McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

PCWorld says, Editorial Review of McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe)
“Some McAfee products (much like Norton products) can take up serious system resources. To remove them from your system, use this free tool. This can also be useful if you want to keep the software, but have a corrupted installation and need to reinstall.”
–Preston Gralla

McAfee's Website

MajorGeeks says,
“Running the McAfee Consumer Product Removal tool (MCPR.exe) removes all 2005 – 2011 versions of McAfee consumer products. ”

“IMPORTANT: If your McAfee products were preinstalled by the manufacturer of your computer, ensure that you activate your McAfee subscription before uninstalling. Reinstalling from a CD or download only installs your McAfee consumer applications, but might not recover your paid subscription term information.”

“Step 1 – Uninstall your McAfee consumer products using Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel Windows 2000/XP.

Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
Select the McAfee SecurityCenter product.
Click Remove and follow the steps provided.
Windows Vista \ 7
Click Start, Search, type Programs and Features, and click Go.
Double-click Programs and Features.
Select the McAfee SecurityCenter product.
Click Uninstall and follow the steps provided.

Step 2 – Download and run MCPR.exe

Download the removal tool from
Click Save and save the file to a folder on your computer.
Navigate to the folder where the file was saved.
Make sure all McAfee windows are closed.
Double-click MCPR.exe to run the removal tool.

Restart your computer after receiving the message CleanUp Successful.

Your McAfee product will not be fully removed until the system is restarted.”

Download @ MajorGeeks

Norton Removal Tool

Need to remove Norton off your computer? The RIGHT WAY to remove Norton products is by using Norton Removal Tool!

Norton Removal Tool’s Wiki page says, “The Norton Removal Tool (SymNRT), developed by Symantec Corporation, aids in the removal of Norton software when the conventional means of uninstallation, the Add/Remove programs menu, fails.”

You can download Norton Removal Tool @ MajorGeeks.com

Opinion: ‘Must-Have’ Free Downloads

All of the items below are a select few of the great downloads (in no particular order) that are a ‘Must-Have’ for any PC-user. Below are the direct download links to these programs. If you do not intend to download, do not click the link.

Microsoft Security Essentials 64-bit
Microsoft Security Essentials 32-bit

MV RegClean 5.9

Revo Uninstaller

CCleaner

IObit Smart Defrag

My Web Of Trust for FireFox (Add-On)
My Web Of Trust for Google Chrome (Add-On)

CleanUp! 4.5.2

Ultra Virus Killer (UVK)

Microsoft Safety Scanner

Comodo Personal Firewall

Tweaking.com (ZIP file)

WinHTTrack: A Free Offline Browser Utility

MajorGeeks writes, “WinHTTrack (Download Here) is a free and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site’s relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the “mirrored” website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.”

TTCS Blog: Obfuscation – There’s more to the internet than you know

TTCS Blog says,
“Obfuscation = bewilderment, confusion”

“So how is obfuscation used? Obfuscation is primarily used today by spammers and hackers and even people who code legitimately. You see, if you type a simple web address’s friendly name into an address line on a browser, that friendly name understood by humans runs out to your ISPs DNS server. A DNS server is a server that can change your friendly name into an IP address.” —Continue Reading

There’s also a program called, MultiObfuscator @ MajorGeeks that does the following:
MultiObfuscator is a professional cryptography tool
HW seeded random number generator (CSPRNG)
Deniable cryptography
Up to 256Mb of secret file (binary mode)
Up to 256Kb of secret text (text/email mode)
Whitening selection level
Modern multi-cryptography (16 algorithms)
Multi-layered data obfuscation (4 passwords)
X-square steganalysis resistance

Unique layers of security and obfuscation
256bit+256bit symmetric-key cryptography with KDF4 password extension
256bit symmetric-key data scrambling (CSPRNG-based shuffling)
256bit symmetric-key data whitening (CSPRNG-based noise mixing)
Adaptive X-square correction

MultiObfuscator is a portable/stealth software
Native portable structure (no installation, registry keys, .ini files)
Runs in user mode with DEP on

MultiObfuscator is freeware!
Spyware/adware-free
Fully redistributable
OpenSource core crypto-library (libObfuscate)

Clean your PC with JetClean

MajorGeeks Download
“With a single click, JetClean gives you that fresh, new PC feeling again! Light-weight and easy to use, JetClean removes system junk files and it protects your privacy.”

Fast, Lightweight and Efficient
“At only 2.74 MB, JetClean takes seconds to download, install and run.”

Powerful Engine
“Advanced technology cleans registries, Windows, apps, shortcuts, RAM and eliminates other debris that can bog down your PC.”

Unrivaled Functionality
“only utility cleaner to provide RAM Clean, Uninstaller, Registry Defrag, and Internet booster.”

Peace of Mind
“Rescues feature automatically backs-up all changes and allows you to undo them. Additionally, System Restore allows you to manually create a restore point prior to any fix.”

Customizable
“Automatic Clean & Sweep allows you to schedule cleanings for idle times while Ignore List allows you to keep cookies for specific sites that you are confident are safe to preserve settings.”

Safe and Secure
“Cleans your activity traces such as cookies, surfing history, auto-fill passwords and traces of other programs to protect your privacy. Additionally, JetClean is virus-free, spyware-free, adware-free.”

Free HTML Editor

The CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor, download @ MajorGeeks, “is a full-featured web design system. With built-in FTP uploading, wizards for tables, frames, fonts, and more, support for HTML5 and CSS3, and 100% valid code output, it’s a great tool for anyone who wants to design their own website.”

“The Free HTML Editor is a trimmed-down version of the CoffeeCup HTML Editor, and does not contain the Visual Editor, CSS Menu Designer, Image Mapper, and Website Color Schemer. If you’re interested in getting your hands on these great features, download the free, fully functional trial version of the HTML Editor.”

RemoteRebootX

MajorGeeks.com has the download of RemoteRebootX. They say, “RemoteRebootX is simply the best remote reboot, remote shutdown, and wake-on-LAN tool available. Load a list of computers, highlight some or all of them, and then initiate the action of your choice.”

Features:
1.Reboot or shutdown LOTS of remote hosts, simultaneously, while monitoring status in real-time with integrated pinging
2.Wake on LAN
3.No remote agent installation required! Simply launch RemoteRebootX and start rebooting.
4.Integrated task scheduler: Launch any task on a specific date and time
5.Retrieve the last boot time from remote hosts (very handy when rebooting computers)
6.Retrieve the list of services that are set to “Automatic” but not currently running on the remote hosts (diagnose bootup issues)
7.Retrieve the MAC address from remote hosts (required for Wake On LAN)

Right-Click Add-Ons

Editorial Review on PCWorld.com by Rick Broida
“If there’s a red-headed stepchild of the Windows feature set, it’s the right-click context menus. It seems like few users ever bother with them–perhaps because they don’t know they’re there, but more likely because they don’t include the features users want–like, say, Copy To and Move To commands for files and folders, and shortcuts to the Control Panel or Task Manager on the Desktop.”

“With Right-Click Extender, you can add those and other handy shortcuts to Windows’ context menus. The utility divides its options into four main headings: File/Folder, Desktop, Drives, and MyComputer–all indicating which set of right-click menus you’re modifying. Within File/Folder, for example, you can add things like Administrator Command Prompt, Open with Notepad, and the aforementioned Copy To/Move To. Desktop options are mostly shortcuts to commonly used programs and functions, like Device Manager, Paint, and Hibernate PC. For many of these additions, you have the option of making them appear only when you hold down Shift while right-clicking–great if you want to make them “secret” menus that stay hidden to other users.”

York 1.55

MajorGeeks.com, a great tech download source engine, has the *All New* York 1.55 Download from Author: The SZ; It is a 1.69MB download that does the following:

“Need to keep an eye on what’s going on on your network. Well york is the perfect freeware for you. You can choose a client on your network and follow his clicks or just log all source, destination [fqdn or ip address] and packet size of all network traffic on your network. Just for kicks York will show you a slideshow of all the pictures embedded in the html of sites visited on your network!”

“Log source, destination [fqdn or ip address] and packet size of all network traffic on your network, of course also outbound traffic. The network card will be set into promiscuous mode.”

“Save sniffed HTTP and FTP files. Just for fun, pictures are shown in a slideshow and in a screensaver like window.”

“Sniff for HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, SMB, VNC and AIM password/hash and HTTP cookies like ‘GX’.”

“Select a client and follow his clicks in your browser.”

“Screensaver included. Shows sniffed pictures in a slideshow.”

“For the advanced user: You can capture traffic into a pcap file, send a pcap file and replay a pcap file.”

“For advanced user: You can restrict captured traffic by tcpdump filters.”

“Please note, WinPcap [www.winpcap.org] is used to get the network traffic. The Setup will install WinPcap automatically.”

“The columns in the log file are tabulator separated for easy import into Excel.”

Download Here!