[PL] 2004 New Nominations

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Nominations are now open for the the 2004 Pricelessware list.
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I would like to nominate SpywareGuard.

Category - Security: Anti-Spyware Tool

SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against spyware
that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster's protection method.
An anti-virus program scans files before you open them and prevents
execution if a virus is detected - SpywareGuard does the same thing,
but for spyware! And you can easily have an anti-virus program running
alongside SpywareGuard.
SpywareGuard now also features Download Protection and Browser
Hijacking Protection!
SpywareGuard is compatible with: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
SpywareGuard is freeware / donationware.
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
 
kalynuik1 wrote in said:
WinPatrol
http://www.winpatrol.com/
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Seconded. And adding info like category and description from homepage:

Program: Winpatrol
Category: SYSTEM UTILITIES / 4 Start-Up Tool
Ware Type: liteware (**)
cross-ref: SECURITY / Anti-Spyware Tool [suggest also Anti-Trojan]
Home Page: <http://www.winpatrol.com/>

Description [from homepage]:
<quote>
WinPatrol with Scotty the Windows Watch Dog will sniff out
Worms, Adware, Spyware, Cookies, Trojan horses and other
virus type, malicious, nasty programs that may attack your
computer. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your
computer with no need for constant updates.
WinPatrol's goal is to help you better understand what
programs are running on your computer, and alert you to any
new programs added without your permission. Scotty lets you
confirm any new programs set up to run on your computer.
</quote>

(**) About Free vs PLus version, from
<http://www.winpatrol.com/faq.html>:
<quote>
What is different about WinPatrol PLUS?
WinPatrol PLUS provides access to our online database that
provides program information feature beyond simple data available on
your local system. This information is intended to educate and help
you decide if a program is dangerous.
</quote>"

Previous mention in this group (sorted by date)
<http://google.com/groups?as_q=winpatrolas_ugroup=alt.comp.freeware&as_scoring=d&num=100&hl=en>
or short link: <http://makeashorterlink.com/?I18861E66>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
kalynuik1 wrote in said:
Cobian Backup
http://www2.educ.umu.se/~cobian/
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Seconded. Adding category - and description from homepage.

Program: Cobian Backup
Category: SYSTEM UTILITIES / 5 Backup Files
Ware Type: Freeware
Home Page: <http://www2.educ.umu.se/~cobian/prog.htm>

Description [from homepage]:
<quote>
"Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program you can use to
backup your files and directories from their original
location to other directories/drives in the same computer or
other computer in your network. Now you can altso backup to
a FTP server. Cobian Backup exists in two different
versions: application and service. The program uses very few
resources and can be running on the background on your
system, checking your backup schedule and executing your
backups when necessary."
</quote>

Previous mention in this group (sorted by date)
<http://google.com/groups?as_q=Cobian Backup&as_ugroup=alt.comp.freeware&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100>
or short link <http://makeashorterlink.com/?N5C825E66>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Nominations are now open for the the 2004 Pricelessware list.

The Nominations page is here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php

The election schedule and procedures are here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004proceduresPL.htm


This thread is for new nominations only. Please see the carryover
nominations thread if you wish to second the nomination of one of the PL
2003 program.

As a minimum please submit the information required for the Nominations
page *with* your nomination. The full program description may be
submitted with the nomination *or* at a later time in the Program
descriptions thread.

You may wish to let the author know that his/her program has been
nominated. (Including the author's email address when you submit the
program description will facilitate notification if the program is
chosen for the Pricelessware list.)

Susan
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Nomination:
Splash Killer V1.2
Category: File Utility (?)
SplashKiller lets you hide those splash screens that appear when an
application is loading.

http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/SplashKiller/index.html
 
Nomination

Program: MZ-Tools
Category: PROGRAMMING /
Ware Type: Freeware
Home Page: http://www.mztools.com
Description: MZ-Tools 3.0 is a freeware 'all-in-one' add-in for Visual
Basic 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0 and the Visual Basic For Applications
editor (provided by a VBA-enabled application such as the ones of
Office 2000 and higher) which adds several features missing in the IDE.
It provides a main menu, a toolbar, handy context menus or customizable
shortcuts to access those features.
 
Nominations are now open for the the 2004 Pricelessware list.

This thread is for new nominations only. Please see the carryover
nominations thread if you wish to second the nomination of one of the
PL 2003 program.

As a minimum please submit the information required for the Nominations
page *with* your nomination. The full program description may be
submitted with the nomination *or* at a later time in the Program
descriptions thread.
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Program name: nPOP
Category: Email Checker
Sub-category: Email Client
Freewware

Web Site: http://www.nakka.com/soft/npop/index_eng.html

From web site:

Introduction

This software allows you to access e-mail on a POP3 mail server on your
Pocket PC or PC. It provides the function of common remote e-mail access.

The mail displayed by nPOP is only the mail on the present on the server.
Therefore, if mail is deleted from your server it will disappear from a
list, even if the mail is displayed in the list.

