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Foxit Reader 8 integrates Dropbox and adds Touch Mode Support

June 27, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

 Foxit Reader v8.0 released and is available to download from Foxitsoftware website. Version 8 of the Foxit PDF Program introduces ConnectedPDF Technology, integrates Dropbox … [Read more…]

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Terminate Avira Popups with BGPKiller

June 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A free tool that auto terminates unwanted Avira processes responsible for showing ads is available. All Free antivirus software show ads about their products in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Security
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Download Avira Software Updater

June 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Avira Software Updater is a free application in beta offered by security company Avira to keep your software up to date. Tired of updating … [Read more…]

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Classic Shell update adds Windows 10 Redstone Support

May 23, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft to launch Windows 10 Redstone or the Anniversary Update to the public in summer, currently already available to insiders. Good news to those of … [Read more…]

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Notepad++ v6.9.2 adds Log Monitoring Feature

May 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After the Folder as workspace feature, Notepad++ has got one of the most requested features –-log monitoring— with version 6.9.2.  Like Unix’s tail -f command, … [Read more…]

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Microsoft .NET Framework Repair tool adds support for .NET 4.5.2, 4.6 & 4.6.1

April 25, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has updated their .NET framework Repair tool to version 1.3 (not to get confused with unofficial .NET framework Cleanup tool) to repair .NET Framework 4.6.1, .NET Framework 4.6 and  .NET … [Read more…]

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Windows 10 Rollback Utility Restores Previous Windows 7 or 8.1 Easily

April 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Is your device automatically upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 (that’s quite possible considering Microsoft going hard at users to move … [Read more…]

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Free Download Manager 5.1.9 Beta adds Experimental Edge Support and introduces Snail Mode

April 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Free Download Manager 5.1 beta has got an update, version 5.1.9 has been released and available to download for Windows and Mac, with improved … [Read more…]

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Free Utility ‘Never 10’ Claims to Prevent Unwanted Upgrade to Windows 10

March 26, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft is forcing Windows 10 on Windows 7 or 8.1 on users throats by making it as a ‘recommended update’, there are ways to stop this … [Read more…]

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Avast makes SafeZone browser available to free version users as well

March 24, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Avast SafeZone browser, which till now part of Avast paid products, is now available for free version users as well. Though Chromium-based SafeZone browser … [Read more…]

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GMER 2.2 adds Windows 10 Support

March 15, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

GMER, the popular anti-rootkit scanner that detects and removes rootkits has been updated to support Windows 10. GMER version 2.2 released yesterday has added … [Read more…]

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Freeware

Bulk Crap Uninstaller Uninstalls Multiple Programs Quietly

February 29, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

You can uninstall multiple programs at once with third-party freeware tools like Absolute Uninstaller or IObit Uninstaller, how about removing several applications silently in an … [Read more…]

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