We’ve earlier shared tools to remove fake antivirus and now Symantec has lately noticed similar activity overspread by fake hard disk scanners and defragmentation tools. These  disk cleanup programs seems real but are actually fake, may cause damage to your system, and urge users to purchase a useless copy of their utility which is actually Fake.

List of Fake Disk Cleanup Utilities by Symantec:

• Ultra Defragger
• Smart Defragmenter
• HDD Defragmenter
• System Defragmenter
• Disk Defragmenter
• Quick Defragmenter
• Check Disk
• Scan Disk

They catch users attention by showing a list of errors and warnings, prompts to run the defragmentation process, which then boots into a black “safe mode” (which is fake) and proceeds to “fix” some of the issues. Lastly, users are presented with pop-ups saying ‘Fix serious issues’ which on proceeding asks to buy a license copy.

Do let us know if you’ve ever caught hold of any similar fake programs.

via [Symantec & JKwebtalks]

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NirSoft is an amazing website which has developed and provided a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities. All its utilities are portable, clean and comes very handy for most Windows users.

NirLauncher is a package from NirSoft, which comes packed with 124 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft during the last few years. The package is just 7.8 MB in size but includes really powerful and useful NirSoft tools.

The package has allocated the utilities in 12 different categories, making it easier to find the preferred utility. ‘All Utilities’ category includes all the utilities from NirSoft. You can run the package As administrator in Windows7/Vista and add it to Windows startup. The program has options to change Default Run settings and Advanced options.

NirLauncher can be used from USB flash drive without need of any installation. It also saves the configuration of every utility into .cfg file on the flash drive. It works on all Windows, starting from Windows 2000 to Windows 7. Also supports x64 systems.

List of 124 Utilities included in NirLauncher package. This list is automatically updated when a new NirLauncher package is released.

Just download the zip file and extract it. Run the NirLauncher.exe file to access it.

Download NirLauncher   [Webpage]

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If you’re tired off searching various settings & functions in Windows XP, then below is a very useful utility for you.

Windows in a box is a small and free program, which provides access to Windows XP settings and hidden features on the go. Now, you don’t need to struggle with control panel, start menu or search for other typical functions. This tool is handy and portable.

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Now you can get a Free 1 year genuine license of Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2009 worth $29.95. The promotional offer is meant for Computer Active readers but you can also grab it.

SpeedUpMyPC is the award winning computer speed-up utility that ensures your PC is automatically optimized for maximum performance. It lets you monitor and control all your PC resources with easy, one click instructions. System settings, internet usage, disk clutter, RAM and CPU are all automatically scanned, cleaned and optimized for peak performance.

To get a free license:

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4. Install the software and activate it using the license code. Enjoy!

Note: SpeedUpMyPC requires the latest Microsoft .NET 3.5 framework, and will automatically install .NET itself, if your system doesn’t already have it.

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If you are searching for various utilities and tools to perform your task, then here is a power  packed free software.

Free Studio is a single package which bundles 20 useful and free tools from DVDVideoSoft.  It provides powerful tools for audio, video editing, converting, burning in a single package. With Free Studio you can convert, split, join, burn and download videos and audio files, burn, copy and backup DVDs.

Free Studio includes 20 Useful tools mentioned below:

Free YouTube software:

• Free YouTube Download
• Free YouTube to MP3 Converter
• Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter
• Free YouTube to iPhone Converter
• Free YouTube Uploader

Free video and audio conversion software:

• Free Video to DVD Converter
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• Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter
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• Free Video to MP3 Converter
• Free Video to JPG Converter
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Free burning and ripping software:

• Free DVD Video Burner
• Free Disc Burner
• Free Audio CD Burner
• Free DVD Decrypter 1.3.4.50

Free video and audio editing software:

• Free Video Dub
• Free Audio Dub
• Free Video Flip and Rotate

Download Free Studio  (Size: 22 MB)

You can also download any of the above mentioned tools with downloading the full package from here. Now enjoy various tools without downloading any extra app.

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ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file and folder renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc.

For advanced users, there is a Pascal Script rule, which let users program their very own renaming rule. Program allows you to combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set, applying each action in a logical sequence, which can be saved, loaded, and managed within the program.

In addition, it has an ability to rename folders, process regular expressions, Unicode capable, and supports variety of meta tags, such as: ID3v1, ID3v2, EXIF, OLE, AVI, MD5, CRC32, and SHA1.

System Requirements: Windows 9x/NT/XP/2003/Vista.

Download ReNamer Free  (1382 KB)

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