topbarfade

Software Reviews

by Pondejim

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.

Connection Keeper
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  It works brilliantly  qright

Connection Keeper version 6.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This certainly works as described, with no being dropped off line. I am using Windows XP. It is very simple to configure. An extra bonus, is that by right clicking on the tray icon, you are able to connect or disconnect by clicking the appropriate function. It has features you would normally have to pay for with similar other programs. This is another great free "tool" which works away unobtrusively, consuming negligible resources. Forget the others, many of which I have tried. This is the best. Thank You.

    Review date: Aug 31, 2006

ZoneAlarm
  • Freeware
  • WinXP/Vista

qleft  Great fire wall  qright

ZoneAlarm version 6.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

It works well for me. It has blocked 29,935 intrusions, with 186 being high rated, since installing ZoneAlarm free about 3 months ago. Without it my PC was very vulnerable. Never having a fire wall for many years prior, I have been very lucky in having no major problems. Having this, in conjunction with Avast, AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot, SpySweeper and Spyware Blaster, I feel nearly "bullet proof". Thanks for a the great up-front protection.

    Review date: Aug 19, 2006

Cookie Monster
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Simple and very effective  qright

Cookie Monster version 3.32
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I am using FireFox which this integrates well with. I am now in control of those "lurking" cookies. There were over 500 from unknown sources and a few I recognized, so I deleted the lot. Now I can save the ones I choose, after each session. It is simple to use and very effective. Top marks. Thank you.

    Review date: Aug 19, 2006

Download Express
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Works brilliantly  qright

Download Express version 1.9.337
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This works far better than DAP, which I paid for. I am using FireFox, and have had no problems. I paid for DAP due to the resume capabilities, and supposed accelerated download speed. I have used DownThemAll, FastGot and others. This, in my opinion is far superior to all of the download managers I have tried. Besides all of that, the price is right. To the knockers of it, I suggest you read the huge amount of help information for it. Thank you for the great software program.

    Review date: Aug 19, 2006

FireTune
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Awesome  qright

FireTune version 1.1.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This worked magic for me. I un-installed the latest version of FasterFox, which did nothing to improve the speed of my web browsing and probably made it slower since up-dating Firefox to version 1.5.0.6. It was slow to access sites, and pages would load painfully slow at most times. My dial-up connection speed varies between 32Kbps to 48Kbps. After installing FireTune 1.1.2 and very simply configuring it, I found it hard to believe that the time to access sites and fully load pages was at least four times as fast, on average. Congratulations for developing this brilliant "tweaker" and having it available as freeware. I would have paid for it, after this test run. Absolutely BRILLIANT. Surfing for me will now be a pleasure, rather than a pain. I now do not have to worry about the expense of going to broadband. THANKYOU.

    Review date: Aug 07, 2006

WinSock XP Fix
  • Freeware
  • WinWin XP

qleft  Fantastic software ...  qright

WinSock XP Fix version 1.2
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have had connectivity problems intermittently for a week. I have had to reconfigure my network settings and reboot to get access, most times at start up. It happened when I had a problem with "AVG" and got hit with a virus. I think it was win32:Trojan_gen virusworm version 0601-1. A copy of possibly infected winsock.dll and wsock.dll are now in the virus vault, after scanning with "avast". Still had the same problem. After numerous hours stuffing around, in desperation, I did a Google search and came across this site. Downloaded WinSock XP Fix and ran it. It certainly did an excellent fix, and simple to use. It appears to have cured some other minor operational problems with XP. I thank you for such an easy fix without having to get into the nitty gritty of the puter. For someone without the required skills, like me it is great. I will save the program, just in case. Thanks again........pondejim....

    Review date: Jan 06, 2006

7-Zip
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  A great extraction tool.  qright

7-Zip version 3.13
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have tried many unzipping programmes, and this one would have to be the best, with its ease of use, it is quick and reliable, with no frills to confuse the un-initiated. It has not yet failed to open any files of various types. A great product. Congratulations. Thanks, Pondejim.

    Review date: Dec 29, 2005

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.

TuneUp Utilities 2009

TuneUp Utilities 2009

Optimize and improve your PC performance, fix problems, undelete files and more...

Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

A powerful monitoring solution to record PC activity, including keystrokes, email and more.