NEW at The Freeware Publishing Site

[freewebber]

NEW at The Freeware Publishing Site
http://www.freewarepub.org

XnView v1.80.1 2/08/2005 Graphics Utilities
XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to
use ! Support of more than 400 graphics formats
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=XnView v1.80.1


Ping a Ding Ding 1.01.04 2/08/2005 Network Utilities
This project was born when I was having trouble with a server at work
that kept freezing up. What I wanted was a little program to sit and
alert me when the server went down so I could nip downstairs to reboot
it.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Ping a Ding Ding 1.01.04


Robust Internet Speed Booster 2/08/2005 Network Utilities
Boost and optimize the speed of your Internet connection with this set
of tools. Internet Speed Booster is a free utility to help you keep
your system healthy and responsive. This program is a package of 4
utilities:Net Pinger, Speed Booster, RAM Booster and System Settings
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Robust Internet Speed Booster


Robust FTP and Download Manager 2/08/2005 Network Utilities
Robust FTP is a Windows-based file transfer client application that
transfers files between a user’s local PC and another, remote computer
system connected via a modem and telephone lines or by a local-area
network (With upload transfer resume and download transfer resume).
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Robust FTP and Download Manager


Posteriza V1.0.10 2/08/2005 Graphics Utilities
You can use POSTERIZA to design and print your own posters and
cartels. POSTERIZA is very easy to use. In few minutes you'll get a
big personalized cartel.

http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Posteriza V1.0.10


JPEG & PNG Stripper V1.1.0.8 2/08/2005 Graphics Utilities
JPEG & PNG Stripper is a tool for stripping/cleaning metadata (junk)
from JPG, JPEG, JFIF and PNG files. The image quality is not affected.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=JPEG & PNG Stripper V1.1.0.8


WhatDate 1.01 2/08/2005 Miscellaneous
What Date? is a simple, freeware date calculator for Windows. Enter
a date and interval and press calculate to find any date in the future
or past. What Date will recognize any date format which Windows can
understand (date formats as set in Control Panel).

http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=WhatDate 1.01


Cryptainer LE Free Encryption Software 2/08/2005 Security
Tools
Cryptainer LE Ttotally free 128 bit disk encryption software. Simple,
easy to use encryption application that creates encrypted "vaults".
One can store any kind of data in them. Cryptainer LE allows you to
encrypt any file or folder on any Windows PC. Protects all types of
Media and any type of data. Password protect any file or folder with
strong Encryption. It allows you to protect data on USB Drives, CDs
and HDDs. Cryptainer LE ensures complete security for your data
making sure that only you and nobody else can access your data.
Cryptainer LE creates an encrypted volume that can be accessed only
with a password. Once mounted, the volume behaves as a standard
windows drive. The files can be read, viewed, modified, as well as
moved from one place to another. Any kind of file - from word and
excel documents to movies and pictures, can be encrypted. You can also
send secure email attachments. It runs on all 32 bit versions of
Windows (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows
2003 Server as well as Windows XP family). The best part - this
package is totally free to use. A must have for every desktop.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Cryptainer LE Free Encryption Software


InventoryBuilder 2/08/2005 Miscellaneous
InventoryBuilder is a powerful, easy-to-use inventory manager designed
to help you organize your valuables and important documents. In case
your house is damaged or burglarized you can print reports to your
insurance company for documentation of your items. You can also use it
just to keep track off your TV's, cameras, computer hardware, DVD
collection, artwork and every other valuable object in your home or
office.

Store descriptive information for every item like condition, location,
model, serial number and well anything else you can think of. You can
store purchase information including where and when you bought it and
how much you paid.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=InventoryBuilder


3D Waterfall Screensaver 2/08/2005 Screen Savers
A beautiful waterfall setting is waiting for you far away from the
noise of the city. This screensaver is the fastest way to get there.
Watch the eye-pleasing scenery surrounding this enchanting wonder of
Nature. Listen to the melodic sounds of the waterfall bubbling by. See
the fish rushing up and down the stream.
You can almost smell the fresh humid air filled with the majestic
aroma of lush grass growing on the banks of this fast mountain river.
This is not just another slide-show or simple flash screensaver. The
whole setting was built in 3D from scratch and the quality of
animation can rival that of Disney.
What are you waiting for? Let this screensaver speak for itself.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=3D Waterfall Screensaver


