, .txt, etc.(document formats only). Other than viewing in PDF, you can also download the documents in PDF format, Microsoft Word format, plain text format and also MP3.

    I think Scribd might face a big copyright problem in future when the website gets famous. If you search for popular copyrighted ebooks such as O’Reilly, McGraw Hill and etc… it exist FREE for you to view. I did a search on Nostradamus and found “The Nostradamus Code World War III” free to download and view. From the author’s website, you’ll need to pay $14.95 to download and view the ebook. I tried this search because I remembered seeing this advertisement on Google a few days ago.

    Scribd is definitely a very unique and useful concept but for the copyright reasons, sooner or later Scribd will have to remove all those copyright materials or else the whole website will be shut down. Before this happens, quickly visit Scribd and search for whatever ebooks you’ve been searching for.

    [ Upload Documents to Scribd ]

  • Free Avira AntiVir Rescue System CD to Clean Unremovable Virus

    Previously I’ve written about Kaspersky offering free Rescue Disk to clean virus without booting in to Windows. This is very useful when you have a computer that is unable to boot in to Windows caused by virus. All you need to do is to boot up the computer with Kaspersky Rescue Disk CD and it launch the latest Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 to scan your computer.

    However, problem with Kaspersky Rescue Disk is it is not updated frequently, unlike the free Kaspersky AVP Tool which is updated few times a day. Kaspersky Rescue Disk was last updated on 11 Jun 2008. I’ve tried to figure out a solution on how to manually update the virus definition but it seemed to be different. The Rescue Disk virus definition file extension is .kvc and the official Kaspersky virus definition is in .avc. Even some of the XML filenames are not identical.

    I am definitely not giving up on this but in the meantime, here is another Rescue CD alternative by Avira that can clean unremovable virus without booting into Windows. If you’ve read my research on which is the best Anti-Virus program, Avira AntiVir appears to be on top of the list after Kaspersky.


    The Avira AntiVir Rescue System is a linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to repair a damaged system, to rescue data or to scan the system for virus infections. Just double-click on the rescue system package to burn it to a CD/DVD. You can then use this CD/DVD to boot your computer. The Avira AntiVir Rescue System is updated several times a day (contains the current virus definitions VDF) so that the most recent security updates are always available.

    FREE Avira Rescue CD

    Once you’ve booted up your computer with Avira Rescue System, you get a boot option to either boot from hard drive or AntiVir Rescue System. Press the number 2 on your keyboard to boot into AntiVir Rescue System. It will start loading linux and you get to select either deutsch or english. Next, drivers will be loaded, and when it completes, the Rescue System main menu will show.

    AntiVir Rescue System Menu

    To scan a computer, select the second option “Scan” and hit enter. You get to select whether to scan all files, only program files or only boot sectors. You can then select either to log scanning events or try to repair infected files. If Rescue System is unable to repair infected files, you have the option to rename the files. Finally, you can select additional file types to scan such as dialers, jokes, games, and security privacy risk software. The whole process simplifies the command-line arguments so you don’t need to manually type the commands.

    The open command at the main menu will launch Linux console, not DOS command prompt. Unless you’re familiar with Linux commands, I wouldn’t recommend you selecting that option. If you’ve accidentally got into the linux console, press CTRL+F1 simultaneously to go back to Rescue System Main Menu.

    According to the latest report rom AV-Comparatives, Avira AntiVir scored the highest points for Retrospective / ProActive test on May 2008. It has the least false positives and fast on demand scanning speed.

    [ Download Avira AntiVir Rescue System ]

  • Easily look for Cracks and Serial Numbers for Softwares

    There are thousands of sharewares in the internet and believe it or not, there are also thousands of cracks and serial numbers to turn the sharewares into full version. Meaning you don’t need to buy the software and you can make the software fully functional plus using it for more than the 30 day trial period.

    You might think to yourself, “THAT’S NOT RIGHT” because programmers put in a lot of effort to program something useful and here we are, using it freely without buying it. In my opinion, there’s always a balance of everything. If there are good guys, surely there are bad guys. If there are no hackers, we don’t need internet security people.

