I tried the trial version of this and it does seem to do what it claims. I found nothing weird or insecure about the software, but it seems redundant to anyone who actually knows anything about using Windows and IE7, everything this software does can be done through IE7.

As for those few whiners who rant about other browsers, your claims of intellectual superiority would be way more convincing if you retards could spell and use appropriate grammar. Your idiocy aside, the fact is that Firefox is only faster than IE on slow computers. Get a real computer and stop whining that firefox loads (but improperly renders) a webpage a tenth of a second faster.

#106, go to http://www.ie7pro.com/ and that has a ton of cool features that enhance IE7 all in one simple downloadable package including AdBlock. This feature has a ton of cool addonsand is free.

And I have FF2, and the latest Opera version installed on my computer so I have tried out all three.

@88 (a.o.)
We ares FF user too! :)

@#97
1. Internet Explorer has got NO standard AdFilter, and those which exist arn't open-source and cost a lot of money, and it's not the perfect Firefox AdBlocked which is way more lovely.
2. IE7 has got No-Script? Forget it! No-Script is Open-Source and is NOT made for IE, and the No-Script developpers nor WANT to make one for IE7.

You're talking nonses.
Just deal with it Firefox is better but you just can't work with it, because you think it's:
1. Too hard.
2. Too safe (what a reason...)
3. IE got tabs (the whole concept is stolen from Mozilla, confirmed by Steve Balmer lol)
4. You're a friend of Bill Gates?
5. You're too sticky to IE. You just don't want to try it because most people use IE and you feel ashamed or a computer-nerd when you're using it.

getfirefox.com

Hi Swan :) Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I personally like the Avant browser better than all the rest. I cannot open several sites with ForeFox and that's my onlyh complaint with it. I have no trouble at all with Avant. Just my two cents!

Oh! And Princess is what hubby calls me. :) :) :)

I just checked some browser stats:
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

IE (all versions) is way ahead of FF (& Mozilla). Yes, most web developers design for IE, and like Fubar says each has it's pros and cons. I don't like the look/feel of IE7 so I rolled back to IE6. I got tired of having two browsers because FF couldn't open some of the sites I visited. With your security, firewall and (again like Fubar says) a little common sense you will be fairly safe. Can't see the need for this program, either.

The only reason I keep IE on my computer is because I have a handy function in Firefox that allows me to "Open This Tab In IE," which then opens a tab inside of Firefox rendered by IE's engine for those ridiculously few pages that don't work.

As to the program...I would say, if you're worried to begin with, don't allow IE to save the numbers. Simple. It's not worth $30. I'd bet you could find shareware that does the same, if not more.

Wow, what a load of crap. People immitating other people, people making up all kinds of nonsense to justify "their" browser. I don't care which browser ultimately comes out on top, I just want one that works well, which none of them do. The real reason at least ninety percent of people use anything is because other people that they know use it, or they believe some media hype. Almost no one actually bothers to compare different products objectively.

The most recent usage statistics that I ran across in a very brief search was this one from April, 2007, by comScore.
comScore Firefox vs. Internet Explorer
It shows Firefox limping along at a paltry 8% market share in the business sector, 10% at home, and only 17% at universities.

Long before some sadist torched a fox, the media kept hyping Opera as the greatest thing since the invention of toilet tissue. Year after year, I would download the latest version, only to find that it was useless garbage. I have a version of it on my PDA (in addition to other browsers), and it still sucks (I finally gave up on trying new PC versions).

IE 7 sucks, but the last time I bothered to check, its tabs were better than Firefox's. Yo, #88, I can open as many tabs as I want in IE 7 (I know I've had at least fifty or sixty open), and my computer remains responsive. I also like IE 7's zoom. But like I said, I'm not "loyal" to any one browser. I primarily use IE 7 because for every website that it screws up that I have to use Firefox to view, there are ten or twenty that Firefox screws up and IE 7 doesn't. And if that's because the websites were written primarily for IE, it doesn't change the fact that IE 7 renders them better. What's particulary amusing is that if you read back through the GOTD comments, you'll see a lot of Firefox users complaining about not being able to access the Game Giveaway of the Day site from the link, whereas IE users have never had that problem. As for security, none of the browsers have great track reoords. The reality is, most security issues are due to user stupidity (executing attachments), failing to update, and not running two-way firewalls/anti-virus/anti-malware (which frequently effectively close browser security holes long before the browser vendors do).

