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The Top 10 Free Utilities for PC, 2008

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No. Name Desc.
5 Sam Spade Network Analyzer Sam is a toolbox of network analysis and anti-hacker/anti-spam tools.   Verify if an email address is authentic or a spoof, check the security of an email server, check black lists of spammers, rip documents down from the web, and many other high-end functions.  Although the majority of features is advanced for newbies, Sam Spade is definitely a great tool for learning about internetworking security. Download Sam Spade here.
4 SpamBayes Anti-Spam Email Filter SpamBayes is different from other email filters because it learns your personal reading habits and adjusts accordingly. Using "Bayesian" statistical analysis, combined with your personal input, SpamBayes does an excellent job of filtering 99% of unwanted email. Download SpamBayes here.
3 Spybot Search & Destroy Spybot finds and removes spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.  Download Spybot here.
2 Diskeeper Lite  disk defrag Clean up your hard drive, and speed up file opening and closing with this wonderful program. Download DK Lite here.
1 Ad-Aware Like spybot, this will monitor if your Internet habits are being "spied" upon by robot software, and help you delete those insidious spyware programs. Download Ad-Aware here.





 

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