As the internet continues to evolve over time, it is only logical to assume that, like other aspects of our life we will as individuals continue to lose our right to privacy time and time again. It is in my opinion, that the internet is a world within a world, within a universe that is constantly changing. Without using security applications you put yourself out there to be victimized severely. It's only a matter of time before you are taken advantage of, if not by other internet users, greedy corporations, and the government. Let me help you maintain your own personal security, privacy, and stay free of viruses, back doors, and other internet worms. Below I will feature Applications which I personally feel contribute to internet security and safety. This page was last updated on Sept. 24th 2007

 
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Crowbar - v0.83b

Category: Uninstall/Utility.
License: Freeware.

An application with the sole purpose of cleaning up the "Add/Remove" list in the Control Panel and Registry. Only if a program title fails to be removed from the "Add/Remove" list during uninstall, then use this utility to tidy up the list.

 

 

Hijack This - v2.00b

Category: Spyware Removal/Utility.
License: Freeware.

Have you ever had your web browser hijacked by a spyware website? Unable to remove the gunk from your pc, your web browser may sometimes send you off to websites you never wanted to go to, or open up ads that you wish never showed up. This is the tool to remove them.

 

Cain & Abel  v4.9.6

Category: Password Recovery/Utility.
License: Freeware.

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of several kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.

 

TrueCrypt v4.3a

Category: Encryption/Utility.
License: Freeware.

TrueCrypt creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. It encrypts an entire hard disk partition or USB device. Encryption provided is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent. Provides two levels of plausible deniability, incase an adversary forces you to give up a password. 1.) hidden volume (steganography) 2.) no TrueCrypt volume can be identified. (Volumes can't be distinguished from random data.) Encryption Algorithms include: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. 

 

 

Tor v0.1.2.17

 

Category: Privacy/Encryption/Utility.
License: Freeware.

Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.

 

Net Limiter v2.0.10

Category: Internet Traffic Monitoring/Utility.
License: Shareware.

NetLimiter is the ultimate internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows. You can use NetLimiter to set download/upload transfer rate limits for applications or even single connection and monitor their internet traffic. Along with this unique feature, Netlimiter offers comprehensive set of internet statistical tools. It includes real-time traffic measurement and long-term per-application internet traffic statistics

 

 

Active@ KillDisk v3.1

 

Category: Privacy/File Shredder/Utility.
License: Shareware.

Active@ KillDisk Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility. Active@ KillDisk conforms to US Department of Defense clearing and sanitizing standard DoD 5220.22-M. The most secure Gutmann's data destruction method is also implemented. You can be sure that once you clean up with Active@ KillDisk, sensitive information is purged out forever.

 

 

ClamAV v0.91.2

Category: Anti-Virus/Utility.
License: Freeware.

ClamAV™ is one of the most commonly-used open source anti-virus and anti-malware products in the world. Nearly one million unique IP addresses download ClamAV updates daily from 120 mirror servers located in 38 countries.

Renowned for its speed and accuracy, ClamAV has been adopted by network security solution and service providers worldwide and is currently integrated within leading enterprise solutions, including Unified Threat Management Systems (UTM), Secure Web Gateways and Secure Mail Gateways, to identify deeply embedded threats such as viruses, trojans, spyware, and other forms of malware.

 

 

 

Poison Ivy 2.3.0

 

Category: RAT(Remote Administration Tool)/Utility.
License: Freeware.

Poison Ivy is an advanced, firewall bypassing, reverse connection, remote administration tool. The main features are Camellia encrypted communications (with 256 bit password), transparent compression of transfers and communications, full-featured file, registry, services and process manager, password manager, key logger, relay servers (socks 4 and 5, port redirect), remote screen capture, microphone capture and webcam viewing. The server is only 7-9 KiB in size (depending on the settings), and due to the unique design concept, when a new version of Poison Ivy is released, you will hardly ever need to update the server to take advantage of the new features. Also the whole server can be used in totally independent shellcode format, as exported by the builder.

 

Firefox v2.0.0.7

Category: WWW Browser/Utility.
License: Freeware.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online. Including Firefox Extensions, which are scripts that you can use to add on extra privacy features.