Back to today's program, Identity Knight. Like I said way back in post #19, I consider it a minor tool. It didn't find anything interesting on my system, but it's nice to have another scanner. The normal price is a big problem, considering how little it does. I think it should be bundled with other software, or made available as freeware to promote FSPro Labs' other products.

To #80 (Bill)
You make good points but as we all know no matter how great a software is there will always be threads in their forum because IT IS SO GOOD. Most people, let's say 80%? Won't comment on the forums because they do not care to waste their time in doing so. However if hte software company has done a good job with its product the rest, 20%, will comment in their forums thanking them and asking them to keep it up, etc. Maybe even tell them what extra features would be good.
We all know that this company has not just started out so that means the empty forum can't be due the reason no.1 but your reason no.2 is incorrect and therefor cannot be taken into consideration.

Which is why this product probably isn't all too great.


Btw, for all you FF users (I'm one of them) as FF becomes increasingly popular there will be more new attacks on users of FF, something to consider as time goes on, though I doubt it'll be as bad as IE for the sole fact that producers of IE has to worry about windows problems as well, as FF makers only have to worry about FF.

lols i probably will nvr visit this page again... so trash me as much as u will i really don't care.

Ref To: #82 . I use both ie7 and firefox. i see that i'm so far able to use firefox and it is slightly better than ie7 but i hide my ie7 in another location in my computer as to another person using my computer and denys going to other webs that are not safe. so there's no choice for the other person but try and use firefox for what ever it wants. :-)). to you other people: still there might be something good in here sooner or later so why not just have alook and see if it is any good and if you like it get it. if not then don't get it. it's all up to you, right.

Have a nice day.

Good on you lot at GAOTD

omg it seems like Firefox users are offended cause the program was not particularly designed for them. This program indicated the popularity of IE gosh!!!the new computers in market right now all have IE installed...IE is the best ever, it has phishing filter...and many more...umm... i am not trying to offend anyone but the previous comments from firefox users are biased!

Another FF user here so i have no need for this prog.


BUT...just asking....Why do people need an 'auto-complete' function anyway?? What's wrong with just taking the time to re-enter passwords etc from a piece of paper you keep handy lol



or is that too easy :P

#66, Nick. You might not know this but IE7 has adBlocker as well as No-Script. So you actually could be just as safe with IE7 as with Firefox.

IE7 is just as good as Firefox, I might argue better.

I think what matters is what the person or people put into the website not the "name" of the website,please keep up the good work and thank you. tina

I cannot believe someone would pay $30 for this. XD

Firefox has its own add-on model with its own set of security issues. A poorly written or hostile Firefox extension can cause serious problems. The popular Greasemonkey extension had to be yanked last year after security researchers uncovered a serious security flaw. And a security researcher earlier this year wrote a simple extension that sniffs HTML forms in search of passwords and sends the results to an e-mail address specified in the extension. Yes, the user has to choose to install that extension, but the same is true of ActiveX controls. In fact, extensions can even be used to install executable programs

Why pay money for this (even if it's free today), you can get CCleaner free, plus it does ALOT more than clean. Not just for IE either.

#89, it is true that IE7 can reach all the websites, that isn't the issue, the issue is memory usage, flexibility, and the fact that IE7 is basically a slower less flexible version of firefox. That is why people use firefox over IE7.

#88: You said that perfectly, I couldn't have said it any better.

Hello #82 Princess (Daddy's name for you? :):) )

You don't need IE at all to have Firefox - you just need another browser so that you can access the initial download for Firefox. Automatic updates just install the new version over the top of the old version - and that goes for all their add-ons and extensions also.

Unless IE get their get act together, they're going to find themselves redundant in the market share of the browser industry to Firefox and Opera - which is also becoming increasingly more popular.

Last weeks statistics on one client's website showed 72% of hits came via Firefox, 19% Opera and the remaining 9% - guess who? Internet Explorer.

I have similar results for my other clients as well - so it's not just a one off reading of a certain type of website.

So in order to optimize my clients` sites, I'll continue to design mainly for Firefox but make sure that it all looks good in other browsers, including IE.