When you connect using nPOP, the mail is listed and you can see the
header only. From that list you can select e-mail you want to receive on
your Pocket PC or PC. This is more efficient than downloading all the e-
mail on your Pocket PC or PC.

It can be use for management of the mail on a server etc. as a method to
check for the arrival of new e-mail. It is convenient, for people that
switch machines often since you can put your information on one floppy
disk where all the processing can be performed. (Win32)
Features

* Receive E-Mail (POP3 and APOP)
* Send Mail (SMTP and SMTP-AUTH and POP before SMTP)
* User specified ports for POP3 and SMTP
* Multi-account support (round reception is possible)
* Automatic check for new mail
* Mail is saved in a message box.
* A thread display of the mail list
* Support for attachments when sending and receiving e-mail (RFC
2231)
* Filters for Routing Received E-Mail
* Simple address book
* Dial-up management

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Program name: mutt
Category: Email Client
Sub-category: Email Client
Freeware: GPL

Web Site: http://www.mutt.org
Motto: "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa
1995

From Web site:

Features

Some of Mutt's features include:

* color support
* message threading
* MIME support (including RFC2047 support for encoded headers)
* PGP/MIME (RFC2015)
* various features to support mailing lists, including list-reply
* active development community
* POP3 support
* IMAP support
* full control of message headers when composing
* support for multiple mailbox formats (mbox, MMDF, MH, maildir)
* highly customizable, including keybindings and macros
* change configuration automatically based on recipients, current
folder, etc.
* searches using regular expressions, including an internal pattern
matching language
* Delivery Status Notification (DSN) support
* postpone message composition indefinetly for later recall
* easily include attachments when composing, even from the command
line
* ability to specify alternate addresses for recognition of mail
forwarded from other accounts, with ability to set the From:
headers on replies/etc. accordingly
* multiple message tagging
* reply to or forward multiple messages at once
* .mailrc style configuration files
* easy to install (uses GNU autoconf)
* compiles against either curses/ncurses or S-lang
* translation into at least 20 languages
* small and efficient
* It's free! (no cost and GPL'ed)

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Program name: FreeZip
Category: File Utilities
Sub-category: Unzip
Freeware:

Web Site: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/

From web site:

FreeZip is a small, fast and efficient Zip utility for compression and
decompression of files and directories. FreeZip integrates with Windows
Explorer and uses file associations and context menus to zip or unzip
files and subdirectories. If you know how to use Windows Explorer, then
you do not have to learn anything new to use FreeZip. The setup is a
single-click process and there are no options or settings involved. The
manual is in English, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Swedish, German,
Latvian, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Lithuanian,
Belorussian, Portuguese and Chinese.

FreeZip, WinZip, and most other Zip programs use identical compression
code, originating from the same source. However, FreeZip is freely
available for use and distribution.

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Program name: Servant Salamander 1.52
Category: File Utilities
Sub-category: File Manager
Freeware:

Web Site: http://www.altap.cz/download.html#salrel

Newer versions are shareware/commercial but the last freeware version is
1.52 which is still available for download. This program is a two paned
file manager.

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Program name: Oubliette
Category: Security
Sub-category: Password Manager
Freeware: Open Source

Web Site: http://www.tranglos.com/free/oubliette_main.html

From Web Site:

Introduction to Oubliette

Yes, there are many freeware and shareware password databases around...
and this is one of them. I wrote it for the same old reason and I wrote
all the other programs here: the available applications, though some are
very fine, did not do quite what I needed. There was always a feature
missing or an interface quirk. So here is Oubliette, more functional,
easier to use and no less secure than any competing products. I hope
you'll enjoy using it.

It will store a list of accounts with information such as account name,
associated password, URL, and free-form notes. You can easily access the
information, copy to clipboard or export to a variety of formats. There
is a powerful search facility with filtered output (i.e. view only the
records that satisfy your search criteria). You can also filter by
categories that you assign to accounts when you create or edit them.
Oubliette offers a number of ways to transfer account names and passwords
to the browser: via the clipboard, through drag-and-drop, or by automated
form filling.
 
Program: FTP Wanderer 1.6
Home Page: http://www.pablovandermeer.nl
Seconded

Program: FTP Server 1.75
Home Page: http://wwwl.pablovandermeer.nl
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Seconded

I also want to nominate Pablo's other softwares as well, all Free for
Personal USE:

Pablo Commander 1.21
Clone of Norton Commander with the look and feel of Windows Explorer.
http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/downloads.html

Wave Editor 1.00
Simple wave editor
http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/downloads.html

FTP Wanderer 1.6
Freeware FTP Client with the look and feel of Windows Explorer.
http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/downloads.html

Kingtut1
 
Program Name - Reliable 1.0.5
Catagory - Email
Sub Catagory - Remailer Server
Homepage - http://www.skuz.net/potatoware/reli/index.html
Operating Systems - Windows (95, 98, NT 3.51 or later, 2000)
Size - 3.63mb
Wate Type - Freeware
Download URL - ftp://ftp.skuz.net/pub/potato/setup_reli105.exe
Note: PGP 5.5.x or 6.x (RSA required)
PGP 6.5.8 - http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html

Remailer server software for Win95/98/NT which turns a standard PC
and mail account into a full Cypherpunk and Mixmaster remailer. May
be used to run a public remailer on a dialup or dedicated connection,
or to run a local system remailer for your own security benefits.
Includes a full online Remailer User's Manual with glossary of
remailer terms, as well as a complete Operator's Manual.


