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Software Reviews

by dlbean1

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.

Spyware Terminator
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Great antispyware tool  qright

Spyware Terminator version 1.9.3.145
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This software is developed with the CLAM Anti-virus (which is also available for Linux). You do not need to install CLAM (nor should you if you have a active Anti-virus program already installed). Protects the Windows HOSTS file as well as system settings. Slick interface and fast (or full) system scans.

    Review date: Jul 29, 2007

avast! Home Edition
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  An extremely good anti-virus program!!  qright

avast! Home Edition version 4.7.892
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

If you want/need protection for any of your systems, this is one full-featured product that you can not ignore. With Web scan, heuristics, email scan, P2P, and Instant Messaging scanning engines-this is nearly a "security suite". (If you use ZoneAlarm Firewall, you will need to disable one of the scanning engines due to software conflicts - still just as safe). Uses less resources than McAfee or Norton with a higher level of protection. Updates are daily and automatic.

    Review date: Feb 11, 2007

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

qleft  Good 2nd choice for a browser  qright

Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.1
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

This application leaves too many cookies in its own directory structure. They usually can be found with Spybot, but just a hassle running that all the time. Like the basic feature set and extensions, just another hassle searching for them all (like Cookie Safe, Ad Blocker, etc.) I would recommend that a average user update Microsoft IE to version 7, then download AVANT browser. AVANT has the built in features from most of Firefox extensions. Cookies can be more easily managed (deleted). AVANT Speed renders approximately 1.5 times faster than the FOX. Recommend Fox 2.0.1 over IE7 (barely), but quite a bit behind AVANT 11.0 build 43 .

    Review date: Jan 01, 2007

Yahoo! Messenger
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

qleft  A new standard in "chat"  qright

Yahoo! Messenger
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Yes, I will agree with previous post, that system resources may be taxed on older machines. Given that, if you want to browse, chat, and listen to your "My Station" at Launchcast-this is one sweet program. You can choose not to install some of the features (especially if you are not certain of your machine or connection capabilities). Recommend System Memory of 256 MB to handle all of the "good stuff".

    Review date: Apr 09, 2006

Avant Browser
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Best browser period  qright

Avant Browser version 10.1.032
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Microsoft is "working" on developing the feature set that AVANT has mastered. Mozilla's latest Firefox release still doesn't touch it. For the very best of all the Browsers, do yourself a favor and make this one your default.

    Review date: Dec 04, 2005

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