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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10  essential (and free) Windows applications]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3298609]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I use Sumatra for PDFs, its fast and never pushes updates..]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[canning-hoff]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:59:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[PC-Tools is better than AVG and Avast]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3103378]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[PC-Tools (free) is better than AVG and Avast. I have used it to fix infections that the other two couldn't handle. If a computer is clean, Avast is OK, especially since it is automatic unlike PC-Tools. It will keep a computer clean, but not necessarily get it that way when it is infected.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobp@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:05:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Avast]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3103092]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Iv tried them all as I am a builder and I install Avast on all my builds my self I use Norton basic but it is not free now Microsoft has Security Essentials and it seems to work with Avast or Norton installed]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[nottogoodoldguy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:32:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I've seen NortonAV and McAfee fight over a machine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was competely unusable until a series of circus acrobatic tricks got me far enough into the system to get one of them off. I wouldn't put any two AV active scanners together on a system.Back a scanner up with another manual scanner; absolutely. Hit your system with a manual Avira liveCD or ClamAV scan (Clam shouldn't be the only backup AV though).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Samurai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:53:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Don't forget...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3098854]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...that HijackThis will not remove problems, it just notifies an advanced user of problems.  You should never tell HijackThis to remove infections, because it can not!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[syxguns]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:54:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AVG is a good AV but,]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3098853]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...it does not offer a boot-time scan in the free addition.  At least not one that I've been able to find.  I used it for awhile, but still was not satisfied when I got an infection.  I could not run a boot-time scan to find the problem.  I removed it and installed Avast.  I ran a boot-time scan and it cleaned the virus.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[syxguns]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:51:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try COMODO]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3098852]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It offers a package deal for free.  Here is a link: http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[syxguns]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:48:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What exactly are you looking for?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3098850]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There are many free applications available on the Internet.  Are you looking for security?  Are you looking for graphic programs, or are you looking for other programs?I made a post above this one explaining to one that two AV's could cause problems.  I listed a few good programs to have on your computer for security.  They are all free!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[syxguns]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:43:20 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not always a good idea!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's not always a good idea to have two AV programs on one computer.  If you are just running scans with them then there will not be a problem, but most AV programs come with monitoring your machine.  This can cause serious conflicts and may also include false positives.I've tried many different free AV programs.  In my experience I've pretty much come to the conclusion that Avast is by far the best of the free AV available.  This is primarily because it comes with a boot-time scan.  The best way to run any AV program is in safe mode because no other processes are running, but a boot-time scan will scan every file.This of course does not help on Server related issues, but for your typical computer I suggest a combination of programs running.Avast: http://avast.com/ COMODO Firewall: http://www.comodo.com/COMODO does come with a AV program that I have not tried.  I just use the firewall.  I think that COMODO is much better than other free solutions.ThreatFire Free: http://www.threatfire.com/InfoProcess Anti-Hook: http://www.infoprocess.com.au/download.phpJust my 2 cents!! ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[syxguns]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:29:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[a big yep]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3098831]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[but for a free AV... well...im still thinking...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[masungit]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:37:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Just need the codecs]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-3075825]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I just need to make sure that installing it in a corporate environment won't result in a lawsuit down the road by the owner of one of the codecs... If it is free, then let them be clear about the source of where they got their codecs or include a licence agreement that indicates that the codecs are freely available for use in a corporate environment.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emanuel.matos@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 05:52:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[depends on the patents]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't know K-Lite specifically but I'd say the codecs are going to depend on the patents involved. They won't legally be able to release the patented information related to .mp3 though they may be able to provide the binary code that dicifers .mp3.Is your mandate to use only open source, only freely open source or only legal software which works on open source platforms be itself open or cosed source?I'd say if you go with Mandriva, Suse or Canonical where a deal with the patent holders has been made; there shouldn't be a legal issue by including them. The fee for Mandriva Powerpack includes the license for the patent questionable software; same as Windows fees including license costs for patents not held by Microsoft (.mp3 and DVD there also).What is it that your company does which requiers consumer multimedia codecs?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Samurai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 11:48:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[K-Lite Codec Pack... _really_ free?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi, As an IT Asset Manager, my primary concern is with the bundled codecs in the codec pack. Are they really free/open source? For fear of installing codecs that are some one's proprietary property without paying for it has caused us to set it aside. Now a Corporate version of the Codec pack is available... Is _it_ really free/open source? Can it be installed without any licence agreement violations? Until that is clearly answered, I'm afraid that my company will stay away from this (greatly useful) set of codecs and utilities...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emanuel.matos@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:33:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maybe the essential list should be even longer]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2559852]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I like MS's Tweak UI for XP.  I can disable the Autoplay function on any drive letter or letters. It can easily change AutoLogon preferences.Also, the Windows Uninstaller Tool is sometimes the tool of last resorts to get rid of some corrupt programs.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dleippe@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:42:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Irfan the omnipotent]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2559851]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yes add Irfan.  Did you know it is both an audio and video player in addition to being a nice quick photoviewer with a few editing tools thrown in to boot.  It does a great job of batch renaming and converting, plus it will resample.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dleippe@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:35:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Essentially 10 is not enough]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2559849]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[What about Secunia?Foxit is goodFolderSize (not for Vista)XP_Remove_Hotfix_Backup(Doug Knox)IE7 Tweak,etc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dleippe@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:30:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Disabling Reader autoupdate]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2559842]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I use SystemSuite as my main Security tool, not free but inexpensive. SS includes many usefull maintenance tools that were created by Ontrack.  The anti virus and anti spyware products are from TrendMicro, the firewall is Sygate.  I really like this firewall. It is very easy to disable any program that tries to call home.  I have all Adobe auto updates disabled, as well as all other updaters, except for security updates. I can manually update any program when I want. I have Windows AutoUpdates off as well. I use the Windows updater built into SystemSuite. It gets me to the same Microsoft page, but when I want to go there. The firewall shows all programs that want to call home, even WGA. It is so easy to block or unblock any of the nuisance programs that are trying to connect.If you don't like SystemSuites anti virus or anti spyware products they can easily be disabled and you can use some other av product.  But keep the program for the tools.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dleippe@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:20:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re. Acrobat Reader]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nope, sorry but Foxit Reader is smaller, faster, better.Agree with most of the other stuff though!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[steven.quinn@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:42:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A very large alternative]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2515537]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It's over 6 times the size of Foxit.  I just need to open them, not analyze them!  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:32:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Essential and FREE&quot; ESET is not]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-253712-2515198]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Eset is not free. It is a 30 day demo. A couple of people have recommended it lately, but they are running Pirated copies.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[1bn0]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:48:29 -0700</pubDate>
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