CD to MP3 Converter 1/08/2005 Multimedia
CD to MP3 Converter is designed to convert audio CD to MP3 and WAV
audio files. The software is designed with very easy-to-use
interfaces. And it is desiged with a multi-thread kernel that makes
the converting speed very fast.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=CD to MP3 Converter


Opanda PhotoFilter 1.0 1/08/2005 Graphics Utilities
Opanda PhotoFilter is a freeware of opandasoft. It includes more 100
types filters in it, they are all kind of color photo filter about
Kodak / Cokin / Hoya. It's easy to use, load a picture in the soft and
select a kind of color filter, just click the "Apply" button, the
result will be shown with the filter on! Opanda PhotoFilter offers
adjustable density and auto luminosity compensation, these function
will give you more natural looking and pleasant result.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Opanda PhotoFilter 1.0


GoGo MP3 to CD Burner 1/08/2005 Multimedia
What is GoGo MP3 To CD Burner?
GoGo MP3 To CD Burner is a software tool that helps you to create
normal audio CDs from your favorite MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, VQF, MP4
files. You can then play them in your regular stereo or car CD player!

How does it work?
Simply add the songs you want onto the main screen, hit the Burn
button, and in a short time you will have a custom CD! With GoGo MP3
To CD Burner, you can choose to burn about 80-minute audio CDs on
either CDR/RW discs. There is no need to convert to WAV! Your CD is
burned directly saving your hard drive space.


http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=GoGo MP3 to CD Burner


Browser Hijack Retaliator 3.5 1/08/2005 Security Tools
A complete set of Tools integrated to provide maximum protection
against Browser Hijacks. Real time protection for your Internet
Explorer all Default pages, BHO's, Favorites etc. With advance tools
including Startup Manager, Hosts file Editor with Hosts file Hijack
Recovery & Browser Restore.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Browser Hijack Retaliator 3.5


BT2NET 1/08/2005 Network Utilities
BT2Net Downloader provides you with a fast and easy access to any
files avaliable in the file sharing P2P network. With unique
mutli-stream technology the large files are downloaded a lot faster
(up to 1,5Mbit/sec). The program has a user-friendly interface and
with advanced search you'll always find what you need. Millions of
files are avaliable for downloading and all of them have proper titles
and don't contain viruses (not like in other file sharing networks).
Autoresumable downloads allow you to reboot your computer or reconnect
to the internet and resume the downloading from the same place where
it stopped.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=BT2NET


Quick ´n Easy FTP Server 3.0 Lite 1/08/2005 Server Software
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server is a multi threaded FTP server for Windows
98/NT/XP that can be easily setup even by inexperienced users.
New users can be easily created by a wizard which is guiding you step
by step in the process.
The server handles all basic FTP commands plus a lot of special FTP
commands like MDTM, NLST, FEAT, PSWD, XCRC and many more!
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Quick ´n Easy FTP Server 3.0 Lite


Desktop Album Display 1.35 1/08/2005 Desktop Utilities
A small desktop utility for your viewing and hearing pleasure.

A program that allows you to place the covers of your favourite music
albums on your desktop, and use them to launch your favourite media
player.

http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Desktop Album Display 1.35


Win-Guard Pro 2005 Free Edition 1/08/2005 Security Tools
With Win-Guard Pro 2005 you can password protect your programs,
windows and web pages in one easy to use program. It lets you lock
features of your system so that nobody can use them while you are
away. The program lets you specify a password and then choose from a
variety of options - what features to lock, for example, the find
tool, backing up, desktop, etc. All the options are listed within one
window and they are self-explaining, so there is no need to wade your
way through dozens of sub-folders and weird registry key values.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=Win-Guard Pro 2005 Free Edition