Program Name - PureVioce
Catagory - Email
Sub Catagory - Voice Email
Homepage - http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/purevoice.jsp
Operating Systems - Windows/Mac/Solaris
Size - 1.32mb
Wate Type - Freeware
Download URL -
ftp://ftp.eudora.com/eudora/purevoice/windows/PureWin132.exe

Now you can share your baby’s gurgling sounds with loved ones
thousands of miles away, via e-mail. You can send a voice greeting or
message to a friend or business associate halfway around the world,
over the Internet. In fact, you can share your voice with anyone in
the world who has an e-mail account, access to the Internet, and a
computer running Windows or Macintosh.*
Slow typists have been waiting a long time for the ability to record
and send voice messages over e-mail. And if you want to send a
message in a language other than the one you can type on your
computer, QUALCOMM’s PureVoice offers a fast and easy solution.

QUALCOMM’s PureVoice™ Player-Recorder lets you record and send voice
messages with your e-mail, and lets your recipients play back your
voice-mail messages on their Windows or Macintosh computer with the
click of a mouse.

PureVoice runs on your Windows, Macintosh, or Solaris machine and
features an easy-to-use onscreen VCR-like instrument panel.
Voice messages you compose with PureVoice have extremely high sound
quality — very nearly as high as you would experience in a local
phone call made over a good-quality home telephone. Yet the voice
messages take up very little space on your computer, and travel very
fast over e-mail. You send a voice message by attaching it to an e-
mail message using your existing e-mail software — in most cases,
this is achieved at the touch of a button in PureVoice! You can also
include text in the e-mail message, and attach other files such as
graphics and documents. QUALCOMM’s PureVoice is compatible with most
e-mail systems, including QUALCOMM’s own Eudora Pro and Eudora Light.

The average computer user comfortably speaks at a rate 10 times
faster than he or she can type. There is no need to spell-check a
voice message. Voice mail avoids the misinterpretation of moods
common in typed e-mail: with voice messages, your recipients don’t
have to guess when you’re being wry, funny, or serious. And on the
pocketbook side, you can send voice messages without incurring any
additional long-distance telephone charges!
In an age in which computers are thought to keep us apart, QUALCOMM’s
PureVoice Player-Recorder brings us closer together, adding a human
touch to communication.

* In order for you to record a voice message using QUALCOMM’s
PureVoice, you must be using a PC running a 32-bit version of the
Windows operating system (Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT), or you must
be using a Macintosh PowerPC model or 68K Macintosh with 68020 or
better processor. You must also have a sound card with speakers and
a microphone. For your recipients to play your messages, they must
have the PureVoice Player-Recorder installed on their 32-bit Windows
95/98/NT machine or their Macintosh PowerPC or 68K Mac, with a sound
card and speakers. Additionally, if they wish to record a response,
they must have a microphone.


Program Name - QuickSliver .9b20.11.4
Catagory - Email
Sub Catagory - Anonymous Remailer Client
Homepage - http://www.quicksilvermail.net
Operating Systems - Win95/98/2K
Size - 1.43mb
Wate Type - Freeware
Download URL - ftp://ftp.skuz.net/pub/potato/setup_reli105.exe

QuickSilver is PRIVACY software. It can give you complete privacy in
your email and newsgroup postings. Why would this be of interest to
you?

Do you have fears that taking part in newsgroup discussions could
lead to your harrassment or stalking by some internet kook? Using
QuickSilver you can post articles with absolutely no traces of their
true origin. Your privacy is effectively bullet-proof.

In another scenario, you are 1 of several individuals under
surveillance. Your government believes you are involved in subversive
activies. Using QuickSilver all individuals can communicate freely.
Observers will find they can neither read this mail nor trace it to
its destination--even after tracing dozens of messages. Surveillance
of the message recipient's connections will reveal only the receipt
of a message. Its origin cannot be determined nor its content.

Suppose you work for an organization that is involved in criminal
activity. You believe you must inform the proper authorities
regarding the activities. To 'go public' with this information would
not only affect your employment adversly, it could indeed be life
threatening. A QuickSilver message cannot be traced to you.

QuickSilver provides this magic through a kind of identity
laundering. Using a special high secuirity protocol, called
'mixmaster', your outgoing message will be multi-encrypted and sent
through a series of remailers. These are available around the world.
Today some 45 or more remailers exist. Each server has a single
purpose, That is, to accept your message, strip away all traces of
origin--substituting its own--and send it on to either another
remailer or the final recipient. It is this process
(encrypting+remailing) that makes your mail untraceable and
unreadable to all but the intended recipient.

-=-
 
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