Microsoft Windows Defender is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding over 50 ways spyware can enter your PC.

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Opera@USB is the portable version of the popular Opera Browser. The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera´s groundbreaking e-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look.

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.

Features:

* Multiple simultaneous downloads
* Smart bandwidth usage
* File level priorities
* Configurable bandwidth scheduling
* Global and per-torrent speed limiting
* Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
* UPnP support (WinXP only)
* Supports popular protocol extensions

DownThemAll (or just dTa) is a powerful yet easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension that adds new advanced download capabilities to your browser.

DownThemAll lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want.
DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400%, it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time and, last but not least, it´s fully integrated into your favorite browser!

doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the “Print” command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files.

doPDF installs itself as a virtual printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To create PDF files, you just have to print your documents to the doPDF pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

Features:

* No Ghostscript - doesn’t require 3rd party programs to create PDF files (like Ghostscript)
* Customizable resolution - choose any resolution from 72 dpi to 2400 dpi
* Predefined/custom page sizes - choose a default page size (like Letter, Legal, A4, A5, A6, …) or define your own
* Searchable PDFs - you can search for text within the generated PDF file (and search engines will also index the text from the PDF)
* Multilanguage support - choose a language for the user interface

VSO Image resizer organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive. It is the perfect tool for those who store their digital pictures and images on their PC and who want to resize, compress, convert, create copies, import or organize photos.

With this freeware, you can create e-mail friendly versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format, edit large numbers of image files and thus save space on your hard drive. VSO Image resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start working on your pictures!

Features:

* Convert between different graphic formats
* Configurable compression/resolution ratio
* Support file formats: Jpeg, gif, bmp
* Handle single picture or batch mode
* Reduce size photos perfect for web publishing/share photos by email
* Integrate in windows explorer or works as a stand-alone application
* Fast processing
* Import directly from your memory cards
* Save history of destination folder
* Variable options and settings for advanced users
* Multilingual support (available languages…)
* Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

BearShare 5.2.3 is the latest version of our leading file sharing program. Intuitive design, millions of users, safety features and quick setup - what more could you ask for? How about Free exclusive BearShare music, help with common questions and Free tools! Come see what everyone is talking about.

BearShare utilizes a completely decentralized peer to peer network, and is the most advanced file sharing application around. Trade any type of file: mp3, video, images, software, etc. It runs on Windows.

Operating Systems Supported

* Windows 98
* Windows NT, Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, Service Pack 4 and above
* Windows 2000
* Windows Millenium Edition
* Windows XP

Disk Space

* 4 megabytes of free disk space for the BearShare program and its support files
* As much free disk space as necessary to save downloaded files
* Space for your shared files, if any

Memory

* 32 megabytes minimum

Processor

* A 166MHz Pentium class CPU or higher is required

Network

* You must have an Internet connection to search, download, and share files on the Internet.
* If you are behind a firewall, or your Internet Service Provider does not allow your computer to receive incoming connections, you may experience problems sharing your files, and you may not be able to download files from other users who are also behind firewalls.
* BearShare also works on a local area network, provided you have at least two computers with connected networking hardware. To operate in this mode, it is necessary to know the IP address of the computer on your local area network you wish to connect to.

Features :

* Lightning fast downloads from multiple users simultaneously.
* Advanced Search - all types of media files.
* Automatic resume feature assures the completion of all requested downloads.
* Access and view your friend’s shared files.
* Chat with friends while downloading.
* The most friendly and intuitive interface.
* Bandwidth controls
* Configurable Parental Controls block access to viruses and offensive files.
* Media Player with playlists and full-screen preview mode.
* Enhanced Media Manager ideally designed for organizing all your PC’s media files.

Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.

Additional features include drag and drop as well as being able to support file sizes up to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 bytes

Rainlendar is a customizable calendar that displays the current month, events, and reminders. It is a very lightweight application that doesn´t use much system resources or take much space on your desktop.

Features:

* Small and lightweight
* Different type events can have different appearence
* Supports Windows transparency
* Synchronizes events between several clients
* Localized for multiple languages
* Shows an alarm when an event is due
* Supports iCal files.
* Shows Outlook’s appointments
* Includes a todo-list
* Works also as Litestep plugin
* Displays the current date in tray icon
* Can stick to the desktop (i.e. doesn’t hide with Show Desktop)
* Hotkeys for quick access
* Easy skinning with an UI
* Can be controlled from 3rd party applications with !bangs
* and more…