Outpost Security Suite Pro 5.0.1184.7516 Public Beta 5.0.1184.7516 Public Beta

Outpost Security Suite Pro 5.0.1184.7516 Public Beta

Description by the Software Developer:
"Being online is fraught with dangers: Internet worms, Trojan horses, spyware agents, hijackers and other malware can wreak havoc, causing anything from slow performance to system crashes and full-blown identity theft. To provide you with the kind of protection you need against cyber thieves and online extortionists, you need a powerful firewall.

Your choice in firewalls is one of the most important security decisions you can make. The firewall you choose must be able to monitor all inbound and outbound traffic and protect you from any unauthorized intrusion by rendering your PC invisible to anything that you haven't specifically authorized.

The award-winning Outpost Security Suite Pro provides a vastly superior arsenal of defense giving you the latest in personal firewall technology which makes it the clear security choice for your system."

Outpost Security Suite Pro 5.0.1184.7516 Public Beta home page

fSekrit 1.2

Description by the Software Developer:
"fSekrit is a small application for keeping encrypted notes.
The real advantage of fSekrit is that notes are truly self-contained; the editor program and your note are merged together into a tiny self-contained program file, removing the need to install a special application to view your data.

This makes fSekrit ideal for keeping encrypted notes on, for example, USB flash drives.

Another advantage of using fSekrit is that your un-encrypted data is never stored on your harddisk. With a traditional encryption utility you would have to decrypt your file to disk, view or edit it, and then re-encrypt it, and unless you use secure file wiping tools, it would be a trivial matter for someone to to retrieve your un-encrypted data, even though you have deleted it. This can't be done with fSekrit, though, since it never stores your un-encrypted data on disk.
fSekrit uses very strong encryption (256-bit AES/Rijndael in CBC mode) to ensure that your data is never at risk.
Self contained fSekrit note files are tiny! Only 60k plus the size of your text."
Sekrit home page

Winsonar 2007 XP 7.01.03

Description by the Software Developer:
"Winsonar 2007 XP is a program specifically designed for process monitoring and system protection from unknown processes.
The basic idea is that if the user could know a new program silently installed into memory, appropriate countermeasures can be taken.

Winsonar 2007 XP home page

CounterSpy 2.1.906

Description by the Software Developer:
"Remove spyware and protect your computer from pop-up ads, browser redirects (hijack), lagging performance and other malicious threats. Counterspy's Active Protection system employs dozens of online 'guards' who continually monitor your PC for suspicious software attempting to install. CounterSpy is antispyware that gets its updated spyware definitions from three sources, including our own research team, Microsoft's own spyware research group, and directly from users, like you. "
Limitations: 15-day trial. "Download" links to the CounterSpy Downloads page.
CounterSpy home page

Lock My PC 4.2.3.597

Description by the Software Developer:
"Lock My PC™ is an easy-to-use and effective tool that can lock computer when it is unattended or left idle. It shows a lock screen, disables Windows hot keys as well as a mouse. When computer is locked, nobody can access it without providing the correct password. Lock My PC is good for home computers as well as for corporate environment.
You can create your own Lock Screen pictures and use it with Lock My PC. Your computer will look cool and unique when it is locked. You may use GIF, JPEG, BMP and animated GIF images as lock screens. Lock Screen transparency level option will allow you to vary the transparency from fully opaque to fully transparent. The latter allows you to lock keyboard and mouse only and may be helpful when you are watching films or running presentations on your PC.
Lock My PC can work in stealth mode. Stealth mode is a state when the program is running on your computer but does not show any sign of its presence in memory. In stealth mode Lock My PC does not show its icon in the system tray and is not listed in Windows Task List (Windows 95/98/ME only), available by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del keys combination.
Lock My PC allows you to enable locking of your computer even after incorrect shutdown e.g. when anybody turn off the power of locked computer.
You may set up Lock My PC to lock pc automatically if the computer is idle during a certain period of time."
Evaluation period: 30 days.
Lock My PC home page

AVG Vcleaner 0.998

Tool from the makers of AVG to detect and remove certain viruses.

AVG Vcleaner home page

Folder Guard Pro 7.9

Lets you restrict access to various computer resources. If you share your computer with others, you can use Folder Guard Pro to stop other users from opening your personal files, or to completely hide your files so they stay invisible until the correct password is entered. You can also protect sensitive system files from modification or destruction, disable access to the removable drives, restrict access to Control Panel and applications etc.
Downside: the program is obviously intended for protecting your files from not so very experienced users only.
Supported platforms: Windows Vista, XP, 2000, x64 (32- and 64-bit).
Folder Guard Pro home page