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.NET Version Detector Update adds .NET Framework 4.6.2 Support

September 1, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently, Microsoft has released.NET Framework 4.6.2 final- this version is part of Windows 10 anniversary Update – Windows 7 & 8.1 users can install this … [Read more…]

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Freeware
Obtaining Adobe Acrobat Reader DC offline installer

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Offline Installer

August 29, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Obtaining Adobe Acrobat Reader DC offline installer

Why you have to install McAfee crap along with Adobe software on your computer? To keep their products free, Adobe includes third-party software on … [Read more…]

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Advanced SystemCare 10 FaceID

IObit releases Advanced SystemCare 10 Second beta with FaceID Protection Feature

August 27, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Advanced SystemCare 10 FaceID

The first beta of Advanced SystemCare 10 came built-in with the ad blocking feature, second beta released today has added FaceID feature. With this … [Read more…]

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Unchecky 1.0 goes stable, shows warning tooltips for PUP checkboxes by default

August 22, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Unchecky, first released as an experimental tool in 2013, to avoid installing of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) on your computer, has come out of … [Read more…]

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Freeware
AdwCleaner v6.0

Adwcleaner 6.0 major version released

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
AdwCleaner v6.0

Adwcleaner, a simple and portable tool, that is very much effective in removing adware, PUPs, browser hijackers, has been updated; major version —Adwcleaner 6.0— … [Read more…]

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Freeware
Panda Free antivirus 2017

Download Panda Free Antivirus 2017 Offline installer

August 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Panda Free antivirus 2017

Panda Security has released 2017 product line. The lightest free antivirus has got even better, Panda Free antivirus 2017 has been released and available … [Read more…]

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Revo Uninstaller 2.0 (free version) adds full 64-bit Support

August 5, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Revo Uninstaller Free version that hasn’t been updated for three years has finally got an update: Revo Uninstaller 2.0 has been released with support … [Read more…]

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Freeware

CCleaner 5.20 adds Vivaldi browser Support

July 19, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Till now Piriform’s CCleaner  supports cleaning history of popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Microsoft Edge, but the popular … [Read more…]

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Free Download Manager 5.1 final adds Windows 10 & Edge browser support, available for Mac as well

July 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Free Download Manager 5 comes out of Beta, stable version released. Free Download Manager 5.1, which has gone through alpha and beta phases in development, … [Read more…]

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Freeware

Advanced SystemCare 10 adds Ad-Blocking Extension

July 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

IObit has released the first beta for Advanced SystemCare 10 and is available to download. The new version with redesigned and intuitive interface with … [Read more…]

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Freeware

Malwarebytes StartUpLite Removes Unnecessary Startup Entries to Load Windows Faster

July 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Slow startup? Malwarebytes StartUpLite tool makes your system to boot faster. StartUpLite, unlike to other Windows startup managers, is a lightweight program developed by Malwarebytes … [Read more…]

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IObit Uninstaller 6.0 beta Adds Microsoft Edge Extensions and Plugins Removal Support

July 4, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

The first beta of IObit Uninstaller’s next major version is here with Edge support. IObit Uninstaller 6 beta has added support for removing the Extensions and … [Read more…]

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