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Software Reviews

by davemiller

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.

avast! Home Edition
  • Freeware
  • Win98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

qleft  All good except maybe the webshield feature  qright

avast! Home Edition version 4.8.1296
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

I really like AVAST! I've been using it for a year. I had no worries until just recently. It seems that sometime in mid-December they released an update. I had a problem with my browser stalling and creeping to a halt, as well as some strange conflicts with Call of Duty's World at War. As it turned out through trial and error I determined that if I disable the Avast WebShield the problems went away. Hopefully they will correct this in the near future!

    Review date: Jan 22, 2009

ZoneAlarm
  • Freeware
  • WinXP/Vista

qleft  Outstanding freeware!  qright

ZoneAlarm version 8.0.020.000
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I really like the free ZoneAlarm version. When you install BE SURE TO CHECK THE 'FREE' VERSION box. I've used it for years. It's a solid product that is friendly to both the basic user as well as the advanced. It has intuitive controls, as well as more advanced capability. It's been heavily used and reviewed, and has maintained a strong acceptance rating throughout. The installation, use, and uninstallation has been clean and uncomplicated. Some of the more 'retail' typical firewalls and 'security suites' are popular but can be resource hogs and can be problematic when uninstalling causing registry nightmares. I have not experienced any of that with the freeware version of ZoneAlarm. Also consider AVG or Avast as your free Anti-virus, and Spybot as your free spyware protection. Spybot does need manual updating but it is an outstanding tool.

    Review date: Jan 22, 2009

Network Stumbler
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Netstumbler is a must have for Windows  qright

Network Stumbler version 0.4
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

It's free. It's lightweight and easy to use. You can war-drive with it. I have used NetStumbler for a couple of years. There are few other offerings for Windows OS. Finding a compatible radio chipset so NetStumbler can also assess the building noise for proper SNR calculations is usually a headache, and that is why I rated it 4 out of 5 on 'ease of use'. Although fine tuning the signal reading to include building noise may not be everyones concern. It also offers a GPS interface but I have not used it so I can't say anymore about that. WirelessMonitor is another similiar application, but because it also provides connection mgt it can conflict with other wireless mgt programs on your PC so I had to uninstall it and stick with NetStumbler.

    Review date: Mar 22, 2007

Network Stumbler

Network Stumbler

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Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

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

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

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