With the ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-Aware 2007 easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
Ad-Aware 2007 includes a redesigned engine, improved code sequence identification, incremental definition updates, one-click Web-history cleanup, multiple browser support, and other new features. Version 7.0.1.6 includes unspecified updates.
Note : After installation, the program will ask you for a registration code. Just hit Cancel to run the free version.
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition protects you against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your PC and personal details. Going online without protection against the latest fast-spreading viruses, worms and Trojans can result in infections within minutes. Once infected, the virus will usually attempt to spread itself to your friends, family and associates by accessing your e-mail contacts and networked PCs. The infection may also allow hackers to access files on your PC, use it to launch attacks against other computers and Websites or to send mass SPAM email. That's why PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition provides world-leading protection, with rapid database updates, OnGuard real-time File, Internet & E-mail protection and comprehensive system scanning to ensure your system remains safe and virus free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people everyday to protect their home and business computers. VB100 and West Coast Labs Certified.
Version 3.1.2 includes an updated service pack and updated database.
Kid's Internet Browsers with parental controls
Buddy Browser
Buddy Browser is a Completely Free, Safe, Secure, Fun and Fully Protected Internet Web Browser Just for Kids!
Buddy Browser's many Safe, Fun & Educational features include:
Closed browser guarantees controlled surfing
Thousands of fun and educational children's web sites– pre-screened & approved by category and Learning Channel Click to view Sample Approved Sites
No Popup Windows - No Spyware - No Chat Rooms
Easy-to-use kids Internet environment & Simple Parental Controls Including Optional Browsers Locking Utilities and much more.
Hekko Kid Safe Web
From Hekko:
The world wide Web might be a little too wide for most kids. The Hekko Kid Safe Web Browser allows your child to surf only the sites that you preselect. It's safe, it's fun, and best of all it's free. Follow the easy, step-by-step instructions and then begin to select the Web sites that you want your child to visit. Educational sites, game sites, nature, cartoons. It's unlimited what you can provide for your child.
Internet Browsers with Pop-Up Blocking and more
Avant Browser
From Avant Force:
Avant Browser allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and to block all unwanted pop-up pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in Yahoo and Google search engines enable users to search for Web pages, images, groups, directories, lyrics, software, and news on the Internet. Avant Browser provides options for blocking the download of Flash media, pictures, video, sounds, and ActiveX components, so users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading. All opened pages can be stopped, refreshed, closed, or arranged with one click. It also comes with built-in RSS reader. Its similar Web sites bar displays Web sites, which are related to the opened Web pages.
Version 11.5 build 18 improves Online Storage.
Mozilla Firefox
From Mozilla:
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Version 2.0.0.6 is a security update that fixes two issues: unescaped URIs passed to external programs; and privilege escalation through chrome-loaded about:blank windows.
Educational Kids Software
Kids Abacus by Caltrox Educational Software
This is free, worksheet-based learning software that uses a graphical method of learning numbers and counting from one to 100. The software has been designed for ease of use, fast setup, and interactivity. Full audiovisual and multimedia features have been built into the program to make learning the basics of numbers and counting an enjoyable experience for children. It changes the usual difficult and tedious learning experience with math and makes the subject easy to understand using a logical step-by-step process that is both interesting and fun to use for the average school-going child.
The following are the features of Kid's Abacus 2: the ability to count from one to 100 using graphic objects, five picture objects to count, a drag-and-drop method of counting, arealistic speech synthesizer to aid in counting. The application is fully multimedia based with audiovisual output.
BabySplat by Syntap Software
BabySplat is a program you can use to give your kids something to do when you step away from an unprotected computer. Your kids can bang on the keyboard and see neat shapes and sounds.
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