http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/forum/7 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Forum: Good software we need to know about - Recent Posts en-US Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:38:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1450/page/39#post-68164 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:30:40 +0000 billybobbuddy 68164@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I put this post in the wrong forum topic, says Chip. So, I will post it here on the correct topic. I just wanted to say, that I feel that this is enough picture &amp; video editing software being offered, please! How about some utility or computer management software! Software that almost everybody could use. Thank you. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6574#post-68000 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:39 +0000 Txnnok 68000@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It sure is. nice catch I think I did notice it, but let it go cause the edit features were different. Take a look.<br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------<br /> aimeersoft<br /> <img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9436194-0d2.jpghttp://"></p> <p>iwisoft<br /> <img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9435968-8e0.jpg"><br /> ----------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Why would put an extra feature in the free one?</p> <p>I think they are in bed with each other in case something happens, they can close shop and go to other business when chineese authorities come looking for them for running scams. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6574#post-67997 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:53:43 +0000 Buzz 67997@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That interface is a dead ringer for aimersoft&#39;s vid converter.<br /> I think all the chinese companies share or ?? their stuff. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6574#post-67996 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:03 +0000 Txnnok 67996@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I can&#39;t remember were I found this gem, but I have been searching for good converters for awhile now. Panasonic Dvd players will not play avi files encoded in format called<br /> GMC and prefer a format q-pell encoding. </p> <p>This doesn&#39;t do that, but it does a bunch of other features worth having for free such as MKV and HD conversion, but that is not the end of this thing is like a converter on steroids.<br /> I found there company <a href="http://www.flash-swf-converter.com/">link</a> and it looks like they gave up on selling normal conversion, so they just give it away for promotional reasons. There are so many converters, why not.</p> <p>Anyway here is the the link to the converter<br /> <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/iWisoft-Free-Video-Converter.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/iWisoft-Free-Video-Converter.shtml</a><br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <blockquote>iWisoft Free Video Converter description</p> <p>Freeware to fast convert video and audio files between any formats.</p> <p>iWisoft Free Video Converter is a totally free and powerful multi-functions video converter. It can convert between any video &amp; audio files, such as AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, MPEG, MKV, RM, RMVB, SWF, MOV, M4V, 3GP, even HD video and MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, M4A, AC3, AAC, FLAC, APE audio.</p> <p>It also can convert video to picture files in GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG, Animated GIF formats. The optimized video profiles help you convert videos to those playable on all popular digital multimedia devices such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Zune, Creative Zen, Xbox 360, Archos, Mobile phone and so on.</p> <p>iWisoft Free Video Converter is not only a video converter, but also a professional video editor. With it you can easily crop, trim, merge videos, add text and picture watermark, change brightness, contrast, gamma, adjust sound volume and so on. You will also have the possibility to capture snapshots of your videos during playback.</p> <p>iWisoft Free Video Converter is designed with user-friendly interface which make it very easy to use! It is an amazing freeware video converter. You can get astonishing fun with it!</p> <p>Here are some key features of &quot;iWisoft Free Video Converter&quot;:</p> <p>· Easily convert videos of all popular formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, FLV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, MKV, RM, MOV, XviD, 3GP, etc.<br /> · Rip almost all video formats to audio in MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, FLAC, APE, etc. as well as convert between any audio formats.<br /> · Convert any video to image files in GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, Animated GIF.<br /> · Supports batch conversion.<br /> · Optimized output profiles for your digital devices.<br /> · You can customize the video and audio parameters and save as your own user defined profiles.<br /> · Allow you to edit video with powerful full functions, such as crop, trim, merge, add watermark, specify effect and so on.<br /> · Simple to use with high conversion speed.<br /> · Excellent output video and audio quality.<br /> </blockquote></p> <p><img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9435965-507.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9435966-7d0.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9435967-cdd.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/9435968-8e0.jpg"></p> <p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>There really is to much to show here. I was doing a a blue ray conversion and a mkv conversion getting the pics, but I only used the MKV. The edit function which is the last actually has a gamma feature that most others do not, like todays fast free converter pro/winx dvd platinum.</p> <p>Enjoy everyone<br /> --------------------------------------------------<br /> edit:</p> <p>had to come back almost forgot,<br /> lots of dvd players especially the cheap ones will play Xvid. You can google it, which would be a good place to start. But what I do. Is I use Divx&#39;s divx player to burn the the Xvids. You can get 4 to 5 movies per dvd, easily with no conversion on alot dvd players. try yours and see Xvid is a much better format </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1450/page/39#post-67941 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:32 +0000 thenameipicked 67941@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Gratuitous Space Battles or anything from Positech games. <a href="http://www.positech.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.positech.co.uk/</a> (yes, please contact them again XD) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1450/page/39#post-67865 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:22:33 +0000 andrew_berge 67865@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>After installing windows 7, i lost a lot of great apps that i got here.