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Software Reviews

by DiatonicMuttley

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.

File Shredder
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Best free shredder I've used.  qright

File Shredder version 2.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

File shredder simply the best free eraser I've ever used. I did use another (popular)Eraser, shredder but found it had a bug that ended up reducing an 80GB HDD to 6GB in a few months! File Shredder on the other hand has never done this to my HDD and it's been nearly a year now. It's simple to install and use. I love it. This gets my thumbs up!

    Review date: Aug 31, 2009

Eraser
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Hdd hog  qright

Eraser version 5.86a
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 3

Although this file shredder works it also took a lot of my HDD up by creating temporary files of the unused disk space. Problem: Eraser is supposed to delete all temporary files it created when it is finished shredding your unused disk space. However after a couple of months my 80GB HDD was left with 6GB of free sapce, and yes I let it finish uninterupted...

    Review date: Aug 31, 2009

ScripTrap
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Ok for single user accounts  qright

ScripTrap version 1.03
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Overall: 3

If youre a single user then it's great. However when I tried Scrip Trap on XP home with multiple user accounts. It was ok on the administrator account, but would not enable for any of my other limited user accounts.

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

Spybot - S&D
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Great tool  qright

Spybot - S&D version 1.3
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

This is a great program, lots of features easy to use. easily compeets with Ad-Aware. Personaly I use both.

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

SpywareBlaster
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Prevention is better than cure  qright

SpywareBlaster version 3.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

SpywareBlaster has a database which at the time of writing exceeds the 3000 mark. I recomend this highly for inoculating your PC, especialy if you use Internet Explorer. Don't forget to use Spybot S&D or Ad-Aware as nothing is 100% Infallible.

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

Ad-Aware Free
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Top notch  qright

Ad-Aware Free version 1.05 SE Pers.
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

I've used Ad-Aware for some time and I like it very much, it's easy to install and use. There are regular updates to keep up with the latest threats. My only gripe is that in the latest version 'SE build 1.05' they have disabled the auto run option. which means that you have to run the scan manualy instead of it starting up when you log on to your account in XP. Apart from that, it gets 9 out of 10 from me.

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

ZoneAlarm
  • Freeware
  • WinXP/Vista

qleft  Superb firewall  qright

ZoneAlarm version 5.1.011
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've used ZoneAlarm Free version for some years now and find that it has performed very well indeed. It not only meets my requirements, it exceeds them.

    Review date: Nov 24, 2004

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