First look at Firewall in Avast Free Antivirus
Avast added Firewall to Avast Free AV, here’s first look that includes how to switch to Windows Firewall if you want to use Antivirus, not Avast Firewall.
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Autoruns v14.0 adds Modern UI & dark Theme for Startup Monitoring Tool
Autoruns, comprehensive Startup Monitor tool gets a completely new User interface and a dark theme with version 14.0, now available for download
CCleaner now recognizes Windows 11
CCleaner 5.84 now recognizes and reports Windows 11 in its Main window if you run the utility on Microsoft’s new Operating System.
Notepad++ gets Dark Mode on Windows 11
Notepad++ is now available with Dark Mode support on Windows 11, here is how you can enable it.
Notepad++ 8.0 adds Dark Theme, Distraction Free Mode and More
The open-source text editor, Notepad++ received a major update. Version 8.0 released with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Most notably, the App gets Dark mode, fluent icons on the toolbar, and offers an ARM64 build that works on Microsoft Surface devices. Notepad++ v8.0 Dark Mode Without argument, Notepad++ is the most useful text editor …
Hands-on VLC Media Player 4.0 Modern Interface: It is Awesome
Videolan to replace the Classic Interface of open-source VLC Player with a new Interface in 2021. The highlight of VLC 4.0 is its modern UI with a slew of other new features and improvements. Here’s what VCL Player’s upcoming major release “Otto Cheek” is bringing to the table. VLC Player needs no introduction. An open-source …
Notepad++ Finally allows to mute sound for Search
Notepad++ v7.9.4 allows users to stop sound while doing search as it received Mute all sounds preference in Settings for the same.
Notepad++ bids farewell to Windows XP w/ v7.9.3
Notepad++ v7.9.3 ireleased o February 15, 2021 drops Windows XP support. Notepad++ 7.9.2 is the last version to run on XP after all.
Add Everything Search to Windows Taskbar
If you don’t like Windows Search that consumes precious system resources and requires constant indexing, you may want to try out other third-party Search tools. Everything Search is an awesome freeware and portable tool that indexes files instantly and shows files you’re looking for in no time, you can now add it to Windows 10 …
BurnAware v14 introduces 64-bit version and Themes
With cloud storage and USB disks available, in 2020, people are still using CD/DVD burning software. BurnAware is one of the best free burning software available on the internet to create CD, DVD, and Blue-ray Disks. The first beta of BurnAware version 14 has released a 64-bit version of App for Windows as well as …
Avast Free Antivirus 20.8 comes w/ a Slew of Bug fixes, improvements
In the month of October, Avast Software has released Avast 20.8.2429 and is available for download with some improvements. For instance, Web Shield updated to support for scanning threats in QUIC protocol. Similarly, the way the Cybercapture process sends detected unknown files to Threatlabs updated to make it a whole lot easier. This release includes …
Avast Free Antivirus gets ‘Ransomware Shield’ to Protect Your Files from Ransomware
Avast has added ‘Ransomware Shield’ to Avast Free Antivirus 20.5 (Windows) to increase the ransomware protection. Before, Ransomware Sheild is only available in Avast Antivirus Pro and Avast Internet Security products. Yesterday, Avast Software has released version 20.5 for Avast Free Antivirus and is now available for download with the USB drive and enhanced Botnet …