Top 11 Antivirus Software for 2010

1. G-Data Antivirus 2010

Pros

Top-notch malware detection

Clean interface

Cons

It should tell you what to do more often

Bottom Line

G Data swept almost all the malware detection tests, but using it means having to make more decisions than you do with other apps.

2. Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010

Pros

Polished UI

Great extra features

Cons

Malware detection is solid, but not stellar

Bottom Line

Norton Antivirus is a good choice for nontechies, but those willing to deal with a less-refined interface can get stronger protection.

3. Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus 2010

Pros

Many extra security features

Good proactive protection

Cons

Less effective traditional detection

Warning pop-ups can be confusing

Bottom Line

Kaspersky Anti-Virus has plenty of features, but is inconsistent thanks to its below-average traditional malware detection and at-times frustrating user interface.

4. BitDefender Antivirus 2010

Pros

Decent malware blocker

Cons

Poor rootkit removal

Confusing interface

Bottom Line

BitDefender Antivirus 2010 will get the job done, but it needs a better user interface.

5. Panda Antivirus Pro 2010

Pros

Simple tabbed interface

Solid feature set

Cons

Changing program settings is a pain

Bottom Line

Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 does a decent job at malware blocking but doesn't stand out.

6. F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010

Pros

Strong disinfection

Cons

A few bugs

Only middling malware detection

Bottom Line

F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 does a good job detecting malware, but it doesn't quite keep up with the top contenders.

7. Avira AntiVir Premium

Pros

Good disinfection

Some good proactive detection

Cons

Too-technical UI

Lacks behavioral detection

Bottom Line

Avira AntiVir Premium Edition needs more features and a face-lift before it can become a top choice.

8. Trend Micro AntiVirus Plus AntiSpyware 2010

Pros

Good, clear interface

Cons

Poor malware detection

Hides actions from user

Bottom Line

Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware's nice user interface can't make up for its lackluster malware detection.

9. Eset Nod32 Antivirus 4 $39.99

Pros

Nice system inspector tool

Cons

Lackluster malware detection

Bottom Line

Despite some nice extras and a generally smooth interface, Eset NOD32 lagged behind the pack in overall malware detection.

10. McAfee Antivirus Plus 2010

Pros

Strong signature-based malware detection

Cons

Weak proactive protection

Bottom Line

McAfee VirusScan Plus has some good features and a decent interface, but has too many performance problems for us to recommend it.

11. Alwil Avast! 4.8 Professional Edition

Pros

Fast file scanning

Cons

Aggravating interface

So-so malware detection

Bottom Line

Avast Professional Edition's inconsistent malware detection and frustrating interface make it a less-than-ideal choice for protecting your PC.

Acrylic - Cache DNS Resolution

Acrylic is a little gadget able to cache DNS resolution on your computer. DNS (Domain Name server) can resolve the domain name (such as http://www.globalshareware.com) to the IP address which is easily recognized by machine, so the browser can get the page.

It takes about a few milliseconds to 1 second for DNS to resolve a domain name. Caching DNS Resolution on the computer means that each visiting a website can save a second or so. Do not look down this second. It will be amazing to accumulate over a long period, and when DNS has problem, we will hardly be affected because of the cache.

First, download Acrylic, and then, easily configure it.

1. Open the Run dialog (Win + R), type "cmd", ENTER.

2. In the resulting command prompt window, type "ipconfig /all", ENTER.

3. Find the two IP address following the DNS Servers and write them down, such as 212.216.112.112 and 212.216.172.62

4. Open AcrylicConfiguration.ini, type these two IP addresses after PrimaryServerAddress= and SecondaryServerAddress=. e.g. PrimaryServerAddress=212.216.112.112 and SecondaryServerAddress=212.216.172.62.

5. Save, double-click StartService.bat, when "press any key to continue" appears, press Enter.

6. Modify your local DNS address: Open Control Panel, find the network connection, select TCP/IP, click Properties, check "Use the following DNS server addresses", enter 127.0.0.1 in the preferred DNS server.