<br /> The one i miss most, though, is <a href="http://www.wondershare.com/multimedia/video-converter-platinum/video-converter-platinum.html">Wondershare Video Converter Platinum</a>.</p> <p>It&#39;s so hard to find a good video converter now. I would be grateful if you gave this one away again. Thanks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67762 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:47:50 +0000 Quantum Dragon 67762@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I&#39;ve stopped using ZoneAlarm years ago and never looked back!</p> <p>For a while, I was using <a href="http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/">Comodo&#39;s Free Firewall and Antivirus</a> but I switched to Online Armor paid which I got free (along with one year of upgrades) from a promotion (now expired) thanks to <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/">Gizmo</a></p> <p>A good list of Firewall (Both paid and free) results is <a href="http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php">HERE</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6537#post-67720 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:33:37 +0000 Buzz 67720@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Forgot to mention, it&#39;s got a prettier interface (skin)<br /> than the free ver 2009, imo.<br /> <img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/2cpuljp.jpg"> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6536#post-67699 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:08:26 +0000 Terri218 67699@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Do you have to have Windows 7 for this? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6536#post-67694 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:44:23 +0000 leofelix 67694@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Your welcome Whiterabbit-uk,<br /> I agree F-secure is not as good as Kaspersky,<br /> It seems that latest F-Secure 2010 uses Bitdefender engine now.<br /> However I deleted that give away temporarly, so if you want please delete the whole thread.</p> <p>TheWindowsClub is about to giveaway some licenses of ESET Smart Security 4.0 (or Eset NOD32 v 4) and TuneUP Utilities 2010:-) for FREE</p> <p>So stay tuned, I&#39;ll make you know.</p> <p>Thank you in advance </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6536#post-67685 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:28:30 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 67685@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Leofelix, I used F-Secure for several years without any problems. It protected my system well. But this year I swapped F-Secure for Kaspersky as I think F-Secure isn&#39;t as good as it used to be. Still if you don&#39;t have protection this is great for free.</p> <p>W.R. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6537#post-67683 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:27:14 +0000 Buzz 67683@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Looks about like the version 2009 free one, cannot burn dvd from vids though.<br /> (you need v9 for that)<br /> See <a href="http://store.v3.co.uk/?act=details&amp;id=1476">here</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6536#post-67679 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:12:55 +0000 leofelix 67679@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/">TheWindowsClub</a> is giving away 1 years <strong>F-Secure antivirus 2010</strong> for FREE (one license nos)</p> <p>If you are interested please read how to enter the draw <a href="http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/forum-offers-contests-giveaways/29423-modest-giveaway-f-secure-av-2010-a.html">here</a></p> <p>I know TheWindosClub (a featured blog and community mantained by <u>Microsoft MVP</u>) is going to give away some other very interesting programs </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67636 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:28:40 +0000 Txnnok 67636@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hotdodge,lol </p> <p>that wasnt meant for you. I know you know how to find your own defintions , heck I wouldnt leave a link for you, but just as a strarter link.</p> <p>That Adaware one does look like adaware, a bit hacked up up, but it would pass if you didnt know any better.<br /> ----</p> <p>I was reading the <a href="http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/10/22/news/every-pc-in-the-world-spies-for-china/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/10/22/news/every-pc-in-the-world-spies-for-china/</a> that had and that is scary.</p> <p>First of all, all us know in the computer world know that anything is hackable, second if you know that why would you put Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system on the World wide web. I guess if they are talking about the miltary.<br /> --- </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67633 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:43:58 +0000 hotdoge3 67633@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://forums.whatthetech.com/What_difference_between_AntiVirus_AntiSpyware_t102251.html" rel="nofollow">http://forums.whatthetech.com/What_difference_between_AntiVirus_AntiSpyware_t102251.html</a></p> <p>Malware is a term that stands for malicious software.</p> <p><a href="http://www.viruslist.com/en/virusesdescribed" rel="nofollow">http://www.viruslist.com/en/virusesdescribed</a></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/securitytipstalk/archive/2006/11/02/what-s-the-difference-between-spyware-and-a-virus.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/securitytipstalk/archive/2006/11/02/what-s-the-difference-between-spyware-and-a-virus.aspx</a></p> <p>What&#39;s the difference?</p> <p>· Spyware and adware collect information about you without appropriate notice and consent. </p> <p>· A computer virus spreads software, usually malicious in nature, from computer to computer. </p> <p><a href="http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_antivirus_antispyware_and_internet_security_software.html" rel="nofollow">http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_antivirus_antispyware_and_internet_security_software.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67567 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:10:59 +0000 Txnnok 67567@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You really cant compare the two, Avira is an antivirus.Malware and Spyware are not the same things.<br /> I&#39;m in a hurry today or i&#39;d explain it better. google both those together</p> <p>copy and paste this exactly, what is the difference between antivirus, malware ,spyware<br /> or just the two - difference between antivirus and spyware , malware and spyware</p> <p>I promise you will find some interesting results.<br /> ------------------------</p> <p>hotdoge I dont want to comment yet on yours I havent had time yet to fully go over it.</p> <p>but I did have comment to make on something have read so far.</p> <p>I&#39;ll explain better later, when I have time. