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Free Encryption Software

SafeHouse Explorer is free security software for hard drives and memory sticks. Keep everyone out. Period. Get it now. Or be sorry later.

Is it really free? Yes, the full version of this software is 100% free to everyone. It's freeware in every sense. You hear a lot about open source these days, which is where authors choose to also make the source code to their products available for public download. Well, although this software is indeed completely free, we stopped short of making it fully open source simply because we have other products which use a lot of the same code.

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VirSCAN.org is a FREE on-line scan service, which checks uploaded files for malware, using antivirus engines, indicated in the VirSCAN list. On uploading files you want to be checked, you can see the result of scanning and how dangerous and harmful/harmless for your computer those files are.

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Virustotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.

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ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge.

It features:

* High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
* Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

Eliminates Viruses, Worms and Trojans from desktops and networks

Comodo Antivirus has all the functionality of a paid AV without the price – it’s free forever! No licenses, upgrades, or any hidden costs.

Free Antivirus Software

* Detects and eliminates viruses from computers and networks.
* Takes minutes to install
* When it’s running, it won’t bother you (it takes up very little system resources, in technical terms)
* On Access Scanning conducts a real-time, scheduled virus scan.
* Host Intrusion Detection allows you to Intercept viruses, spyware, and other malware before they infect your computer.
* Get updates of the latest virus definitions everyday so you can stay protected against the latest threats.

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Naomi is an advanced internet filtering program, easy to use and totally free, intended for families, and kids in particular.

Naomi is able to constantly monitor all internet connections, protecting children from inappropriate online material - such as obscene or violent contents; pornography, pedophilia and erotism in the form of images or texts; sites that popularize drugs; gambling games; terrorism; hate propaganda; occultism; sects; blasphemy, etc.

Naomi does not rely on a simple list of banned sites; instead, it examines in real-time all the data being transmitted and received through any internet application - such as web browers, chat programs, news readers, etc.

The filtering technology employed in Naomi features:

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Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

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Online Armor's firewall is designed to be easy to use, right out of the box. If you don't want to understand all of the technical bits and pieces and just want to use your computer, Online Armor is for you.

After installing Online Armor, it defaults to standard mode. In standard mode you are asked no technical questions about ports, protocols and so on - just simply "Do you want to allow this program to use the internet?". A list of programs that the Tall Emu team knows are safe are included - these will be allowed to use the internet automatically.

If a program tries to use the internet and it's not on our list, you're asked a simple question: Do you want this program to be allowed to access the internet, or not? Why does it work this way?

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Still use the free Windows XP firewall? Unfortunately, this gives you a false sense of security. It only protects incoming traffic. But outgoing traffic, with your credit card info, social security number, bank accounts, passwords and other confidential information is not protected. The WinXP firewall will let it all go out.

Features:

* Packet filter
* File integrity control
* Application communication control
* Application launch control
* Network Intrusion Prevention System
* Statistics of attacks and blocked ads
* Automatic update checker
* Extended logging

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K9 is an email filtering application that works in conjunction with your regular POP3 email program and automatically classifies incoming emails as spam (junk email) or non-spam without the need for maintaining dozens of rules or constant updates to be downloaded. It uses intelligent statistical analysis that can result in extremely high accuracy over time.

K9 learns from its mistakes and becomes better and better at being able to identify spam. More importantly it learns to recognize what you consider to be spam.

K9 is for standard POP3 email accounts only. It does not directly support Hotmail, AOL or any other kind of webmail type systems, nor does it support SSL or secure authentication as used by MSN.

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Hackers and malicious insiders are an undeniable threat to your organization’s network. They have sophisticated tools and backdoor programs at their disposal with which to steal information, perform unlawful or unauthorized activities, and cover their tracks. Security professionals charged with protecting their organizations can become overwhelmed in developing specialty applications to combat these threats.

To help bridge this gap, Foundstone offers several unique utilities that you can add to your network security arsenal.

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VStat is a small GUI tool that produces similar output to the traditional command line tool netstat.

In addition to showing the various states of network activity on your computer it shows the associated application name and process ID. VStat allows you to close any existing established TCP connection and will give you the ability to terminate the owning application associated with any entry, provided you have the relevant permissions to do so.

Please note that the ability to show the associated application name and process ID is only available on Windows 2000 with all current service packs and hot fixes installed and on Windows XP. When run on other Windows versions you will not see any information in the Process Name or PID columns.

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Spam Nullifier (FREE) keeps junk mails out of your inbox, stops spam before it gets to you - Never filters e-mail from friends and family - and blocks offensive words and pictures. It is a simple, yet powerful utility to make your daily life more productive.

EMS Free Surfer Companion (fsc) is the best surfing tool available for Internet Explorer, including intelligent popup stopper, complete cache cleaning and managing, advanced and easy-to-use quick search from favorites/cache, site info manager and hosts file editor.

The LogIt! plugin memorizes your passwords, usernames or any WEB related field data and fills IE fields automatically with just a click of a button. You can now also define URL shortcuts and use these aliases directly via IE address bar. This plugin simply is a must (now included with Companion)!!

NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:

• Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
• Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
• Detect potentially interfering networks.
• Detect unauthorized "rogue" access points in your workplace.
• Help aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links.
• Use it recreationally for WarDriving.

iCRAplus is more than just another internet filter. It is the foundation that allows you to select and combine several filters to produce the precise solution you're looking for.

Naturally ICRAplus fully supports ICRA's self-labeling system and will effectively allow or block access to labeled sites according to your settings. However, it can also work with additional filters to block or allow websites based on a whole variety of different sources of information, whether the site is labeled or not. Therefore for enhanced functionality you are advised to install one or more of the optional modules. These are created by companies and organizations that are independent of ICRA and that may charge for their software.

Superb web content filter. Restrict Web Sites and News Groups that may contain pernicious information. Block e-mails, chat sessions, and instant messages. Control the list of applications that can access the Internet. Specify days and times when activity is allowed.

Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home. Blue Coat's filtering database operates as a service. Unlike other filtering solutions, K9 Web Protection ensures the highest level of protection by building the most relevant ratings database available. Its effective coverage reaches more than one billion Web pages.

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Right-click integration with Windows Explorer makes AxCrypt the easiest way to encrypt individual files in Windows.

Double-click integration makes it as easy to open, edit and save encrypted files as it is to work with unencrypted files.

Many additional features, but no configuration required, just install it and use it.

AxCrypt encrypts files that are safely and easily sent to other users via e-mail or any other means. Self-decrypting files are also supported, removing the need to install AxCrypt to decrypt.

AxCrypt is translated into English, Danish, Swedish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Spanish, French, Italian and Norwegian so chances are it speaks your preferred language.

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux.# Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.

# Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a storage device such as USB flash drive.

# Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.

# Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: