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Software Reviews

by Btrident

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.

AnalogX Proxy
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Simple effective  qright

AnalogX Proxy version 4.14
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Simple quick easy to set up no problems in use, low memory footprint. Much better than Windows built in connection sharing proxy

    Review date: May 27, 2005

SpywareBlaster
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  I am not convinced the program works.  qright

SpywareBlaster version 3.4
  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

Use a combination Ad-Aware and Hijack instead.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Avira AntiVir Personal
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Has never failled me  qright

Avira AntiVir Personal version 6.30.00.17
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have been using this program for about 3 years with Win98, Wint4 and Xp it just gets on with the job and unlike Avast I get no false positives. This program won't slow your PC to a crawl like the over priced Norton it just works quietly in the background using very little resources.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Putty
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Putty is excellent but i recommend you ...  qright

Putty version 0.57 beta
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Putty is excellent but I recommend you don't install Putty on its own instead install WinScp which includes Putty (WinScp is also available from snapfiles.com) and get the benefit of the easy Norton Commander file transfers and file management interface.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Cobian Backup
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Works like clockwork --- lean and mean  qright

Cobian Backup version 6.1.1.264
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I use Cobian Backup 6 to backup up from Win NT4 to a soho lan Linux FTP server and also to CDRW. Before that I used version 5 which had a different interface. Under NT/2000/Xp it can run as background service without interfering with the users keyboard operation of the computer even on modest hardware. Cobian Backup has given me peace of mind and saved me from data once it works. The writer Louis Cobian is also nice helpful guy who responds to posts in the excellent support forum.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Mozilla Firefox
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Secure, safe, easy to use, easy to install  qright

Mozilla Firefox version 1.04
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I use both Windows and Linux versions. Firefox is the best by a country mile, avoids all of the security problems of IE6. Great addon extensions available for all sorts of customisation including one called SpoofStick that helps warn phishing spoof web sites. Great Tabbed browsing. Handles downloads much better than IE6. Handling of passwords form info and cookies control is a quantum leap better than IE6. Won't work fully with about 1 per cent of websites that use non-internet standard microsoft specific extensions -- blame Bill Gates for that. Much more secure in handling of Java than IE6 and if a security hole is found it is usually plugged with in days ---- unlike another famous browser.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Angry IP Scanner
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Excellent mixed Win and Linux networking.  qright

Angry IP Scanner version 2.21
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This is the easiest scanner to use I just wish I could find a Linux scanner that was as neat. I use it a lot for tracking down problems with Windows/ Linux SMB networks. It is good, it is fast and gives all he info you need everything from shares to Mac addresses. It is also very useful for computer browsing and identifying security loop holes.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Neutron
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Ideal time client for win98 or me  qright

Neutron version 1.03
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great little program installs and works like a charm with internet time servers -- however for some reason it won't synch from my local network Linux time server. I have tried most time clients and this is the best Win95/98/Me. If you have Win NT/2000/Xp try forArGoSoft Time Synchronizer it runs seamless as an NT background service.

    Review date: May 27, 2005

Thunderbird
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Best for windows best for linux  qright

Thunderbird version 1.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have used Thnderbird as my only email client on both Windows and Linux for some years. It is now in its official release form and early development bugs bugs are all gone. On more than once it has blocked Kak type worms from running scripts hidden in html emails invading my windows system. For backing up Mozbackup (MS Windows only) works very well and has saved my bacon on after an HD crash --- just three clicks and the setup, address books emails all restored. Did I mention the Spam filter ? --- excellent perhaps not quite as effective as K9 or SpamPal but it is built in and very good. Other extras include Themes and extensions but you can discover those for yourself after you install.

    Review date: May 26, 2005

K9
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  99.8% accurate !!!!!!!!  qright

K9 version 1.28
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This a very good well written program effective clean lean n mean. If you have MS Outlook or OutLook Express you must use this or SpamPal to prevent junk choking you in box. Setting up for use with Outlook/Outlook Express is just a couple of clicks and setting up rules in the mail client to delete mail tagged as junk after that you need to train it for a couple of days, in my case it was 99.8% accurate. However I switched to using Mozilla Thunderbird as an email client as it has a built in spam filter which is pretty good I no longer need an external filter such K9 or SpamPal.

    Review date: May 26, 2005

SpamPal
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Works well  qright

SpamPal version 1.591
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

SpamPal works just fine and has interesting features such ability to block eMails by country of origin, however for use with MS Outlook and Outlook Express I switched to K9 which I found faster and more effective. However I have now switched to using Mozilla Thunderbird as an email client which has its own built-in Spam filter.

    Review date: May 26, 2005

SendTo FTP
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  Sentto ftp ideal for updating websites  qright

SendTo FTP version 2.8
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Such a simple program, works like charm ideal for sending page updates to a website and also very good for backing up single documents to an FTP server.

    Review date: May 20, 2005

FileZilla
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Filzilla -- excellent simple secure ftp  qright

FileZilla version 2.2.9
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have FleZilla loaded on my NT4 box for secure transfers to a Linux system. It is a excellent program for this purpose but not as versatile as WinSCP but much simpler to install.

    Review date: May 20, 2005

WinSCP
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Winscp ideal for mixed win-linux networks.  qright

WinSCP version 3.7.1
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I use WinSCP in a mixed Linux Windows environment, for secure file transfers, and file management from Windows to a Linux box. It is also used for loading addons to an IPCop firewall. The user interface is as good as it gets, and the program is rock solid. Only downside is instalation is quite involved. If you want a simpler but less flexible SFTP client look at FileZilla it is also excellent

    Review date: May 20, 2005

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