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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Norton 360 2013


Keep your computer, your identity and your stuff safe with powerful, easy-to-use threat protection. Seamlessly combines our top-rated protection technology and automated backup into one easy-to-use solution for PCs. Norton protection technology is proven to deliver effective protection from online threats. Four different layers of smart protection proactively detect and eliminate threats before they reach your computer. Identifies and stops new threats faster than other less sophisticated security software. 

Browse, shop, bank and socialize online without worry, annoying slowdowns or disruptions With more than 20 intelligent sensors and superior performance, Norton 360 won't slow you down. Scans email and instant messages for viruses, suspicious links, infected attachments and other dangers before you open them. Identifies safe websites, proactively blocks unsafe sites and stops online threats before your browser even loads. Secures and remembers user names and passwords to prevent cybercriminals from hacking into your PC and swiping your information. Help protect your kids from Internet dangers with award-winning Norton Online Family Improved technology makes backing up your stuff easy. Automatically backs up and encrypts your important files, so you can get them back in case of a hard drive crash, natural disaster or other mishap. 

Safeguards your important stuff either online to our state-of-the-art data centers or to one of your external storage devices. Includes 2 GB of secured online storage - enough to store hundreds of photos or songs. Fine-tunes your PC's settings to keep it running at top speed. Frees up memory so applications start up and run faster. Removes unnecessary files to improve your computer's performance.

The least you have to know: Norton 360 is an adequate anti-malware suite with some foibles. With low processing and memory overhead, you will enjoy an unobtrusive experience. The issues I've seen come from some of the added applications in the suite, most of them useless.

Here's the full story: I have just finished a year with Kaspersky and I have never been happier with security suite. The overhead was low, the anti-advertisement engine built in made it so I wasn't bothered by annoying in-page video ads and so on. I awalys knew what was happening with Kaspersky, know what tasks were running and when, etc. With this in mind, whatever security suite I would get had to meet a pretty high standard.

The story was good out of the gate: Norton 360 installed without a problem and in fact did not require a restart! The installation didn't take long and before long, I was using it without issue. The overhead is also very low, my task manager showed a memory average use of less than 40MB, which is pretty impressive considering just what it's doing.

The firewall settings picked up all the software I was using regularly and did not prompt me for allowances or denials, it just set them up appropriately. I know because I looked. Which is another thing I do like about Norton 360, the ease with which I was able to find and manage the various applications, each of which comes with a help link that points to a web page.

The main application page has four sections, Security, Identity, Backup, and Tuneup. The security section is what you've come to expect: anti-spam, anti-malware of all sorts, and the firewall. Identity deals with detecting fraudulent web sites, etc. something I've not found to be entirely that useful. At my job, where I am a systems administrator, the problem always seems to be with visiting "dangerous" sites. There are a few "good sites" here and there that can be malicious--and almost always, it's an malicious advertisement served remotely--but I have not found them to be rampant. Backup is useless to me personally as I already have access to and use Dropbox, Skydrive, etc. The tuneup is a throwback to the days when Norton Utilities ruled the Windows roost. I found these, even back then when you could purchase them as a standalone package, to be of doubtful advantage. It is supposed to keep your registry and other Windows components running in good shape.

One thing you will quickly be annoyed by are the pop-ups that show up at the top-right of the screen announcing (by taking away focus) that such and such an application is taking up too much memory or disk use. I can see how this can be useful--not to the systems adminstrator--but definitely across the board. If only it weren't so in-your-face.

Norton 360 2013


Promising good support, I found I had to take Symantec up on their offer a few days into using Norton 360. I found the chat support very fast. In no time at all, I was talking to "Michael Angelo" who sent me a link to download a LogMeIn application that gave him access to my system. So what was the problem? Well, working along one day, a huge pop up window informed me that "something" had gone wrong with a 3036 error number--or something like that. I next discovered that the SONAR had stopped working. I restarted the computer and a few minutes in, the same error occurred. The help link said to download a utility called the Norton Power Eraser which is supposed to clean out any possible issues with rootkits. Well then! The page didn't let on what exactly I'd run into, just to download the utility. Strange.

I did and rebooted. No dice, the error came back. On the chat, I told Michael Angelo was the problem was as he got on remotely, but he didn't seem to listen. After seeing the issue, I asked him what he thought. He said he was about to uninstall then reinstall Norton 360. After I informed him that was something I could handle rather easily, but that I wanted to know *why* the error existed. He didn't answer so I thanked him, logged off the support session and re-installed Norton 360. I'm now keeping a watchful eye out for a recurrence.
My biggest issue with Norton 360 is that it does nothing to curb advertisements on web pages. I really liked this feature of Kaspersky and the fact that a lot of malware makes its way onto machines through fraudulent ads is kind of a let-down.

Borderlands Bundleganza


I'm going to start this review by saving i own this game, and 2 of the DLC's on playstation. I built a PC in may this year and to find both Borderlands 1 + 2 On sale with al; the DLC is ridiculous!! DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SUMMER SALE, GAMES ON STEAM USUALLY ONLY GO 75% OFF MAXIMUM and this is a deal you cannot pass up!