For those that are fooling themselves that IE is still the world's main browser choice - you're seriously mistaken.
~ Swan

I can't understand why those who use Firefox have to have all those other browsers too? I have tried FF and Opera and several other off brand browsers but why bother when I can reach all websites and do everything I need to do with IE7? At least I don't have to decide which browser I need to use for each task.


Thank you GAOTD team for giving everyone a chance to download FOR FREE programs that are otherwise sold. For those who don't appreciate your efforts, there is always the X option.


This is supposed to be a "review" column, I doubt seriously if anyone cares which browser you use, we are more interested in whether the program works, the pros and cons, etc.


Would you like some cheese with that whine?

At first, Microsoft was planning not to update from IE6 to IE7 because they think there is no use of this browser and waste their resources. All suddenly somehow Firefox was introduced in the internet world few years ago and was popular to everyone over IE6. Firefox has dominated over IE6 since when they first cames out and still #1 browser even IE7 cames out. Now Microsoft felt threaten and thought that they dont make any money on IE since Firefox was people's choice so they went ahead and developed the new version of IE7 and cames out but HAVEN'T dominated the browser wars yet! Because Firefox was smart to comes out early and wins over all the customers from IE. What sadly is that IE7 is STILL the same behavior what IE6 does. Internet Explorer 7 has some few problems: Slow, too much RAM if you use lots of tabbed broswers BUT Firefox doesn't... if you use lots of tabbed browsers and managed to reduce the RAM from what IE7 does. Now I am sorry to say, I have believe that FIREFOX will be #1 browser choice for next few years to comes! Unless if any another company manage to develop the better browser than Firefox then thats good. BUT IE will never be #1 since it is under Microsoft's. My question is to you guys, Will do you think Google will ever make their own browser? It will be nice to see them to do it better features than IE7.

So now all you guys now know that we are using Firefox over IE7. That's why there is NO NEED for us to use this software since it is for IE. All I can say thank you GAOTD for trying to give this out but now GAOTD will realize that we are Firefox users so they can offer us the better softwares for Firefox version if they are any (if any company make the better software).

I use IE7 and its brill!

I have any number of free apps which clear out IE rubbish.

This Identity Knight does only part of what the others do and they are always free.

If this realy is a Russian trojan, then AVOID.

Firefox utilities please!

Firefox here, too. With all the always-free plug-ins available, I don't have any need for things like today's giveaway. But keep them coming. I've found a few useful ones. :)

I will never use FireFox again, IE7 is my Browser and it will stay that way. I am far from a newbie, will bet that I know way more about computer security than all of you FF users put together..

Back on subject:
Will pass on this software, suggest others do the same.

Seriously, How many FIREFOX users visit this site??

I think 50% of the comments are stating that the program is useless to them because they don't use I.E. LOL, it has ben so long since I used I.E. that while using a friend's computer, I had to ask him how to refresh the page since he only had I.E.! Software company's need to get the message that their products need to work with Firefox too!

Hmmm, I too use Firefox as well as Avant and Opera - But the last I knew (and maybe I have a much older version of Firefox and this has changed) you HAD to have IE in order to even use Firefox. Has this changed??

I'll pass on this software today, but thanks anyway GAOTD!

I just don't like Internet Explorer 7 and no way will I ever use it, thus this software is useless for most of us ...

Ref #79 - And one final thing. I downloaded "Hide Folders" from www.downlaod.com, bought it from the company's website, and never left any comments on their forum - BECAUSE IT WORKED!

To add to me previous comment. I'm a Firefox user, so have no use for this product, but I have downloaded and bought another product from this company called "Hide Folders XP"

It proved to be one of my best shareware purchases of all time. If you have a nosy wife / sister(like me) / boss, this will save your life.

So if Internet Explorer is not your bowser of choice, or even if it is, check out this company's "Hide Folder" software on their website, and see what you think.

Since Firefox is my browser of choice this will not be useful.

#29 - The links you provide clearly demonstrate that you have a lot of time on your hands, and to the those potential users who don't understand the shareware market, may dissuade them from downloading.

But they are of little relevance.

Most shareware providers use download sites not to generate downloads - as you would think - but to provide much needed links to their own websites, thus helping with SEO and raising the site's position with Google and other search engines.

