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  Spybot Search & Destroy which is already making waves

Searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots; little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs show. But many of these modules also transmit information about your surfing behaviour and more to the net.If SpyBot-S&D finds such modules, it can remove them - or replace them with empty dummies in case their host won't work any more with its bot removed. In most cases, the host software still runs after removing the bot.For a list of 'supported' bots see the feature lists below. Spybot-S&D works with an easy interface that allows updates by just replacing a file of about 1k size. Those updates come by my software mailinglist.Another feature of Spybot S&D is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Opera.Last but not least Spybot-S&D contains some routines to find and correct invalid entries into the registryDepending on the license agreement of some software that uses spy/adbots, the usage of the software itself is no longer allowed after removal. Please read those license agreements fist!And remember: the best way to remove ads is to pay the shareware fee!

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Proxomitron

Proxomitron vNaoko- 4.4

Blocklists You can now create matching lists to use with any filter. This can include lists of sites to block, lists of places you feel it's OK to get cookies from - lists of anything anything really. URLs can then easily be added to these lists from the system tray menu. More powerful filtering Naoko-4 adds tons of new filtering commands allowing you to create much more powerful filters (or use those others have made). Kill Nosey JavaScripts: Kills any JavaScript that asks the wrong questions! Contains a list of "naughty" functions and properties that no JavaScript should use in polite company (including referrer, cookies, history, etc). Use it to stop JavaScripts from revealing personal information about you or your computer. Of course, you can customize the list according to what you feel is appropriate to reveal. Banner Blaster: This is the main advertising filtering rule. It takes any image that look to it like an advertisement and replaces it with a plain text link (using any original ALT text the image may have had). It's quite effective - and since ads remain clickable, seldom affects a web page's over-all function.

Have you ever wished you could turn off some of those fancy new HTML features your web browser supports? Are you tired of pages filled to the brim with blinking banners, pop-up windows, and other such aggravations?

Enter The Proxomitron, Re-Writing the web Your way...

Using special HTML filters, the Proxomitron can transform web pages on the fly - changing most anything you wish. Speed your browsing by saying goodbye to slow loading cyber spam and other web-gimmickry. Customize pages to suit your tastes. Take control of your web viewing, and don't be slave to some web-master's whims.

Zero Popup 4.0 intelligent anti-popup software Download it

privacybird

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For example, the AT&T Privacy Bird allows you to ask for warnings at Web sites that may:

• Sell your name and address to other companies without your permission
• Use your health or medical information for marketing
• Put you on mailing lists that you can't get off of
• And more ....

Spy Stopper Free Pop-Up Stopper
 

SIP - Surf in Peace v2.0.1

NoAds 2002.11.05
Stop annoying popup web ads Download now  (215 KB / 1 min)(Choose Open when you download)

To begin your free 30 day trial, please proceed to the Download Page and make today the last day you wait for adverts to download, close popups and search through adverts looking for the "Click here to enter" text :-)

Ad Muncher v4.4
 has been tested and found to work under Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP with all versions of Netscape Navigator/Communicator, Internet Explorer and Opera (and most other browsers should work fine also).
Click to download Download size: 94kb (yes, 94kb!) Approximate download time: 30 seconds.

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StartPage Guard 2.0 There is a despicable trend that is becoming more and more common where the browser settings of web surfers are being hijacked. Browser hijacking is where malicious code of some sort, whether it be javascript, ActiveX, or some other sort of scripting, modifies your browser settings. It can also mean that your default start page has been reset from your choice to something else. Sometimes javascripts will add ready-made internet shortcuts to your favorites folder without asking you. This product allows you to set your Internet Explorer start page and then guards that setting against unauthorized changes. If something alters your homepage setting without your permission and doesn't let you change it back, this product will change it back for you. Detects and reports transparent-redirect attempts. Platform: Windows 9x, ME, NT 4.0, 2K To read more about Browser Hijacking. Click Here

XP-AntiSpy V 3.0

XP-AntiSpy is a little utility that let's you disable some built-in update and authetication 'features' in WindowsXP. For example, there's a service running in the background wich is called 'Automatic Updates'. I don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these function manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why wasting time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP. It's customizeable, but comes up with the Default settings, which are recommended. If you like to get more information about those 'functions',read THIS. This utility is FREEWARE! Windows XP

AnalogX PacketMon

Easy to use packet sniffer with advanced rules for filter, CSV output, streaming to a file and more... Are you interested in not just knowing that a particular program is using the internet, but actually viewing the communications? Do you need to log certain network activity, but have no easy means to do so? Or are you just bored and looking for a new network toy to play with? Whether you're a network administrator, network programmer or power user, AnalogX PacketMon is a fast and simple to use network monitor! AnalogX PacketMon allows you to capture IP packets that pass through your network interface - whether they originated from the machine on which PacketMon is installed, or a completely different machine on your network! Once the packet is received, you can use the built in viewer to examine the header as well as the contents, and you can even export the results into a standard comma-delimited file to importing into your favorite program. As if that's not enough, PacketMon has a powerful rule system that allows you to narrow down the packets it captures to ensure you get EXACTLY what you're after, without tons of unrelated information. Please note, PacketMon is currently only available for Win2000/XP ONLY.

SamSpade

Your Firewall tells you your PC has just been scanned. Will most probably be harmful, Sam Spade will tell you what you want to know. Tools such as Ping, Trace and Decode URL. Has a nice feature to check e-mail headers to see where your Spam Mail is actually coming from. Can also recognise forged headers. Free Download

WebWasher

Use WebWasher to filter out advertisements, animations, banner ads, pop-up windows, and scripts. With WebWasher you can also apply an Internet cookie filter and eliminate other invasions of your privacy. Or display WebWasher's advanced options that let you choose exactly what's displayed and what's not. WebWasher is free for non-commercial users. ie: home users and students.

Proport

Proport Version: 2.1 is an advanced port monitor/protector. It monitors local ports for trojan or nuke attacks. • Features: - unlimited port monitoring - auto connection kill - auto remote IP resolving - manual connection kill - port list editting - run at windows start up - attack log - remote filter

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Trout v2.0 - Traceroute and Whois program. A visual (i.e. GUI as opposed to command-line) traceroute and Whois program. Pinging can be set at a controllable rate as can the frequency of repeatedly scanning the selected host. The built-in simple Whois lookup can be used to identify hosts discovered along the route to the destination computer. Parallel pinging and hostname lookup techniques make this traceroute program perhaps the fastest currently available.

GRC   Excellant Site

An online test to see just how vulnerable your Pc is to the Internet, plus some free software. Also has some very interesting and revealing info about Spyware.

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Spider 1.04. There is a privacy 'bug/feature' in In