This bundle includes the 4 DLC's:
1. Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty
2. MR.TORGUE'S CAMPAIGN OF CARNAGE. (EXPLOSIONS, AND SHIT. YEAH.)
3. Sir hammerlock's big game hunt &
4. Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (Released 26th June)

To all saying there will be a second "season" of DLC that is just rumored and very likely false.. No reason to pass up on this.
This bundle also includes the Ultimate Vault Hunter pack (+11 more levels, new playthrough!) this does not include any of the characters, which you can purchase for fairly cheap eg: getgamesgo.com

Borderlands Bundleganza


All in all, amazing game, great deal, (Borderlands 1 + ALL DLC is included which is also very much worth it)

Bundle is 3 seperate steam codes. Activated fine.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Infix PDF Editor Pro 6.14


Infix PDF Editor Made Simple. For the first time it is now possible to edit text in any PDF document using tools familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Easily edit the text in your PDFs, reflow and re-justify text, change fonts, colours and sizes. Resize, reposition and change images as you would in a professional publishing application. Infix PDF Editor is a tool that allows you edit PDF and text documents.

To ensure your edited documents look their best, Infix includes the kind of professional-quality hyphenation and justification (H and J) found in packages such as Adobe InDesign and Quark Express. Coupled with fine control over letter, word and line spacing, you can be confident that your edits will be undetectable. Infix is the quality PDF Editor giving unparalleled ease of use combined with high quality text formatting.On top of its advanced text-handling, Infix offers all of the standard editing facilities you would expect such as page cropping, annotation, cut & paste between PDFs, graphics manipulation and more.

Foxit PhantomPDF Business 6.0.5.0618

We all need to create professional looking PDF documents and forms for tasks such as developing personal documents, implementing workgroup collaboration, designing company forms, producing company collateral, finalizing agreements, applying digital signatures, or document archiving. Award winning Foxit PhantomPDF™ provides the right features at the right price, allowing you to produce great looking PDF document and forms quickly, affordably, and securely. Foxit PhantomPDF is the perfect solution for home/home offices, small and medium sized businesses, and large enterprises. Foxit PhantomPDF comes in three versions to fit the diverse use cases that different users require.
Robust for the needs of businesses, Foxit PhantomPDF Business expands upon PhantomPDF Standard by providing the security that helps companies meet regulatory compliance and corporate governance for their important documents and archives and to ensure documents don't change after they are approved. You can extend the usage control benefits of Microsoft Windows Server® Active Directory® Rights Management Service to all your PDF documents; allowing author control of document features within each PDF, where you can certify documents and set permitted actions after certifying.

The PDF Solution Alternative That Businesses Are Looking For

Many businesses need more than just PDF creation and editing. They need security that ensures regulatory compliance and corporate governance of their important documents and archives and to ensure documents don't change after they are approved. It is essential to have a robust PDF solution that stands up to the demands of large enterprises but lightweight enough to easily deploy to thousands of users without exhausting resources. These businesses require Foxit PhantomPDF Business; it supports the right features at the right price with the quality and support you expect from an enterprise solution.

Business Ready PDF – Robust and Secure

Foxit PhantomPDF Business builds upon the capabilities of PhantomPDF Standard and PhantomPDF Express. It enables quick and easy creation of professional looking PDF documents, highlighting and annotation capabilities, advanced editing capabilities, and high end security to safeguard sensitive information.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Mask My IP 2.3.8.6


When you connect to a network, your computer has a unique identification IP-address as your home address, alerting everyone who you are and where you are. When you visit online stores, or send an e-mail, your IP address associated with this activity, and it identifies you personally. Hackers who steal personal data can get into your computer, monitor your activities, to steal your personal information. Mask My IP program will help to solve this problem.

Key Features:
- Hide Real IP Address
- Surf Anonymously
- Block ISP Eavesdropping
- Guard Against Hackers
- Prevent Identity Theft & Credit Card Fraud
- Protect All Connections Including Wi-Fi
- Defend in the Forum once be banned
- Send Anonymous Emails
- Easy & Effective
- Auto / Manual IP Changing
- 100% Clean & Safe
- Compatible With A lot


Real Hide IP 4.3.1.8

Did you know your IP address is exposed every time you visit a website? Your IP address is your online identity and could be used by hackers to break into your computer, steal personal information, or commit other crimes against you. Real Hide IP allows you to surf anonymously, change your IP address, prevent identity theft, and guard against hacker intrusions, all with the click of a button.

Key Features:
  • Easily Conceal Your IP Address
  • Anonymous Web Surfing
  • Advanced Application Support
  • Protect Your Identity and Stop Hackers
  • Un-ban Yourself From Forums, Blogs, Etc...
  • Prevent websites from tracking your online activities
  • Quickly delete all Internet Explorer and FireFox cookies
  • Automatically clear your cookies each time your IP changes

Platinum Hide IP 3.2.8.8

Use Platinum Hide IP to keep your real IP address hidden, surf anonymously, secure all the protocols on your PC, provide full encryption of your activity while working in Internet, and much more.

Key Features

  • Anonymize Your Web Surfing
  • Your real IP is hidden when you surf on the Internet, keeping your online activity from being tracked by others.
  • Protect Your Identity
  • Anonymous web surfing enables you to prevent identity thieves from stealing your identity or other personal information, and keep your computer safe from hacker attacks or other risks.
  • Choose IP Country and Check IP
  • Proxy lists of many countries are enabled and you decide to select one country from the Choose IP Country window. You can check the current IP address directly.
  • Send Anonymous Emails
  • Send anonymous emails through any web based mail system such as Gmail, Hotmail, etc.
  • Get Unbanned from Forums and Blocked Websites
  • Change your IP address and then you can get unbanned yourself from any forums or other blocked websites that have ever banned you from.