Boo Radley Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hi, As regards Skype, I thinks its made by Sharman Networks, the same people who make Kazaa, which comes bundled with spyware. There are reports of Skype containing spyware too, something which makes me a bit wary of trying it out: http://download.com.com/3302-2349_4-10280860.html?pn=1&fb=2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Xnews: good for reading yEnc files from newsgroups (free) spybot: for deleting spyware ( free) I just installed SeeknClean which seems to clean out unnecessary files pretty good but I may get rid of it after the trial period (not free) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adikgede Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 For anyone who has used Forte Agent to read news you will probably realy like the Pimp Ass News Reader (PAN). Originally for Linux it also works on Windows with the addidtion of GTK libraries (linked via their site), and also with OS X using FINK and apples X11 display server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Update: Just asked some knowledgable folks at a spyware message board about Skype. Apparently, even though its made by the same people responsible for Kazaa (which comes with spyware), they reckon Skype is spyware free at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 A handy email utility I've been trying out is Sneakemail. From their website: "The original disposable email service. Regain power over your inbox from commercial forces, and catch them spamming" An example of it's use would be when you need to provide your email address to a commercial site for a purchase or whatever. You click on the sneakemail bookmark you saved and a popup window opens, you login and create a disposable sneakemail address which looks something like "jlsjk02@sneakemail.com" which you copy and paste to the form. This sneakemail address is linked to your true email which you provide when you first create a Sneakemail account. Any reply from the website will be sent through Sneakemail then forwarded to your true email address. You can also give email addresses to acquaintances you might not really trust with your true email, if they begin to annoy you just delete that address. In my opinion it beats setting up multiple Hotmail addresses. And you don't need to login to different accounts to check for messages. It's real convenient once you've figured out how to use it. I've been using a free account for awhile now and like it so much I plan to get a paid account. http://www.sneakemail.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adikgede Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yahoo! paid email services offers disposable email addresses also, don't now th e details bu I suspect it is similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawguy Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 eprompter I heard about eprompter on a radio techie talkshow the other day. It is a cute, smart, little program that checks many email accounts for new mail with one click of the mouse. I keep some backup email accounts that I forget to check and then they expire. With eprompter they can be checked regularly manually or on a schedule. This is a great free program. www.eprompter.com Gaw Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 - ZoneAlarm Pro (Pro for peer-to-peer and internet connection sharing) - TuneUp Utils for system diagnostics - WebRoot SpySweeper - Shareaza (if you're on broadband) - Paint Shop Pro - WSFTP - Mozilla Firefox - Messenger - IE - Windoze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I couldn't find any reference in this thread for this type of software, and a search comes back with a whole list of items, but not sure. So here goes.... Sometimes *my friend* visits some educational sites. Has many pictures that would be nice for downloading, saving and viewing at a later time. The normal way of click, save as, etc.. can get tedious, especially if the site has a large number of educational pictures.... Is there a good program out there to: - classify, list, and choose which specific photos to save to disk? One progam even offered a small view of each photo to help recognize the best educational photos. - maybe some of these photos are just "thumbs" with a link to the real picture - can any program also at the same time grab these photes from one level down the website? - Oh, many times the default names of the photos are the same, like 01, 001, etc... can any program also do a mass renaming at the same time? Any one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Hi, I think there's an extension for the Mozilla/Mozilla Firefox browsers called 'Magpie' that does something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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