Anti Virus for your USB drive

I’ve been searching for an anti virus that offers live protections ( stopping viruses from infecting your USB drive! ) and Mx One maybe the solution I’ve been looking for.
The freeware portable AV features includes the ability to scan a device’s boot sector for viruses, ability to send samples of detected viruses, quarantine and of [...]

RegToy: Awesome tweaking tool

Awesome tool by a Vietnamese programmer Trần Kỳ Nam, who’s been programming since 20o4. You can download the tool from Kỳ Nam’s website
You will need .Net 2.0 framework to make it work on XP,
You can read about what the tool has to offer on LifeHacker. Thanks Gina for reviewing this tool.

Play Windows games on Linux

There are many good quality games that you can now play on a Tux box but if you still want to play Windows based games on your Linux machine, now you can.
According to Linux.com, “PlayOnLinux is an open source Python-scripted front end that helps you install and play tons of Windows-only games…”

All you have [...]

Alternatives to Nero Burner

MakeUseOf had prepared a list of 7 FREE alternatives to Nero burner.

BurnAtOnce
Burn Aware
CDBurner XP
DeepBurner
ImgBurn ( One of my favourite for burning iso files! )
InfraRecorder
Ultimate CD/DVD Burner

Read more on MakeUseOf

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Test your monitor

There are a few freewares that can be used to test your crt & lcd monitor. Among it is Eizo MonitorTest.
Download Eizo MonitorTest!
You can also download other freewares to test your monitor.

Roadkil’s Monitor Test

eCat Monitor Test
ykwong’s checkmon

There’s also an online monitor tester, if you do not wish to download any softwares. Just go to vanity.dk [...]

Boycott Trend Micro!

The proprietary software company Trend Micro has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Barracuda Networks. They claim that Barracuda is violating their patent by distributing the free software antivirus program ClamAV.
Free Software Foundation 

Restrictions set by viruses/spywares

When your PC have been infected by a worm/virus/spyware, you will notice that certain restrictions have been set on your PC. Among the restriction commonly set by those malicious programmes are:

Folder option missing ( you can’t view hidden files or folders )
Error when running regedit.
Error when running the Task Manager
Run command not found.
Search option also [...]

Check Your Registry For Malwares

There’s a quick way to check your registry for spywares, adwares and malwares installed on your PC.
RegAuditor tells you by colored icons (green icon–safe, yellow icon–unknown, red icon–harmful) whether specific objects are known to be safe or harmful, also the program searches the registry for entries including filenames that aren’t present on and allows you [...]

Free Software Tutorials

A website that offers free software tutorials! There are tutorials for softwares such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, InDesign & Premier, to name a few of the tutorials available.
Go to DesignerToday for the complete list of free software tutorials.
UPDATE: You can also go to Tutorialized which offers tips and guides for numerous softwares.