COMPUTER
UTILITIES, TUNE-UP & ANTI-VIRUS
Prof. G.
Jones
Western Carolina University
| General Tech Resources | |
| ► CNET | Best on the Web; Hardware, Software, Reviews |
| ► PCWorld | Worth a look; some good
reviews provided |
| ► ZDNet | Some additional reviews |
| File Compare/Synch | |
| ► Beyond Compare | Well-reviewed; 30-day free trial |
| ► Araxis Merge | Two- and three-way file/folder comparison; excellent |
| ► Altova DiffDog | XML-aware diff/merge tool for file and directory differencing |
| ► File Duplication Elimination | No-Clone; very sophisticated; searches multiple folders/hard-drives for duplicates |
| ► More File Synch Utilities | Synchronize your desktop with your laptop, and more |
| Computer Tune-Up | |
| ► WinXP Manager | Multiple utilities; clean registry, optimize performance; from Yamicsoft Software |
| ► Tune-Up | Competitor to WinXP; another excellent tune-up utility |
| ► RegCure |
RegCure (a top-rated registry cleaner;
free scan) |
| ► More Registry Cleaners | There are many; the two above are among the best and most popular |
| Computer Security | |
| ► Norton Options | An industry leader; expensive; not always worth the price |
| ► Norton All-In-One | |
| ► McAfee | Primary Norton commercial competitor |
| ► Free Personal Firewalls | Check the list here; consider Zone Alarm |
| ► From WCU | |
| Anti-Adware/Spyware | |
| ► Ad-Aware | |
| ► Ewido | Excellent; now called AVG Anti-Spyware; free for limited features; 30-day trial for full-feature |
| ► MS Windows Defender | Free, with validation, from Microsoft |
| ► Spy Sweeper | One of the best and most popular anti-spyware programs |
| ► Spybot | Another good one |
| ► CCleaner | Very good, free, hard-drive cleanup utility |
| ► Great Source for Utilities | This is where the DELL tech guys go |
| Download Centers | |
| ► Free Downloads | |
| ► CNET Downloads | |
| ► 101 Fabulous Freebies | |
| More Downloads, Help, Tech News | |
| ► WCU Downloads | FTP, Anti-Virus, Internet Utilities |
| ► FileZilla | Another good FTP program; free from CNET download.com |
| ► Web Page Creation, Help | Prof. Jones page; Get Sea Monkey; Style; Meta-tagging (Dan's Web Tips) |
| ► Tech News | Various sources |