It's done. If want to uninstall, double-click StopService.bat.

LockThis - Lock the running procedure

LockThis can be easily used to lock the running procedure, in order to temporarily leave the computer with ease.

When editing an important document such as papers or writing a program, if you have to temporarily leave away from your computer, you can click "Win + L" to lock the computer, but sometimes it's not convenient to do that, for example, at home, why you have to lock the computer?

Time to use LockThis! Open the program as the default auto-activation process (right-click the tray icon "Deactivate!" to temporarily close the lock function), and then hold down the "Ctrl" and meanwhile click the minimize button to easily locked programs.

Since then click on the task bar window, the password window will appear, enter the passwords and back to normal. Initial Password: LockThis!

P.S. You can end the process in the Task Manager.

Resource form: Globalshareware

Classic Windows Start Menu - Find the Classic Start Menu [Windows 7]

I was not like Windows 7's start menu for being familiar with XP. Some people around me, who have used win 98, are all using the classic start menu. And the Classic Windows Start Menu is such a little software making the classic start menu back to your Windows 7.

After running cwsm.exe, nothing appears. And click on the start menu, it becomes different. Of course, pressing the "Win" key or "Ctrl + Esc", you can also open this classic start menu. However, many disadvantages still exist, such as this menu can not drag and drop, can not add / delete / rename / sort. You can only click right on the Start menu to exit, and then do these things talking above in Windows 7 Start menu.

Unicom 3G Growth Faster Than Mobile in China

China Unicom's next-generation mobile service won more than 1 million users in its first month, a number that took rival China Mobile seven months to reach with its homegrown 3G standard.

China Unicom, which last month launched commercial 3G services using the standard WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), had just over 1 million subscribers by the end of the month, the company said late Thursday. China Mobile, the world's largest carrier by subscribers, launched its commercial 3G service in January but only surpassed 1 million users in July.

China Mobile runs the world's only major mobile network using the government-backed 3G standard developed in China, TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous CDMA). The standard is unproven compared to those being used by the carrier's rivals, China Unicom and China Telecom. Both WCDMA and the China Telecom standard, CDMA-2000, were widely used outside China before launching there.

China Mobile's fortunes may be turning. Last month, more than 2.3 million subscribers used the carrier's 3G services, it said Friday. That was a rise of more than 600,000 from the previous month, by far the fastest growth the company has reported so far.

A lack of fashionable handsets has often been cited as a challenge for the growth of 3G in China. But more handsets are appearing, including the iPhone, which China Unicom began selling late last month. China Mobile will launch the first Dell smartphone in the world next month, and China Telecom is in talks to offer handsets including the BlackBerry and the Palm Pre.

Still, China Mobile's user base will have to start growing even faster to meet an aggressive government target of at least 50 million TD-SCDMA users by the end of next year.

China has over 700 million mobile subscribers, according to official figures.

20% off avast! Multi Award Winning Antivirus Product avast! Professional Edition

Now through December 5th 2009, avast! Professional Edition is promoted at an exclusive discounted price of only $32.00.

With over 80,000,000 users worldwide, avast! Professional Edition is a leading product in the antivirus field. avast! 4 Professional Edition came in with a disappointing sixth-place finish in "Virus Stoppers," our eight-program antivirus roundup, despite a decent 92 percent success rate at detecting malware (compared to 96 percent for top performers).

Its ranking was hurt by its poor performance in our proactive tests: avast! caught only 37 percent of new malware using one-month-old signature files, the second-worst showing. For disinfection, its performance was about average. It cleaned all infected files, but missed changes to the Hosts network settings file and some less-important Registry entries, catching 78 percent of all possible items.

avast! 4 Professional Edition installed smoothly, with appropriate default settings for the average person. It offers two interface options: One is a distinct, media player-type control panel that makes it easy to figure out how to launch a scan or set a manual boot-time scan; a second "enhanced interface" lets you access and fine-tune more settings, but it's not nearly as user-friendly as the other option.

