Great program. Can't do with out it. Saves me a lot of time. Each release gets a little better. Many built-in features without adding silly, childish plug-ins. Handles tabs out of the box the way IE and FF should but don't. Tab grouping is awesome and easy to use. For example, I can click my customized "Weather" or "Sports" groups and launch 5-6 of my favorite weather and sports pages at once. Saves me 30 minutes a day. The built in search bar is another huge time and confusion saver. You must try it! It doesn't interfere with or change IE in any way.

This is not Freeware as advertised. It nags you to death to buy it with popups. It also comes with "winpcap", which is exploitable. This was not mentioned in the description. There is absolutely no reason to choose this Flash downloader, because there are several truly free ones available with out the bloat and exploitable add-ons.

This is a nice looking program, but it's well behind the curve. Unlike its Freeware competition, SAS has no realtime protection. I think anti-Spyware programs should focus on prevention. I'm sitting here scratching my head, because it's pretty useless to find Spyware and trojans after the fact.

7-Zip is a wonderful app, and I consider it the best Freeware archiver by a wide margin. I don't get the "portable" version, as 7-Zip has always been portable. The original is more portable than this version, because ou can configure the context menu. My advice is to avoid this version which is a couple of revisions behind and get the regular version. All you have to do is drag it to your USB flash drive. When you transfer it to another computer, all you have to do is launch it and select all file types and select shell integration. Too bad the "portable" version doesn't register filetypes and shell extensions on launch.

Pixia ia a very powerful and useful paint program. It has a wide array of features and tools, some of which are unique or nearly so. The only complaint I have with it is the tools are highly unconventional. This results in a steel learning curve, but it's well worth it if you have time to get used to it. I rate it a 4/5, but implore the developer to work on those tools.

JK Defrag is an excellent program. Normally, I don't like command line utilities, but JK Defrag's is useful. One can simply drag a shortcut to it in the Startup folder, and the desired command line options to the shortcut If you run the program without commend line options, the default options are very good. If you have an extra HDD designated as D: drive and wish to exclude it, simply use this command line option: JkDefrag.exe -a 7 -d 2 -q c:

Using this parameter, it defrags my 74gb Raptor HDD on startup in about 20sec.

The graphic screen is ugly, but very logical, and grows on you.

M2 is not getting mature. The last 3 betas have been stable, and the features are just wonderful. M2 has many more features than M1, and anyone who disagrees has not checked out the latest releases of the program. The spell checker is just awesome. Now I don't have to worry about the spelling police when I write reviews. ;)

Compared to the original, this is a piece of junk. The menus aren't right. The tools aren't right. It won't open an XLS spreadsheet that I created with OOo. And on and on. Unless you're desperate for a portable office suite, don't bother with this release.

SoulSeek has a wonderful set of features. It's very light, and very easy to configure. However, this release, like the provious one, is buggy and unstable. It crashed within 10 minutes for 1 reason or another. Some other complaints are about the search results window. The results have no clear way to choose the best file to download, and the font is also too hard to read. Because of the great features and potential, I will be waiting impatiently for the next release.

Pretty nice security program. Looks nice, fairly easy to use. However, I'm sorry to say that this free version is seriously crippled, and hardly worth the download. The list of features in the description is badly misrepresented. I have no problem with crippled demo programs, but only the avaliable features should be listed, not the features of the VERY EXPENSIVE commercial version. There is a comparison of the free version to the commercial versions here, which proves that it's hardly worth the trouble to install. http://www.tallemu.com/comparisons.html

This is a new program, not a portable version of Faststone Image Viewer. That's unfortunate, because FSIV is the best image viewer on the planet. Navigation is different, and not intuitive like the original. There are no pop out menus, which was a great feature in FSIV. Now for the good news: FSIV, while a little bit fat at almost 9mb, is all but portable. All you have to do is go into the settings, and set the associations to ALL. Compared to any other image viewer, Portable FSIV is very good. Compared to the original FSIV, it's barely fair. Use the real deal!

