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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.
- Freeware
Vista/7
Excellent free virus scan utility 
Microsoft Security Essentials (Vista/7) version 1.0.1611.0
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Microsoft is starting to take some initiative in protecting Windows users and providing a decent free application to do it. I am running Ubuntu and have Windows XP installed in a VirtualBox session. I did not want to pay for protection, and since I have a valid XP license, I was able to install this. For the little use I have it for in VirtualBox, it works out great.
Review date: Nov 30, 2009
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista/7
Not as good as 1.4
Spybot - S&D version 1.5
- Interface: 2
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Slow... startup lags on 1.5.1 and there has been a promise of a fix for a while now. It works but lags my Core2Duo and AMD X2 systems on startup. I recommend it, but if you have 1.4, hold onto it for a while until the next release comes out.
Review date: Dec 04, 2007
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Once it was good, but no longer impressed
YamiPod version 1.4
- Interface: 2
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 5
- Overall:
The developer does not seem to put the effort into the product anymore and while I donated, I feel a little cheated by investing in this product. From now on I'll only invest in someone that produces an open source project. It has become useless.
Review date: Jun 16, 2007
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
If you need to reinstall windows...
Mozilla Backup version 1.4.5
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This tool is a life saver for Mozilla users. Very easy to use to backup/restore bookmarks, e-mail, user accounts, settings, etc. It claims to backup your extensions, but that did not work for me.
Review date: Feb 05, 2007
- Free Trial ($29.95)
- 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Amazed by what i don't see!!!
Super Ad Blocker version 4.2
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 4
- Overall:
This thing is great and it includes a Spyware detector that in not to bad either. Sites that were once plagued by adds and pop-ups no look clean (i.e. Yahoo and Hotmail to name a couple). Does not lag my system like I once had using Webroot products. Oh, forgot to mention, it works with Firefox!! I am very impressed by this product and will be recommending it to friends and family. If you use Opera however, you are out of luck for now.
Review date: Dec 31, 2006
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista/7
Nice little utility to get rid of crap!
CCleaner (Slim) version 1.35.424
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I don't have many comments, but it just makes cleaning the crap off of your PC pretty easy. Great free tool!
Review date: Dec 22, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Best burning engine i have used
ImgBurn version 2.1.0.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I am using Nero less and less thanks to ImgBurn. Take DVD video folders and create an ISO image to burn with anything... but ImgBurn is the best ISO image burner I have used. Wish it worked with audio CD's, but it handles my data backups and video projects with ease. Worth a donation to the author. Excellent burning engine... But I've said that!!!
Review date: Dec 19, 2006
- Free Trial ($39.00)
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Was good a few years ago...
Feurio! version 1.68
- Interface: 2
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 1
- Overall:
But the author has not updated it in a very long time. Not at all worth the investment.
Review date: Dec 02, 2006
- Free Trial ($79.99)
- Win (All)
Great overall performer...
Nero Ultra Edition version 7.5.90
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 3
- Overall:
Nero has been king of the hill in optical disc recording for sometime. Overall, Nero 7.x is a solid performer, but this go around does contain more bugs. Sure they address them, but not as quickly as they once did. I still recommend this product, but it is getting awful bloated.
Review date: Dec 02, 2006
- Freeware
- XP/Vista
One word, impressive
Comodo Internet Security version 2.3.4.45
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Been a user of ZA and KPF, and both are great firewalls when you pay for the product... they both also have issues (not going to get into them now). I downloaded the latest Comodo Firewall (v2.3.6.81) and was pretty much impressed from the start. It has excellent configuration options (may be overwhelming for some) and a smaller footprint than ZA Pro. Also, the company has an online forum that is top notch. My initial reaction is impressive. I have removed ZA and Sunbelts (never updated) KPF. Comodo is a keeper!
Review date: Nov 18, 2006
- Free Trial ($29.95)
- Win (All)
Great for recovery
IsoBuster version 1.9.1
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Only needed it once (so far) but it more than paid for itself when I was able to recover photos I had on a damaged CD-R. Excellent tool and well worth the registration price.
Review date: Nov 12, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Talk about a collapse of a product...
Yahoo Music Jukebox version 10
- Interface: 2
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 1
- Overall:
Since Yahoo took this over, it has went south and support has been horrible. It was once a great product, but Yahoo has stripped all that was good and stable out of it. Need a player/organizer/converter, look somewhere else.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Great for small businesses, home users, etc.
OpenOffice version 2.04
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
On a budget? Don't need all the bloated features of popular office suites? Give OpenOffice.org a try. It is very compatible with MSOffice and most users won't have any problems exchanging data with others. This product gets better with each release. The product has an open standard for document format, but I'll admit it means very little right now. We will have to wait and see, but it is a very impressive office suite.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista
Biggest plus for me, is command line mounting
TrueCrypt version 4.2a
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
What can I say, this is excellent software. Keeps things safe and secure in encrypted containers/virtual discs. I do a lot of automation and move things around in shell scripts (batch files)... this thing is cool because you can mount drives in batch. Wonderful utility and a great forum. Worth a donation to the authors. Excellent choice for those that do not need whole disc encryption. 1001+ uses for securing your data on just about any platform (MAC is coming).
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- XP/Vista/7
I think it does a great job at red-eye!
Picasa version 2.5.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is a little different and does not offer a lot of editing features, but I think this product does a phenomenal job at removing red-eye from the photos I take with my digital camera. I've recommended it to several friends for that alone and they all agree. Great little free utility/tool!
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista
Better than some commercial offerings
FileZilla version 2.2.27
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
A fine GUI FTP client that simply works. I like that it is open source. I'd possibly like to see it integrate with OpenPGP (GnuPG/gpg), but it is not that important. The product works great. Give it a try.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Surprising good for a free virus scanner
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition version 7.5.428
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have tried a lot of commercial virus software products and I did find one I liked, though I won't name it (starts with a "K")... And while I like my commercial selection, I did not want to buy two licenses. I put AVG free on my wifes PC and did not pay much attention to it. I then started having nagging issues (browsing slowdowns and sites not loading) with my commercial selection and I started looking at AVG after the latest update. Needless to say I was quite impressed and quickly installed it on my system. It's not as polished as my commercial product, but I think it is a great choice for most people behind a NAT router and are generally cautious with things the download and launch, etc. I am very happy with it and may keep this installed even after my commercial product addresses the issues in their service release.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Open source and one of the best...
7-Zip version 4.32
- Interface: 3
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Nice SFX options with AES encryption. There is a beta that supports ZIP-AES that should be coming soon. The GUI is a little rough, but overall it is functional and not too confusing for some of my non-tech friends and family. Command line interface is easy and I have implemented it at the office for some automated tasks. Well worth a look and a donation for future development and enhancements.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Nice software, nice interface, but...
IZArc version 3.6
- Interface: 4
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I am security conscience and the fact that this supports ZIP-AES encryption I think it is important for a product like this to be open source. I have no idea if the author has built in a "back door". However, this does have a better interface than my zip/7z product of choice and it is a plus that it also has a command line interface add-on. If the author opens up the source, I'll be first in line to make a donation.
Review date: Nov 11, 2006
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