AlterWind Log Analyzer Lite 3.0 1/08/2005 Network Utilities
AlterWind Log Analyzer Lite is free website statistics software. With
its help you can determine the basic characteristics of the hits on
your site, learn which search engines and search phrases bring you
visitors, which referring sites generate the most traffic, and
discover and fix errors in the workings of your website.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=AlterWind Log Analyzer Lite 3.0


mindgames 1/08/2005 Games
Thank you for your interest in my games and the opportunity to share
my passion with you. I have been programming games for over fifteen
years in BASIC -- first in DOS and now in Windows. There are currently
42 games and programs available. They are all freeware and require a
32-bit Microsoft Windows environment.
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=mindgames


THE FREEWARE PUBLISHING SITE offers a collection of the best freeware
for WINDOWS. The software presented is no shareware or commercial
demoware. But real FREEWARE. Every day new Freeware is presented,
Check here the NEW link. If you are looking for something special, you
can SEARCH this site by keywords.
If you are a freeware author, feel free to PUBLISH your software to
the World Wide Web. The link to your program should appear on the top
of the New Freeware Online, and will also be published on the page of
the category chosen. If the software is already on-line you can UPDATE
to a newer version.

 

[John Corliss]

NEW at The Freeware Publishing Site
http://www.freewarepub.org

A lot of pushy PROmotionware here. Be advised. Also, the link for JPEG &
PNG Stripper V1.1.0.8 leads to a different program. Does anybody else
have any experience with this website?

 

[John Corliss]

A lot of pushy PROmotionware here. Be advised. Also, the link for JPEG &
PNG Stripper V1.1.0.8 leads to a different program. Does anybody else
have any experience with this website?

Well now I do. Like an idiot I downloaded this program:

3D Waterfall Screensaver 2/08/2005 Screen Savers
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=3D Waterfall Screensaver

The readme file for the SS says that it's shareware. Period. I suppose
it is, since it only runs for about 21 seconds and then turns off. I
consider that to be crippleware, but of course that's a version of
sharewaree anyway.

They makers of the screensaver want you to buy the full version for
about $15. Not only that, but after installing that POS, my System
Restore quit working and updates to AVG became very problematic. I dont'
know these problems are related to having installed the SS, but if The
Freeware Publishing Site doesn't have the time to try out the programs
that they're listing to see if they're freeware or not, my
recommendation is to steer clear of that site entirely.

I certainly know that I will do so in the future.

 

[Mel]

3D Waterfall Screensaver 2/08/2005 Screen Savers

The readme file for the SS says that it's shareware. Period. I suppose
it is, since it only runs for about 21 seconds and then turns off. I
consider that to be crippleware, but of course that's a version of
sharewaree anyway.

They makers of the screensaver want you to buy the full version for
about $15. Not only that, but after installing that POS, my System
Restore quit working and updates to AVG became very problematic. I dont'
know these problems are related to having installed the SS, but if The
Freeware Publishing Site doesn't have the time to try out the programs
that they're listing to see if they're freeware or not, my
recommendation is to steer clear of that site entirely.

Registration benefits:
- No nag-screens
- No time limit
- All features will be enabled
- Lifetime technical support via e-mail
- Free upgrades to the newer versions
- New product and special promotion notification by e-mail (optional)

They should have named the website the "Shareware Publishing Site"
instead of the "Freeware Publishing Site"! Since their offerings seem to
be a mixed bag of Freeware and $ware, they should stop posting their
off-topic offerings in this group and post their offerings in a group
where their postings are on-topic.

 

[John Corliss]

Well now I do. Like an idiot I downloaded this program:

3D Waterfall Screensaver 2/08/2005 Screen Savers
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone.asp?sterm=3D Waterfall Screensaver


The readme file for the SS says that it's shareware. Period. I suppose
it is, since it only runs for about 21 seconds and then turns off. I
consider that to be crippleware, but of course that's a version of
sharewaree anyway.

They makers of the screensaver want you to buy the full version for
about $15. Not only that, but after installing that POS, my System
Restore quit working and updates to AVG became very problematic. I dont'
know these problems are related to having installed the SS, but if The
Freeware Publishing Site doesn't have the time to try out the programs
that they're listing to see if they're freeware or not, my
recommendation is to steer clear of that site entirely.

I certainly know that I will do so in the future.