    OK, back to the topic. There are many Cracks Search Engine and mostly all those search engine are full of spywares, virus, annoying popups, porn advertisements and etc… To search for a crack, you’re pron to be infected by spywares or viruses.

    Would you take that risk just to search for a crack or serial number for a software? If your answer is NO, then please continue reading…


    CrackDownloader is an easy to use tool to find and download cracks and serials through internet quickly.
    Download crack serial numbers for software
    It searches for cracks/serials over the internet in the best cracks/serials sites and show you the results in moments!, then you can download any crack/serial quickly.
    Since CrackDownloader doesn’t use Internet Explorer to search and get the cracks and serials, you can use it without any fear of any Virus, Adware, Trojan or Immoral content that most of the crack sites contain, so it’s 100% saveware!!

    Tips and Hints:
    1. The cracks & serials files will be saved in a folder named (CrackDown Store), you can make the program save cracks/serials to any folder automatically by setting the option “Default Folder” in “Options”.
    2. When Download completed, the program will open the Crack Folder Or Serials Text File automatically, you can disable this feature in “Options”.
    3. To clear search history or disable it, go to ( Options menu -> Options -> History ).
    4. To search for a crack quickly, choose sites [1+2+3+4+5+6].

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  • DVD with All Hardware Device Drivers for Windows XP, Vista and 7

    I am sure all computer technicians have to face with reinstalling Windows very often. After installing Windows, the nightmare starts when Windows don’t have generic drivers for a hardware. You need to identify the brand and model of the hardware and sometimes you even need to look for drivers using another computer when the owner of the computer says that he/she doesn’t have any driver CDs. To solve this problem, I’ve previously written an article on making a CD with all current drivers using DriverPacks but it only has drivers for Windows XP.

    I’ve stopped using them for a while because I wasn’t happy with them. I written an article to promote their software and sent visitors to their site. In return of that, they threaten me with lawsuits saying that I can’t post screenshots of their software and I can’t use the word DriverPacks accusing that I stole their keywords. Obviously their attempt failed because their request is absurd. Think about this, they allow people to download and use DriverPacks for free but nobody can’t take screenshot and use the word “DriverPacks” on blogs. Where’s the logic in that?

    Let’s forget about DriverPacks because I found a better one called DriverPack Solution 9 Professional.


    DriverPack Solution 9 Professional is the most popular Russian program to automatically install drivers. It simplifies the process of reinstalling Windows on virtually any computer. Now you will be free from the problems of finding and installing drivers. The latest version even supports Windows Vista and Windows 7.

    download driverpack solution 9 professional

    There are 2 versions of DriverPack Solution 9, the home and professional. Both versions are free and professional version offers slightly more features which is downloading from fast server, support for Windows 7 and loads missing drivers from the Internet. To get the Professional download link, you’ll need to sign up, get your personalized link and then get 5 different people to click on the link. Then the password to open the download page for Professional version will be sent to your email. To simplify this process, you can use a list of web proxies to open the link.

    At the time of writing, this is the page and password to download the Professional version of DriverPack Solution 9. If it doesn’t work, you will need to go through the steps above. I will also try to update the details whenever I can.
    Download page: http://drp.su/get/659/
    Password: ofhe4uvg

    The file size of the Professional version is about 1GB. After finished downloading, extract and you can burn it to a DVD. Simply run start.cmd to launch the program. It will then automatically scans for any drivers that requires to be installed. When found, check the drivers that needs to be installed and click Run. By default the interface of the program is in Russian but you can change it to English. Find the dropdown box like the image below and select the second one on the list which will turn the program’s interface into English.
    change driverpack language

    DriverPack Solution 9 Professional is really good and useful but I still didn’t like the fact that it hijacks Internet Explorer’s default website and change it to start.drp.su. I find this action intrusive like what normally spyware does as it didn’t prompt me if I’d like to change my IE’s default webpage.

    [ Visit DriverPack Solution 9 ]