My Lockbox

My Lockbox™ is a security freeware enabling you to password protect any folder on your computer.

The protected folder (lockbox) is hidden from any user and application of your system (including Administrator and System itself) and access to it is locked. My Lock box software intercepts any access request to protected folder. It is impossible to access the locked folder not only from the local computer, but also from the net.

My Lockbox is extremely easy to use. You can set the lockbox location and your password during the setup procedure. After the setup is done, you need only to restart your computer and lockbox will be hidden and locked until you enter the valid password.

My Lockbox Control Panel allows you easily change basic lockbox parameters: lock box folder, lock box protection status, lock box password.

In addition, skinned user interface lets you choose from different skins to select the most comfortable look and feel of the software.

My Lock Box features and benefits an glance:

• Very easy to use
  
• Almost any folder on your computer can be password protected
  
• Instant protection - no file scrambling or moving to another place
  
• Lockbox folder is inaccessible even by the system administrators
  
• Lockbox folder is inaccessible both locally and remotely.
  
• Lockbox folder can be protected in Windows safe mode
  
• Windows XP x64 support
  
• Hotkeys support - you can popup Control Panel with a simple keystroke.
  
• Skinned user interface
  
• Freeware
  

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RemoveWGA

RemoveWGA enables you to remove the Microsoft "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications" tool, which is calling home and connect to Microsoft servers every time you boot (pilot version), or every two weeks (current release).

Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot. Moreover, connecting to Microsoft brings security issue for corporate networks, and privacy issues for everyone. It is also unclear which information are transmitted (Microsoft published an official answer, but an individual study brought some questions). All of that, along the fact that Microsoft used deceptive ways to make you install this tool (it was told you it was an urgent security update, whereas it is a new installation giving you no extra security) makes me calling this tool a spyware.

Also, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications is different than Windows Genuine Advantage Validation. RemoveWGA only remove the notification part, phoning home, and does not touch the Validation part. As the time I'm writting this, the Validation part is mandatory for some not critical downloads from Microsoft, but the Notification part is not mandatory at all, and you are able to install all of the security updates without installing this one. This may change in the future thought, I don't know what are the Microsoft plans.

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Zone Alarm Firewall

ZoneAlarm®, a Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. Company, is one of the most secure brands in consumer Internet security. ZoneAlarm protects over 60 million PCs from viruses, spyware, hackers and identity theft. The award-winning Internet security product line is installed in consumer PCs and small businesses, protecting them from Internet threats. The ZoneAlarm family of products is among the most popular and successful Internet security products available on the market.

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Anti-Keylogger Tester

Some trojans includes keylogging functionalities, that can steal confidential information you are typing. To fight this threat, many HIPS software, and also dedicated anti-keyloggers software, now provide anti-keylogger features. However, there is many ways to monitor the keyboard, and few HIPS cover them all.

AKLT is a tool using 7 different methods to monitor your keyboard, and enables you to check your defences. AKLT provides hook based, and hookless/cyclical polling tests.

Additionaly, AKLT provides two ways of taking screenshots, as a keylogger or a trojan could do. In case one of your security software is claiming to provide a "screenshot protection" feature, you will be able to test it thanks to AKLT.

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