What’s the Future of iPhone Software?

The iPhone software has been its greatest asset in breaking into the smartphone market. And, as on the Mac, Apple is committed to continually rolling out new iPhone features via software updates. But as good as the iPhone OS is, there are certainly a number of places where it beats the competition, but falls short of the ideal.

Improved PIM functionality while they may not be PDAs, smartphones have essentially rendered that class of device obsolete. The iPhone lets you track your contacts, your appointments, and your e-mail, but all of those features could use improvements. Both Android 2.0 and the Palm Pre, for example, let you integrate contact information from other online services like Facebook. The iPhone's calendar is particularly weak; most notably it still doesn't allow syncing To Do items with iCal. But Mail isn't much better, lacking full-body search, a unified inbox option, and message flagging, among other features. Exchange support made the iPhone more appealing to corporate users, but giving some attention to their bread-and-butter functionality could win even more converts.

Wireless Syncing We've reached the end of the 2000s and--besides not having come up with a really good nickname for the decade--it seems ridiculous that we still have to plug a phone as connected as the iPhone into our computer with an actual cable. MobileMe subscribers and Exchange users can sync contacts and calendar information to their iPhones over-the-air, but even they still have to carry around a USB cable to transfer movies, music, and podcasts. Apple lets you download that content directly to the phone from the iTunes Store over Wi-Fi--why not let you grab them from your computer over the local network?

Multitasking and Notifications Yes, Apple finally rolled out support for push notifications, its answer to background processes, in iPhone 3.0. More and more, that fix seems like a stopgap along the lines of Web-based apps making a sufficient iPhone SDK. It seems inevitable that the iPhone will eventually allow multiple apps to run at the same time--at the very least, it's important for apps that play audio and certain other classes of applications, such as instant messaging clients. That said, Apple also needs to improve the way it handles notifications, which currently lack permanence and have to be dealt with one at a time. Android's pull-down status window and webOS's subtle notification bar have both found more elegant ways of dealing with these messages while avoiding the potential for information overload.

YouTube: A 1080p Test Video is Now Available!

As the world's most popular video-sharing site, YouTube announced that it will allow users to upload and view video in full HD; a 1080p test video is now available. All of you viewers with fast computers and even faster broadband connections will soon get to indulge in much more.

It's been about a year since the Google-owned broadcaster made 720p video available. In that time, full-HD camcorders have become relatively common and more of YouTube's content has been uploaded as 1080p, though it wasn't viewable as such. The company plans to re-encode all of this previously created material so that viewers will be able to take advantage of its original resolution.

It's hard to believe that YouTube has only been around for a little over four years. It will not be the first video-sharing site to offer full HD, but it will almost certainly be the one to bring it to the masses. Alternately derided and celebrated for blockbusters like "Charlie Bit My Finger," YouTube has recently become eager to present commercial content and compete with the likes of Hulu, a joint venture of three major broadcast networks. Last spring, YouTube began to offer some premium content from Hollywood; the term "premium" should be used loosely, however, since the pickings have been slim. In September, the Wall Street Journal reported [subscription required] that YouTube was in serious talks with major film studios to stream movies on a rental basis.

The move to 1080p should support those initiatives. It's conceivable that YouTube could provide Blu-ray quality streams for paid content. For regular folk, full HD will mean the chance to share those bloopers and family videos on a wall-size screen. Would-be auteur should be aware that, for now, YouTube will still limit user-generated content to 10 minutes in length. It seems plausible, however, that the current 2GB file-size limit will get a lift, considering how monstrously large those 1080p videos will be. Get those cameras rolling!

Panda's Cloud Antivirus Reviews

Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 is notable as a free security solution for two reasons: Panda is a reputable security vendor, and the program achieves its goal of freeing up system resources. As light on resources as advertised, Cloud Antivirus offers strong reputation-based protection for those who want their security program out of sight and out of mind. A third-party efficacy evaluation wasn't available at the time of writing, but in empirical testing the program only used 9 MB of RAM while idle, and only 56 MB of RAM when scanning. Many other security programs will run scans at 150 MB of RAM or more.

