EC-Comp

ShieldsUP Tests Your Firewall for Vulnerabilities [Security]: “

The best way to determine if your computer’s (or router’s) firewall is working and optimized is to effectively try to penetrate it. Browser-based utility ShieldsUP! tests your firewall for vulnerabilities and… Read the rest

Windows only: McAfee Stinger banishes malware from your Windows PC, including those hard-to-get fake alert programs and their variants. The last thing anyone needs is malware masquerading as helpful.

Fake alert programs are always nasty little buggers to… Read the rest

Anyone that has spent time trying to improve their click through rates (CTR) from search engine results pages (SERPs) will tell you that Google algorithmically picks the snippet displayed for a given page;… Read the rest

Most of us remember Windows System Restore as a lame-duck feature from Windows XP; when it seemed we might benefit from using it, it never quite worked how we expected. That’s no longer the case.

Windows System Restore is an… Read the rest

Windows: If you like your software open-source you’ll definitely want to check out UltraDefrag a snappy open-source Windows disk defragmenter.

UltraDefrag is available as a portable application and in a GUI and ultra lightweight command-line only version—the lightweight version is… Read the rest