CFP is probably the most effective free firewall out there. The features and options are endless. Having said that, the program is unnecessarily hard to use, and very obtrusive. That's really too bad, because the engine is rock solid. The options and settings menus are horribly complicated, disorganized, and unintuitive. A few people with plenty of time and the inclination can tweak it and deal with the endless popups, but I think the average person will very soon tire of it. Simply put, it will drive you nuts. Instead of following Symantec's example of building grand complications, I wish Comodo would follow the example of Ashampoo's free firewall. It's not quite as effective as CFP, but at least it's usable to the masses. My gut tells me that CFP will be popular among a very small core of geek tweakers, but the masses will reject it in favor of a PF that is less effective but easier to use.

This program ranks pretty high in its class by default. There just aren't any good, fast, logical CD burning programs out there. Some are very good at burning music, some are good at burning data, and some even (sort of) burn copies. However, none of them really put it all together and do a good all-around job of burning.

I find CDBXP to work fairly well, and have a fair set of features. Version 4.x made excellent progress in reducing the size and bloat to an acceptable level. However, the program's VB6 roots is still apparent. The GUI launches very slowly, to the point of being annoying. It's laggy even on a blazingly fast, overclocked Core2 Duo machine with 2gb of RAM. I can't imagine how slow it would be on a Celeron or AMD processor. The first screen has a bunch of fuzzy icons with no text labels. I have to assume that's because the software is beta, I'm hopeful it will be improved. The worst annoyance of all is the complete lack of an Explorer shell context menu, which could greatly speed up burning data and ISO-type files. The CDBXP developer should seriously take a look at VSO's excellent "CopyToDVD" software. That program is an unparalleled example of what burning software should be. It's at the same time simple, logical, powerful, fast, and easy to use. Good luck to the authors of CDBXP. The software community needs their product, but with major improvements.

Using WInXP SP-2, modern equipment, and DotNet 2.x and 3.x, it doesn't work. Just throws errors. Too bad, it's a nice looking program

FDM has the most important features in a download manager: The ability to click a download link and forget it. Unlike Orbit, when you click a download you (optionally) hear a sound indicating your D/L started successfully. When the D/L completes, you hear another sound. If the D/L stalls for any reason, you hear a sound indicating an error. The above features make the program truly unattended, and you never have to look at the tiny icons in the tray to keep tabs on the D/L. On the negative side, the default options are not so great, and the setup options screens are unnecessarily large and complex. Not sure I like all the torrent features, because It bloats the software. I wish there was a light and portable version. Still, compared to the partially lame Orbit and Adware-ridden FlashGet, I think it is the best Freeware D/L manager.

Comodo Backup is usable, but just barely. It's far too hard to use for anything but simple folder backups. The average person could be trained to right click a folder and zip it to a selected folder much more quickly than learning to use Comodo Backup. I can understand it and use it, but none of the dozens of computer users I know, would want to use it. They would all reject it for being too complicated. That's a shame, because there is a program called Second Copy that is far more simple yet far more powerful than Comodo Backup. Comodo needs to borrow a few features from Second Copy, such as check boxes next to folders, and simpler and more comprehensive way to include and exclude files and folders. I presume this program was created by Comodo for internal use, and it's probably perfect for them. However, it is not a product that the public will accept in its present form.

Is this a joke?

Why is Softpedia posting such nonsensical "programs"? WIth the flood of such silly nonsense as this, the Yahoo Widgets, and the endless Firefox plugins, I won't be able to use Softpedia much longer.

Foxit Reader is a great replacement for the mega-bloated Adobe Acrobat Reader. Highly recommended!

Having said that, I prefer version 2.0.x to this release, 2.1.x. That's because ver. 2.0.x has no install, and no fancy features that don't work unless you upgrade to the paid version. Find ver. 2.0.x, it's still around. You just unzip it and use it, and it registers itself to use PDF files.

Pay no attention to the guy from Donationcoder.com, below. Orbit is now clean, and a very good downloader, and they removed the "phone home" to dudu.com some months ago.

If only they would add an optional sound to indicate when a download successfully started, I would actually prefer it to FlashGet and Free Download Manager. 1 point off for that, so it gets a 9/10. Donationcoder and their leader gets a 0/10 for making bogus claims against a good program.

This is a very compact, nifty, but rudimentary backup program. It's better than nothing, but just barely. It's an "all or nothing" backup, meaning that it backs up your chosen folders completely. There is no way to exclude files and folders that you don't want backed up. You may as well just use the WIndows Explorer and drag a copy of the folder to a USB flash drive or extra hard drive and dispense with the program. Also, the install program is wacky, and allows no custom install folder. Of course you can drag the Back2Zip folder where you wish, but that shouldn't be necessary. It does have a scheduler, so it is better than nothing. Give it a try, you may find it useful. In the future, who knows, it may develop into a fine little backup program.