When you open Cloud Antivirus, the main window lets you know whether you're safe or not with a big red or green icon. Cloud Antivirus works as other antivirus solutions do, offering a Quick Scan and a Custom scan for specific folder, files, and drives, but its ancillary features are exceptionally light. The Quick Scan took 13 minutes on my Windows 7 Lenovo T400 laptop.

You can opt out of contributing anonymous data to the cloud, but that also opts you out of automatic threat management. There's a network connection proxy option should you need it, and a reporting feature that will show you what kind of threats have been detected and removed from your computer. You can filter the report by All, Last 24 hours, Last Week, or Last Month, and there's a Recycle Bin pane from which you can recover a false positive, should you need it.

However, it lacks a scheduler, and it removes user input from update functions. Scans are also limited: you can tell the program what to scan, but not what to look for, so forget about toggling heuristics or root kits. Then again, the point of this kind of security is that it's all wrapped into one.

Keeping in mind its limited feature set, and that we don't have efficacy numbers at the time of reviewing, Panda Cloud Antivirus makes good security choice for those willing to take the plunge.

First iPhone Worm Rick Rolls

An Australian, Rick-rolling iPhone worm is now spreading internationally. Bloggers admire their new Rick Astley wallpaper, complete with "ikee is never gonna give you up" macro.

The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones. ... It changes the victim's wallpaper to a photograph of 80s singer Rick Ashley and then seeks out other phones to infect ... could be modified to do something more dangerous.

Because the writer released source code for four separate variants, it wouldn't be surprising for copycats in other regions to appropriate the attack code and potentially imbue it with more malicious payloads. Instructions for changing the iPhone's root password are here.

On jail broken iPhones, SSH is installable with a package from Cydia that allows you to connect to your phone and make changes to the file system. It does this by logging into the root user with the password "alpine."

After installing SSH, it is always recommended that you change "alpine" to the password of your choosing. This hack can only affect people who chose not to change that password.

Accessing someone else's computing device and changing their data without permission is an offence in many countries - and just as with graffiti there is a cost involved in cleaning-up affected iPhones.

The source code is littered with comments from the author suggesting the worm has been written as an experiment. One of the comments berates affected users for not following instructions when installing SSH, because if they had changed the default password the worm would not have been able to infect them.

New ConvertXtoDVD Version 4

A video converter and burning software - ConvertXtoDVD 4 has been released!

With this much awaited new version, go a step further to convert and burn your internet and camcorder videos to DVD with outstanding image quality!

To achieve the best quality possible, a new feature has been added: the 2 pass encoding. This method includes the latest technology and is particularly efficient with large files that need to be compressed to fit on the DVD.

New resizing filters developed in house by VSO have also been implemented to give the choice of the best up-scaling/down-scaling method depending on the video, once again in favor of quality. However, conversion speed has not been forgotten, with the new Multicore support.

As always, VSO Software aims to provide easy-to-use products. For instance, the conversion advisor has been improved to enable the user to choose the best encoding method depending on video duration.

With ConvertXtoDVD 4, you can create in a few clicks a video that you can play on any DVD player, with customized menu, subtitles and chapters. The interface is simple, yet offering advanced options to suit all needs.

6 Tips to Use Emicsoft Video Converter + DVD Ripper Ultimate

Emicsoft Video Converter + DVD Ripper Ultimate, obviously, with two software including Emicsoft Video Converter and Emicsoft DVD Ripper, can perfect finish conversion with excellent output effect and high converting speed. You can convert between popular video formats, extract audio track from video file, and rip DVD movie to almost all video/audio formats.

The following are 6 tips of Emicsoft Video Converter + DVD Ripper Ultimate

Tip 1

Effect window has Brightness, Contrast and Saturation parameters that you can adjust to set the best playing effect.