Excluding www.download.com, almost ALL of these download sites are as close to worthless as it gets when it comes to enticing new users to download their product - and this IS understood by software developers.

These download sites sell next to none of virtually ALL software that they provide for download. MOST of the products they provide for download are only ever downloaded a hand full of times. Products with high download figures tend to BE HIGH because they are featured as NEW or SPECIAL on the sitess home page, not because they are GOOD or NOTEWORTHY.

As regards the site forum. Forums for software support are a double edged sword. If you're starting out, or looking for users, there is nobody to leave comments. If you have THE-MOST-PERFECT-SOFTWARE on the planet, bug free, and with no missing features, there are no comments beyond pats on the back, because your software is perfect, has no flaws, and there is no reason to leave a comment.

Your negativity in interesting to read ONCE, but it gets tiring real fast. Why not shut your PC down, give it a rest, and take a walk in the park now and then?

I use SeaMonkey but thanks anyway. It looked interesting :)

Sick & tired of hearing the Firefox sophisticates -- oh gosh wow, how superior they are to the poor suckers who know nothing better than to enjoy IE.

Here's a news update for them.

I've used all the other browsers and today I use. . . IE7.

And yes, there's a delete button in the Tools tab for cleaning out junk.

Thanks GOTD, but unfortunately for these particular developers, the Russian Federation has become too much of a home for IT undesirables ever to risk doing business with enterprises based there -- a shame for the honest guys, as doubtless these developers are, but when it comes to computer protection, it's as well to protect the user as well as the machine.

Please do not use IE, because it had and has the most bugs, mostly critical ones. MS releases several critical patches to it every month (weeks after vulnerabilities are discovered and published). Same for Outlook Express. Simply don't use them. Not because they are ugly, cumbersome or feautereless, just because they are insecure. It's not a religion, it's a fact. Great free alternatives exist that clearly more secure: Firefox (open source as well) and Opera for browsing, Thunderbird (open source) for email.

It is excellent how most of you are using Firefox. It just goes to show that most anyone who knows anything about computers stops using IE. Theres a few Opera users out there too.

#47 - "It’s for Internet Explorer and it’s free so all you Firefox users …SHUT UP !!!"

Your statement maybe partially correct, it's for IE and at least for today, it's free. But that still doesn't discount the observations of Belgian dude in post #29.

As for the Firefox part, that's just rude. I'm sure the folks at GOTD might like to know 'why' more than a few users aren't downloading or trying out the program. They are much like myself, a Firefox/Opera user. Out feedback to GOTD and to the programmers gives them a 'clue'.

#33, the second paragraph of my comment applies to you also.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled Internet. Now in progress.

its nice to have free downloads

Has anyone noticed the literacy of the people writing up these descriptions? "retrived", etc. I don't know about you but I doubt that software with programmers who aren't even proficient in a simple language such as english would be very reliable. Imagine all the bugs on account of a poorly coded (with plenty of typos) algorithm.

sucks

firefox*^

Can Someone explain why internet explorer is so bad compared to firefoz?

#31 -- I challenge you to be anywhere near as secure in IE7 than you are in FireFox with No-Script and Ad-Block installed.

Nothing shows up and nothing happens without me specifically saying so.

I appreciate what GotD does, but regardless of price, some of the stuff I wouldn't install even if I *earned* money from it.

Why is it necessary for all of you Firefox users to belittle anyone who uses IE? Roughly 74% of the visitors to my technology resourse website are IE users- only 11% use Firefox. Most of those visitors are tech professionals. Use whatever browser you prefer but don't slam others if it isn't their choice.

Hmmm...useful looking program!

I'm not too nutwise, though, I feel (not that I bothered investigate it further since I don't use computers)

:o

I use firefox.. it rocks.. and IE-oh well, it's usable.
This tool might be useful, but I think it should be a freeware(free forever), cause no one's gonna buy it for $30.

For folks who use IE, his app looks very useful. For others, if you don't need, so what? It's free, and it seems to work just fine. Thanks GOTD.
Good thing I'm not the moderator of this forum... the language alone would toss some of these entries out. The rotten attitudes would significantly add to that number.

LOCK MY PC looks good

Thanks Belgian Dude i probably would have downloaded this!!!!!!!!!