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| Link | Description |
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| ADSL Guide | Guide to broadband internet services and products in the UK |
| AntiVir | Good free antivirus software. Small footprint means it is a good choice for lower-spec PCs |
| ArGoSoft Mail Server | The best freeware SMTP/POP3 mail server; small footprint, SMTP authentication, system tray icon, optional web interface, & good logging. |
| Avast Antivirus | This is my current favourite free Antivirus solution. It features incremental signature updates that keep the strain on dialup-connected PCs low, and checks incoming and outgoing mail. |
| BitDefender | Free antivirus software. Quite comprehensive and has special versions for messenger applications, WinCE, Palm, Linux, DOS, as well as Windows |
| BootDisk | Lost that boot disk for your PC? - this site can help. |
| DNS Stuff | Useful utilities: Ping, Traceroute, Reverse DNS Lookup etc. |
| EScorcher | Free antivirus software. Haven't used it but it looks good. |
| ETrust Antivirus | This is the best antivirus software around and good value for money. |
| Elizabeth | Peter Millican's Chatterbot for Windows (a variation on the well-known Eliza program) |
| Eyeball | Free video-phone software. Works well even on low-bandwidth connections, but voice quality can't compete with Skype |
| GuildFTPd | Good freeware FTP server for Windows. Works well with nFTP on EPOC devices. |
| HijackThis | Very useful utility that can be used to analyse a PC's autostart itmes, browser helper objects etc. |
| HomePCnetwork | Straight-forward guides on home networking |
| Internet Storm | Up-to-date information on all the latest internet scanning attacks, trends, and vunerabilities. |
| Kerio | Free firewall software. Prettier than ZA and more options but not quite as easy for people new to firewalls. |
| Mozilla | Mozilla is the best browser and email client for PCs. It even includes a good WYSIWYG HTML editor. |
| NMEA-0183 / GPS | All sorts of GPS information prepared by Peter Bennett |
| NoNags | Freeware programs and resources |
| Online Security Check | Sygate's site allows you to test the effectiveness of your firewall and checks for many common trojans and other security risks. |
| PC Flank | Comprehensive firewall tests. |
| Signature | My 2nd cousin, Peter Millican, has developed this system for textual analysis. |
| Skype | Excellent p2p voice call software. Very good sound quality and works well with firewalls and routers. |
| Software602 | LAN Suite is an excellent mail server program with a free user licence for up to 5 LAN users. It allows you to use a single POP3 mailbox to provide completely separate mailbox addresses. It also has built-in firewall features, webmail, wap access, and a host of other features. They also have freeware 'lite' versions of Word and Excel clones. These run better on low end machines than the memory-hungry (but otherwise excellent) OpenOffice. |
| SpyBot S&D | Excellent anti-spyware tool (and free !) |
| Sygate Personal Firewall | Sygate Personal Firewall is free for personal use and a viable alternative to the free versions of Zonealarm and Kerio. |
| VDMSound | Support for sound in DOS boxes under Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. If you want to play older games on a modern PC, then this is essential for sound and joystick support. |
| Virus Information Center | Up-to-date information on viruses, worms, Trojans, and hoaxes. |
| Windows Process Library | Ever wanted to know what all those running process in Task Manager are ? The WinTasks Process Library contains information about all common Windows processes and is continously updated with new information. On this page you can find a subset of the most popular processes listed in WinTasks Process Library. |
| Wotsit's Format | The Programmer's File Format Collection. This site contains file format information on hundreds of different file types and all sorts of other useful programming information; algorithms, source code, specifications, etc. |
| Zone Labs | ZoneAlarm firewall software. This is the most user-friendly firewall software around. |
Monday, 7 March 2005