Don't know if this software is alpha, beta, or final. It seems to be alpha, as it doesn't even install and uninstall properly on my machine. (XP SP-2). Does not minimize to the tray, does not work with GMail account on POP e-mail programs. (Outlook Express, Forte Agent) Not ready for prime time, to say the least.

I am looking forward to the next release, as it shows excellent promise. I especially like the straightforward menus, and white/black/DNSBL tabs.

This would be a very useful program if it worked. It simply doesn't work for me.

I can't believe that Softpedia posts such software. I think the community should band together to keep Spyware, mass mailing tools, and popup tools OUT.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any compelling reason to use this software. There are larger, more detailed maps available for weather, and other events on the web. Simply setting shortcuts to 4 or 5 key web sites can tell you more, and show much better detail than Earth Alerts.

That said, there is something to be said for everything in 1 tidy package, and the alarms. If the size/resolution were better, it would be a different story.

Without a shell menu, the portable version of IZArc is pretty useless. May as well use the Windows built-in zip. Why not write the shell menu to the registry on the first launch, like WInRAR and 7-Zip do? At least supply a REG patch to register IZArc's features and shell context menu to the registry. I guess that would be too easy!

This is a nice little applet. I like the small program size, and no-install. If only it would warn you when a program is trying to access the registry startup area or the Startup folder, it would be dynamite. Because almost all Spyware and Trojans try to access the startup, Wimp could take care of 95% of your anti-spyware protection needs!

Excellent program. It keeps getting better and better. The scanning engine is fast, the database is complete, and the GUI is acceptable.

I appreciate Crawler removing the "Web Security Guard" from the ST package. While ST is a great program for everyone, I think WSG is for novices, and really loads IE down with useless features.

As for those that rate ST very low, it must be for personal reasons.

This isn't Freeware. It's a 30 day trial!

There is a Freeware version, which is version 6.xx. The Freeware version is great, and probably the best program of its type.

Excellent GUI, excellent options.

Unfortunately, it has a very slow and quirky scanning engine.It took FOREVER to scan my very fast Raptor 74gb HDD on a blazing fast 3.2ghz Core2 Duo machine! When it hits a corrupted file, it stalls, and you must start over. GRRRR! If you have below average hardware, expect to have a few cups of coffee while waiting for the initial scan to finish. The program folder size is absolutely huge, which is unfortunately becoming a trademark of Comodo.

HIPS will drive you nuts until it gets to know your apps, which is not surprising. I mean, you have to tell it that MAXTHON is safe, for goshsakes. Fortunately, HIPS can be deactivated if you wish, with some sacrifice in security. A GLARING weakness is the absence of an easy option to ignore false hits (or hits that are not false, but you know are harmless). In other words, it needs a whitelist that is easy to access. For example, I get a hit on a password revealer that I use occasionally in case I forget a password on a web page. I want to tell it to ignore that file, but must jump through hoops to do so. Also, the existing popup to "allow" an unknown file does not work. I guess I have "Permanently Allowed" the Maxthon2 and Ashampoo Firewall a hundred times!

I hope the above issues are remedied in later betas, because I really like the GUI and tray applet. Overall, the program shows great promise.

Finally, an update! I was beginning to think that 10cent had killed the program.

FoxMail is potentially the best E-Mail program on the Web. It's light, fast, compact, portable, and has just the right set of features. In my opinion, a wonderful program is largely going to waste. I wish a more reputable and reliable developer would rescue the program.

Of course I wish for a good English translation, and a more rapid development cycle. A changelog with beta releases would also be more professional.

Try it, it's a very nice program, even with the obvious faults.

The GUI is so hideous that nothing else matters. It's virtually unsusable. Alwil should take lessons from Nod32.

The GUI is so hideous and incomprehensible that the rest of the program is irrelevant.

Nice little program. It's very small and light. Works great as part of a suite to backup your files to a burner or FTP site.

It needs an option to zip the backup set. It needs an option to exclude certain files and folders in the backup set. It needs to be portable.

I do not like the fact that it has no option for a custom install folder.

I do not like the fact that it tries to auto run without your permission