How to uninstall antivirus
You don’t need an antivirus package any more? It should be easy: just run the uninstaller and try something else.
Sounds great, until the uninstaller hangs, crashes, or won’t run at all. And you can’t install a new version because it demands you remove the old one first.
ESET 9 ships with new banking and payment protection
ESET has released the latest editions of its consumer security tools, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9 ($39.99) and ESET Smart Security 9 ($59.99).
Smart Security now includes Banking & Payment Protection, a secure and isolated browser which uses multiple techniques to protect online financial transactions from attackers.
AKVIS Draw converts digital images to gorgeous pencil drawings
AKVIS has shipped AKVIS Draw 3.0 ($49-), its powerful digital image > pencil drawing converter, with an enhanced ability to create both color and black and white sketches.
The new release also delivers improved contours and more control over line strokes and thickness.
RunAsTool: easily run apps as another user
Logging in to a PC as a standard user is great for security, but not so convenient if you regularly have to run programs which need admin rights.
RunAsTool is a portable tool which makes it quick and easy to launch applications with the rights they need.
Manage advanced Firefox security settings with ConfigFox
Firefox is a supremely configurable browser with an array of useful settings, but many are so deeply buried in about:config that you may never even realize they exist.
ConfigFox is a free portable tool for Windows which makes it easier to view and manage Firefox’s more advanced privacy and security-related options.
NirSoft’s AdvancedRun is a supercharged Windows 'Run' box
NirSoft has released AdvancedRun, a free tool for launching programs with custom user, priority, CPU affinity, window size and state, compatibility settings, environment and more.
Whatever settings you define can be used just once, or saved for reuse in shortcuts or scripts.
View and manage your Office add-ins with OfficeIns
Every time you run a Microsoft Office application it'll also launch a host of add-ins, which are often almost entirely useless -- and you might not even know you’ve installed.
These extensions can be viewed and managed from within each Office app, but if you'd just like a quick overview then it’s much easier to use NirSoft’s classic OfficeIns.
Hide data inside JPGs with Free File Camouflage
Image steganography is a clever technique for hiding files inside JPEGs, so that the contents appear unchanged, but anyone who knows the secret can easily extract its contents.
Free File Camouflage isn’t so clever -- in fact, it uses the most basic approach we’ve ever seen -- but there are still a few reasons why you might want to give it a try.
How to kill a Windows process
If you’ve finished with some Windows application then you’ll probably get rid of it by pressing Alt+F+X, clicking the top-right Close button, or following some other documented route.
This is generally the safest approach, too, as it gives the program an opportunity to close down properly, save important data, delete temporary files and generally clean up. But if the application won’t close, or you’re looking to do something more advanced -- close several processes in one operation, maybe -- then there are other options you might want to try.
Easily transcribe media files with Listen N Write
If you need to transcribe a media file then you could just open it, click Play, launch Notepad and start typing.
That’ll work well, too, for about five seconds, until you have to start hitting Play/ Pause, stepping backwards or forwards, and generally spending more time switching between the apps than transcribing.
YouTube Kids is a friendly, safe(ish) video browser
YouTube can be a great resource for young children, but there’s also a vast amount of adult content that you probably won’t want them to see.
The regular YouTube app and even the website can place some limits on what you access (Manage Subscriptions > Restricted Mode > On), but if that’s not enough then you might like to try Google’s official YouTube Kids app for Android.
How to move or resize windows with the keyboard
It’s easy enough to size or position windows with the mouse, but keyboard shortcuts can be quicker and more convenient.
On Windows 7 and later, pressing Win+Left or Win+Right snaps the current window to the left or right half of the screen.
Cleanly remove software with Bulk Crap Uninstaller
When we first looked at Bulk Crap Uninstaller (BCU) back in April, it was a simple free tool which did little more than uninstall multiple Windows programs in one operation.
Intensive development means that’s all changed, though, and BCU is now a very capable manager and uninstaller for all your Windows software.
ShareX 10.3.0 now available on Steam
Powerful open-source screenshot tool ShareX has been updated to 10.3 with new scrolling support, enabling the capture of full web pages or anything else larger than your screen.
The technique works much like many similar tools: select the "Scrolling capture" type, choose the window and wait as ShareX grabs it for you.
Is your Android device secure? Ask OPSWAT Gears
Back in February we checked out OPSWAT Gears, an interesting free tool for checking the security of PCs and Macs.
We had some reservations, but the package did a good job of identifying security issues on our test PCs, and a new Gears Android app brings some of the same features to your mobile devices.
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