Tip 2

If you want to convert the high tide of video, Trim function can realize. Be resetting start time and end time, you can make sure the file length and watch on preview screen.

Tip 3

Alter the Left, Right, Top and Bottom values to select the frame size or directly drag anchors on Original Preview screen. Or apple defaulted Zoom Mode including Full Screen, 16:9 and 4:3.

Tip 4

Preview screens are available for convenience. After adding videos, you can watch on preview screen. When editing, the contrasting effects are shown in Original Preview and Output Preview.

Tip 5

When previewing, you could capture any pictures you like from video by clicking Snapshot button. You could click "Preferences" button to set snapshot folder and image type.

Tip 6

Add more than one file at the same time or check several titles or chapters and check "Merge into one file". Emicsoft Video Converter + DVD Ripper Ultimate can join them together

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac (Support Windows 7) is Available!

Parallels today announced the availability of the fastest, most seamless Windows-on-Mac solution ever: Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. This is the latest version of the number 1 Mac system utility, currently enabling more than 2 million users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X. According to performance research conducted by Crimson Consulting Group, Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac performs 22% faster than the nearest Windows-on-Mac competitor in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro. In addition, version 5 is up to 300% faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version. For 3D and graphics performance, tested under the industry standard 3Dmark 2006 Professional test suite the new version performs up to 7 times better. Users can test this for themselves with a free trial from www.parallels.com/desktop.

There are more than 70 new features in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, many of which give users the flexibility to work in the way they want. Users can choose how much or little Windows they want to see, from running Windows in Full Screen mode where Windows completely covers the Mac user interface to the new Crystal view mode which makes Windows completely disappear. Users can even get a Mac-like experience in their Windows applications, using the intuitive Apple Trackpad Gestures technology to pinch, swipe, and rotate as they do in Mac applications.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac introduces more than 70 new features and enhancements, offering a computing experience that is:

Faster…

• Full support for Aero in Windows Vista and 7 through Windows WDDM driver, including Aero Flip 3D


• Virtual machine size automatically optimized for best performance with Parallels Compressor


• Improved performance for Linux guest OS from KVM Para virtualization

Smarter…

• A more Mac-like experience in their Windows applications through Apple Trackpad Gestures technology (pinch, swipe, rotate and more), horizontal scrolling and the application of Full Screen active corners and curl page effect


• Copy & Paste fidelity for formatted text and complete layouts including images, even between Windows and Linux guest OSs


• Freedom and flexibility to run Windows and Mac applications across multiple monitors

More Powerful…

• 7 times better graphic performance for games and 3D applications than the previous version with Direct X 9Ex with Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 support


• Superior graphics performance for Linux guests through OpenGL 2.1 support


• Full hardware resources can be utilized with support for 8 virtual CPUs, 64 bit Windows and Snow Leopard Server 64 bit


• Easily move PCs (including Windows 7) and 3rd party virtual machines to the Mac with the enhanced Parallels Transporter

Spyware Doctor® 2010 for Windows are available now!

Award-winning spyware protection to secure your PC against privacy and tracking threats.

Spyware Doctor is a top-rated malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spybots and tracking threats. Protect your privacy and computing habits from prying eyes and virtual trespassers with the help of Spyware Doctor.

To download and install Spyware Doctor please follow these instructions.

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   Download Spyware Doctor

   
   

   Click the green download button below to start the download.

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Official release: Spyware Doctor 2010. Release date: October 15, 2009
   
   
   Filename: sdsetup.exe, Filesize: 32.5 MB.

   
   

   Your use of this software is subject to our End User License Agreement.

   
   


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   Enter your email address to receive updates

   
   


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   Run the installer

   
   

   When the File Download dialog box appears click the "Run" button.

   
   
   

   Wait for the file to download and then you might see a confirmation message, asking if you're sure you want to run this software. Click "Run" again.

   
   


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   Follow the Setup Wizard

   
   

   Follow the prompts within the installer to complete the installation of Spyware Doctor.