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67557 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:23:30 +0000 Terri218 67557@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>How do you think this compares to Avira? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6454#post-67554 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:49:48 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 67554@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Downloads rather quickly as the download is hosted on download.com And to answer Face&#39;s question you definitely could have downloaded the trial ahead of time if you were worried about that. My download was done in just a minute or two. E-mail arrived immediately. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67552 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:03:04 +0000 hotdoge3 67552@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#de-listed" rel="nofollow">http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#de-listed</a></p> <p>Terminexor terminexor.com unauthorized Spybot Search &amp; Destroy clone no privacy<br /> policy or EULA </p> <p>Spyware Stormer spywarestormer.com Ad-aware knockoff<br /> Privacy Tools 2004<br /> privacytools2004.com Ad-aware knockoff </p> <p>ETD Security Scanner etdscanner.com</p> <p>1 Click Spy Clean 1clickspyclean.com<br /> 1clicksuite.net Spybot S&amp;D rip-off</p> <p><a href="http://www.spywarewarrior.com/family_resemblances.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.spywarewarrior.com/family_resemblances.htm</a></p> <p>One surprising and depressing aspect of the anti-spyware scene is the sheer number of </p> <p>applications that are either knockoffs or rip-offs of Ad-aware or Spybot Search &amp; Destroy </p> <p><a href="http://abhisays.com/sofware-companies/google-or-microsoft-who-is-thief.html" rel="nofollow">http://abhisays.com/sofware-companies/google-or-microsoft-who-is-thief.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/11/10/rogue-security-product-copies-mcafees-look-and-feel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/11/10/rogue-security-product-copies-mcafees-look-and-feel/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/10/22/news/every-pc-in-the-world-spies-for-china/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/10/22/news/every-pc-in-the-world-spies-for-china/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39874/118/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39874/118/</a></p> <p>Microsoft black screening XP users all over China</p> <p><a href="http://blog.iobit.com/archives/95.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.iobit.com/archives/95.html</a> (New post) it say 360 is better </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6454#post-67551 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:10:27 +0000 Face 67551@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanx nbl - I thought that was how much time was left. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6454#post-67550 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:59:34 +0000 notblocklox 67550@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The download window will open in about 3 hours time - so some more patience is needed :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6454#post-67547 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:50:24 +0000 Face 67547@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Has anyone successfully installed this today for free? If so, could you please supply the location for the download?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67546 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:31:19 +0000 rezidue 67546@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey Robert! Guess I missed that bit! Like I said before, some of the freeware alternatives are as good if not better than the commercial stuff these days...</p> <p>Hope you (and yours?) are well - Regards, Damian </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67545 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:56 +0000 Robert 67545@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi all.</p> <p>This offer might be very tempting... but make sure you opt out of that additional paid year...unless you want it that is.<br /> In my opinion this is one of the worst patch Tuesdays campaigns that was ever launched. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67540 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:57:36 +0000 rezidue 67540@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BTW anyone moderating - the site does have option to enter US addresses...</p> <p>hit telecharger (green button) and put 0 in the ZoneAlarm Extended Download Service and ZoneAlarm Backup CD feilds and then click grey button Mettre total à jour (next to red button Reglement)</p> <p>Then the page will update to $0:00 - then click Reglement button</p> <p>prenom is first name, nom is last name, ville is city - the rest is pretty self explanatory.</p> <p>uncheck tick mark where it says Veuillez m’avertir par e-mail des mises à jour de produits et des actualités relatives à la sécurité. Nous ne communiquerons pas votre adresse électronique à des tierces parties.</p> <p>so you don&#39;t get newsletters </p> <p>click continuer (another red button) once you fill out your address, etc</p> <p>okay i went further and they still want a credit card number to set up an account - so in the end that&#39;s up to you - I couldn&#39;t care less about ZoneAlarm - get Avira for free - it&#39;s better anyway</p> <p>BTW - I&#39;m not French - I just play one on television... (joke) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67538 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:57 +0000 Txnnok 67538@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It must be another Nov. 10th their talking about, like Nov. 10th , 12010. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67537 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:33:49 +0000 TJYYGZUB 67537@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>rezidue, PLEASE HELP I really would like this thing plz tell me how to do this in detail thank you!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67533 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:56 +0000 rezidue 67533@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>TJYYGZUB - It is free - you have to remove the cd backup and extended download options then refresh the total, but being that it&#39;s in Français it&#39;s a bit harder to see... Besides there are better freeware options these days. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6369#post-67531 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:32 +0000 TJYYGZUB 67531@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>THANX ALOT! Works perfectly! Also it got rid of 180 suspicious files that Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 did not spot. THANX AGAIN! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6500#post-67530 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:54:20 +0000 TJYYGZUB 67530@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i went on to the link you posted and it worked out to be only a reduction in price by -$29.95. It wasnt free. THANX ANYWAY,</p> <p>TJYYGZUB </p>