As it turns out, I'd used Total Uninstall to remove the SS. That may
have messed with System Restore. To correct the problem, I temporarily
disabled System Restore and then deleted all the files in its
subfolders. After that I rebooted and then reenabled System Restore and
then rebooted again. I did a System Restore successfully off of the new
checkpoint, so I'll assume that SR is working again. I know it's
supposed to delete all of them automatically when you disable System
Restore and then reboot, but that's never been the case on my system for
some reason.

As for AVG updating, turns out they were making a new update available
at the time and their server was busy doling it out to those who have
automatic update enabled in AVG. Eventually, I was able to do the update
successfully. Ran AVG and came up with nothing, but I know that's not
written in stone. I also did a simple search for files modified or
created in the last day and found nothing suspicious. Next I ran
a2hijackfree and went over the entries in that log. Nothing suspicious
there.

Pretty much sure I got away with it. However, one of the easiest ways to
get a trojan, virus or some other kind of malware is to install a
screensaver from a non-reliable source. I knew this and still did it
anyway. My bad. I most likely got away with it this time, but frankly,
if a screensaver requires installation from an executable file that's a
bad sign. Not absolutely a bad sign, but a bad sign nonetheless.

IMO.

 

[John Corliss]

Registration benefits:
- No nag-screens
- No time limit
- All features will be enabled
- Lifetime technical support via e-mail
- Free upgrades to the newer versions
- New product and special promotion notification by e-mail (optional)

They should have named the website the "Shareware Publishing Site"
instead of the "Freeware Publishing Site"! Since their offerings seem to
be a mixed bag of Freeware and $ware, they should stop posting their
off-topic offerings in this group and post their offerings in a group
where their postings are on-topic.

Thanks Mel. I couldn't agree more.

 

[Mel]

Thanks Mel. I couldn't agree more.

<q>
PUBLISH-UPDATE FREEWARE FOR WINDOWS

We only accept FREEWARE
(no shareware or commercial demo)

Your PUBLISHED freeware link should immediately appear on the top of the
freeware list next time you reload the page.
</q>

Apparently The Freeware Publishing Site has no checks and balances to
prevent $ware Authors from publishing their wares on their site, or do
they check newly added wares for conformance to their stated policies.

They do have a feedback link, which could be used to report the
deceptive $ware Author.

 

[John Corliss]

<q>
PUBLISH-UPDATE FREEWARE FOR WINDOWS

We only accept FREEWARE
(no shareware or commercial demo)

Your PUBLISHED freeware link should immediately appear on the top of the
freeware list next time you reload the page.
</q>

Apparently The Freeware Publishing Site has no checks and balances to
prevent $ware Authors from publishing their wares on their site, or do
they check newly added wares for conformance to their stated policies.

They do have a feedback link, which could be used to report the
deceptive $ware Author.

Yep, I tried that link. Opens a new email in Thunderbird. I never give
my main email address out. I suppose I could send them feedback from my
Yahoo! account, but nope. They should have a form page for providing
feedback.

 

[Mel]

Yep, I tried that link. Opens a new email in Thunderbird. I never give
my main email address out. I suppose I could send them feedback from my
Yahoo! account, but nope. They should have a form page for providing
feedback.

Maybe the folks at TFPS will take note of that and modify their site.
(Assuming they read this news group)

 

[Dick_Hazeleger]

Yep, I tried that link. Opens a new email in Thunderbird. I never give
my main email address out. I suppose I could send them feedback from
my Yahoo! account, but nope. They should have a form page for
providing feedback.

Hi John,

You are aware of the fact that so called "mail forms" very often open a
backdoor into the webserver's root processes and therefore are a primary
target of hackers/spammers? Even though I don't use scripts like that,
you don't want to know how many attempts I had on my domain!

Now for what purpose do you have those "throwaway accounts" other then to
use in these circumstances???

BTW; IMO "freeware" is a highly abused word nowadays: Ever searched with
"our friend" Google (or any other search engine) for freeware... And,
what was the polution rate? Unfiltered, I think that about 45% of the
offered links is garbage (especially those dynamically generated pages
polute the searchresults increasingly).

Regards

Dick

 

[John Corliss]

Hi John,
You are aware of the fact that so called "mail forms" very often open a
backdoor into the webserver's root processes and therefore are a primary
target of hackers/spammers? Even though I don't use scripts like that,
you don't want to know how many attempts I had on my domain!

Dick,
No, I wasn't aware of this. Guess that's why they don't have it set
up that way then.

Now for what purpose do you have those "throwaway accounts" other then to
use in these circumstances???

True, but here's the deal... Nonags reviews all software submitted to
their site. If they don't like something, it gets tossed. If it goes bad
at a later date, then the viewer can provide feedback via a link that
works in any browser. Their reply is always something like "Thanks,
we'll look into this soon" and they do. What I'm saying is that Nonags
takes the time to review any software that's submitted AND they use user
feedback. Regardless of the method used for the submission of that user
feedback, the big difference is that they review their software. The
Freeware Publishing Site doesn't seem to do this. Thus, the onus of
finding out whether a program is malware or non-freeware is on the end
user. NO THANKS!

BTW; IMO "freeware" is a highly abused word nowadays: Ever searched with
"our friend" Google (or any other search engine) for freeware... And,
what was the polution rate? Unfiltered, I think that about 45% of the
offered links is garbage (especially those dynamically generated pages
polute the searchresults increasingly).

Heh. Remember who you're talking to. 80)>

 

[Dick_Hazeleger]

Dick_Hazeleger wrote:

Dick,
No, I wasn't aware of this. Guess that's why they don't have it set
up that way then.

If I were a webmaster of such a site, I would stay away as far from those
as I am currently staying away from the "The Freeware Publishing Site", and
that is as far as can be!!!

True, but here's the deal... Nonags reviews all software submitted to
their site. If they don't like something, it gets tossed. If it goes
bad at a later date, then the viewer can provide feedback via a link
that works in any browser. Their reply is always something like
"Thanks, we'll look into this soon" and they do. What I'm saying is
that Nonags takes the time to review any software that's submitted AND
they use user feedback. Regardless of the method used for the
submission of that user feedback, the big difference is that they
review their software. The Freeware Publishing Site doesn't seem to do
this. Thus, the onus of finding out whether a program is malware or
non-freeware is on the end user. NO THANKS!

Let there be no mistake (you already could have guessed from the previous
paragraph), I don't differ with you guys in opinion about TFPS, and agree
that there are way better reviewing sites than one who lists shareware (and
the Gods know what other ware!) [For the nosy: How I know? When I see
their/his listing here, I check a few out using my search engine!], from
the perspective of a webmaster: The best response is the response through
direct eMail: 1st it is a genuine person, not some joker; 2nd in case he
had something different on his desk while testing he could ask the
complaining end user for comments (like version, where it was downloaded,
etc. etc.)

As for finding out whether a program is malware... aren't we always the
ones who discover (hopefully in time...). A week or so back, I visited
www.kelpiesoftware.com, who have a strict "No Adware, No Spyware" guarantee
on every page. So I downloaded a program from there an while installing it,
I saw the author's notice that I would have to agree to Save! being
installed, and ads being delivered... That installation was canceled of
course; and I wrote the kelpiesoftware webmaster, a screenshot as
attachment. The webmaster replied in a very kind way, and the program was
gone from the site within the next hour...

Now, imagine you are SoS'es webmaster... he has thousands of programs
listed... would you have the time to test them all whether they have gone
"bad" (and that over and over again)? Of course not! That is where the "end
user" comes into play IMO!

Heh. Remember who you're talking to. 80)>

<LOL> I know, John... I know!

Greetings

Dick

 

[CoMa]

JPEG & PNG Stripper
http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=30

A tool for stripping/cleaning/removing uncessary metadata
(junk) from JPG/JPEG/JFIF & PNG files. The image quality
IS NOT AFFECTED. Includes command line support.
Just specify a folder or file on the commandline (wildcards allowed)



This one work better on JPEG files then the program above
JPG Cleaner
http://www.rainbow-software.org/programs.html


These two works better on PNG files then the program above
PNGOut
http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm
TweakPNG
http://entropymine.com/jason/tweakpng/



/CoMa

 

[techultra]

Kool Lite Tools , this is really spyware free site .

Kind Regards,

Kool Lite Tools - Home Of Freeware - Daily Updates, No nag screens ,
No Shareware , No Adaware , No Spyware !
All good progs start as freeware,then things get worse ... ;-)

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